""I think once you hit 70 you just don't know how much time you have left. You could drop from a stroke or heart attack or get cancer and be gone within the year. ""
Having worked In "Adult Disabilities" and been to lots of Consultant level appointments, I can say that Health doesn't work like that.
When I worked in Care, there were 60+ year olds still doing 14 hour shifts, on heavy Wards, Stroke Care etc.
These are people who look after their health, though. We'd have unfit 20+ year olds who wouldn't come back (Agency), because they could do the shift.
I agree it's more important to get rid of the bigotry and misconception around ageing, especially Female ageing (I think linked to everyday sexism).
My Mum retired at 65 and then became a Lolly Pop Lady until 80, it's hard going, early start, walking for nearly two hours, twice a day.
She didn't become "Elderly" until 83, but at 87 still lives on her own, with us supporting her, which I see more of in active, positive people.
I meet 30+ year olds, who depress the life out of me.
The weight training sessions I attend are attended by women 38+, but only because we are not then patronised, not because we are lifting less than younger people (men included).
The courses I attend are similar. I hope I will never want to stop learning or developing and yes, sex is/has got better.
Personally, age is irrelevant and I'm not going to allow anyone to label me.
Especially, as all my life, I've worked to remove the labels put on others, because of disability, culture, sexuality etc by others and themselves.