Your personal thoughts about the word Elderly

[Gaer]

"Elderly". Guess it's better than "decrepit". hahahaha!
and, People don't call you "agile". They call you "spry"!

 

[fancicoffee13]

"Elderly". Guess it's better than "decrepit". hahahaha!
and, People don't call you "agile". They call you "spry"!

Yeah, I don't like the word Elderly, it implies too much! Decrepid, frail, memory loss, not dependable, etc.

 

[drifter]

I'll just refer to a creation from my taproom thread;

My, my.

 

[drifter]

I have to admit I never gave it much though. I'm an old man and I guess you can call me whatever you like.
I may have at some point referred to my self as élderly.' But it's a thought.

 

[seascene]

Elderly is an astonishing word to be interpreted as a grand privilege. Sadly so many will never be called elderly.

 

[Don M.]

"Elderly", "old guy", "senior", etc., etc., is OK by me....I'm just happy to still be around to hear it.

 

[Capt Lightning]

I'm a "crumbly".

 

[jujube]

If you look up "elderly" in the dictionary, there's a picture of me, taken first thing in the morning. Sad, sad, sad.

Now......do I feel elderly? First thing in the morning, yep. The rest of the day, the 12-year-old Inner Child tries to overpower the 72-year-old Outer Hag, which is why the Outer Hag looks so bad in the mirror in the morning.

 

[JustBonee]

 

[IrisSenior]

'Elderly' means (to me) a very old person - like in their -90's. Not me yet. Cripes, I probably won't live to that age.

 

[jerry old]

Teens hanging out at grocery store of strip malls get real mouthy-there is nothing i can do about it -What-smack them with my cane?

 

[Pecos]

I know! Holly! Neither do I and I'm in my 70's!

Gaer, you sure don't look "elderly" to me.

 

[Pecos]

I heard on the news recently a report on a woman being run over.. they described her as ''an elderly 60 year old woman''... whaaaat??? I"m 5 years older at 65.. and this is me.. I don't think of myself as being anywhere near elderly

You are nowhere near "elderly."

 

[Gaer]

Gaer, you sure don't look "elderly" to me.

Thank you Pecos! You are the sweetest man! I don't feel my age! I don't even know how I GOT this old!

 

[Kayelle]

Jane Fonda (like her or not) has always given the classy answer to her timeless good looks. "I've been blessed with good genes". I dare say, she's also had her share of $$$$ excellent "help".