To ask what age you would say is no longer dying young

[Whyohwhy88]

Although hard still I feel from 80 onwards it’s expected

Agree with this👍

"A "young person" would generally refer to a non-adult though, which is a different thing."

Not at all. I would consider anyone up to around 30 to be a young person.

As for dying young i.e. young to be dying, I'd say 65 or 70.

My mum died at 67 and I’d desolation say she died young.

Mh dad is now 75 and is still say he’d did young if the worst happened. He still goes out and goes to the gym everyday - he’s not an old man struggling day to day iyswim?

I don’t think there is anything unpleasant in anything I said. Words have meanings and ‘young’ does not mean nearly ready to retire.

You can’t do anything about it. You are how old you are. Which is why the rest of us are so bemused by the way you are reacting.

Dad died age 58
Mum died age 63
Big sis died age 60
All too young imo.

Those are all too young. Sorry for your loss.

75

I also think, psychologically, there is an element of the 'stage of life' the people left behind are.

If your parent dies aged 65 - 68 and you are 28 - 32 and that means you won't have your parent there at your wedding, or they will never meet their grandchild, it seems sadder somehow than a parent of the same age dying when the adult child is aged 40 and might have dc in their teens themself.

I know it doesn't change how much 'too young' the person who dies is, but I think it makes me think how sad it is, differently.

65 isn't young but it's young to die.

66 and this thread is depressing me 🤔

I was 29 when my dad passed away at 67. I felt way too young to lose him, particularly as I was 12 weeks pregnant with my only child. My mother has been on her own since and has struggled ever since. I don’t think there’s ever a good time to lose anyone even if you think they’ve lived a long life, there is always something more they could have done

I will be 70 this year and am hoping to be really really old when I die.😁

How have I insulted you? All I’ve said is biologically 65+ isn’t young. And nobody on this thread is suggesting there is anything anyone can do about biologically ageing - it happens to all of us!

To remind you, the thread title is

To ask what age you would say is no longer dying young?

The rest of us are answering that question regardless of our own ages!

80+

I'd say under 70 is young to die.

Dying young - under 50
Dying younger than expected - under 75

Personally it will be good going to reach 70. I made some very poor lifestyle choices in my younger years.

I’d say 80. My dad died when was 73 and that was too soon