at what age do you think people are officially old?

Question

i say 75

Answer 1

This reminds me of a true story. I knew a lady who was in her nineties, living on her own in her house in a suburban area. She was our neighbor. Every morning she swam a few lengths in her own swimming pool, summer and winter. She used to walk to the old age home everyday to visit the "old" people. (Those were people between ages 70 and 90, her juniors!)

One day she told me that she wanted to reach the age of 100. I believe that she would have, because of her attitude and physical health and fitness. But her children have decided at a point that it was time for her to go to an old age home herself. She refused, but had no say in their decision. She died in less than 2 months.

This story tells me that you become "old" the moment you have nothing left to live for. Even if I retire one day, I will make sure my life is still purpose driven! And even if I die at ninety something, I will die "young"!

This lady was young for more than ninety years and old for less than two months!

The term "old" shouldn't be used with humans, but with material things! Cars and fashion can be old.

Answer 2

It all depends on the person...it's as much a behavioral thing as a physical or physiological thing. Some people are "old" at 50, others don't get to be "old" until they're close to 80. You know, I'm sure, of people who act old and miserable and crotchety at much younger ages than others do...people who "use" the age thing to get whatever they can (that sense of entitlement) even if they're only 50-ish... At a certain point, however, the physical deterioration that comes from age hits us all, and for most I'd say that starts to become more obvious around 70.

Answer 3

i would say 60. everytime i hear that someone died, they are usually 60 years or older. so i guess that is the age where your body starts to become tired and you just feel old. but again that all depends on the person. if they had a healthy life they might feel old around 75 or 80. i think i will feel old the moment when i break my hip. hahahaha

Answer 4

Well, that is a difficult one to answer. To me it would have to be taken of a person genetics of hereditary factors of longevity there. My landlord, female, is 94 and I saw her last year now, weilding a 18 inch bar chainsaw using it! I want what she's having! My father's family usually get no further in years than 69, while my ex in-laws last until their eighties. And again about my landlord, her hired help is 72 and he physically is out there doing landscaping work on the side. They have the stamina of someone in their thirties, and some people in their thirties have the stamina of someone in their eighties are proverbially protrayed to be, barely moving. I am 41 and considered highly energetic, but I believe my landlord could run circles around me.

Answer 5

I don't know about the "officially" part. 65 seems to be it for that, but you are not old at that age.

Tell you what, you are old when you look around and cannot find anybody 20 years older than you are. My grandmother lived to be age 98. She couldn't. She was old at that point.

That, of course, was 33 years over 65. Something to think about...

Answer 6

70-75, officially, I say.

Answer 7

60

Answer 8

65

Answer 9

It changes as you age. I'm 33, and 15 years ago that was hideously old to me. I don't worry about other people anymore. There are women 30 years old than I am, who are much more active, and inspire me to do more.
Age doesn't matter, really.

Answer 10

Everybody is old, ever since the day everyone was born. Why do we keep saying 10 years old or 50 years old. It's just the way we feel.