What do old people like being called?

Question

As a group, do elderly people like being referred to as:
Old people
Elderly
Senior citizens/Seniors
OP's
Oldies
Blue hair ladies (of course men are not included w this &hearts )
Retired persons
Something else?

If you are NOT old, what do you call old people? Not to their face of course, and I mean as a group.

I love the person who said age is just a number, and to the lady who asked what I like being called, I'll say a person.

Answer 1

I am a senior, let them call me in any manner, Age is not factor. Give respect & take respect. As a group they are GRAND_PARENTS

Answer 2

I am 56 and age doesn't bother me but with my friends and older people, I say "we are in the grandma age group" and this seems to be a loving phrase, I'm sure others could think of more loving phrases like this.It may now seem at all like it,but older people do posess a "wisdom" that young do not, older people have weathered the storms of life.Why are they crabby, You should do a visual reality of getting older and you would understand, your brain actually begins to go dowhill like your body when you ARE ONLY 35. Look it up !! So don't be so proud if you are over 35 !! It is hard being over 50, your brain and body just wear out like your cars. Our brain connections weaken and our short term memory just disappears, poof, and it is embarrassing for many. I just say "oh whats her name" and don't worry, I have a big sense of humor and just use that, but in addressing people over 50 especially in the techie world, be kind and loving and you might even ask. I was told one by a young person the other day "on the wrong side of 50" and I love that because it admits life is harder.I graduated at the top of my class and had all kinds of honors and awards, but by the time you get to the rest home, you will be the same as all the rest, Remember, it is the heart that counts,not the head/brain. They fade like the lilies of the field, but love remains.

Answer 3

I would prefer Senior Citizen for every day use.
Some of us are in our second childhood though, we know how to have fun and then you could call us recycled teenagers

Now what do you like to be called?
Youngsters
Juniors
Kids
Rug Rats
Children
Happy Folk
Toddlers
Little People
Pensioners in Waiting
Late for breakfast
or something else?

Answer 4

Some would say I am old............I know I got older! But, then, those of us with the most birthdays LIVE the longest! (So, birthdays, and my real age are great things to have!). I'm 63, and it depends upon whom is talking to me, when I decide what I like to be called. I've enjoyed being called Teacher, Mama, Grandma, and Mrs. ................I've even enjoyed being called by my first name. I don't enjoy being called 'honey' by people I don't even know. Just so some will learn about this........we don't ALL enjoy flattery, either. It really makes me feel badly when I think people have to make things up to believe they are being nice, while talking to me. I enjoy people of every age. I learn so much! Still learning.

Answer 5

Well, I like being called a person! Why are labels necessary? Do we lose our right to be part of the bigger world just because we pack on more years of living? lol

However, to answer your question in a broader sense, the PC term is Senior/Senior Citizen [which BTW, starts at 50 yrs old!]

Answer 6

A friend of mine coined the term "Seasoned Citizens".

She says we are like a good spaghetti sauce - well seasoned.

Personally, I think we are like a good wine - well aged.

Seriously, when conversing with anyone, person to person, call them Mrs., Ms., Mr. This is a show of respect.

As a group, Seniors, is OK.

Answer 7

Senior Citizens would be politically correct.
However, if you know an older person just ask them what they would like to be called. Everyone is different.

Hope this helps

Answer 8

Well, I usually use the generic term of UOF...that is Us Old Farts.

It's also pretty darn close to UFO, and I have had a lifelong fascination with space travel and science fiction, so the term pleases me because of that.

I have never told anyone on here that I think of us that way, mind you. Probably a whole lot of them are going to be mad at me now....

Answer 9

I like being call a senior citizens i get distcount on many things i buy, so being old pays off at the end.We earn ower little savings we get at ower age.Ya hunting and fishing great get it for lest to so we don,t mine being call things like this.

Answer 10

I answer to my name or to Sir or Madam. Do younger people like being called kiddies? Youngies? Half-baked? Junior citizens? Spike-haired? Think about it.

Answer 11

My age is 58. My state of mind is 19. Call me whatever you like. Obsessing about such 'small' things is a waste of time.