At what age do you consider yourself "old"?

Question

Are you old at 30? Are you old at 40? 50? Are you old when you need glasses?

When do you think a person is "old"?
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Answer 1

I think when your dreams have disapeared.

Answer 2

(1) The Hindu texts have described several periods of
life time. Baalyam means childhood period upto 10 years
of age. The period between 12 years and 25 years is
called Koumaaram which roughly corresponds with
adolescence. Within this period, Kurra means the age of
16. This is called the age of eternity. Russian
scientists have found that if the control systems in
the body are maintained at the same level of efficiency
as they are at the age of 16 years, using some
machinery or electronic control system, a person can
live for 10000 years. The Puranas say that people in
Krita Yuga (the golden age according to esoteric texts)
lived for 10000 years. However contrary it may be, this
very age of eternity is also the age of commencement of
the period of gradual death. Some Hindu texts say that
there is divinity in children. The possible
interpretation of this line could be that this process
of gradual death does not touch children until they
reach the age of 16 years. (Most children who die
before the age of 16 are due to external factors,
malnutrition etc). This is verified by the fact that
the percentage of persons who die at the age of 16 are
the lowest compared to any other age. This fact
observed by ancestors went into fairy tales which say
that a princess will die on her 16th birthday. Modern
medicine has found that 'brain sand' starts forming in
the pineal gland after the age of 16. The pineal gland
is the third eye, and it is the seat of Mukya Prana
(chief life) according to ancient Yoga and Tantra
texts. Modern madicine found that a person can lead an
almost normal life evern if 30 to 40 percent of brain
matter is removed. But no person survives if the pineal
gland is removed.

(2) The pulse rate in a new born baby is about 140
beats per minute. This pulse rate gradually reduces
during the Koumaaram period and settles down to it's
stable value of 76 beats per minute after the age of 24
years. Different sects in the world have different
criteria to declare a person to become a youth. The
Indian tradition says that a person becomes a youth on
his 25th birth day, taking the stable heat beat value
into consideration.

(3) Modern psychologists treat the period from 35 to 40
years as middle-age crisis period. Most of the people
may not feel much during this period. However for those
few persons who experience its full intensity, it will
be like a mini-death. In English, 'flourit' means the
age of dawning of wisdom; it also means the age of 40.
(See a multi-volume dictionary in a library). Energy in
the body will be at its highest during the youth period
from 25 to 40 years of age. Generally, Buddhi
(intellect) starts funtcioning after the age of 40
years, but it may take longer for others. You can not
blame a teenager or a youth for not having it. It is a
general observation that only person aged beyond 40
years are called intellectuals.

(4) The period from 40 to 60 years is called the
declining period of youth-hood. It is also the period
of gaining wisdom.

(6)The age beyond 60 years is called old age.

Answer 3

You 'never' get old. It's only your body that ages, and starts to slow down. The saying that life begins at forty is true, the first 39 years are simply preparation. I'm going to hit 40 with all the knowledge and experience that I need to confront every eventuality or situation with an understanding of how to cope; just as will you. I also have another saying: life ends at twenty! because you never get any older! You grow for the first twenty years, you learn for the next twenty years and you live fo the rest. Unless you start taking hard drugs, in which case you probably won't make it to forty.

Answer 4

When I was 15, I thought that 35 was the start of 'getting old'. But now that I'm not 15 anymore; but not exactly old, I think that 70 is the start of getting old. When/if I reach 70, I'll probably say that 90 is the start of 'getting old'. I still feel as though I'm about 20. I hope I still feel the same if I ever reach 100. Wouldn't it be great to look 20 if you were 100?!

Answer 5

I think being old is a state of mind, I am relatively mature, ie probably old enough to be your mother, but I still behave and think of myself as if I am in my twenties. Fortunately for my daughter's sake I don't dress as if I am in my twenties. How embarassing would that be? I think my generation is pushing the boundary of age further back, 40 is the new 30, 50 is the new 40 etcetera.

Answer 6

As you get older you never feel older, so whatever age you are is young! There are always someone older than you (unless you are 118 or more and the oldest person in the world) I think people who are 10 years older than me are old, whatever age I've been, and on top of that I think people 10 years younger than me are about my age! lol.

Answer 7

i used to think people at 30 were old, but being that i'll be 30 in 2 months, i think 50 is now old. So, 20 yrs older is old ;)

Answer 8

40

Answer 9

80

Answer 10

I would think by 45+ your defo middle age and not young but i wouldn't really consider old untill you had a walking stick and stuff so maybe 65+ it all depends on how old the person acts really

Answer 11

Well, if needing glasses makes you old, then I passed "old" when I was 11. :-)

For me, "old" begins around 70. Everything before that is either youth, young adulthood, or middle age.