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

Somewhat older than dirt, but considerably younger than rocks. My big problem is that my 12-year-old "inner child" is constantly getting my 67-year-old "outer hag" in trouble. If you ever hear a kid say "did you see that old lady on the roller coaster?", it'll probably be me.
 

I love that description jujube. I'm actually 'as old as the hills' and in Australia that means extremely ancient. It also explains my lack of height - I've been eroding for a very long time.
 
None of the above Except forever 21 or I wish I looked as good as you and WOW So no lables yet
 

I was always young as long as my mother lived. She was 97 when she died in her home a couple of years ago. Now I am the older generation.
 
I kind of feel the same way, Vala.
I know I'm elderly. I'm old, and what's that hole I've got one foot in.
 
I was okay until this year. Four months of worrying about my high risk cataract removal which was okay in the end. Then in July I think is when I tore my meniscus and the pain really hit in October after carrying enough boxes upstairs to fill my SUV 6 times with donations to the Bethesda Gently Used Store. One of my mantras is "this to shall pass".

Good things have happened to. I got a lot of hugs from the lady that managed the store. I broke their sales record for a month's sales. It's a good charity.
 
TICA said:
Yeah, I don't like labels either and I certainly don't feel old. I've heard the term "seasoned" as in having seen many seasons. I'd prefer that over "elderly" although it does remind one of a marinated piece of meat or something. I think I'm in "mid life" as I plan to live for a very long time. Really though, age is just a system for describing how long you have been alive and to me, really has nothing to do with one's state of mind which is the important part.
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Wish I could stop laughing, TICA, but the "marinated piece of meat or something" is just too funny. :joyous:
Geriatric-that's how I would label myself, limping along with a crook knee and a wooden stick.
My daughters just laugh when we go somewhere as we are always encouraged by staff to enter ahead of a long queue!
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You do get to use the age card after a certain point to avoid events you don't feel like attending...
 
Well, we are both in our mid-60's and still say "Party Time"!!
Because neither of us show any gray hair.........thanks to hair coloring for both of us.......many people say "no way you two are in your mid-60's!".
Because we act more like we are 50, not mid-60's and sometimes even younger. Yes, when the old Classic Rock comes on (cd or dvd concert), the younger age can really come out!

We are only hoping that we will still be this way when we hit 70 and beyond.
 
I think age is largely a state of mind, having little to do with your chronological age. Some people are old at 40, others are young at 90.

I refuse to think of myself as an "elderly person," which some might call being in denial! :)
 
I don't worry about any of that and I knew as a young person getting old would not bother me. I loved old people, they all looked very similar with their grey hair and plump bodies and warm hugs.
 
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Old is a word other people use. I am 70, travel the world alone, and am creating a whole new set of interests now that I am free from work. When I retired, I decided to reinvent myself and lay claim to the parts of me that laid aside in my career days. I think age is a state of mind. I will be old when I tell the same stories, do the same things, and stop learning.

The confusing part for me is that other people use labels to define me. I am not very religious, but I have been going to a meditation center to develop new parts of myself. The group I go to is trying to redefine what aging is because we are burdened down with negative images. Not only is it a bad rap, it reflects how the society treats us.

I will never be too old to stop changing the world.
 
I don't care one way or another. Old, ancient, elderly, mature, seasoned all are fine with me and every day one description fits me.
 
I don't care for the label seasoned [yes it does make you think of the kitchen].Elderly makes me think of 80's and beyond[I am mid 60's.]Elder makes me think of a tribe, or a group of church leaders.Mature makes me think of a block of cheese.So what is left? Old, I suppose or senior, they will both do.I love the discounts and make sure I get them [sadly nobody ever doubts me.]Age doesn't worry me at all, in fact am pleased to still be here.
 
I don't think ,about age just turned 69. We went out for lunch on my birthday and we walked to the tavern and back which was a total of just over 6 Km's We have a pedi meter so we know how far it is. I always carry a bottle of water summer and winter
I think unless you have a medical condition and you can't excersise its a good idea to not let your self get too "unfit" if we have been a little slack which happens in the winter and it's wet and windy we find its hard to get back to,feeling reasonably fit for our age with only two or three weeks with not much excersize so we try to keep it up as we being in the baby boomer group would hate to be put in nursing homes, we always say we would only go kicking and screaming.
The very reason we dance is it is good for our brain and body as well as the social side, we have people who are 90 and 93 still dancing very well
I have a saying .... We all live to be old if we are lucky..... I started saying that many years ago when I lost a brother suddenly from the effects of epilepsy, at exactly 14 years and 11 months old he didn't have a chance to get old ....
I tell people my greying hair is sun bleach.. After all we live in one of the driest, warmest States in Australia
 
Distinguished.

I've always wanted someone to call me "distinguished".

I would be standing there with my cane and top hat and monocle, and they would just come up and say "Gosh, Mister, you sure are distinguished!"

*sigh*

Alas, that has never happened.



Probably because I don't own a cane, top hat or monocle. :(
 

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