Age awareness

CompletelyLost

baby_fuzz wrote: »

for me, I think 'elderly' when someone has grey/white hair and finds it difficult to get around.

LOL... that makes me elderly in your books then, as I'm 22 with grey hair (well, grey roots!)

I'd say elderly was 75+. My nana is 85 and still going strong... she puts me to shame!

azureblue_2

I'm late 50's and OH is early 60's. We feel old on dark cold winter days when getting going is arduous and young on sunny days when we zip out into the countryside for hours. We both have grey hair, I have often been subjected to the invisibility attitude in shops and OH's semi-deafness has us in fits of giggles over daft misunderstandings (he will try to rationalise what I say and is usually a million miles off the mark!) but we had 2 of our grandchildren with us today and joined in all the games joyously.
There are good days and bad days in all our lives, the key is to accept the best and hope for improvement over the rest.
Keep on rockin' ... !

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

CompletelyLost wrote: »

LOL... that makes me elderly in your books then, as I'm 22 with grey hair (well, grey roots!)

I'd say elderly was 75+. My nana is 85 and still going strong... she puts me to shame!

We have a funny situation regarding hair in our family.
My youngest daughter is dark haired like her father and has had greying hair since she was in her early twenties.
Me on the other hand have reddish blonde hair (like my father who never went grey and just like his father before him)and so far at 55 have no grey hair.
It's very odd having to dye your youngest child's hair because it's going grey.

dizzyb99_2

After having nursed 'elderly' patients for ten years, I do not begin to class anybody as eldery until they reach at least 85

Errata

I had a minor op on the day case unit last week. I was given a sick note for two weeks off work. Didn't know whether to laugh or cry, but clearly they didn't think I was elderly. Even though I felt it at the time

chucknorris

lilac_lady wrote: »

I read an article about a 63 year old woman and it described her as "elderly." 18 year olds would probably think "ancient". :rolleyes: As we're on an over 50s forum, what age do you classify as elderly?

30 years older than me (no matter how old I get, I'm 52 now)

MRSTITTLEMOUSE

chucknorris wrote: »

30 years older than me (no matter how old I get, I'm 52 now)

I think that's my attitude too.
I don't think I'll allow myself to get old I'm just going to get on with life and then one day I'll die.(can't help the old and wrinkly bit but I won't give in otherwise)
My mum's like this and at 86 she's got more life in her than some youngsters.
Age is in the mind,we may get slow but we should'nt let it stop us living.

lilac_lady

I realise that I'm considered old when.....

My family insists that I sit in the front passenger seat of their cars.

My doctor asks if I'm "managing" to work out when to take my tablets.

My window cleaner gave me an OAP concession without being asked.

My neighbour asked if I was "coping" during the cold weather.


I'm a young and active pensioner and wonder when I became old. :eek:


When did you realise that society viewed you as an "older" person instead of the young one that you still are?

margaretclare

None of this has applied to me so far, and I hope it doesn't!

Jennifer_Jane

Ha! Yes, one such incident for me was when I was in Boots trying to find a particular dental product (Retardex or something), when a man took several looks at me and then asked me which out of the denture-cleaning products I would recommend. Cheek!

I was also banned from my local Argos. I'd put my purse down to manage glasses/basket/product and so on, decided - although the shop wasn't crowded - that I should pick it up and put it somewhere safer, when the stupid sales assistant (incidentally an older grey-haired man) told me not to forget it. I'm afraid that I told him, in a polite, quiet, civilised way, that I'd be glad if he didn't patronise me, and he got very angry and told me not to venture into Argos again. Well, OK, then.

There have been other things, I'll post if and when I can remember them.....

by the way, am a fit (and fighting) 63 now - not 80 or 90, and this was a year or so back.

I'm definitely going back to blonde!

Jen