How old is old?

Hi everyone! I've been MIA, cramming for school, but I have a request to ask all of you- feel free to get a discussion going! I have to collect data for a psychology of aging course, and I need to get some responses, but I am truly interested in your answers! 

anyway, the questions are as follows: 

What is your: 

1. 1. age
   2. gender
   3. ethnicity

2.  At what age do you consider a person “old”?

 3. Describe what you think an “old” person is like.   a.)  What kind of personality does this person have?  b.)  What kinds of things do they like to do?  c.)  How does an “old” person typically look like?

THANKS! you guys are awesome 

Original Post by _adrienne_:

1. 22, female, caucasian

2. Hm, that's tough.  My dad is 60, and he's still really active and in-shape.  He skis, hikes, backpacks, etc.  And he still works full-time.  So I wouldn't consider him "old".  I'd probably say old is 70+. 

Oops, forgot to answer part three.

3. I would define old as:

• Physically deteriorating to a level that impairs daily life (e.g. needing a walker to get around, having difficulty climbing stairs, poor vision, having poor hearing, etc.)
• Sometimes (but not always) mental impairment accompanies the physical impairment (e.g. dementia, alzheimers, general memory loss)
• From the outside, the old person can be recognized by wrinkles, hair loss, poor posture (due to arthritis, back problems, etc.)

My 80 yr old MIL just told me last Friday: "When I grow old, I'll come and live with you."

By that standard, I'm a mere child.

2.  A person is old when he/she decides to give up on life.

3. a.)  What kind of personality does this person have? Life is no longer worth living  b.)  What kinds of things do they like to do? Waiting to expire c.)  How does an “old” person typically look like? Walking dead

Original Post by aeroplanexc:

anyway, the questions are as follows:

What is your:

1. 1. age: 47
   2. gender: Male
   3. ethnicity: African American

2.  At what age do you consider a person “old”? 70

3. Describe what you think an “old” person is like.
   
a.)  What kind of personality does this person have? I have met both kind and mean old people. 
 
b.)  What kinds of things do they like to do? Wait for death. Gardening. Take medication.
 
c.)  How does an “old” person typically look like? Withered. Gray. Falling apart.

 

Is "old" a bad thing?

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Yeah, I didn't answer this according to the format. I'm a rebel that way, as all tweenagers are! ha! said the 54 year old woman.

Original Post by aeroplanexc:

Hi everyone! I've been MIA, cramming for school, but I have a request to ask all of you- feel free to get a discussion going! I have to collect data for a psychology of aging course, and I need to get some responses, but I am truly interested in your answers! 

anyway, the questions are as follows: 

What is your: 

1. 1. age
   2. gender
   3. ethnicity

2.  At what age do you consider a person “old”?

 3. Describe what you think an “old” person is like.   a.)  What kind of personality does this person have?  b.)  What kinds of things do they like to do?  c.)  How does an “old” person typically look like?

THANKS! you guys are awesome 

I'm 55, had a Scottish dad and Irish mother, born in England. Would you believe that on most forms I fill in on ethnicity that makes me an "other"!

Old age officially starts at 59 in the UK, inside I'm still a teenager. I still have most of my hair and my own teeth, so as far as I'm concerned I'm not old.

Old to me is having lost your marbles. On that basis some who know me might think of me as old! I am looking forward to being cantankerous and irritating!

Ian

What is your: 

1. 1. 30
   2. F
   3. Croatian-American

2.  At what age do you consider a person “old”? 60's+ (always have since I was young)

 3. Describe what you think an “old” person is like.   a.) "telling it like it is", love kids, lonely b.)  What kinds of things do they like to do? Well, if they're from the old country: Sit around and have others take care of them/wait to die; if they're american: Spinster, retiring, traveling or working because the economy screwed them c.)  How does an “old” person typically look like? Old country: Older than they are; America: They're age, still active.

 

1. 1. age 23
   2. gender female
   3. ethnicity white british

2.  At what age do you consider a person “old”? ummm when they start acting it 

 3. Describe what you think an “old” person is like. 

 a.)  What kind of personality does this person have? depends on the person but they are either grumpy or over nice

b.)  What kinds of things do they like to do?most things but some can be limited due to medical reasons my nan still gets funky on a dance floor and her an grandad have a busier social life than me

c.)  How does an “old” person typically look like? grey wrinkles