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What age range is considered "middle-aged" to you?

Posted - November 9, 2018
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  • 13277
    40-70.
      November 9, 2018 11:04 AM MST
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  • 46117
    I am STILL MIDDLE AGED TO YOU?

    WOW.  

    I guess you are right though.   
      November 9, 2018 5:53 PM MST
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  • 19937
    I would say 40-65.  Older is 65-79 and elderly is 80+
      November 9, 2018 11:41 AM MST
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  • 8214

    Middle aged has definately changed.  30 years ago I saw a sign at a State Employment Agency that said: "Senior Workers 45 and up."  Folks are living longer and have a much better life than before.
    To Me "senior" is 70 + and Elderly can be 80+ it depends on the person nd their health.  Life can wear a person out before their time as well. 

      November 9, 2018 12:14 PM MST
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  • Never have classified anyone middle-age or elderly.  My family were way younger than their years. And defied mere numbers putting them in a box.
      November 9, 2018 12:31 PM MST
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  • 19937
    I understand not wanting to be put in a box due to age, but it you had to give a description about someone you didn't know, let's say in a criminal situation, you would have to take a guess at their age, along with other attributes.
      November 9, 2018 12:35 PM MST
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  • Great point SS!  In my opinion  saying someone appeared to be in their 40's is more accurate and not the same as calling them middle-aged which can mean any age number in view of the different, individual perceptions of what that classification means to someone being asked.
      November 9, 2018 12:40 PM MST
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  • 7939
    For what it's worth, this question came about because someone made a reference to middle-aged women and included herself in that category. I responded and also included myself in that category and was informed I was "too young" to call myself middle-aged. So, it's not that anyone is really labeling others here, it was more about what connotation something has. And, for what it's worth, based on the answers here, I apparently do not qualify for the term. I'm not entirely sure what that makes me (and no... thank you one and all... I do not need your help assigning me names or labels lol), but it was a question worth pondering.

    Thank you for your thoughts!
      November 9, 2018 3:44 PM MST
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  • 44600
    You are a young filly, my young Princess.
      November 9, 2018 7:29 PM MST
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  • 13277
    That's redundant! Considering that a filly is, by definition, a horse younger than four years, there is no such thing as an old filly!
      November 9, 2018 7:47 PM MST
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  • 44600
      November 10, 2018 7:51 AM MST
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  • 6098
    I was the one who so informed you and I did not mean it to be offensive.  When I think of having been your age I can't help but smile thinking how many great things were ahead of me and how much I still had to learn.  About everything.  Which may be still true of my current age!
      November 11, 2018 7:21 AM MST
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  • 22891
    probably after 50
      November 9, 2018 12:35 PM MST
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  • 952
    Certainly not before 40! But I know people who are in their thirties and consider themselves older. What a shame! What say??
      November 9, 2018 12:42 PM MST
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  • 7939
    Exactly. What kind of person does that?!? 
      November 9, 2018 3:45 PM MST
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  • 952
    Look who's talking!! O_o
      November 10, 2018 2:24 AM MST
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  • I would say 40 to 60, when the average person's libido starts diminishing but hasn't quite disappeared. 
      November 9, 2018 2:39 PM MST
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  • 7939
    It seems the majority concurs. 
      November 9, 2018 3:46 PM MST
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  • 44600
    I guess I am beyond middle-age then Sux.
      November 9, 2018 7:31 PM MST
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  • Not quite. Middle age is more than just a number. It's more your "libido index". 
      November 9, 2018 8:22 PM MST
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  • 6098
    Well I am now a few weeks over that and at least so far with libido is intact.  What has changed is it less exerts itself improperly than formerly.  Which - I don't know - but I guess is diminishing but very comfortable since it is still there when I want and need it. 
      November 11, 2018 7:16 AM MST
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  • "To figure that out, all you need do is look at the expiration date on your birth certificate." :)
      November 9, 2018 4:23 PM MST
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  • 7939
    O_o

    ...

    Mine doesn't have one.

    ...

    I'M GOING TO LIVE FOREVER!!!
      November 9, 2018 4:26 PM MST
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  • No wonder you're so happy all the time!  :)
      November 9, 2018 4:30 PM MST
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