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I'm one of the "young" ones
And because I look younger than I actually am, I tend to have the opposite problem. I still get asked to show ID every time we visit the liquor store, and it's hard to get anyone to take me seriously when buying big things (cars, homes, TV's etc). I have to shop with hubby or the sales people will totally ignore me.
posted by
Mia890
on December 5, 2014 at 10:58 AM
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Yes, I can remember the first time
I went for a mammagram and was referred to as having elderly changes and I was in my 40's. I was like nooooo. They're perky. LOL I can't get up from the floor unless I have something to push or pull on.
posted by
skye08
on December 5, 2014 at 1:53 AM
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Re: mneme
I definitely cannot get up from the floor (or ground) without rolling over onto my knees and using my hands.... But, so far, I've always been able to get up by myself when I have fallen. Son #1 and I were trying to remember all of the falls we have had in our adult life to see who has fallen the most. I couldn't believe how many falls I could remember--on ice, down stairs, stubbing toe, etc., etc. It is a wonder I'm not already dead.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 4, 2014 at 9:58 PM
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TAPS
🐎🚃 At 33. At 25 I was called too young love. BC-A, Bill’s RTTst
posted by
BC-A
on December 4, 2014 at 2:42 PM
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My first experience at being referred to as 'elderly' came when I was about 40. A co-worker was telling something to someone that had to do with an incident that happened in the '60's, but needed corroboration. So they turned in my direction and began their question with "Hey, you're old! How about . . " It bothered me for a while, but I eventually shook it off . . . 
posted by
JimmyA
on December 4, 2014 at 2:19 PM
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I seem to remember being classed as an elderly primagravita when I was only 29!
I'll take a look at the link you posted .. meanwhile I have one for you (smile)
Let me know how you compare!!
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2247402/Can-floor-using-hands-If-heading-early-grave.html
posted by
mneme
on December 4, 2014 at 10:10 AM
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Back when I was 23 (I am 29 now), nine-year-old Brian Gabber told me I was an old man.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on December 4, 2014 at 9:18 AM
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TAPS
The difference in nuances between 'old' and 'elderly' are interesting, and to be called 'elderly' at 35 is shocking - but it's also ridiculous. The doc at that moment used it not in the way it is generally used in our culture, but as a 'technical' term! An instance where the same word has rather different meanings - not all that infrequent...
posted by
Nautikos
on December 4, 2014 at 6:32 AM
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I think of myself as old - ya gotta admit the years when you remember
things that happened along the way - but elderly? Nope. Elderly = frail, hesitant, in need of assistance. So far, so good in that department.
posted by
Pat_B
on December 4, 2014 at 3:39 AM
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Well I sometimes walk down town and try and put elderly faces back into their original profiles. The probably think what is that old guy studying my makeup for.
A little while ago I was just the opposite to Adnhor a woman asked as I bought a bottle
of medicinal Scotch if I was over 21. 'Are you taking the Mickey?' I asked.
'No 'she said, some folk look old when they are under that age.'
posted by
C_C_T
on December 4, 2014 at 12:00 AM
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Actually I did get offered a first time Senior discount, and it was by a young cashier in the good old USA!!! My Detroit Suzie was with me, and she and her sister had to hide behind the shelves, both laughing at the expression on my face! The little girl did a double take when she saw it too, and began to apologize...and that made ME laugh.
posted by
adnohr
on December 3, 2014 at 9:18 PM
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Wow that was interesting. Yes I too like aging except from some of the things I can not do and some ailments. You be blessed.
posted by
Justi
on December 3, 2014 at 8:41 PM
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