In your eyes, what is "OLD"?

Question

old as in not attractive to the opposite sex?
Or is it TRUTHFULLY AGELESS??
[those ads suck, this society that puts pressure on folks that only a certain age group is physically attractive]
I'm beginning to really think it's one big lie
I have a friend who's 57, actually looks GREAT [for any age] and younger men all the time flirt w/her.
So what's your opinion on my question above please?
thank you!!

Answer 1

I worked in a Nursing Home and I attended a wedding of two of our residents. He was 95 and she was 80. At the wedding reception he quipped he was "Robbing the cradle".

She said "He is the most handsome man I have ever seen!"

I think true love is defiantly AGELESS!

Answer 2

I think when you've hit 50, it's safe to say you are certainly not young anymore. Your youth is behind you and you are now looking at the second half of your life. You are, by today's standards, termed as middle aged.
Whether or not your feel it, or whether or not you accept it, makes no difference. It IS a real plus if you feel great and have taken some care of yourself along the way.

Between the ages of 60 and 70, I think you're a Senior.
From the age of 70 to 80, I think you could be termed an Elder Senior and after 80 I genuinely think you are old.
C'mon get real. Think about 80 yr old plumbing and parts!

Granted, there's all kinds of factors that are a part of our aging such as:
how we feel, how active we are in life and the living of it, our emotional well being, how we look, how we live our lives and treat ourselves, the health we're in and the inherited genetics that we have already built in.

And if you think the ads you're seeing suck! Boy you should live in California where the real nutballs are, as if Hollywood is the real deal and we're all supposed to measure up to that!! The Hollywood oldies all look positively gorgeous because they all have money to buy personal trainers, chefs/dieticians, and plastic surgeons to correct everything along the way.
IT IS A LIE! IT'S ALL A BIG PILE.

The older stars look just like everybody else does when they age.
Go over and take a look at James Arness' (of the Gunsmoke Program) website . Of course, there's pictures of the old days, but now you'll have to hunt to find him in the pictures he looks so different. He's always in the back because he's so tall. But he looks any other NORMAL aging person, not like some made up Hollywood doll for magazine covers.

Answer 3

Well I don't feel that 57 is old. Especially if she still is able to
take walks, and doesn't have bone spurs or knee problems
from walking on concrete. If she can still dance and keep
from falling on turns, if she can still do a few sports without
having to run for the Ben Gay at night. I'd say she's doing
well. Some people look older than their years, and have
the bodies to match. But there are older people who are
in their early 70's that still walk alot or hike and swim and
are fitter than someone in their late 50's. It all depends on
the type of life one leads and the health they have. I'm
63 and feel it. But my health has been declining over the
last four years. Now I have aches when I stand or try to
walk, so that lets out the walking I'd like to do. I can't even
walk on a beach anymore. And I have respiratory probs
from smoking too long, and asthma on top of that. So
there you go. You pay for things when you get older. And
sometimes they catch up to you all at once as they have
with me. I also have a heart disease I inherited from my
dad, along with Diabetes. I really am thankful for each
day I get. No lie. So it's just basically what cards you've
been dealt. And you have to use what you have, while
you have them.
But to answer your question correctly, I'd guess that an
80 year old is very old. And someone around the 70 mark
is old. There's a big difference in what someone of both
those ages are usually able to do, even if they are in good health.
I hear or read rather, of alot of 75 year olds who are still
very active and get out and do things. So I guess after
that age, you're getting on the frail side and need to slow
down. I have noticed with myself and friends, we've all
seemed to age in spurts. Like one year we look 50 and
the next year we'll have aged another five before our time.
And good genes have alot to do with our longetivity too.
So tell your friend, she's still a kid and get out and kick up
her heels while she still can. As age comes calling, before
you know it. And it isn't about ones looks, it's what's inside.
She is probably the same girl she was in her 30's. We
still have lot of those same dreams we had back then. So
either we 'use it, or we loose it', and it's important,not to
loose it, before we're ready.

Answer 4

I think "old" is a frame of mind. If you are very tired and perhaps, ill, then you can feel pretty old! But, I know a woman who is 93, this year and she is still shopping, doing all the cooking and will NOT let you in her kitchen! LOL I dare anyone to tell her she is old! I would not want to hear her scolding!!

Therefore, "old" has nothing to do with a number! I think it has everything to do with a mindset because of our society. Certainly, ages to some, are very old...to others, that would make you still a youngin'. LOL

It is a relative thing as well! A five year old would see a young adult as being old! Parents, included! LOL Now, Bert, the young woman I mentioned above...to her, I am 52, that means in Bert's eyes, I am but a babe! So, it is relative to each age group.

I don't think I'll be old until I get to where I can no longer do all the things I love to do. So, I figure, I got a few before I am "old."

Answer 5

The answer to your question is entirely relative. In our society youth is celebrated and aging is something we fear to the point that it has created a multibillion dollar anti aging industry. People in their 20's may see 40 as old, while people who are 40 say that 60 is old. Even the elderly play down age with sayings such as "you're only as old as you feel." I would not say that there is a definitive age at which society as a whole would say is old. A few bench marks might be turning 55 and being eligible for AARP membership or perhaps the age of 80, which is about the life expectency in the United States.

Answer 6

I remember looking at the moon when I was sixteen and remarking that when the new 21st century arrived my life would be over! I'd be 53! We're eight years into it and I was wrong. A person of any age can have sex appeal to their piers but the importance wains over the years.
I knew a 90 man who married an 85 yr old woman and was spellbound by her beauty. "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"

Some young people aren't attractive physically or emotionally.

Answer 7

To me, there is no such thing as "OLD". Just as I know that "Beauty is in the eye of the beholder".

There are many things in this life that are ageless. Age is only a number placed on people because those who are placing the numbers haven't had the creativity or wisdom to find something more original. Age is strictly a biological thing, not a social one.

Answer 8

No one can put a label, Old, on anyone...that is a label we give ourselves when we stop dreaming of a future and turn to the past for a life. Some people stop looking forward at 40, when living has beat the life out of them, and others go fighting at 90 or older...there is just no way of saying what is 'old' any more. I see 20 year olds who are seriously disabled, as I see 70 year olds who cannot get around easily...so it is not the trouble we have in moving about that determines "old." I overhear conversations by housewives about their children..blah, blah, blah, and I overhear conversations about operations by older people..I cannot tell the difference between the two..blah, blah blah. But when I meet a person who is afraid of trying anything new, who clings to a life without chance, who craves safety above all else, I am faced with an old person, regardless of their age. In this sense, all old people are equally sad, for they have lost all desire for what living can give..simple excitements, anticipation of tomorrow and what it can bring, surprises that must be dealt with, good or bad. When we seal our lives into a safety deposit box, surrounded by the past, we are truly old. I hope I never live that long. Good luck, love, and peace, Goldwing

Answer 9

As far as I am concerned, no matter how old any body gets, they are going to find the opposite sex attractive. Beauty is in the eyes of the beholder any way. What one person may think that someone is not good looking at all, the next person may think they are beautiful. "Old" is just a number. You are as young as you feel.

Answer 10

My definition of old would be he/she who loses the desire to live.
Even at my age, 65, I still have men who are attracted to me. And, of course, that is flattering. It isn't important to me to seek that sort of thing anymore, but I enjoy people who can laugh, tell jokes, things like that.
When you cannot laugh at yourself, or accept yourself as you are, and live your life in the past and not accept the young and be willing to bend a little, you are old.

Thank you for the question and I believe it can be ageless. I have always liked the elderly. I grew up with a lot of elderly relatives. They were a delight to me. What attracts me to anyone is the sparkle in their eyes and the wit.