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In reply to the discussion: When does one become "elderly?" [View all]

Laffy Kat

(16,524 posts)
35. Haven't you heard, 60 is the new 40!
Fri Jun 14, 2019, 05:09 PM
Jun 2019

In which case I'm a 42-year-old pup. Honestly, some days I still feel 20 and other days I feel my age.

When does one become "elderly?" [View all] lillypaddle Jun 2019 OP
5-10 years from now. unblock Jun 2019 #1
LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RKP5637 Jun 2019 #3
aha! We've got a winner! lillypaddle Jun 2019 #6
ROFL! 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2019 #7
Thank You !! IADEMO2004 Jun 2019 #14
Fabulous response. NT emmaverybo Jun 2019 #32
Oh yeah! MuseRider Sep 2019 #57
IMO it depends how you feel. I've seen/known people ages younger than me that really act RKP5637 Jun 2019 #2
At 64 trev Jun 2019 #4
80 and up Freddie Jun 2019 #5
Honestly, I'm not gonna make it that long lillypaddle Jun 2019 #9
Yes. I read that average age for marybourg Jun 2019 #16
Actually, late middle age is a term that has been coined based on responses to a poll in emmaverybo Jun 2019 #34
Haven't you heard, 60 is the new 40! Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #35
You ARE elderly left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #8
Well, that wasn't very nice lillypaddle Jun 2019 #10
Bull Hockey! redstatebluegirl Jun 2019 #40
they are still 'elderly' left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #41
Clearly, the majority of seniors, at least here marybourg Jun 2019 #42
Or maybe ... left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #44
when you need assisatnce from others for daily care... samnsara Jun 2019 #11
im 69..pretty fit but i play the elderly card once innawhile :) samnsara Jun 2019 #12
Oh gosh, thought I was the only one. I adopt the look, the vocal mannerisms, verbal hesitancies emmaverybo Jun 2019 #36
you will know it rampartc Jun 2019 #13
My dad fought "being old" FIERCELY Freddie Jun 2019 #15
Only when you start thinking you are...nt SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #17
You become elderly when you start forgetting things that you never forgot before. stopbush Jun 2019 #18
My parents are 90 ad 92. My father refers to those of us in our 60's skylucy Jun 2019 #19
Hey, thanks lillypaddle Jun 2019 #23
10 years older than I am at any given moment! dawg day Jun 2019 #20
I'm 76. I just finished a 5 mile hike in the woods today. 200 ft. climb. 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #21
Good for you! lillypaddle Jun 2019 #22
Good genes. 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #45
Some OTHER time!!! elleng Jun 2019 #24
I'm going with the 90s lettucebe Jun 2019 #25
Kept trying to get mother at 90 to have "someone in" just a few days a week I'd tell her. She emmaverybo Jun 2019 #39
I'll be 90 in November, so I guess that qualifies me as Elderly katmondoo Sep 2019 #56
At least 10 years older than me. Whatever that is at any given time. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #26
Apparently for me it was 37yo woodsprite Jun 2019 #27
I know! I was 36 when my first was born and 40 with my second. Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #37
I remember feeling highly indignant at the ... 3catwoman3 Sep 2019 #58
57. According to the kids down the road i caught throwing rocks from the road into my yard. Kurt V. Jun 2019 #28
LOL nt lillypaddle Jun 2019 #31
I'm 65 and my grade school nieces and roody Jun 2019 #29
I prefer "senior citizen"... VarryOn Jun 2019 #30
I'm 73, going on 16. FuzzyRabbit Jun 2019 #33
When you find yourself sitting with friends Doreen Jun 2019 #38
I have a vow I try very hard to keep. 3catwoman3 Sep 2019 #59
It's beyond the beyond Lulu KC Jun 2019 #43
I'm 70, clearly a senior citizen PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #46
I think "elderly" for me is going to happen next February! Tracer Jun 2019 #47
Yep, it happens all right! nt lillypaddle Jun 2019 #48
I dunno. I'm already 2.3 years past my 'sell by' date. trof Jun 2019 #49
That number is based on life expectancy at birth. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #50
"Old" doesn't seem old any more. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #51
Ten years past your current age. nt doc03 Sep 2019 #52
My dad told me not to grow old lordsummerisle Sep 2019 #53
I just got out of a nursing/rehab home for the second time in a year. Frustratedlady Sep 2019 #54
always 15 years older than me Skittles Sep 2019 #55
65 trof Sep 2019 #60
I'm 54 and I wear my mowhawk and dye I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2019 #61
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