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hi Elic, I am sure you are not alone with that way of thinking...I know at one time I thought that 40 was old also,,,But now that I am 63 years old 80 is my old to me..I still don't think I am old.. Now don't get me wrong =, I certainly don't mind being old because if/when my grands say it I will certainly say "yes I am"..but people are living so much longer now so thats why I say 80 is getting there for me...LOL

Hi Elic I think you are as old as you feel, and if you think young, I think that is wonderful too. Age does have a funny way of creeping up on all of us one day we are in 20's the next thing we are having Grandchildren, that is why it is so important to live each day to the fullest.

Personally, I think we all think when we are younger that someone in their 40s is old, and then we used to think our Grandparents were ancient and how would they ever know what we are facing? But as we get older, we realize they are not old, and just trying to look out for us. As I age I still do feel young in a lot of ways, and still have a lot of Goals and dreams in my life I am still wanting to accomplish, and willing to do what it takes to get there.

Hello Elic. Oh the wonder of getting older. The one thing that I have noticed is that the closer to getting old I get the further off it get. Every ten year mile stone I get to old age move to the next ten year mile stone. I am 68 year old and I used think that was old now 80 is old. I'm not aware of my mind getting older but my body sure has. So as far as I'm concerned old age is relative.

I'm not yet old.. but I was relating a story to my husband about a 20 year old co-worker and I kept calling him a kid.. that's when I knew I was getting old.. that 20 year olds are considered kids to me!

I like to use the world elder, or older not elderly. You are as old as you feel, or in some cases you are younger then you look. It just depends on genetics and the like in how you age. My 15 year old things my husband and I are old at 40. Can't wait till she reaches 40 so I can say that she is old.

I think that you are right. Being a parent is not necessarily a rich and rewarding experience and it certainly changes one's perspective and robs one of what their life would have been like had they not had children. What I'm getting at is that all the aspect of parenthood ages one. I don't think my kids have ever seen me as "old" or thought of me that way and now that they are in their forties, nothing has changed, except for the fact that I am getting wrinkles and my joints give me trouble so I'm feeling quite ready to be put down. LOL.

Man, I can't even tell if my laswe answer went through. Anyway, my previous try said I don't think people even in their sixties are elderly. I wrote a discussion about my parents, and mentioned they were in their fifties. I had people telling me that wasn't elderly. I was like, I'm sorry. Where in my discussion does it say that's elderly? People can't seem to read. Who in their right mind would consider someone in their fifties elderly?

don't feel bad.AARP and now a life insurance have been bugging me lately.i'm not yet quite old enough to apply for either..it's like they're telling me hurry up! i'm gonna be 44 next month,and i've been seeing commercials lately talking like 50's old..and i've been finding the closer i get,the more the idea of being called elderly at 50 is annoying me. if we're supposedly living longer,how is that elderly? grrrrrr...

I often refer to myself as a 'girl', although I'm far from it.

I distinctly remember saying, when I was 45, that I was the age my mother was supposed to be. One thing "they" don't tell you about aging is that your brain doesn't age. I remember my grandmother calling her friends "the girls" and thinking that was awfully silly because they were all "old ladies". Now that I'm, uhh, well, the age I am (), I understand why she called her friends "the girls." It really sucks when your mind tells you to go play hopscotch (remember that? drawing it on the ground in chalk and using an old shoe heel to play with?) and your body starts laughing at you or worse, crying at you, "Please, no!" I honestly think that most people who have reached our "mature" age () are thinking younger than they did a generation ago.

I do know that at my age, a lot of things should have happened. I mean people my age would have gone big by this time. And I do know how some of my former classmates have succeeded with their chosen careers. At 40, yeah, it might not be that old. And I do admit that I still feel young at heart as well.

I would classify 40's or 50s elderly but older. I am the same way many people my age have kids, they see the world differently. They want to be older, and think having children they loose everything, they are higher in society. I think differently because I don't have a nagging kid beside me, and can clear see.

It's all in the eye of the beholder. A person's life experience and family history sometimes cause them to see age differently from most people. Online I see a lot of people thinking forty or fifty is old. However, sometimes they are in a country with a lower life expectancy.

I dont think of myself old altho I do have kids and grandkids ut to me that keeps you young. no 50 isnt old and I dont think 73 as old either now my mom was in her 09s thats old lolololol I am now 73 years young! and thats the way I feel

hi elicbxn no fifty is still middle age to me and now I am in my eighties I am elderly of course but usually I do not feel any older than I did at 60 but tonight with this flu bug I do feel my age right now although I am taking pills for it and reeling better than I have all week.I am going to the bank tomorrow after my friend Nelda gets off work and then to RiteAide to do a little shopping. Thats about all I will be capable of doing but it has to be done. lol

to me being elderly is not so much an age as how you feel and get along. i never considered myself elderly till i was 60yrs and got so sick that i never recooped from that and became disabled. yet ive seen people older then myself that did not seem elderly because they can still get out and do things i cant when i was in my 40s and early 50s, most young people prefered to hang out with me rather then many younger then myself.

Nowadays people live longer than before on the whole,so we might as well consider fifty to be middle age.In addition,it depends on how you think of it,namely what frame of mind you have.Some old people don't take their age to their heart and are wonderful alive.