How old is OLD?

everyoung
everyoung Posts: 67 Member
edited September 22 in Health and Weight Loss
How old is old? 25? 35? what about 40?

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  • quara
    quara Posts: 255 Member
    I have a 96-year-old friend who is younger than some 33-year-olds that I know!!
  • mandijo
    mandijo Posts: 618 Member
    You're as young or as old as you feel!
  • DanOhh
    DanOhh Posts: 1,806 Member
    I would say 947 years is old. ;-)
  • sarahliftsUP
    sarahliftsUP Posts: 752 Member
    I don't place a number on old.

    It's all about activity level and capability! You are only as old as you feel, the number doesn't define your age!
  • Ready2lose4ever
    Ready2lose4ever Posts: 523
    You're as young or as old as you feel!


    I agree!!
  • kappyblu
    kappyblu Posts: 654 Member
    You are as old as you feel. Age is just a number. It depends on how you feel inside. I am 38 but I don't feel it. Before I changed my lifestyle, I felt like I was twice my age. My mother who is 70 is in better shape than me. She can out move me anytime. But since things have changed, I am doing better at keeping up with her. So, I would say that I used to feel 66, but now I feel a lot closer to my actual age. As time goes on, I hope to feel even younger.
  • melizerd
    melizerd Posts: 870 Member
    I'm 28 and I feel better now than I did at 25. I completely believe that age is a number.

    My Grandparents are 81 and 82 and still own their house, mow their 1 1/2 acres of lawn, walk every day, volunteer, drive, go out to dinner. They are definitely NOT old :)
  • LisaZaugg1976
    LisaZaugg1976 Posts: 1,144 Member
    I am pround 34 year old I feel in better shape then I did in my 20's :)
  • everyoung
    everyoung Posts: 67 Member
    thank you all, today is my birthday and i am 38 years young:smile: , My goal for my next 38 years is to live a healthy lifestyle, take care myself, my kids, my parents, and my husband................:laugh:
  • skinnypeach
    skinnypeach Posts: 13
    I'm 38 and I don't consider that old at all. I'm often mistaken for being in my 20s - good skin, no signs of wrinkles at all - thanks mom!

    I did read something the other day that made me feel old for only a few seconds. I heard the word "spinster" used on TV and even though I knew what the word meant I really wanted to know at what age is someone considered a spinster. Well...the info I found had the age at 38!!! So I'm technically a spinster since I'm 38, unmarried and have no children! LOL!!

    PS. Happy Birthday!!
  • everyoung
    everyoung Posts: 67 Member
    totally agree with you. my father is 66 and he thinks he is 40. he exercises at least 2 hours everyday. i agree with everybody, 38 is just a number.
  • heathersmilez
    heathersmilez Posts: 2,579 Member
    As I slowly creep up to 30 (28) I now realize that "old" is actually old, like 80+. My parents are 60 or almost and they aren't per say old. I say old is when you are feeble and incapable of performing all or most of the things you did when you were younger. For some people that is 60 if they let themselves go for others its 80, 90 or better.

    When it comes to dating however there is definitely a cut-off age as “old”. In my early 20’s I would say guys that were 30 were old and I would never consider dating them. The “old-guy” at the bar was 40. My husband and I are therefore 7 months apart (he’s May I’m December, we’re a May December relationship of sorts) and have been together since we were 16 so luckily truly rejecting an “old 30 year old” was never something I had to do.
  • mapinkerton
    mapinkerton Posts: 147
    I MIGHT be considered old! I am 55 (soon to be 56). I still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. I bought a Harley last year! You are as young as you feel!
  • Cristy_AZ
    Cristy_AZ Posts: 986
    I am 45 and I am definately not old. My Dad and Mom are 78 and 76, and they are active and healthy, my Dad still swims 3 days a week and they both bowl on a bowling league. They are "getting old" (in their words! :-))
  • Todd08
    Todd08 Posts: 80 Member
    Old is is not what it use to be, I'm 50 and don't feel that age at all, and after I meet my goals I'm hoping to feel a lot younger.
  • mommared53
    mommared53 Posts: 9,543 Member
    I'm 57 and I don't think I'm old yet although sometimes I feel old physically but mentally I'm still a young whippersnapper. :laugh: :laugh: Realistically I think I'm doing pretty good for 57. I do a lot of walking because I don't drive and I think that helps to keep me young. I'm always acting silly around my 24 year old son and he's always telling me (laughingly) to grow up. :laugh: :laugh: But I don't wanna. :bigsmile:

    By the way, happy birthday Everyoung. :flowerforyou:
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    I think it's a matter of perspective. To quote the Gershwins:
    Methus'lah lived nine hundred years/
    Methus'lah lived nine hundred years.
    But who calls dat livin' when no gal'll give in/
    To no man what's nine hundred years:happy:
  • cbevan
    cbevan Posts: 31 Member
    Your age is indisputable fact, but being old is a state of mind.
  • sweetiekayk
    sweetiekayk Posts: 84
    I have this friend...not sure his exact age but pushing 70 if I have to guess. He's a Harley mechanic and has the grandpa/santa look going. He often says "when I grow up......."

    I love that! I don't think "old" is based on a number. I am almost 31 and strangers think I look younger than my 19 year old sister. I think you're only as old as you feel.... so I guess I'm still a teenager. Feeling young keeps you young. My great grandma is in her 90s and still goes to the casino. My mom's friend's mom is in her 90's and a couple years ago she got scolded for being up on a ladder painting her house. If you can do it...do it.
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    I'm 43 and not there yet. Still love toys, still laugh at fart jokes, still want to cry when my girl doesn't go for me. Adults are kids with money.
  • CasperO
    CasperO Posts: 2,913 Member
    Cheeky.
  • epoeraven
    epoeraven Posts: 458 Member
    I'm 43 and not there yet. Still love toys, still laugh at fart jokes, still want to cry when my girl doesn't go for me. Adults are kids with money.

    I so agree with this!!!
  • Tawnee19
    Tawnee19 Posts: 9
    You're only as old as you feel! I prefer to think of age in terms of how young you still are. Age is just a number after all. It's all about your outlook. :)
  • LorinaLynn
    LorinaLynn Posts: 13,247 Member
    I'm 38, and strongly believe that the term "teenager" applies to anyone under 25. :wink:
  • kidtechnical
    kidtechnical Posts: 146
    I heard the word "spinster" used on TV and even though I knew what the word meant I really wanted to know at what age is someone considered a spinster.

    My mum married my dad when she was 19 and their marriage certificate has her as "spinster of the parish" - man the 70s were harsh times!
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