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What age do people start referring to one as "old"?

Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:23 am
Posted by ptper09
Member since Mar 2014
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Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:23 am
Obviously, anyone under 20 will think a 30+ is old but is there a young / old cut off?
Posted by junkfunky
Member since Jan 2011
34453 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:26 am to
If you fall down and people are concerned instead of laughing at you.
Posted by Paul Allen
Montauk, NY
Member since Nov 2007
76566 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:32 am to
44
Posted by Geaux23
Member since Sep 2012
5858 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:33 am to
this

Posted by kwalt1989
Life is great in the 318
Member since Oct 2014
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Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:33 am to
Old is a relative term. To a 5 year old, being 20 is old
Posted by Libertariantiger
Member since Nov 2012
981 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:33 am to
40 is old for someone young
50 for someone middle age
Older than you are for old people is old
Posted by bayouvette
Raceland
Member since Oct 2005
5046 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:38 am to
relative
Posted by 911Moto
Member since Sep 2013
5491 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:40 am to
I think most start feeling it in the 45-50 range. You can still be active if you keep in shape, but recovery time is a bitch. When I raced motocross, a lot of the guys I rode with were still riding in their 50s/60s. But they'd break a lot easier when they'd crash, and you just don't bounce back like you used to. But that 45-50 range is when weird things start hitting you - like hair growing everywhere except where you want it to, having to get up and pee all night long, or not being able to pee, and all that "old people" stuff.
Posted by jbgleason
Bailed out of BTR to God's Country
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:41 am to
quote:

you fall down and people are concerned instead of laughing at you.


Sometimes you see true wisdom on the OT. This is one of those moments.
Posted by S
RIP Wayde
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Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:42 am to
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Posted by Melvin Spellvin
proud dad of 2 A&M honor grads
Member since Jul 2015
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Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:43 am to
All relative, works in reverse also, just had an elderly woman say "thank you young man" when I held the door open for her to get through with her walker...
Posted by fischd1
Mandeville
Member since Dec 2007
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Posted on 9/16/16 at 9:58 am to
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Posted by AbitaFan08
Boston, MA
Member since Apr 2008
27380 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 10:04 am to
When I was about 24 I had to swing by my old high school during class hours to drop something off. Some of the students called me "sir."

Kind of wanted to hang myself.
Posted by WG_Dawg
Member since Jun 2004
87733 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 10:06 am to
quote:

What age do people start referring to one as "old"?



5 years older than me.
Posted by terriblegreen
Souf Badden Rewage
Member since Aug 2011
10531 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 10:09 am to
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44


shite!
Posted by Ash Williams
South of i-10
Member since May 2009
18293 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 10:09 am to
my 3 year old called me old the other day

i gave him a stern talking to and sent him to his room
Posted by Pepe Lepew
Looney tuned .....
Member since Oct 2008
36525 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:17 am to
When your kids are having kids
Posted by Popths
Baton Rouge
Member since Aug 2016
4141 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:29 am to
Life after 40 is nothing like life before 40.
Posted by Spaceman Spiff
Savannah
Member since Sep 2012
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Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:35 am to
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But that 45-50 range is when weird things start hitting you - like hair growing everywhere except where you want it to, having to get up and pee all night long, or not being able to pee, and all that "old people" stuff


I'm 46 and that hasn't hit me yet... I remember the motocross days. I stopped riding (YZ250F and YZ450F) because started getting hurt and all that good stuff.
Posted by tiger91
In my own little world
Member since Nov 2005
38670 posts
Posted on 9/16/16 at 11:41 am to
I'm 47 ... I definitely dont FEEL old. But then I realize my oldest child is 24 and it kinda makes me think maybe I am old. But I'm somewhat "tired" with a 15 yo dtr who is a sophomore.

But I can hear a song on the radio and boom ... I'm back in high school or college in my mind.
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