Honest question in this area. In your own mind....ARE YOU OLD? How "old" is "OLD" to you (in your mind) at this point?

Contributor: spineyogurt spineyogurt
Im 23 pretty old
07/18/2012
Contributor: PropertyOfPotter PropertyOfPotter
I think it varies! I would say 70+, but it would depend on their mind more than anything.
07/18/2012
Contributor: Sangsara Sangsara
when I was younger I used to say that I felt like I was 13 going on 73, then I then i matured. I'm 35 and I truly feel 35. not young not old right in the middle. I once delivered flowers to a 93 year old woman who exclaimed to me "It's just that I'm SO OLD!!!!!" it was so funny i loved it. I hope I get to be old and happy wondering around the liquor store (Canada) at 87 (women at work the other day) trying to find that good bottle of wine they had at the Hendersons without a crook in my back or arthritis or a care in the world.
07/18/2012
Contributor: heather-mooney heather-mooney
The most accurate "rule" I've heard that I generally agree with is half the age of the older person plus 7 years. For example, it would be appropriate for a 40-year-old to date someone who was 27, but not 20. or a 65-year-old to date someone who was 39.
07/22/2012
Contributor: bayosgirl bayosgirl
I will be 25 next month. Sometimes I feel "old", but not really. I know I've got a long way to go before I'm officially Over the Hill.
07/22/2012
Contributor: duff duff
Im freaking old... 27 and i can feel my body changing
07/22/2012
Contributor: Ex-prude Ex-prude
I feel like I act younger than my age, but sometimes I know I act way older. Depends on the situation.
07/27/2012
Contributor: MaeGal MaeGal
I'm 20. To me, old is 75/80. My mom is 62, so sixties still seems young to me. Relatively speaking.
07/30/2012
Contributor: Vaginas Vaginas
I'm almost 23 and I already feel too old sometimes. but to me I guess old would be around 50 maybe?
07/30/2012
Contributor: insomniac9 insomniac9
As someone who works in the medical field I can say, you're only as old as you feel. I've seen seniors in their 90s that are doing better than some in their 50s.
08/10/2012
Contributor: Rory Rory
My mind is always young but some days the body is old. I'm 56. I have friends that are over 70 that still think they are young. I have seen changes in there life's that would make me say mid 70's is old.
08/26/2012
Contributor: mlmac mlmac
There is no such thing as old, at least when it applies to myself.
08/26/2012
Contributor: SavingMyself SavingMyself
I don't think anyone would consider me old, and for me old is a mindset, not a number. There are 50-year-olds that I might consider old, but there are 75-year-olds that I wouldn't dare call old.
09/05/2012
Contributor: smlove smlove
I'm 25. My body feels 45-50 (lot of health problems), my brain feels 35-40.
09/07/2012
Contributor: smlove smlove
I'm starting to feel old. My body has felt old since I was 15 (chemo has long lasting nasty effects), but my mental self has started to feel old at 25 now. I'm looking at people who are younger than me, even only by a year as "kids". I guess soon I'll be yelling at them to get off our lawn... My wife is 50, but she doesn't seem it at all. I'm the old fuddy duddy in the relationship.
09/10/2012
Contributor: leanright69 leanright69
You are only as old as the people you feel.
09/10/2012
Contributor: tortilla tortilla
I'm 42.......that's not old in my mind
09/10/2012
Contributor: debo debo
I'm 50 but I tell my kids I'm 29. they believe me. bless their little hearts.
09/16/2012
Contributor: Hummingbird Hummingbird
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
Everyone has some mental image of what OLD is. Do YOU feel you are "OLD". If so, how old are you? If not, how old IS "old"????
I am 59 but feel 25, I feel a newfound freedom in my life and in love. Sex guilt now gone I find I enjoy it more than I ever have.
09/16/2012
Contributor: mjtheprincess mjtheprincess
I'm 20, but if you put me in a room of peers in my age division, you'd peg me for 35...unless they are my friends, then I might act around 17
11/13/2012
Contributor: Robespierrethecat Robespierrethecat
Quote:
Originally posted by Bignuf
Everyone has some mental image of what OLD is. Do YOU feel you are "OLD". If so, how old are you? If not, how old IS "old"????
I'm 18 and don't feel 'old', but I'm not sure when I would, or when I would consider that to be.
I've definitely met people in their 50s and beyond who I would definitely say are still young.
11/13/2012
Contributor: Moniqua Moniqua
I'm 24 and don't consider people old until about 65+
11/13/2012
Contributor: minstrel69 minstrel69
I am 45 and I certainly don't think I am "old". I think people should really not look at a person's age as something to judge them by. Old is really a mindset not a number.
11/14/2012
Contributor: Hummingbird Hummingbird
I'll be 60 this year and feel as though I was in my mid 20's and even more confident of myself now then back then!
01/12/2013
Contributor: joiedejouets joiedejouets
I'm only 23 but I feel old all the time, even though I don't think anyone around me is old.
01/12/2013
Contributor: Suisei Suisei
It's interesting how perceptions of what constitutes "old" change as one grows older. I think one gradually realizes that old only occurs in those who let themselves grow old.

I'm 24, but I don't even feel that old. I actually don't consider people to be "old" until after 65 or so, and that's simply because the term "senior citizen" is often applied then. Age is on the inside, and I generally find myself drawn to men who are older than me. I'd have little issue dating a man in his 30s, but if he's older than that, I'd start to worry about lifespan issues and other silly things like that.
01/12/2013
Contributor: edeneve edeneve
along w/ the age of 80 & up, it's a mindset.
01/12/2013
Contributor: fizzygato fizzygato
Idk.

Maybe I feel 25? But then again I'm not sure how an essential 25 years old should feel. And if you can feel differently aged than how old you "really" are, that deconstructs age as an essential form of being in itself, so how could you ever know how it feels to be a certain age?
01/22/2013
Contributor: LoganAshlee. LoganAshlee.
You are old when you start putting pictures of your meals on Facebook
01/31/2013
Contributor: RedKyuubi RedKyuubi
Im young cause I think I am young
02/20/2013