Is someone told you they lost their parents when they were “young”, how old would you assume they were?

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Title says it all really. Is someone told you they lost both parents when they were young what age range would you assume? What would be the cut off above which you wouldn’t call someone young for losing their parents?

Why?

Younger than 30 I'd say.

Twenties or younger

Under 20?

Dh lost his df at 5, that's horrifically young, anything under 50 is young id say.

Anything from 18-30.

I would expect someone who lost a parent as an actual child to say “as a child/state an age” to give the tragedy it’s proper size.

Under 30

I'd wonder why you were asking, if you asked me that.

Depends how old they are when they're telling me.

But, under 30, probably under 25.

I’d imagine they mean perhaps 21 or less but I’d probably assume younger than 18 really if they made a point of saying young

Under 20-25

30 I meant but would still feel list at 50 l think.

Under 35 to lose both parents I would consider young.

I know some people who are 70 and still have both parents alive! They are aged 90-100.

Depends a bit. Anything under about 40 could easily be “oh, I was quite young really when I lost both my parents”.”I lost both my parents when I was young” I’d probably assume more like under 25.

“When I was young” also sounds quite different coming from someone of 40 or 60 or 80...

Sorry I didn’t read the whole thing, my bad. My cut off for young would be 30 I think.

Anything from 0 to 45!
Assuming the parents had their kids before they were 30.

For this generation of older parents itll be a little different.

Under 30

Under 30 or if the parents age were in question under 60

Under 25.

Sorry, I know it’s an odd question.

Today I told a mum at the school gate that I we wouldn’t be spending Christmas with my family because I lost my parents when I was young. She then asked me how old I was when they died and when I told her she said “that’s not young!”. I was quite taken aback at the suggestion I was over dramatising.

I say it to classes (I'm an English teacher, and death comes up often!) I've only lost one parent. I was 24.

I’d say I lost both parents when I was young. One as a teenager and one in my early-mid twenties. I’d also say they died young, though that might be pushing it (late forties early fifties). I’d mean it in the sense they they were young to die not young when they died.

How old were you? Though she was a bit rude even if you now say 50!

Depends on the context

Under 30 I think