Age awareness

grunnie

How old is elderly? - anyone older than me :rotfl:

Hadrian

grunnie wrote: »

How old is elderly? - anyone older than me :rotfl:

How I agree. Also when you start saying "I'll be XX NEXT YEAR". Adding a year to your actual age.:j

pollypenny

I have been thinking about this point. It might be when you start to need a lot of help with basic things.

margaretclare

That would be 10 years older than I am at any given time.

DH recently had his 75th birthday. He says he has a 25-year old brain in a 75-year old body. This of course does cause him problems sometimes e.g. when his brain tells his body to do something and it doesn't do as asked.

I am never going to believe in myself as 'elderly'. It varies so much from person to person.

Errata

pollypenny wrote: »

I have been thinking about this point. It might be when you start to need a lot of help with basic things.

I've also been giving it some thought. We define ourselves to a degree, but we are also defined by others. The others vastly outnumber the 'me'

newleaf

Perception of age is highly subjective and variable. My mother was 'elderly' at 60, She's now in her late 70's, going on 100.
I intend not to be elderly for a very long time yet!

[Deleted User]

I know I am getting on a bit but I don't honestly feel a lot different than I did when I was 17.
I can't dance the night away anymore ,but that's down to my osteo-arthritis not my willingness
I sometime feels sad that I have outlived folk younger than me, and miss them quite a lot.
I am on a Uni course with lots of folk whom I'm old enough to be their granny but they don't treat me any different than normal, I think age is an attitude or as my beloved DGS Danny would say 'Its a state of mind Granny'.I have a friend whom I have know for 45 years, and she was 'old' when she was 25.She thought old,she dressed old and now she is old she is in her element .
I am certainly not mutton dressed as lamb. I dress to be comfortable and insist on having 'happy feet' and a comfy bed as if I'm not in one, then I'm in the other.But I love to learn new things and meet new people aand explore this wonderful world that we live in I take great interest in everything around me and could honestly do with another 12 hours in my day to do all the things I want to do.I don't know perhaps one day I will grow up and grow old but not for a few years more BTW I'm 67 coming up to 68 so really only a spring chicken ,or is that an old boiler

baby_fuzz

pollypenny wrote: »

I am forever saying things like' I don't like that, too middle-aged'.

I forget I am retired and getting a pension and have a bus pass.

you might be middle aged if you were going to live for a lot longer than the rest of us!

my OH's dad takes exception to the fact that I pointed out that he is a pensioner. I ask him if he receives a pension, he says yes - case in point! I don't call him a old codger, but the term 'pensioner' is accurate.

pollypenny

Haven't heard from you for a while, Jackie. Glad to hear that your OA is not holding you back from important things.

On original topic, I remember arguing with my dad, as he would never lock the door. He would say "If anyone comes in here they'll get this! " (brandishing fist).

He still thought he was a big tough miner, when he had become thin and frail. Sad.

scotsbob

As the average life span seems to be 70-80 that makes middle aged 35-40.

Elderly is anything over 50.