To wonder why up to 35 is now considered young

I'm 35 today I don't feel young young, but not old either, I have a 16yo dd and almost 15yo ds. On the other hand my twin sister still lives at home, with our mum, and seems to act a whole lot younger. Though I think it's having children that's aged me

I don’t think it is particularly young. But people really don’t seem as independent as they used to. Teenagers are definitely babied for longer, and twenty somethings often still live at home. I don’t think it is a good thing and I do feel a bit sorry for young people today.

I think young adult is 18 - 30, adult is 30-50, middle age 50-65 and elderly 65+

When I was 18, I was entirely convinced that 35 was middle aged.

I was very young and rather clueless.

Because 35 is probably the age now when you can afford to buy a house, it used to be about 25.

I’m 40 and I still feel young, so that’s all that matters.

Middle aged is 40 to 45 and over.
Most people live over 70 these days so 35 isnt middle aged.

From a having babies/getting a mortgage/creating a pension or savings perspective, saying that up to 35 is young is quite a dangerous thing.

There are just so many posts on here where people are discussing when to start trying for babies and they're already mid 30's. As someone who knows very well how difficult it can be to get pregnant when you're older, it seriously worries me that people are being fed such a lie that could really bite them.

I think the issue is that there's no word for between young and middle aged. I would describe someone of between 50-69 as middle aged and 70+ as old.

I am 38 and suppose have to accept that I'm not young in the true sense of the word, but I definitely would not describe myself as middle aged. So I guess I'd still have to use the word young.

Maybe a new word is needed. 🤷‍♀️

Because its younger than I am
I am still young, ergo.....

I’m 54 and as far as I know a 35 has always been considered as a youngish adults Nowadays though sometimes these young adults are still living at home and being infantized by their parents to such an extreme that they will still be babies well into their 50’s

Just googled it

Up to 35 young adult
36-55 middle aged (although pretty sure the majority of under 40’s wouldn’t consider themselves middle aged 😳 technically yes but not really😂

55+ older adults.

I suppose there’s a similar difference between 18-35 as there is to 56- 75 year old.

According to my 87 year old Nan 40 is young. I’ll happily take her word on it.

It makes sense. Home ownership / comfortable retirement is a pipe dream for many under 40. Life expectancy will continue to grow as medical advances continue.

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36...😭

Because the average person under 35 is probably a minimum of 40yrs away from retirement?

Life expectancy is longer so it stands to reason that youth is longer.

I didnt graduate til mid 20s then was lucky enough to travel for a few years (working at intervals).
Didnt settle down until 30ish. Definitely still felt young at that point.
Maybe people feel younger these days as many people do things later? And live longer of course.

Ah shit, I turned 36 this year.

I see references to old people in their 70s. Then I realise, "That's me."
I don't feel old at all. Things have changed so much within my lifetime. Health care is better. My grandmother died when I was a baby, from cancer. That cancer could now be treated. My mother died of cancer in 1980 aged 65. Again, now she might well survive. There are more opportunities for people of all ages, including we oldies.

Life can still be good when you get 'old'. Don't be afraid of being 'old'. Think yourself old and you will be old whatever age you are.

I’m 32, married, child on the way. I feel pretty young!

Because youth is increasingly venerated/fetishised and nobody wants to let go of it...

Also because for my generation (millennial), at 35 many of us still have insecure jobs, no chance of ever owning our own home, rely on parents, etc, so still feel “young” in the sense that we’re very different to how our parents were at 35 in this respect. Not true for all millennials, obviously, but a sizeable proportion.

I would say because very many young people now are in education longer, get married/ partnered later and have children later. Plus obviously, get on the housing ladder later. So whereas it was normal a few decades ago to be married with DC, mortgage and well established careers by the age of 30 many people are only just getting started.

Plus health is better overall and life expectancy longer.

Because society has changed.

When I was growing up I the 1980s, the overwhelming majority of people left school at 16 and got jobs, apprenticeships or joined government schemes, eg YTS. Some went straight onto the dole. Only a small minority went to university.

Now, all young people remain in full time education or some sort of training until 18, and half of all young people go to university.

This deferment of the start of adult life has a knock-on effect. People marry, buy houses and start families significantly later now than they did before 1990.