Relatively Young

Chefrio

At what age are you no longer relatively young?

Michael Schumacher has been described as relatively young at 44, what age do you think relatively young stops.

I'll say 48.

nervous_twitch

38.

Hande hoche!

42.

Links234

Hande hoche! wrote: »

42.

Always the correct answer

longhalloween

Relative to what?

So relative to primary school children, a 50 year old is young??

Or relative to the population as a whole, where going by the average age of 35 in Ireland, a 50 year old is still young??

Frosty McSnowballs

It's all relative

Fox_In_Socks

Hande hoche! wrote: »

42.

I'm rereading that coincidently at the minute.:)

Relatively young would be before 50 in my opinion.

Chefrio

longhalloween wrote: »

Relative to what?

So relative to primary school children, a 50 year old is young??

Or relative to the population as a whole, where going by the average age of 35 in Ireland, a 50 year old is still young??

Relative to lifespan you doughnut.

kneemos

When Fr MaGuire stops winking.

BetterThanThou

Personally, I see 50 as the point where you stop being a young person and start being an old person.

longhalloween

Chefrio wrote: »

Relative to lifespan you doughnut.

So for a lifespan between 0 and 75, the age of 50 is young?

Don't think so.

Tramps Like Us

Before 50. Middle aged after that. "Old" at 70.

dharma200

28 is relatively young. Anything after that really isn't that relative, a third of your life is young, the middle third middle, the last third old x

bottlebrush

I was listening on the radio this morning to a list of people who had died during the part year and hugo chavez was described as having died at the very young age of 58.

Hande hoche!

Fox_In_Socks wrote: »

I'm rereading that coincidently at the minute.:)

Relatively young would be before 50 in my opinion.

Fair play. I need to reread Adam's work myself, it's been too long.

dharma200

Also I think in the micheal schu thing, it is in reference to being relatively young to die, not relatively young...... Anything under 50 is relatively young to die x

Frank Lee Midere

dharma200 wrote: »

28 is relatively young. Anything after that really isn't that relative, a third of your life is young, the middle third middle, the last third old x

Hmmm

Zaph

BetterThanThou wrote: »

Personally, I see 50 as the point where you stop being a young person and start being an old person.

There's no way I'll consider myself an old person in 4 years time.

LeBash

30. And when im 31 it will be 31 that way i can always live the last year of relitive youngness!

Frosty McSnowballs

Chefrio wrote: »

Relative to lifespan you doughnut.

What lifespan?

Life span varies hugely from race, economics, diet, lifestyle, even where you choose to live.

You doughnut

Frank Lee Midere

dharma200 wrote: »

Also I think in the micheal schu thing, it is in reference to being relatively young to die, not relatively young...... Anything under 50 is relatively young to die x

Oh I'd say anything under 70 these days.

Of course it is relative. Gibbs, at 40, is an old footballer, would be a young manager, and would be a very young Pope.

Chucken

BetterThanThou wrote: »

Personally, I see 50 as the point where you stop being a young person and start being an old person.

Well you can feck right off.

I'm sitting here planning my 50th birthday trip for July next year.
It will involve a few planes, a few places and a good few hostels. Yes, hostels!
We're not all ready to throw in the towel just yet.

Frank Lee Midere

bottlebrush wrote: »

I was listening on the radio this morning to a list of people who had died during the part year and hugo chavez was described as having died at the very young age of 58.

People here must have young parents. That's 20 years younger than the average.

Chefrio

Chucken wrote: »

Well you can feck right off.

I'm sitting here planning my 50th birthday trip for July next year.
It will involve a few planes, a few places and a good few hostels. Yes, hostels!
We're not all ready to throw in the towel just yet.

Who said you are ready to throw in the towel. But you won't be young at 50.

tayto lover

Jaysus i'm 60 and still playing indoor 5 a side and plenty of golf.
I can drink the young lads under the table and sing like a thrush.

I'm feckin young and that's that.

Chefrio

tayto lover wrote: »

Jaysus i'm 60 and still playing indoor 5 a side and plenty of golf.
I can drink the young lads under the table and sing like a thrush.

I'm feckin young and that's that.

No you're really not. You are old.

NegativeCreep

30 I'd say. You're hardly young after that!

BetterThanThou

Chucken wrote: »

Well you can feck right off.

I'm sitting here planning my 50th birthday trip for July next year.
It will involve a few planes, a few places and a good few hostels. Yes, hostels!
We're not all ready to throw in the towel just yet.

Hostel? Is that what they're calling the retirement homes these days?

Chucken

Chefrio wrote: »

Who said you are ready to throw in the towel. But you won't be young at 50.

Chefrio wrote: »

No you're really not. You are old.

Someones feeling brave :pac:

Standard Toaster

Chefrio wrote: »

Relative to lifespan you doughnut.

Tell that to the average Joe from Sierra Leone

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

As been said it's all relative.

44 would be relatively young for a extremely fit, milti-millionaire, ex F1 driver from Germany.

tayto lover

Chefrio wrote: »

No you're really not. You are old.

:mad: I'm coming for ya after that.

Miss Lockhart

Entirely depends on the context.

In the case of reports about Schumacher I would think they are talking about his age relative to average age of dying. Personally I would consider anyone under 70 relatively young to die.

longhalloween

Chefrio wrote: »

No you're really not. You are old.

tayto lover wrote: »

:mad: I'm coming for ya after that.

What Chefrio fails to realise is that tayto lover is actually Liam Neeson.

And he will find you...

The Backwards Man

You stop being young when you start having sense.

Karl Stein

Chucken wrote: »

I'm sitting here planning my 50th birthday trip for July next year.

You look much younger on the internet.

DoozerT6

My 2c, based on nothing more than my own opinion:

birth - 16 years old = child.
16 - 30 = young adult.
30 - about 50 = adult in their prime years (the average 50 year old could still be fit, active, top of their game in their career, have young children etc)
50 - about 60 = early middle age (where you might be thinking about slowing down, kids growing up, thinking about retiring etc)
60 - about 70 = middle aged (hitting retirement, maybe take that cruise...)
70 upwards = elderly (although try telling my mid-70's parents that, haha!)

Your mileage may very.

Chucken

Carlos Roca wrote: »

You look much younger on the internet.

http://www.sherv.net/cm/emoticons/flirt/batting-eyelashes-smiley-emoticon.gif

Chefrio

longhalloween wrote: »

What Chefrio fails to realise is that tayto lover is actually Liam Neeson.

And he will find you...

Why is being old seen as an insult?

WilyCoyote

DoozerT6 wrote: »

My 2c, based on nothing more than my own opinion:

birth - 16 years old = child.
16 - 30 = young adult.
30 - about 50 = adult in their prime years (the average 50 year old could still be fit, active, top of their game in their career, have young children etc)
50 - about 60 = early middle age (where you might be thinking about slowing down, kids growing up, thinking about retiring etc)
60 - about 70 = middle aged (hitting retirement, maybe take that cruise...)
70 upwards = elderly (although try telling my mid-70's parents that, haha!)

Your mileage may very.

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Chefrio

DoozerT6 wrote: »

My 2c, based on nothing more than my own opinion:

birth - 16 years old = child.
16 - 30 = young adult.
30 - about 50 = adult in their prime years (the average 50 year old could still be fit, active, top of their game in their career, have young children etc)
50 - about 60 = early middle age (where you might be thinking about slowing down, kids growing up, thinking about retiring etc)
60 - about 70 = middle aged (hitting retirement, maybe take that cruise...)
70 upwards = elderly (although try telling my mid-70's parents that, haha!)

Your mileage may very.

50-60 is early middle age! Who are ya kidding.

0-35 is young, 36-55 is middle aged. 56 up is elderly.

PizzamanIRL

Don't know. Don't care. Why does it really matter?

Little Acorn

I'm 26 and would agree with the people who say anything under 70 is pretty young to die.

I would think someone was only starting to push on a bit if they were 67 or so, wouldn't really consider someone elderly until till they were about mid 70's. Even at that I know a few people in their 70's who would pass for much much younger. Very active and healthy and stylish too. Depends on the person and maybe some luck too I suppose.

longhalloween

If you're over 35, then old age is always 10 years older than your own age.

TeddyTedson

I think people need to stop worrying about the calculations as to how long you've been alive for. It's a fairly irrelevant calculation in the grand scheme of things for adults. My friend died at 22, my great granny lived into her 100s and was very healthy despite smoking for 60 odd years of her life.
I can hang out with my uncle (54) at parties and have great craic. My other uncle is two years older and a bit childish. The same goes for people I know my own age.
I know I've gone off on a tangent from the OP but boards is a perfect example of people of all ages enjoying people of all ages. We for the most part have no idea what age a poster is and just take their post into account.

I'm 27 or 72, I forget :P

DoozerT6

Chefrio wrote: »

50-60 is early middle age! Who are ya kidding.

0-35 is young, 36-55 is middle aged. 56 up is elderly.

I guess it's a matter of personal opinion. There is no "blueprint" for when you're middle aged or old. I'm 39 and would be horrified to think that I'm middle aged!!!

56, elderly?? Really?? :eek:

Chefrio

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

Don't know. Don't care. Why does it really matter?

Wrong thread for you then. See ya.

Femme_Fatale

Chefrio wrote: »

No you're really not. You are old.

60 isn't young, that's true; but it's far from old (old in the elderly sense that is).

NegativeCreep wrote: »

30 I'd say. You're hardly young after that!

Well hardly middle-aged either. It is still pretty young.

Femme_Fatale

DoozerT6 wrote: »

I guess it's a matter of personal opinion. There is no "blueprint" for when you're middle aged or old. I'm 39 and would be horrified to think that I'm middle aged!!!

56, elderly?? Really?? :eek:

Kids have very little perspective in fairness. To them, youth ends at 18-21.

SmokeyEyes

Having just turned 30 I'm beginning to realise it really all is relative. At Christmas we had a relative there who was 93, who made my 80 year old nana look extremely young and sprightly and my mam and uncles/aunties who are around 50 seem incredibly young. I think the older you get the more you realise you're not over the hill yet, but at the same time my 20 year old cousin thinks I'm old at 30!

NegativeCreep

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Well hardly middle-aged either. It is still pretty young.

No not middle aged but not young either I don't think. That's why some people freak out when they hit 30

Chefrio

Femme_Fatale wrote: »

Kids have very little perspective in fairness. To them, youth ends at 18-21.

A 35 year old is not young, they have lived nearly half their expected lifespan. That isn't young.

A 4 year old is young, a 10 year old is young, a 16 year old is young, a 25 year old is young, maybe a 30 year old is young, a 35 year old is not young.