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The Top 10 Funniest Tweets From Middle-Aged Americans This Week

Now THIS is how you tackle growing older.
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Huff/Post 50 Editor, The Huffington Post

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Aging ain’t always pretty but at least it sure can be hilarious. We rounded up some of the best tweets about being middle-aged from the past week so you, too, can have a laugh and approach growing older with a little healthy humor. We promise, these brutally honest tweets won’t fail to make you crack a smile. 

 

 

 

Before You Go

Aging in Office
George W. Bush: Jan. 11, 2001:Nov. 5, 2008(01 of12)
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Presidents may enter the office bright-eyed, but they tend to leave with a few more wrinkles and a lot more gray hairs. Compare a younger President George W. Bush, left, before the economic crisis, before Iraq and before Sept. 11, 2001, to Bush in early November. (credit:Getty Images)
Bill Clinton, family leave bill signing: Nov. 11, 2000(02 of12)
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Scandal certainly takes a toll. Bill Clinton may have dallied with a younger woman, but that couldn't stop the aging process as he approached the end of his tenure, pictured here on the right. (credit:Getty Images)
Pres. George H. W. Bush(03 of12)
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Maybe serving a single term isn't so bad. The elder George H. W. Bush looked pretty much the same early in his presidency, left, as he did later. (credit:Getty Images / AP)
Ronald Reagan: Kan. 1981 in L.A.: posing in D.C.(04 of12)
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Could it just be the Hollywood lighting? Ronald Reagan looked younger in a portrait taken in Los Angeles the month of his inauguration, left, than during his last months in office. (credit:Getty Images)
Jimmy Carter, Feb. 1977: Oct. 1, 1980(05 of12)
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Like the elder George Bush, Jimmy Carter only served for four years. It appeared to weigh heavily on him. That furrowed brow late in his term, right, couldn't have been good for his complexion. (credit:Getty Images)
Gerald Ford. inauguration: conceding in 1976(06 of12)
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Gerald Ford was the only U.S. president to never win an election, and is pictured here, on the left, at his inauguration. Is it a trick of the light, or did he really look a little beefier, and a little older, as he later conceded to Carter two years later? (credit:Getty Images / AP)
Richard Nixon, Jan. 20, 1968: April 1974(07 of12)
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Watergate clearly took its toll on Richard Nixon. He looked quite different at his inauguration, left, than he did in the midst of the scandal, six years later. (credit:Getty Images)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1st photo - Nov. 29, 1963)(08 of12)
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Lyndon B. Johnson looks a little grayer and a little more wrinkled late in his administration, but he does appear to have lost a few pounds. Maybe there's a silver lining after all. (credit:AP)
John F. Kennedy, 1961 and Jan. 24, 1963(09 of12)
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John F. Kennedy appears to have a fuller face at the start of his presidency, as seen in this 1961 on the left. The second photo was taken in January 1963, 10 months before his assassination. (credit:AP / Getty Images)
Dwight D. Eisenhower, March 1, 1953 and Nov. 1, 1960(10 of12)
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There was no hair to lose for Dwight D. Eisenhower, as first seen in 1953, but his two terms in office aged the man, as evident in the photograph from 1960. (credit:Getty Images)
Harry Truman, 91/1945 and 1/1/1953(11 of12)
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Harry S Truman took office with the death of President Roosevelt in 1945, and he described his sudden ascent as feeling "like the moon, the stars and all the planets had fallen on me." All that pressure can wear on a man, as seen in an aged Truman in 1953, shortly before he left office. (credit:AP / Getty Images)
Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1933 and Feb. 11, 1945(12 of12)
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Franklin D. Roosevelt president over the nation as it struggled with the Great Depression and World War II. He served in office for a record four terms. It's not surprise then that he aged so much in office, as seen in 1933 and 1945. (Sources: AP, Getty, the Washington Post) (credit:AP)
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