Age

whodathunkit

Do people think that elderly the same as old?

thorsoak

I'm now 70 ...will be 71 in June ....maybe I'll grow up one day!

Healthwise, pretty good (touch wood) - some arthitic tendencies, but I refuse to acknowledge them (its all a case of mind over matter ).

After almost 50 years' marriage, I'm on my own for the first time in my life. I miss the companionship and the loving - I have a loving family and friends, so I'm not suffering from loneliness and I appreciate that I'm possibly luckier than a lot of my contemporaries. My friends vary in age from 100 down to early 30s - and I'm as happy and ready to go out for a drink with the girls as I am to go and chat to my elderly friends.

Inside, I think I feel about 18ish - so maybe one day I will grow up!

itsanne

Judi wrote: »

Elderly = when your able to draw your state pension.

No, it's not. If you took that as a definition, for many years women would have been classed as more elderly than men as soon as they hit 60. Now, while I'd like to be able to have my state pension in December, I don't think I'll suddenly feel elderly on my birthday. I hope not anyway!

Person_one wrote: »

. . . some people are elderly at 40 and some never are, even at 101.

There's truth in that! In so far as being elderly seems to be as much to do with mindset as with physical frailty, people become "elderly" at different ages. We all know people who are old for their years and others who seem much younger. Perhaps to really be considered elderly there's a need for both some degree of frailty and an older mindset to be present. Also, it's a process. Someone is not suddenly elderly one day but not the day before.

I think the closest any of us have got to defining elderly is Primrose:

Primrose wrote: »

Elderly is 20 years older than I am!

That sounds good to me .

harrys_nan

QUOTE=seven-day-weekend;64510093]I am 64 today and my husband was 65 a couple of weeks ago,

Happy birthday to you and belated wishes to your husband :beer::T

Torry_Quine

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

I am 64 today and my husband was 65 a couple of weeks ago, but we both work at house/petsitting, he is chief Fire Marshal at our Church and I'm about to start a voluntary job as a Job Club Coach, so no way are we 'old dears'

We looked round a McCarthy and Stone Development about a year ago (just gathering ideas for the future) and were asked if we were looking on behalf of our parents.:rotfl::beer:

So 'elderly' varies according to the person, I think.

Happy Birthday. Yes we still need you now you're 64.

marisco_2

VestanPance wrote: »

If you've got good health, enjoy it. Age means nothing without good health.

Totally agree with this. Not only should it be enjoyed but also not taken for granted. If your health is important to you then you treat it like other things in life that you value. Aiming to get plenty of sleep, regular exercise and the right nutrition is necessary. Your food choices each day affect how you feel, today, tomorrow and in the future. A persons mental health is also very important. You wont have a healthy body if you also don't take care of your mind.

I care about the way I look and feel. I hope to be able to live a long time and achieve all things that I want to do in life? I am also very mindful of being healthy for my kids who depend on me and being a good role model so they don't grow up unhealthy. Of course a healthy approach to life doesn't guarantee that someone wont be unlucky and be affected by illness, but it does go a long way to helping to prevent it.

ariba10

We hope to celebrate our 63rd Wedding anniversary later on this year (only if she continues to behave herself) and still look out of the same pair of eyes and have the same thoughts as when we first met.

You only grow old from the neck down.

Still ride a bike and still drive.

seven-day-weekend

Torry_Quine wrote: »

Happy Birthday. Yes we still need you now you're 64.

But will you still feed me? :rotfl::rotfl:

seven-day-weekend

ariba10 wrote: »

We hope to celebrate our 63rd Wedding anniversary later on this year (only if she continues to behave herself) and still look out of the same pair of eyes and have the same thoughts as when we first met.

You only grow old from the neck down.

Still ride a bike and still drive.

Amen to all of that Hope you have many more years together.

Torry_Quine

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

But will you still feed me? :rotfl::rotfl:

You're on your own there! :rotfl: