Nifty 50s have more fun than people half their age

LONDON - A new study has found that the typical “nifty 50″ is more sociable, happy and active than most 25-year-olds.

People at 50 enjoy more nights out, travel further afield and catch up with friends more frequently.

Each week a typical 50-year-old goes out twice and sees four friends. They also manage to pack in three weekends away during the course of a year.

Twenty-somethings only manage one evening out a week, catch up with three friends and take two short breaks.
Half of the over-50s quizzed said their focus was on enjoying life to the full compared with a third of those in their 20s.

“Those in their 50s certainly know how to live life to the full,” the Daily Express quoted a spokesman for Benenden Healthcare, which commissioned the poll said, as saying.

“The modern 50-year-old spends more time than ever on things that boost their contentment and with life expectancy rising all the time, being middle-aged is no longer a precursor to winding down.

“Perhaps it’s because people’s priorities change over the years - with those who are older making time to do what they want, reflect on what they have or haven’t done and play ‘catch-up’. Twenty-somethings get caught in the stresses and demands of a job but in doing so let other parts of their life slip. The over-50s are setting the pace well ahead of their younger counterparts.

Being 50 is definitely the new 25,” the Spokesman added. (ANI)