My doctor called me 'An elderly Lady.'

Wow Trisher- elderly prima gravida at 30; you really were pushing it lol - I had my daughter in January, two months before my 24th birthday in March. And guess what? Yes, I was also put down as an elderly prima gravida!!

I would rather be referred to as 'senior', as they do in America

My son-in-Law says I'm the youngest 70 year old he knows.

At 70, I must be elderly - I have just ticked the “extreme age” box (70+) to get out of jury service

My grandmother was very cross when she went into hospital to have her gall bladder removed at the age of 92 and they put her in a ward full of old ladies!

My son in law didn't like it when the GP started a consultation with "Well now you're nearly 50" (He was 49 at the time)

Blossoming, I love that! I think I shall use that term as it does apply to me too.

At 51 I am firmly in middle age but do not look forward to being referred to as "elderly" when I hit my 60s. The American term of Senior/Senior Citizen is much nicer. What is far worse though is the way some people talk to our older citizens - as if they were 10 year olds! The first person to do that to me when I hit old age is going to get a real mouthful

I would have challenged her on ‘labelling’!!

I’m so lucky with my GO, she calls me Gold not Old!

At 64, I am a bit concerned about the way my dentist speaks to me - as if I'm in my dotage. But he is so absolutely gorgeous I could forgive him anything.

It IS all relative. One day as I was driving, my six year old son asked me how long ago had the dinosaurs lived. On hearing my reply “65 million years”. he followed up with “Was that when you were a little girl?” I nearly crashed the car

What I REALLY REALLY HATE is when young people, especially teens or twenties call us cute. Or say things like " ahh, bless!" !!! It happens when "old" people fall in love, or get married, or dance, or hold hands, or have a party. In fact when they do anything that the young think only they should do. Except, of course, have sex. That isn't seen as "cute " . That is seen as being just "blurgh!" Or "so wrong" or "downright disgusting" . Now that gets me so mad!!

I’d change gp !!!

I am 68 this year and don’t think of myself as elderly! When you hear news reports and they refer to an elderly lady who was 64! What, I don’t think so! You don’t age inside your head, just the packaging getting a little old.

I think that you feel elderly when your retirement doesnt turn out as you planned !The pandemic hit just as I retired; and all those clubs ect; I was going to join shut down; I dont have much money either and that can bring you down and make you feel old and that all those years longing for retirement were a waste of time, I cant afford to do stuff anyway, plus with a sick husband we are very limited to activies.

Littleannie I can understand your annoyance. It's one thing calling someone "elderly". I think it's quite another to automatically categorise an elderly person as "moderately frail".

I was watching a US television show a couple of weeks ago and they referred to a woman, 58, as elderly! I almost fell out of my chair!

Mine said I was "well preserved". I didn't know whether to feel flattered or insulted. I'm 69.

In her 90s my grandmother would do the shopping for “the old lady next door” - who was in her 80s. It’s all a state of mind!

My ex-husband's aunt used to refer to the other residents of her nursing home as 'old dears' . She was pushing ninety!

>>Lizbethann55
What I REALLY REALLY HATE is when young people, especially teens or twenties call us cute. Or say things like " ahh, bless!"<<

Lizbethann, I say things like that I'm afraid - about my children!
I agree though that it is outrageous how older people are seen as sexless. Maybe some are happy to 'put all that behind us' (I have come across one or two of them), but a lot of us enjoy having sex!

Sorry - am I missing something. What on earth is wrong with being called 'elderly'? Surely, it is purely a term for people who have lived something like 65 plus years. Nothing to do with your medical condition, how you look, colour of hair, of clothes being worn.

Of course, I am elderly (80 yrs old in a couple of months), what difference does that make to anything I can or, indeed, cannot do, etc.

Franbern I totally agree. I think a lot of people confuse how the feel for the facts of the situation. It happens a lot.

Being a bit of a nerd and liking to stick to the facts. I sometimes find this irritating.

"When does someone become elderly?"

When they stop falling and start 'having a fall'

I feel my age now I’ve been stricken down with inflammatory arthritis as I’ve noticed a change in the way shop assistants etc respond to you as you try to fiddle the cards out of your purse with fingers that don’t work as they used to do. BUT, I believe I now have inklings about the routine discrimination disabled people, people of colour, and ethnic minorities have to put up with on a daily basis. It’s made me more sympathetic towards them, and the really old and decrepit!

When I was 32 and having my second child, my notes said "Elderly Gravidae" so the medical profession see 'elderly' in quite a different light.

I'm 74 and proud of being elderly, in whatever sense it's meant.
My hair is snow white (or green occasionally) but I don't pretend to be anything other than what I am.
A daft old bat in the last decade of her life.