Thread: At what age do you consider someone to be old?

I was wondering about this.
My children seem to think anyone that is older than 20 is old.

I say over 50

At 30 your no longer young.

When the age of innocence has faded away.
Sometimes that happens alot sooner for some than it does other.
:'(

IRON MAIDEN

I can't be compromising in my thoughts no more
I can't prevent the times my anger fills my heart
I can't be sympathizing with a new lost cause
I feel I've lost my patience with the world and all

And all the politicians and their hollow promises
And all the lies, deceit and shame that goes with it
The working man pays everything for their mistakes
And with his life too if there was to be a war

So we only get one chance can we take it
And we only got one life can't exchange it
Can we hold on to what we have don't replace it
The age of innocence is fading.......like an old dream

A life of petty crime gets punished with a holiday
The victims' mind are scarred for life most everyday
Assailants know just how much further they can go
They know the laws are soft conviction chances low

So we only get one chance can we take it
And we only got one life can't exchange it
Can we hold on to what we have don't replace it
The age of innocence is fading.......like an old dream

You can't protect yourselves even in your own home
For fear of vigilante cries the victims wipe their eyes
So now the criminal they laugh right in our face
Judical system lets them do it, a disgrace

Despondent public worries where it will all end
We can't protect ourselves our kids from the crime trend
We cannot even warn each other of evil in our midst
They have more rights than us, you cannot call that just

So we only get one chance can we take it
And we only got one life can't exchange it
Can we hold on to what we have don't replace it
The age of innocence is fading.......like an old dream

The age of innocence is fading like an old dream

I would say at 50 you're getting there and at 60 you're officially old.

When I was younger, I always thought 30 was the turning point....but as I tell my kids, age is all relative...now I say over 80 is old. When did that happen?!? ???

Yep... I used to think 30...now I think 70-80.
;D

at 30, you're no longer young.
50 is getting ripe, but I'd say you're
not an old man untill you're pushing 60
(unless your prematurely balding with very grey hair, and look the part of old, then you can be old, and be younger at the same time.)

"Prophet" wrote:

I was wondering about this.
My children seem to think anyone that is older than 20 is old.

I consider anyone 20 years older than me to be old. It has been that way my whole life and still will be when I am 80 ;D

"Old" is whatever your age is + 20.