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Elderly

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Gagagran Mon 16-Sept-19 09:28:16

Well I am 76 so cannot be called young or middle-aged really. I don't like "elderly" so how about "mature"?

trisher Mon 16-Sept-19 09:26:25

I'm older than that and I'm not 'elderly'! Mind you when my gran was in her 80s she still talked about people she met as "that old woman/man" They were probably younger than her!

dragonfly46 Mon 16-Sept-19 09:26:21

I am definitely not elderly.

grannyqueenie Mon 16-Sept-19 09:21:31

I’m soon to be 69 and I am certainly not elderly, just older than I used to be!

Newquay Mon 16-Sept-19 00:01:11

Just had a conversation with a dear friend, aged 68, who, despite being fit and active, considers herself elderly. I’m just turned 70 but don’t consider myself elderly. I do realise, of course, the dear old NHS would consider me elderly but what about the rest of us? What do you think?