Ageism.... Elderly? Retired? Old aged? Aged person? OAP?

Quote by maidenfair
Ageism ...means so many different things to different people
my granny is 86 and still going strong (although when i see her it is always this aches and this hurts but she still goes out more nights than i do)!
my dad is 67 and hardly walks and forgets what is was doing, etc.
my mum is 66 and walks 5 miles most days still works and likes to keep fit
there is the old saying 'life begins at 40!' it did for me but i wouldn't have hidden from that birthday no matter what, i am the age i am although i am now nearly 41! i am not old nor do i think of myself as middle age ...i am too fit, too outgoing and too open minded to grab my slippers and pip to sit in a comfy care in front of a TV watching repeats!
the government has change law recently .....the bus pass for one both are now 60!
but they have also made laws in the work place ...you cannot call some one old or young within the work place in case you offend them! (i will admit .....we pull each others legs on this one! the week this law came out a lady turned 60 she had evey joke going and she is a fab person and laughed with us and at the law!)
on the point of age with swinging ...i find it funny that so many people feel they have to lie about their age ...on profile etc .....if you decide to meet then don't they relies that perhaps you may work out they are older! (coz it is mostly older people that lie about their age)! i don't think i will ever understand why lie about who you are and your age is part of you.
i will admit ..... i do have an age limit but this is coz i feel i get on with people around my age although i have meet at munches an older man by 12 yrs. (who knocked my socks off ..... he kept up with me for hours ... fabulous! you know who you are m8 :thumbup: ) and i have meet someone 10 yrs. younger who just wanted bang bang all night ....not me! which is why like to meet people around 34 - 45ish but i will chat to anyone who is nice and honest who i get on with and who can handle the type of person i am, who knows now and then i meet someone younger or older due to the fact that we get on like a house on fire!
old age to me is when you naturally slow down which a different age to everyone, Lissa already said one here old is hopefully around 80 or so, when the body say's 'hay, i want a break!' or at least i hope it is somewhere around my 80's for me!
best of luck with your course work

Quote by skinny
I don't know the answer to your question, I'm (only) 58 myself, and the older I get the more sexually adventurous I seem to become. I can't imagine not feeling this way. My 3rd wife, living in a different part of the country right now, is 34 and our kids are still at primary school. When we took the eldest to enroll in a nursery school, the lady in charge asked if I was the grandfather? I wasn't offended and my beautiful younger wife thought it was funny. It is true that when one gets older one becomes more aware of ones vulnerability, but feeling old is only going to come with ailments and depression I think. Perhaps if a person suffers from extreme vanity then depression will strike at an early age. A greater risk of offending people ,when referring to their age, will come when calling young people children, or at times treating them as such. Youngsters want to be grown ups from the moment they are aware of adulthood, and long before they consider the implications. Not sure my post is of much use to you; however, being quite happy to be considered a "dirty old man" I just hoped my response might raise my profile on the site and maybe some young chic,or guy, or preferably both might want to make use of my presumed experience to explore their own sexuality. Or just fancy a shag really.

Quote by HornyBear
well given you are only as old as the woman you feel ..I am currently 38.. hwoar:
But I will be 42 Sunday ..