So, at age 47, am I classed as a senior?

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Feeling depressed

Scrolling on here and saw an advert for intermittent fasting…for seniors. It had pictures of all the different ages of women, up to about 80 I think. The youngest category was age 46-51

So age 46 upwards is classed as being a senior 😩

Lol. I'm 47 and don't consider myself middle aged yet even.

You're either very young or very goady.

No. I am 57 and not senior, despite my eligibility for a senior bus pass in the area in which I live (not UK). I am still a student (EdD) and use my student ID all over the place, so I can't possibly be a senior as well. Besides which, I also still have both my parents and am therefore a child.

Ask your hairdresser if you can get a senior's price. You're nowhere near it! 😁

I’m 47 in January op and this has blew my mind. My body feels old ( I have fibromyalgia) but my mind feels young.

whilst I’m creeping towards 50 I remember that my own mum and dad look and seem younger than ever at 67 currently. I would just about class them as senior! They had me at 20 and have both aged so well and people are living longer these days which begs the question- what is classed as middle aged these days?

Reminds me of an add I saw recently with the gist being "now that you are over 40, you will be preparing for the end!". I think its more a marketing technique to draw in 65+ year olds that still feel 40 at heart.

I had an ad for chair-based exercises for seniors this week. I'm 47.

Oi, No! I'm almost 77, in latish middle age!

Don’t be daft! I was 48 yesterday, and no, not a senior yet, still got 20 more years to work yet!

I will be 70 end of Jan and find it hard to believe I'm a senior, I don't feel it and I think as the old saying goes you are as young as you feel.

I have no negative associations with being middle aged, or beyond, or want to try and argue away from it. I don’t believe it’s a mindset. I’m obviously a total hippy because I think there’s beauty in age stage of life, nor do I believe you have to act a certain way just because you’re middle aged/ senior etc, it’s just the age category you’re in regardless of how you feel about it. I’ve added a brief explanation to my categories.

35-49 is Middle Aged. This takes you to 70-100 life expectancy. You’re also classed geriatric pregnancy from 35.
50-69is old age. At 50, you will be put into elderly care at hospitals, have risk assessments for elderly etc. At 50, you would have had a fall rather than if you went in today at 47, it would be phrased as you’d fallen over.
At 70+, elderly.

So at 47, you’re on the upper end of being middle aged.

I’m knocking 60, but I’m also not in denial of no longer being middle aged, and happy to take @LemonDuck1 ’s definition of now being (physically at least) old.
You are approaching the end of middle age, whether you accept that or not is up to you.

Nooo - you’re definitely not at 47!!

The END of middle age?! What on earth are you on? I'll be approaching the end of middle age in about 20 years 😂

Middle aged doesn't literally mean the mid point of one's life. The term has long evolved and is more conceptual than literal.

These are all completely flexible and therefore slightly meaningless categories.

I don't even think it makes sense to conceive of "middle age" as meaning literally halfway through your life as that's a pretty random measure (are you middle-aged earlier if you drink or smoke or do manual labour, for example, since these bring your life expectancy down?)

I think of it more as the middle stage between youth/young adulthood and old age- which means it's arguably getting later all the time with people living longer and retiring later, and at the other end with so many people even in their thirties can't afford their own home.

Basically, take care of yourself a bit more as you get older (I'm in my forties and know I need more exercise in my life than I've had this year, for example- groan) and use your accrued wisdom to shrug off dopey adverts designed to prey on people's insecurities.

Tell your doctor that.

I'm 50 and feel far too immature to be considered senior!

There's no medical definition of middle age. It's a loose descriptor. I don't know anyone who considers the 50s to not be middle age.

40s is not senior by any stretch of the imagination. Older and wiser than in your 20s and 30s, yes, but plenty of life left.

I would class middle aged as in your 50s (not to do with being in the "middle" of life, but more because things are usually slowing down a little by then, and because for women, most of us are certainly menopausal in some way or another).

Senior I would say mid to late 60s, when state pension age (currently) kicks in....but many who have climbed the career ladder may also still retain 'senior' positions.

Elderly I would class as late 70s or 80s. That's my take anyway; not a medical concept obviously but a social concept.

I will be middle aged til I qualify for a pension. That's another 11 years away for me (unless the kick the ball further into the long grass).

I remember being very WTAF when I was referred to as a “geriatric mother”.

I was 37.

Come on. 😂😂

Do you know how many years off I am from qualifying for a covid booster next year? TWENTY EIGHT. So I'm not sure the NHS agrees with you actually.

40-65 is middle age or so. Elderly starts at 65+ ish

Surely it’s common knowledge that over 35 is elderly primigravida

I do not care how common this knowledge is

There is no excuse for bandying the term geriatric around someone who has spent 8 months throwing up.

This is the hill I will die on.

I was 36 in first pregnancy so elderly too in those terms. I thought it was funny rather than offensive.