What Age Do you stop being a young person/

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Madam_X wrote: »

Stuff like not being able to tolerate loud music, becoming less interested in going out, finding wrinkles and grey hairs... all happen at different ages, including very young ones.

The person spoken about in the OP btw can think all they like that they're not young at 25, but believe me, they'll think it's extremely young in years to come.

It's all subjective/relevant to a point (40 is obviously young to a 60-year-old; 30 isn't young to an 18-year-old etc) but IMO, a person starts middle-age at 45. Elderly doesn't seem to start until one's 70s these days though - the 60-pluses are way less auld than they used to be.

Agree.
When the 20th anniversary of the first album you ever got into comes around it's a bit of a punch to the (slightly oversized) gut.

Roger_007

It's that age when you realise that actually you don't know everything. It's not a number, its a state of mind.

--LOS--

hmm I dunno, I just turned 25 and it feels weird to think of myself as 25, I feel old in the way that I feel like I need to take better care of my skin and body now.

Sinfonia

So far I've found (at 27 now) that it often depends on relationship status and career path.

JupiterKid

You stop being young when you stop thinking "OMG, I'm 24 now, I'm so over the hill...."

:rolleyes:

I'm 38 now and I have my good days and bad but still feel better in many ways than I did when I was 26.
I don't miss the huge insecurities that I had in my 20s.

Son Of A Vidic

Katunga wrote: »

What Age Do you stop being a young person

When you bend down to pick something up and suddenly realise that the groaning sound you hear is coming from you.

padma

Can you put an age on it really? I mean by the time I was twenty people around me were dropping. Peers were dying, Some friends passed away. Other friends moved away, got married etc. I was out in the world On my own, rent, bills, responsibilities, work etc. My wild years were from the age of 13 to 21. By the time I was 21 I had been working full time lifting heavy materials for 7 years, new people I met were doing the things that I had done when I was fifteen. Drink, parties and other vices etc.

When we were 13, we'd look at a 19 year old and think they were old, when we were 19, we looked at 28 year olds and thought they were old, When we were 29 we looked at 55 year olds and thought that they were old, Now I'm in my mid thirties and I look at 80 year olds and I comment on how healthy they look for their age. Damn, they may live another 20 years and who knows how Long I have.

I thought having kids, mortgage etc showed that you were an old person. Then when you have the kids etc, you start to realise, the entertainment world is geared for young people in their late teens and twenties. The quiet pub with family and close friends is for you now. Then I think it is when you are now officially classed as old to those younger than you, who will soon be sitting in the same bar as you are now in a few small years.

Minoxidil

As a 28 year old I think when you hit about 30 you cease to be young.

A lot of people have warped notions of what youth is. They actually think they are young because they are still "fun" and have a full social life.


How young you are is about how long since you were born, that's about it.

mccarthy37

When you start buying nappies for yourself again.

Toto Wolfcastle

It absolutely depends on the person. My husband is 45 and he is still young. He seems much closer to my age (27) than his own age. He knows someone though who is 53 and as long as he has known him (about 13 years) he has been old.

Eden3

I'm just turned 45 and ONLY this year do I feel old ......:(. My son will be 21 in May .....

Legs.Eleven

When someone offers you their seat on public transport.

Capt'n Midnight

Irish Guitarist wrote: »

by the time you reach forty you lose 10,000 brain cells a day.

Here you go

“Well, you see, Norm, it’s like this. A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it’s the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.

In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the slowest brain cells. Now, as we know, excessive intake of alcohol kills brain cells. But naturally, it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first. In this way, regular consumption of beer eliminates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine.

And that, Norm, is why you always feel smarter after a few beers.”

On a serious note by doing serious thinking, and I don't mean those stupid brain trainer things, you can keep the old noggin up to speed and even improve it. If you veg out then and stop using your brain then yeah you'll get loose IQ points.

Killer Wench

The moment you realize that you can no longer drink caffeine after 2pm or else you will stay awake the entire night.

wow sierra

I am in my mid 40's but I still think 30 is the big milestone when you stop being young.

Like someone said really enjoying life and socialising - like I do - doesn't make you young, but it does stop you feeling depressed about being old:).

Reading glasses are horrible horrible things that laugh at you and remind you that you're old.

orestes

You stop being young the day you won't run and dive onto on an empty bouncy castle because people will look at you like you're a weirdo.

It has nothing to do with what age you are, but if you won't run and dive onto an empty bouncy castle because you're worried that other people will think you're weird, you have ceased to be young.

Dintam

Bout 3 fiddy years old.

beks101

Depends on state of mind & how well you take care of your body.

Some people are just born middle aged though.

Minoxidil

beks101 wrote: »

Depends on state of mind & how well you take care of your body.

Some people are just born middle aged though.

More nonsense. Youth is determined by time on the planet, none of that waffle.

beks101

Minoxidil wrote: »

More nonsense. Youth is determined by time on the planet, none of that waffle.

So what constitutes "young" then, according to your manual?

Minoxidil

beks101 wrote: »

So what constitutes "young" then, according to your manual?

There's no set age but it has nothing to do with how much fun you are having.

A 60 year old is not young. They have live most their lives and their bodies have deteriorated. A 40 year old isn't young, they have lived half their lives and their bodies are deteriorating.

A 10 year old is young, as they are still growing and maturing into an adult.

A 20 year old is young as their bodies are still far off deteriorating due to age.

chughes

Corvus Maximus wrote: »

When you bend down to pick something up and suddenly realise that the groaning sound you hear is coming from you.

If you can get up from a settee or armchair without making a noise, you're still young. If you make any sort of grunting sound, you're old.

Pumpkinseeds

When things make you 'cranky' and also when you discover your 1st grey pubic hair, what a soul destroying moment.:(

boboldpilot

You know you're getting old when you start to fancy older women. Then you realise most of them are younger than you!


It's funny to see people in their mid twenties thinking they are old. You're not, from my point of view you appear very young and immature unless you've seen a lot of life in that time. Which doesn't happen much anymore in the absence of war and the tough lives our ancestors had to live.

What happens in your mid twenties is that you finally come of the teenage bubble you've been living in. Achieved a bit of maturity. Don't confuse that with getting old or gaining wisdom.

Young is anything up to the age of fifty, depending on your attitude to life, it can be a bit later. But fifty is the wake up call. There are no funny little sayings, life does not begin at 50, it began at 40. I saw Jeremy Clarkson complaining when he turned 50. I was the same. It's at that point you know it's only a sad decline from now on. You get used to it but it's all downhill from there.

You lot in your twenties, you are young, very young. The problem is that all too often you don't realise that until you are a lot older. It's too late by then.

I was out for a drive with my wife when I realised I was a near a place I used to go to a lot with my friends when I was in my early twenties. We stopped and I told her about the times we had. It was like it was yesterday I told her. 'How long ago was it?' She asked. Suddenly I felt old. It was 25 years ago!

opinion guy

Eden3 wrote: »

I'm just turned 45 and ONLY this year do I feel old ......:(. My son will be 21 in May .....

Is your son EdenHazard ?

Minoxidil

boboldpilot wrote: »

You know you're getting old when you start to fancy older women. Then you realise most of them are younger than you!


It's funny to see people in their mid twenties thinking they are old. You're not, from my point of view you appear very young and immature unless you've seen a lot of life in that time. Which doesn't happen much anymore in the absence of war and the tough lives our ancestors had to live.

What happens in your mid twenties is that you finally come of the teenage bubble you've been living in. Achieved a bit of maturity. Don't confuse that with getting old or gaining wisdom.

Young is anything up to the age of fifty, depending on your attitude to life, it can be a bit later. But fifty is the wake up call. There are no funny little sayings, life does not begin at 50, it began at 40. I saw Jeremy Clarkson complaining when he turned 50. I was the same. It's at that point you know it's only a sad decline from now on. You get used to it but it's all downhill from there.

You lot in your twenties, you are young, very young. The problem is that all too often you don't realise that until you are a lot older. It's too late by then.

I was out for a drive with my wife when I realised I was a near a place I used to go to a lot with my friends when I was in my early twenties. We stopped and I told her about the times we had. It was like it was yesterday I told her. 'How long ago was it?' She asked. Suddenly I felt old. It was 25 years ago!

I think that's a common mistake people make. They think life starts at a certain age. I'll tell you when life starts. When you are born. Too many people are waiting to "start living". It is crazy to think life begins at forty, half your life and youth are gone at that stage. Life is NOW and will always be now.

If you're if the mindset where you are waiting for a point in the future when you will be happy it will probably never come.

starlit

boboldpilot wrote: »

You know you're getting old when you start to fancy older women. Then you realise most of them are younger than you!


It's funny to see people in their mid twenties thinking they are old. You're not, from my point of view you appear very young and immature unless you've seen a lot of life in that time. Which doesn't happen much anymore in the absence of war and the tough lives our ancestors had to live.

What happens in your mid twenties is that you finally come of the teenage bubble you've been living in. Achieved a bit of maturity. Don't confuse that with getting old or gaining wisdom.

Young is anything up to the age of fifty, depending on your attitude to life, it can be a bit later. But fifty is the wake up call. There are no funny little sayings, life does not begin at 50, it began at 40. I saw Jeremy Clarkson complaining when he turned 50. I was the same. It's at that point you know it's only a sad decline from now on. You get used to it but it's all downhill from there.

You lot in your twenties, you are young, very young. The problem is that all too often you don't realise that until you are a lot older. It's too late by then.

I was out for a drive with my wife when I realised I was a near a place I used to go to a lot with my friends when I was in my early twenties. We stopped and I told her about the times we had. It was like it was yesterday I told her. 'How long ago was it?' She asked. Suddenly I felt old. It was 25 years ago!

I recently turned 28 and starting to feel old already so maybe that's it just maturing...still feel like a teenager/21 sometimes but then I feel old.:( Or is my life just starting...just in a rut/crossroad at the moment as to what to do in my life maybe its just changing and me maturing...

Larianne

orestes wrote: »

You stop being young the day you won't run and dive onto on an empty bouncy castle because people will look at you like you're a weirdo.

It has nothing to do with what age you are, but if you won't run and dive onto an empty bouncy castle because you're worried that other people will think you're weird, you have ceased to be young.

The day I can't chartwheel down the garden is the day I get 'old'. Also when I no longer like to skip down the road or get excited about blowing bubbles or glowsticks! :pac: