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That would make you 50 with a 10 year old, it's just not right. I don't care how "young" you feel.
I can tell you from people I know who have older parents that it's embarassing to have a mom or dad who people will think is your grandparent. It's also hard to have an older mom or dad who doesn't have the energy to play with you or relate to what's happening in this day and age.
I also believe it's just plain cruel to have a baby if you're going to be close to 70's or later when he/she is in college. Heck, you'll be lucky to be alive when they finish high school if you have any kind of health problems in your family. It's extremely selfish to wait till later in life to have your kids. My children(12 and 10) worry about me dying and I'm in my 30's...could you imagine how they'd feel if I was closer to 60???
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I'm 23 and my mom is 68. Not once was I ever embarrassed by people who thought she was my gradma. In fact most people now think she is at least 10 yrs younger than she really was.
My mom ALWAYS had the energy to play with me. ANd more importantly I think she had tons more patience than most young parents do. Because she was older she wasn't "work, work, work" constantly like many young parents are. We always lived a slow, unrushed, easy going life. Mom was old enough to know that one mistake or slipup wasnt' the end of the world. She had the wisdom that comes with age.
Of course i do worry about her passing before I have my own kids, but never, ever, ever would I wish I had a different mom or that things would have been different.