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In reply to the discussion: When does one become "elderly?" [View all]3Hotdogs
(13,422 posts)45. Good genes.
Smoking: marij., rarely.
Drinks: Average 2 or three beers every two or three weeks, when out with friends.
Overeating: Yes, I am about 30 lbs overweight. That happened when metabolism changed.
Genes: My father died at 84 after smoking 3 packs of unfiltered "Luckies" per day. Started at age 14. Throat cancer.
My mother passed at age 98. All of my relatives made their 80's. The youngest is 90 in September.
Genes: I didn't end up being too good looking and I was small and skinny as a kid. But, I'm still here.
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IMO it depends how you feel. I've seen/known people ages younger than me that really act
RKP5637
Jun 2019
#2
Actually, late middle age is a term that has been coined based on responses to a poll in
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#34
Oh gosh, thought I was the only one. I adopt the look, the vocal mannerisms, verbal hesitancies
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#36
You become elderly when you start forgetting things that you never forgot before.
stopbush
Jun 2019
#18
Kept trying to get mother at 90 to have "someone in" just a few days a week I'd tell her. She
emmaverybo
Jun 2019
#39
At least 10 years older than me. Whatever that is at any given time.
The Velveteen Ocelot
Jun 2019
#26