Sorry, 60 is not old!

You're right. 60 isn't old. I'm in my mid-60s now and I still don't consider myself old, though I will take advantage of the senior rates and discounts, but that's it. With the way things are going, 75 isn't old either. Maybe 90.

I believe it's just another number. This morning I felt very old, like 110. I got laughing and moving and back on track and now I feel like I am 5. I guess I see age as a sliding scale!

60 is the new 40--or something like that--I know 60-year-olds who feel old and I know 90-year-olds that feel young--The author must be trying to get to something--but I am not sure what

Don't let it bother you. How you feel physically is more important than a number anyway. =)

Is this a fictional book? Is this a modern (written within the past decade) book? If so, then yeah that's pretty offensive, especially as they seemed to make the character's age such a big deal. I mean, the way you made it seem, it sounds as if that's part of the character's description. "Eloise, brown hair, short, aged 60" I mean, you don't put a person's age in a description of who they are normally. Anyway... It wouldn't hurt to write the author.

again, with that cute user name Snowy, i always think you are 25:) i have friends who look young at 60. in fact, they just look 50. so not old at all. old people maybe 76 up

Today 60 is not at all old.

I do not consider myself old if I am over 65 now and my husband does not look (or think) like an old man even if he is 73.

Some people feel old at 50, I wouldn't worry about it. I know some 60 who are active, and some who are content not being active, sitting home, on the porch, watching the neighbors, knowing everything that goes on in the neighborhood. I have one of those neighbors, who is just 60 and watches everyone and tells, what she sees. I try and hurry in when she is out there, as I don't need to hear what everyone has been doing all day. In that case the person is existing and not fully living.

Perhaps that particular 60 yr old was old. I don't know, people age differently with genetics and life style so I wouldn't be offended but, well idk, depends on the context I suppose.

60 is the new 40!!

Age is just a number..

The other day I heard on the new that's an elderly lady here got hit by a car. When they later released her age, she was 54. I do not consider 54 elderly, nor do I think 60 is old.

I would consider the source and move on probably.

Most everyone I know that is chronologically older than my husband and me are physically much older. Usually I let younger people talk about their ailments and all I can say is 'Wow' it really stinks to be them. Some of the ailments are very serious. My husband has 2 grand kids. A month before the one turned 5 years old, he was taken the the hospital emergency room with a case of pneumonia. Three years later he got it again. His younger sister was just diagnosed with pneumonia as well. They both have had and are susceptible to bronchitis, allergies and who knows what else. Needless to say, they're both a mess. Right now, he's 8 years old and she's 6. I can only imagine what they will be like 10 years from now. But enough about them. I have never had so much a one cavity let alone any major issues. My husband is in pretty decent shape too. Neither of us are spring chickens but I think we're in much better shape than many younger people are, starting with hid grand kids.

Yes, I would be perturbed because I read an article not too long ago that said 60 is the new 30.

I think that is not nice.

60 isn't old too me but then again I'm already past 70 I don't feel old and when you hear on the news with bad weather , etc to check on your elderly relatives and neighbors I never consider myself to be in that category.

I would find that offensive too. All you can do is know that she'll change her mind when she gets there. At the moment, it probably seems way too far in the future for her to even contemplate. She'll learn!

I am 64. Not old but oldish I suppose. Old to the students at school, young to my one remaining relative from the previous generation. Just right to all my friends