Old People or Senior Citizens? I Refuse to be Politically Correct

I am fine being called "manang" too. Lol

My husband and I could not wait till we reach sixty but we have to wait for few months more. Age is only a number, if you know how to take care of yourself you won't even feel you are old. I wonder why so many people are embarrassed to be called seniors when it carries a lot of benefit. For us, it means we will start receiving our monthly pension from SSS, we will get 20 percent discount on selected purchases, we can avail of the priority lanes and the respect and love that we get from people around.

I'm an old woman and kind of proud of it. Not every woman attains that! I do use the term "senior citizen" when writing certain things because people expect one to be PC, but I never refer to myself as one and don't refer to anyone else that way any other time.

I received in February my "senior citizen" card, I do not care to be called "old", I am no more young, I feel well and I do not care.

You would leave me behind eating your dust as I couldn't jog far even if you paid me. It doesn't matter to me what I'm called.

I want to live my age and not be bothered by what others think. Otherwise, we are like salves to others whims and fancies - siva

I'm not old. I'm just from another era, where people treated each other with respect for the most part, but times were turbulent. I'll be 59 this fall, and the only part I regret is that my beloved Earl couldn't be here with me to celebrate. We had a last thanksgiving, Christmas and valentine's day together. And we spent most of every waking moment side by side his last months after the doctors said there was no hope for survival. We were told he needed to go home and wait to die. We chose to keep living life till the very end. His last day we spent on our deck in the sunshine, and we remained there long after sunset, until it got too cool for him. Then we came in, and we watched TV together till bedtime, curled up together and kissed each other and said goodnight, I love you, as we did every night. The next morning he was gone. My point is that there is no old as long as one has a fresh young mind. And the term senior citizen is supposed to be one of respect and honor. It's not demeaning in any way.....

I apologise in advance, i won't call you an old person or even a senior citizen...i'll address you as an elderly! How's that? Just kidding.

I don't mind to be called old too , but that would be if i already reached 60 . But i don't want to be called a senior citizen . It seems that that word seemed so very very old.

i think for others 'senior' means more experienced, possesses more knowledge/wisdom, like a veteran of a certain career, skill or life as a whole, while 'old' is just advanced in age.

i'm lucky if'n i can walk most days, so'll leave that joggin' up to ya, lol. i don't give a flip what folks call me - old, senior, ancient... but i reckon if'n i was forced into a choice, it'd be 'well seasoned' :D

Being misconstrued as a senior citizen somehow affects the adults especially if they are called as such because they have white hair showing, or baldness starts. I don't think the senior citizens should also be referred to as old people, because eventually, all of us will pass that stage. Besides, there are senior citizens who are more productive than the young adults now.

Some people think it is so polite to use the term, but it can be offending sometimes, as if being old has a negative meaning. Don't they think seniors are lucky for reaching that age? Life is short, they should think about it.

You probably would outrun me if we went jogging! Your post makes me laugh. It's nice to not worry about being offended. Age is rather relative anyway. Sometimes my eighty-five year old grandmother will describe someone as a "little old lady/man," when I know the person she's referring to must me ten years younger than she is.

I do not mind either term, as long as I can get the discount given! I think getting this card allows you to save money on nearly everything.

My dad is a cheater, he managed to have a senior citzen card at age 45. Well he is a real senior citezen now but he managed to get his card early because he had full white hair at age 33.

Nothing wrong with being old, it's just part of the growing process. I used to think of the things i could be when i grow up but now I just do my best to live day by day. Sometimes It makes me look older the more i worry about it. my mom never had a problem being called senior, how ever, if you the store DARES to deny her senior citizen benefit, she would go berserk!

Though I'm not offended at being called old, I hate the term being applied to me. Unlike you, I prefer 'senior'. 'Old' to me is always 20 years older than me!