What is the maximum age you would refer to someone as a young woman or man

[Fedupwiththis70]

I was pulled up at work for referring to one of my colleagues as a young man. He’s 28 I’m late 40’s. so he feels young to me.

you are obsessed!! stop with all these threads!

I don't think past the teenage years is appropriate. It has a bit of a patronising connotation. I'm 26 and would not like to be referred to as that.

I haven't seen any other threads, but it's patronising. Let it go.

I'm in my 40s and the older people at my choir call me young lady and I love it 🤣

You'd probably need to be well into your 60s to get away with it. And at work, probably still not.

There's a similar thread to this. Hmmm....

I would refer to 30 and under as young.

It depends on your own age...26 is young for exampke. ...but they only understand that when they are older

youth is wasted on the young....so true

Surely all things are relative?

I would potentially consider anyone under 30 as 'young'.

I might refer to someone as a 'young man' if differentiating between them and an older person (e.g. Who told you that? A young man with black hair and glasses).

I also don't consider that 'young' (or 'old') are patronising per se. It very much depends on the context.

www.mumsnet.com/Talk/am_i_being_unreasonable/4079188-To-think-calling-25-26-year-olds-lady-is-quite-odd

Probably 21, I'd use boy or girl for younger than 15. I find it odd past 25.

I do generally consider under 30 young. But it's relative to your own age, isn't it? Also depending on circumstances.
So in your case, if you were pulled up on it at work, the expression wasn't appropriate in that instance, I assume.

Under 30.

Under 30

My patients call me young lady. I'm 44 haha

I would say 30 and under.

However I've been referred to as 'young lady' by people in their 70s/80s and I'm mid-50's!! (And no I didn't find it patronising)

Yesterday someone referred to me as ‘a lovely young lady’ -im 47

I'm the youngest person in my workplace at 30, my colleagues are all late 40s and early 50s, they call me young all the time!

My husband's nan referred to me as young when I was well into my 30s, but not in a professional environment.
When my mum worked she would refer to colleagues as 'girls'. As is 'there is this girl at work...'. which was a tad confusing as they would be a decade or two older than I was.