How old is "middle age", these days?

[Asterion]

Was just realising that millennials can now be middle aged (ie 40), but then realised that maybe the ages have changed for being middle aged.

What do you consider to be "middle aged" these days?

35? No way!

I didn't consider myself middle aged until I was 50.

I'm 65 and still feel just middle-aged but I have good genes I think. I went for my over 65 flu jab the other day and the nurse asked if I had gone on the wrong day as she couldn't believe I was that age! I felt good all day!

between 30 and 50 is middle aged in most people, kind of depends on your family and area (some have lower life expectancies than others) but 'middle age' is litrally the middle point of your life expectancy and very few people live over 100

in my family theres a common death range between 40-80 (younger on one side than the other but who knows which side ill take after) so really 20-40 is 'middle aged' range for me and 30 being smack bang in the middle makes me firmly middle aged at 32

someone on a forum a while ago got offended and insisted middle aged is 50-70 like 'ok love sure, dont forget to let guinness world record know when you hit 140' lol

the oldest person ever was 122 and that is a crazy achievement (meaning the max middle age of anyone that has lived was 61 and that was an anomally no one else has got close, the next closest where multiple people have managed reached although still rare is 117 and that makes the max achievable middle age in logic/reality 58 years old)

'middle age' is litrally the middle point of your life expectancy

That's not what it is by any current definition. It's just an undetermined period when you're no longer 'young' but not yet 'old'.

I'm mid forties and I don't feel there quite yet

I'd say 40, it's not a bad thing to be middle aged, it's just a saying and means nothing

I'd always thought of my parents as middle aged. Until it hit me with a sickening thud when they got to 80 that they probably weren't middle aged any more but that I was!

@MilkRunningOutAgain

I’m 53 and I suppose I am around about now moving into being middle aged. I definitely didn’t feel middle aged at 40, I was still breast feeding!

Me too.

I started feeling middle-aged at about 55 and hope not to feel old until I'm 70.