What age do you begin to consider someone as old?

[LostInAnomie]

Poll question: What age do you begin to consider someone as old?

[Drum]

1. Twice my age has always been my standard....

:shrug:

[Truthiness Inspector]

5. So when you were 1

a 2 year old was considered old. :evilgrin:

[Drum]

10. Exactly!

:D

[stuntcat]

2. MY age

:(

[XemaSab]

3. Really, really, really depends on the person

I have met people who were in their 40s who were RIGHT on the edge, and I have met people in their 60s who still had a lot of youth in them. :shrug:

[sammythecat]

19. And I bet those people in their 40's

who were right on the edge (a great description) were "squares" when they were 20. :hippie:

I know what you mean and think you're exactly right.

[KitchenWitch]

4. Older than my parents

[Left Is Write]

45. That's the perfect answer.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

6. When that someone is at least

ten years older than I am!

:hi:

[LostInAnomie]

11. So... 40ish?

You couldn't be a day over 30. ;)

[TheBaldyMan]

7. I'm a coffin dodger who still feels young.

I keep forgetting I'm not a young pup any more.

I think age is a state of mind, I quite like being older and wiser.

[grannylib]

8. At least 20-25 years older than me!

My mom lives in an assisted living facility, and she is 84, and she was talking about the nice "elderly" gentleman who moved in on her floor...he's about 87 I think...and HE'S elderly!

So I guess it's all a matter of perspective!

[Truthiness Inspector]

12. LOL

That actually made me laugh out loud! Your mom sounds great.

[grannylib]

55. She's pretty nifty...dingy as a doorbell, has been all her life, but she's

just sweet and about as stereotypical a 'little old lady' as one might wish for...with some notable exceptions!
She stays pretty aware of current issues, and although she totally disagrees with the Repubs on most issues, (she has qualms about abortion, but knows it has to remain legal) she tries really hard to avoid cynicism and negativity (so I have to watch my tongue, I tend to RANT!!)

But yeah, she's great - wish she lived a little closer.

[dEMOK]

17. Why didn't you vote "Other"?

;)

[grannylib]

54. I thought I DID! Did I click the wrong thingy???

[BlackVelvet04]

61. My parents are 80 years old and

talk about how boring elderly people are.

[DainBramaged]

64. My mom turned 89 on February 15th

And most mornings I feel old as shit when I wake up.

[leftofthedial]

9. "old" is how you act

and what you think

[zingaro]

13. When they act it.

[u4ic]

20. Exactly!

:thumbsup:

[ComerPerro]

14. Here's the equation

Old (f(x)) as a function of age (x).


f(x)= (5/4)x + 5.

Old is 15 to an eight year old.

23 to a 12 year old.

29 to a 20 year old

55 to a 40 year old.

[Esra Star]

57. I think this equation is a revelation. Thanks. n/t

[Nicole]

15. I voted for 45-50.

I think old age starts at 40.


Before those in that age bracket yell at me, I'm there myself!

[SPKrazy]

21. Yell Yelll Yellllllllllll!!!

40 isn't old

old age starts at the end of puberty, hormone levels begin to decline

but truly old age is at least 70 or so these days.

and you are only 48 so no way is that old...

:hug:

[Nicole]

22. Old age starts with the first

wrinkle and I got one at 40. :P

I didn't say real old, I just said old. :rofl:

[SPKrazy]

23. The first wrinkle?

nahhhhhhh ;)


real old vs. ____ old?

word choice:

a) fake
b) truly
c) very
d) NOT

the correct answer for someone in their 40s is D

[Nicole]

24. It's my wrinkle....

and my old age. I'll decide when they both appeared. :P

I'm the decider of all things me dammit! :mad:

:hug:

[SPKrazy]

25. I Thought So...

okay oldie but goodie!

:hug:

have it your way

[Nicole]

26. I told you so....

:P

What are you doing up anyway?

[Cobalt Violet]

63. That's early midddle aged/late youth to me.

I know plenty of people in that age group who I would say are in their late youth and plenty who are early middle aged. I haven't met many who I would consider old. I equate old with elderly. But I can remember a time when anyone past 18 was old; I was about 9 then.

[dEMOK]

16. Looks Like I'm the First to Vote "Other"...

To me, old age is always at least twenty years from now.

[dEMOK]

18. Guilty of not reading the entire thread...

;(

[QMPMom]

27. I chose "other" because I don't really think of old in terms of a

number. I think more of it in terms of attitude. My mother-in-law was seemed oldat 60 - the age she was when I met her - because she had such a shitty attitude. My Dad is 74 and in not so good health but has a very young attitude and seems much younger than my MIL ever did.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

28. Dracula IS pretty damn old... (nt)

[SteppingRazor]

29. I voted 56-60...

I've always had pretty much the same breakdown:

birth-10 = childhood
10-20 = adolescence
20-40 = young adulthood
40-60 = middle age
60-80 = old age
80-100 = ancient
100+ = call yourself whatever you want, you earned it.

[MissMillie]

30. Age isn't what makes you old

activity level, open-mindedness.... that stuff can keep you young no matter what your age.

[ChickMagic]

31. I'm a coffin dodger like grannylib

And a pox on you people who think 40-50 is old!!!! FYI, I'm 53, wearing camo boy shorts that say "bootie camp", I'm a magician, flame red hair (my life goal is to be a keno girl in Vegas - you only have to say two things: Keno? and You didn't win.) Now all you punks can say "Ewwwww" to my deaf ass.:headbang:

[GirlinContempt]

32. No age.

I know 60 year olds who are old, and 85 year olds who aren't.

[MissMillie]

34. GMTA

:hi:

[GirlinContempt]

35. Sorry

what does that mean? :)

[MissMillie]

36. "great minds think alike"

:hi:

[GirlinContempt]

37. Ahhh sheesh

I'm slow this morning :D

[Guava Jelly]

33. 40 like me

geeze Im a geezer

[Left Is Write]

43. I am not old!

Yes, I am!

No, I'm not!

Yes, I am!

No, I'm not!


(as you can see, I'm having a midlife crisis.)

[Guava Jelly]

46. Yeah but you are like freaken Dick Clark

You'll be all youthful looking and cute when your 60 :mad:
:7 :hi:

[Left Is Write]

49. Okay, 20 or 40 - you decide!

Age 20:



Age 40:

[Guava Jelly]

50. Damnit you are getting even cuter with age!

:)

[Left Is Write]

51. Well...I'm kind of prejudiced against the green eyeshadow from 1986.

:P

[Guava Jelly]

53. Yeah but you pulled it off

;)

[bikebloke]

38. Depends on the individual

I've met 20 year olds who were already middle aged, mentally and physically.

[realisticphish]

39. Once you hit 60

I would say you're officially Old

[Bassic]

40. Dracula.

Blah!!

[unpossibles]

41. when they give up on life, no matter what age they are n/t

[alarimer]

42. 10 years older than whatever age I happen to be

So I never get old.

[Zuiderelle]

44. Whatever age you are when you die. If it's over 70.

:)

[havocmom]

47. Not about a number, but rather the states of mind and body

My older brother was ALWAYS old. My older sister will probably always be young. They are 364 days apart in age.

[fudge stripe cookays]

48. 40. My age.

Because it ain't the years, it's the mileage.

Chronic illness has made me feel a lot crappier than I would have at this age, but there it is.

[Deep13]

52. me plus ten years

[carly denise pt deux]

56. when I was 18, I thought 30 was older than dirt :)

Carly

[Generic Brad]

58. Who is the wise ass who voted for 45-50?

We are youth impaired. That can hardly be considered old.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

66. "Youth impaired."

:rofl::rofl:

[fortyfeetunder]

59. Old is a state of mind

A couple of ladies I knew were traveling internationally in their 80's and they died at 100 and 101, their health had declined drastically in their last few years. But they never talked about being old to me, just reminiscing about the past and looking forward to that next adventure. That is the way I want to go. I don't want to look as it being old it's chalking up years of experience.

[Wapsie B]

60. I've seen youthful 80+ year olds.

But I've also seen people less than half that age really look and act old. Being old depends on the person and their outlook on life.

[regnaD kciN]

62. Ten years older than me, always...

When I was a little kid, teenagers seemed old (i.e. "grown-up").

When I was a teenager, people who were just out of college and settling down to career and family seemed old.

By the time I got to twenty...well, you know, you can't trust anyone over thirty.

When I hit that point myself, it seemed that people in their thirties were still "young people," and middle-age didn't really begin until one was forty.

When I turned forty, I felt I remained on the older edge of young, but it wouldn't be until fifty that there really was "no going back."

Now, it seems like sixty is the threshold of "senior citizen" status.

The funny thing is, though, that I've known, as I was growing up, many people who were the age I am now. I always remember them as mature, stable, well-set in their ways and their place in the world. People with no doubts about who they were nor questions about where they were going. Why is it, then, that I don't feel the same, now that I'm their age? I get the feeling that, even when/if I turn eighty, I'll still feel like an out-of-place teen inside.

:shrug:

[WritingIsMyReligion]

67. Noo.......Don't say that!

"I get the feeling that, even when/if I turn eighty, I'll still feel like an out-of-place teen inside."

:cry::cry:

:P

[WritingIsMyReligion]

65. 20.

:P :P