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When I was 17, my high school called me a senior. When I was in my last year of college, they called me a senior. When I was at work, I had seniority. When I joined City Data they called me a "senior member."
A good question. But I don't mind being called a senior, so I guess I am a senior now. I've read that middle age signifies an older person that it used to. I'd say middle age is 48-62. But I think the two terms are used loosely. The worst term for my age group that I have ever heard is "Golden Ager." Ugh. Awful. I do accept Senior. I don't think I'm elderly yet though.
Growing Old........hopefully it happens to all of us. The status you have in the place you live,work,and socialize determines your age, its been called the generation gap . been going on as long as I can remember.( which is less every year ).
Those are all positives , a good thing. " Senior Citizen" has a whole different meaning. The reality is the issue ,one day I woke up and I was old ! For those of us that try to act younger than our age generalizes , when 40 was the biggest birthday ever ( thats the long standing start of Middle age) and turning 65 was not only the end of your work life and the start of your depression tells a lot. I fit that mold today as I enter my 70s, which are the 50s in these modern times I am told. I think it so , and when my doctor tells me that I am a "young for my age person" I feel a lot better, but deep down who is fooling who? We are what we are. Health is the factor that sets the stage of happiness when It comes down to it !
My personal theory is that if it gets me a discount on something, then I'll classify myself as a senior, LOL
I never really thought about the age tipping point though. I know someone in her 80s who I've never thought of as a "senior". Yet through a teenager's eyes I probably qualified as a senior as soon as I hit age 60.
A long time ago I read something in a book long forgotten except for one line which was spoken by an elderly woman. "I'm 96 years old and I'm dying...But how can that be? because in my heart I still feel like I'm eighteen."
Sitting in an Amtrak waiting room when they announced that seniors, disabled and people with children can board first. All of a sudden I realized that I didn't have to stand in line with the crowd.
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