"Elderly", "Old" or "Mature" - What's YOUR Label?

SifuPhil said:
I've gotten into a lot of hot water over the use of "ma'am". Most of the time it's because they don't like the sense of age it bestows on them, but a few of them figure out that it's a contraction of "madam", and they take offense at being referred to as the leader of a house of easy virtue.

The thing is, with someone like me, once I know they don't like it I'll use it until my last breath. :p
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ah ha! So you're one of those, huh?! Well, usually the most teasey guys are the most pleasey guys :cool:
You're precisely right. My youth flashed before my eyes.. I went from being a babe to ma'am in a snap of a word. hahaha very strange trip indeedie.
 

Approaching 79 I like to think of myself as a "Survivor" - a lot of people didn't make it this far and a lot of those people who patronize you because of your age may not make it either. I think there's a certain amount of satisfaction in being a "Survivor."
 

I still smile when I think back to my grandson who wanted me to do something and I said Oh I'm too old. Then we played with counting blocks and I showed him just how many blocks I had compared to his. With surprise, he declared, Oh Nana you're old.
 
My target goal is 100, so I have 10 more years to go. I'm considered old by current standards, but I can still boogie with the rest of them
if some lovely drags me out onto the dance floor. As I've mentioned before, I have no aches nor pains, need no pills and in better shape than
a lot of the guys I know and see, without a cane. I still have good legs and knees. Wanna see 'em?
 
Well,I`m not sure what I am but I guess we now know what hubby is. He works as the Estimator in a body shop. But the schools where he worked as a custodian before he took this job were desperate for extra help with several people out on disability so he agreed to work before and after hours for them. So he goes in at 5am,opens up the school,cleans a few rooms and the helps in the cafeteria while the kids have breakfast and then cleans up afterwards. So one day he is cleaning off a table (kids leave milk cartons,napkins,etc. on the tables) and this little girl comes up and starts picking up trash off the table. He says "Well THANK YOU!" She say "It`s OK. I always try to help out the elderly when I can!" I`m still laughing over that one. He is not :)
 
QuickSilver said:
At least you have teeth!!
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I do too, I'll go take them out and snap some picks if anyone needs proof. :smug1:

What title do I prefer, cutie pie, sexy beast, but, of the three listed, mature works depending on the group addressing me. I will cop to senior, ederly or old as dirt any day of the week where discount is connected to it.
 
April, I am SO with you on that ! !
My husband always calles me "Babydoll", and I really like that, and it helps me to feel attractive. I still feel young inside (at least most of the time), and it is hard for me to think that I am actually going to be 70 in January.
It seems like just a short time ago that I was only 57, and marrying Bobby, and I still think of myself as that same person.
But, like you said, if the word "senior" applies to a discount, then I am right there proclaiming it !!
 
I'm from the same era as the OP. and in no way do I think of myself as old ..elderly or any other typecast adjective. I dress young, I look younger than my years, and I don't think in my 50's I can be classed as old...only by those under 30 as the OP rightly says..

Further to the over 55's senior discounts, we don't get that here in the UK until state retirement age..so I don't have the dilemma of whether to accept them or not.. :D
 
I like to go down to the schoolyard and swing on the swingset -- always have liked the swings. Besides being fun, it's a good workout for the muscles in your gut. Once a little kid came up to me and said "aren't you too old for the swings?" I just said "nope" and kept on swinging. Sort of my philosophy of life, I guess.
 
I'm un-labelled. Certainly not mature. :playful: Technically I'm an OAP (old age pensioner) which entitles to me an OAP bus pass which I use for free travel all over Scotland. I love being old. I'm only 62 so nowhere near elderly. Besides, I'm fit with lots of muscle and can kick butt! :D
 
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