Lets Talk FIVE-0

A new phenomenon hit me when I turned fifty; I started talking fifty. Now you are probably asking yourself, "how do you talk fifty?" The answer is easy, in the past I didn't walk up to total strangers and in course of the conversation mention my age; for example, "I turned thirty this year." Things are different since I turned fifty.
This morning I was at the gym and there was a woman jumping rope while I was crunching on the big red ball. After I was done with my crunches I went to put my weights back, she was minding her own business when I told her I admired her for jumping rope. She acknowledged my comment with a smile. It's not out of the norm for me to talk with strangers, what is out of the norm was that I had to close with this; "I used to jump rope but since I turned fifty it hurts my knees." Now in mentioning that I just turned fifty I expected a reaction, "no way are you fifty," or "you look great." There was no reply, just another smile.
I think the reason we tell everyone we are fifty is because we look forward to their reaction. "You're kidding me, I thought you weren't over forty." "You fabulous, I hope I look as good as you when I'm fifty." and on and on it goes. It's like a fishing expedition, fishing for a reaction.