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PoindexterOglethorpe

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46. I'm 70, clearly a senior citizen

Tue Jun 18, 2019, 03:53 PM

Jun 2019

but a very long way from elderly.

Elderly, to me, is less a function of age than of attitude, health, and interacting with the world. People are often shocked when I tell them how old I am, even though I think I pretty much look my age. But I don't act it, and I apparently have a liveliness they don't expect.

That said, I frequently ask for help in lifting or carrying something, and people are always happy to assist. Which is quite nice.

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When does one become "elderly?" [View all] lillypaddle Jun 2019 OP

5-10 years from now. unblock Jun 2019 #1

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!! RKP5637 Jun 2019 #3

aha! We've got a winner! lillypaddle Jun 2019 #6

ROFL! 50 Shades Of Blue Jun 2019 #7

Thank You !! IADEMO2004 Jun 2019 #14

Fabulous response. NT emmaverybo Jun 2019 #32

Oh yeah! MuseRider Sep 2019 #57

IMO it depends how you feel. I've seen/known people ages younger than me that really act RKP5637 Jun 2019 #2

At 64 trev Jun 2019 #4

80 and up Freddie Jun 2019 #5

Honestly, I'm not gonna make it that long lillypaddle Jun 2019 #9

Yes. I read that average age for marybourg Jun 2019 #16

Actually, late middle age is a term that has been coined based on responses to a poll in emmaverybo Jun 2019 #34

Haven't you heard, 60 is the new 40! Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #35

You ARE elderly left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #8

Well, that wasn't very nice lillypaddle Jun 2019 #10

Bull Hockey! redstatebluegirl Jun 2019 #40

they are still 'elderly' left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #41

Clearly, the majority of seniors, at least here marybourg Jun 2019 #42

Or maybe ... left-of-center2012 Jun 2019 #44

when you need assisatnce from others for daily care... samnsara Jun 2019 #11

im 69..pretty fit but i play the elderly card once innawhile :) samnsara Jun 2019 #12

Oh gosh, thought I was the only one. I adopt the look, the vocal mannerisms, verbal hesitancies emmaverybo Jun 2019 #36

you will know it rampartc Jun 2019 #13

My dad fought "being old" FIERCELY Freddie Jun 2019 #15

Only when you start thinking you are...nt SWBTATTReg Jun 2019 #17

You become elderly when you start forgetting things that you never forgot before. stopbush Jun 2019 #18

My parents are 90 ad 92. My father refers to those of us in our 60's skylucy Jun 2019 #19

Hey, thanks lillypaddle Jun 2019 #23

10 years older than I am at any given moment! dawg day Jun 2019 #20

I'm 76. I just finished a 5 mile hike in the woods today. 200 ft. climb. 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #21

Good for you! lillypaddle Jun 2019 #22

Good genes. 3Hotdogs Jun 2019 #45

Some OTHER time!!! elleng Jun 2019 #24

I'm going with the 90s lettucebe Jun 2019 #25

Kept trying to get mother at 90 to have "someone in" just a few days a week I'd tell her. She emmaverybo Jun 2019 #39

I'll be 90 in November, so I guess that qualifies me as Elderly katmondoo Sep 2019 #56

At least 10 years older than me. Whatever that is at any given time. The Velveteen Ocelot Jun 2019 #26

Apparently for me it was 37yo woodsprite Jun 2019 #27

I know! I was 36 when my first was born and 40 with my second. Laffy Kat Jun 2019 #37

I remember feeling highly indignant at the ... 3catwoman3 Sep 2019 #58

57. According to the kids down the road i caught throwing rocks from the road into my yard. Kurt V. Jun 2019 #28

LOL nt lillypaddle Jun 2019 #31

I'm 65 and my grade school nieces and roody Jun 2019 #29

I prefer "senior citizen"... VarryOn Jun 2019 #30

I'm 73, going on 16. FuzzyRabbit Jun 2019 #33

When you find yourself sitting with friends Doreen Jun 2019 #38

I have a vow I try very hard to keep. 3catwoman3 Sep 2019 #59

It's beyond the beyond Lulu KC Jun 2019 #43

I'm 70, clearly a senior citizen PoindexterOglethorpe Jun 2019 #46

I think "elderly" for me is going to happen next February! Tracer Jun 2019 #47

Yep, it happens all right! nt lillypaddle Jun 2019 #48

I dunno. I'm already 2.3 years past my 'sell by' date. trof Jun 2019 #49

That number is based on life expectancy at birth. PoindexterOglethorpe Sep 2019 #50

"Old" doesn't seem old any more. The Velveteen Ocelot Sep 2019 #51

Ten years past your current age. nt doc03 Sep 2019 #52

My dad told me not to grow old lordsummerisle Sep 2019 #53

I just got out of a nursing/rehab home for the second time in a year. Frustratedlady Sep 2019 #54

always 15 years older than me Skittles Sep 2019 #55

65 trof Sep 2019 #60

I'm 54 and I wear my mowhawk and dye I_UndergroundPanther Sep 2019 #61