What is the age when you might begin to be regarded as “Middle Aged”?
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July 26th, 2018
I find myself thinking about such things.
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Seven years older than my current age. :)
Really, when I was in my early twenties, I would have said “over 45”. I am now in my 60s, and I have no real understanding by what is meant as “middle aged”. And elderly for me now refers to people who cannot/are not physically active.
Anywhere between 400 and 1400 years.
About ten years from now.
40–45 felt like it to me.
Arithmetically spoken we can only determine someone’s middle age once he or she has died.
For me that will be 47.
Depending on how settled down in life, it begins in the early 40s to as late as 50.
It carries on to retirement age or somewhere to the mid to late 60s or possibly even the early 70s.
Middle Age is characterized by when you stop hanging out with younger people and don’t identify with them as much, but relate to your OWN youth (times when YOU were a young adult, college, etc etc). Or, Middle Age can be described as when you are old enough to be a grandparent. Children see you as older than their parents thus an authority figure rather than a cool aunt/uncle/teacher/camp staff person.
Its still an okay age to be. But when people get ELDERLY they start to get set in their ways, forgetful, closed minded and intolerant of things which they had previously been open minded and tolerant about. You can still BE open minded and receptive past 70, but that’s when it, and middle age, usually ends for most people
Middle Age is the age of Presidents of the United States of America
Don’t think it’s a number or an age thing, more a thought conditioning process.
If you think & act like a boring, beige obsessed 40/50yr old then that is ‘middle-aged’
Live like an immature, childish prick…works for me :D
When you start wearing the waist of your pants right under your moobs (man boobs) you are officially into old age. So just prior to that is middle age.
When I was young, 25 was considered middle age as few people lived much past 50. By the time I finally hit 25, middle age had been upped to 35 because people were living to 70 or a little more. Now that people are easily living to 80–100, 40–50 is considered middle age…so your 45 is about right.
One thing that I can warn you about is that old age seems to remain anyone at least 10 years older than you at the current time!!! ;)
I would say 45 also. I’m more wondering now about when it is over!
@Darth_Algar bite your tongue! It’s 50. I’m 41, I feel 25 and I act 16.
I’m still not sure. It’s certainly behind me. The issue was forced on my decision to ruthlessly pursue every available senior discount.
@stanleybmanly Many places set 50 as the age for your Senior Discount; so before ordering, my first question is “how old do you have to be to qualify for the senior discount?” Then I order s “Senior” whatever it is that I want.
When kids tell me to f off old man.
Looks like I have a little more time
@josie Nice to see you here old man!
Most of the young people at Fast Food restaurants offer the Senior discount if you are mostly gray-haired.
Middle Aged is when you are old enough to have grown children but young enough to be active and learning, relatively pain free, and not forgetful and closed minded. I might extend middle age right up to age 70, but 65 might be a better high end. I’ve known people who were once good to bounce ideas off of in their 50s and 60s to suddenly become set in their ways around age 70.
Past middle age, older people tend to have physical ailments, extreme pain or disabilities (such as Parkinsons) that they didn’t have at an earlier age, be unable to do things mentally that they might have been able to do when they were just 10–15 years younger. Some elderly people remain sharp and healthy, but you WILL notice differences in subtle ways.
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It’s incredibly good to be here. A little peace and quiet at last.
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