When Does Old Age Start?
By Patti G
@Pattitude (1287)
Newton, North Carolina
November 8, 2015 6:51pm CST
According to a poll, old age begins at 68, rather than the previous 60 year mark. That's great for me! In the old way of thinking, I would be old age in a few years, now I have about 10 years. So I will hang on to my middle-age status as long as I can!
When do you think old age begins?
<p> WASHINGTON - Americans think old age begins at 68, unless they have already reached that landmark, a poll showed Tuesday.</p>
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15 responses
@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
9 Nov 15
The best thing is not to tell your age to some people because they look at you with in a different way after that. I often refer to someone as 'elderly' and then realise with a jolt that they are younger than I am...
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@jaboUK (64355)
• United Kingdom
9 Nov 15
@Pattitude Oh my goodness - Gidget!! I wondered what you were doing now. Are you ok? Lovely to see you here.
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@Pattitude (1287)
• Newton, North Carolina
9 Nov 15
I remember you on bubblews! I was gidget, the one who's son passed away. Ricky
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
9 Nov 15
Well this guy is not old at 93.
So I guess I might say 100 is old.
A 93-year-old Chinese man is putting millions around the globe to shame by staying in shape and in excellent health. Dubbed ‘muscular grandpa’, he hits the gym on a daily basis and has even become something of a local celebrity.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
10 Nov 15
@Auntylou Hi Janet...was he? Some people are just simply amazing.
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@Pattitude (1287)
• Newton, North Carolina
9 Nov 15
I remember seeing Jack La Lane (spelling?) carry his wife over his shoulders in his 70s!!
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@Mukundrao (49)
• Mumbai, India
9 Nov 15
Old age starts when you think yourself old.
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@1creekgirl (41067)
• United States
9 Nov 15
Sometimes I'm shocked at my age, but I don't feel old!
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@1creekgirl (41067)
• United States
9 Nov 15
@Pattitude You sure don't look 56 from your profile photo! Pretty girl
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@Pattitude (1287)
• Newton, North Carolina
9 Nov 15
I am 56 and I feel great! And I think I look pretty good for my age! 
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@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
10 Nov 15
@Pattitude If your photo is anything to go by, you are certainly good for your age!
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@41CombedaleRoad (5952)
• Greece
9 Nov 15
Too right Janet! there was a time I thought 30 was getting on a bit. Wear and tear is a give away but we can keep young at heart even if the body eventually grows old.
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@Pattitude (1287)
• Newton, North Carolina
9 Nov 15
@41CombedaleRoad I remember when I thought 30 was old! As a teen, I used to wear a T-shirt that said, "Never trust anyone over 30"!
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@buenavida (9984)
• Sweden
8 Feb 16
Our physical age can be younger or older than the number of years we have lived. It depends of the telomeres in our DNA - the longer they are, the younger our DNA.
HOME Chromosomes and Inheritance Are Telomeres The Key To Aging And Cancer? Inside the nucleus of a cell, our genes are arranged along twisted, double-stranded molecules of DNA called chromosomes. At the ends of the chromosomes are stretches of DNA called
@cahaya1983 (11116)
• Malaysia
12 Nov 15
When I was a kid I used to think 40 is old already. When I was in my 20s, I used to think old means 50+. So I think I'll keep thinking old is 10 or 20 years older than I am. 
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@DaddyEvil (137232)
• United States
13 Nov 15
Oh my! I was just reading the response @jaboUK left you @Pattitude !
I have a funny story for you both...
Several years ago my daughter and I were shopping in the local Walmart. We were having trouble locating something, so I stopped an elderly man wearing the associate's outfit and ask him where it was located.
After he told us the location, he called me by name and ask how I was doing. 
I just stood and looked at him, trying to figure out who he was... He grinned and introduced himself to me... He was one of my classmates in High School!
(Granted, I was actually older than him by about nine months, but this guy had pure white hair, walked kinda bent over and shuffled his feet!)
After we walked away from him, my daughter ask how I knew him... I explained. Then she almost shouted, "But DAD! HE is OLD! Did he flunk a lot of classes or what?" 
That was between fifteen or twenty years ago... I still have very little white in my hair, although that circular spot on my chin DOES grow in pure white... Doesn't it Janet? LOL! (Sorry, Patti, I grew a goatee last year during November. I only shared the picture with a very few people. Janet was one of the ones who was emailed a copy of it.)2 people like this
@Pattitude (1287)
• Newton, North Carolina
13 Nov 15
I have never been to any of my high school reunions, but I have seen pics, and many of the guys look so much older!
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@jaboUK (64355)
• United Kingdom
14 Nov 15
@Pattitude and @DaddyEvil My husband, who'll be 85 next month, looks pretty old now, and whenever we meet anyone he hasn't seen for a while, he often says ''Wow, hasn't he aged?'' I think (but don't say) 'he is probably saying the same about you'!
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@jaboUK (64355)
• United Kingdom
14 Nov 15
@DaddyEvil That's a lovely story about your classmate Robb. And yup, I liked your beard - so unusual.
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@jillybean1222 (6407)
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10 Nov 15
the older i get, the older old age starts. ha ha.
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@birjudanak (14320)
• India
14 Nov 15
In our culture forth block of old age which is start at 75 to 100 but in this days it come after 50 because of junk food and lots of diesies they are come sick early and their body not work as same as before becuse daily nutrisions not get properly .
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@allknowing (132209)
• India
14 Nov 15
Old age is in one's mind, in one's bones and in one's muscles. If they fail then old age makes its presence felt
