to have a kneejerk refusal to attend 'Silver Sunday' and 'Full of Life Event'

[TheExMotherInLaw]

I'm 60, and have just had emails advertising these local events for older people. I think the titles are horribly condescending, and won't go, on principal.
AIBU, are they ok, or is my reaction proof that I'm simply not old enough for those events yet.
I have some friends in their 70s and 80s, and think they'd consider the event titles pretty vom inducing, too.

Personally i would see these as aimed more at 70s and over.

My MIL is in her mid 60s and would hate to be lumped in with 'Silver' anythings!

I agree. Our village notice board advertises "Gentle exercises for the over 50s". Dreadful.

God they are bad aren't they? I'd be tempted to go along and start a silver revolution!

Horses for course, right. I wouldn't want to but plenty might.

Oh and shouldn't you be on GransNet. Not here with us...

'Full of life' seems to evoke the direct opposite... yik.

I am (just) over 50, and I get cross about the life insurance ads aimed at me. Apparently my sole purpose in life is to provide a 'cash gift' for my 'loved ones' and then bugger off and die.

Dear god! The people I know in their 70's wouldn't touch those with a bargepole. How patronising, generalising and so unaware of any target market. Twats.

Why not have a course called 'Come, eat werthers and stink of piss' actually that sounds more fun.

I hate the silver thing - why silver surfers? why not just people using the internet?

On the gentle exercise for over fifties - I tried to join one of those once -even though I was under fifty, because I'd been seriously ill and was hoping to slowly regain my fitness without injuring myself. they were terribly snooty about my age and wouldn't let me join - apparently the important bit was the over fifty, not the gentle exercise.

I would assume you are too young.
The gentle exercises for the over 50's is because this is the age some people start getting arthritis, and so can no longer do ordinary exercise classes.

That was the situation I was in cleaty - I wasn't able to do ordinary exercise classes for health reasons (long term not temporary) - and I was actually only a year off fifty so I felt it was a bit picky. Anyway I'm fifty five now so presumably could join if I felt so inclined.

MrsTerry the fact I object to these titles is probably why I'm not!
And the fact that I have no GC, and here I can namechange to be a judgypants, and cuss!

Perhaps they'll give you "a cash gift, just for enquiring"
I wonder if the attendees will get ambushed by predatory funeral plan or stair lift salesmen - I'd go to the pub instead.

Oh dear, that's so patronising. I can think of some 80 year olds I know who would vomit at the idea of turning up at something where they will be treated as a frail old dear who has to be praised for being "full of life".

One is being organised by the local community hub, and another by a similar community group. I was at stitch and bitch tonight, and two of them there, both a bit younger than me were talking about going

I would feed that back tbh (politely though! ). They've almost certainly been designed by someone very young who can't begin to imagine being over 50, and hasn't really considered that the titles (or indeed the activities themselves) may not be right for the intended audience. They'd probably appreciate a bit of constructive feedback and suggested changes.