What do you think is the best age to call someone a "Senior Citizen"? - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Michael [hXc] · 04-22-2004, 11:42 AM

This is not what the legal age is, but when you feel someone is truly a senior citizen. I feel senior means 65 and older. What do you think?

Dutabi84 · 04-22-2004, 11:49 AM

60 sounds about right to me, but I'm sure it varies per person.

Penny Lane · 04-22-2004, 11:50 AM

65

PZelda · 04-22-2004, 11:56 AM

65.

Holy ****. If a senior citizen means 55, then Vicki is a senior citizen now because she just turned 55 last month!

I can't bear to think about that...No. So I will not consider her a senior citizen. Carol Burnett definitely is- she turns 71 on Monday.

Michael [hXc] · 04-22-2004, 12:03 PM

I changed my mind to 65. I was just thinking, if senior is 55, Sally Field, Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Stephen Talbot, Rusty Stevens, and the other kids from Leave it to Beaver are seniors. Just the thought of Jerry Mathers as a senior made me change my mind.

PZelda · 04-22-2004, 12:09 PM

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Originally posted by BeaverFan5
I changed my mind to 65. I was just thinking, if senior is 55, Sally Field, Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Stephen Talbot, Rusty Stevens, and the other kids from Leave it to Beaver are seniors. Just the thought of Jerry Mathers as a senior made me change my mind.

Yep...I used to think the same when I was a little girl, too...but now I realize 55 is really not that old. A lot of people become grandparents by that age (or even earlier), but no...I don't think so. Most people don't retire until they're in their 60's.

Penny Lane · 04-22-2004, 12:12 PM

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Originally posted by BeaverFan5
I changed my mind to 65. I was just thinking, if senior is 55, Sally Field, Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Stephen Talbot, Rusty Stevens, and the other kids from Leave it to Beaver are seniors. Just the thought of Jerry Mathers as a senior made me change my mind.

What is considered Middle Age these Days? 30?

To me 65 or older is Senior because most people are retired and collecting Social Security by then. 55? NO WAY! I will be 54 next month and I am definitely not a Senior!

Michael [hXc] · 04-22-2004, 12:15 PM

55 is definitely not senior. Young is up until 50, 50-65 is middle age, and 65+ is senior.

Penny Lane · 04-22-2004, 12:16 PM

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Originally posted by Miss Vicki
Yep...I used to think the same when I was a little girl, too...but now I realize 55 is really not that old. A lot of people become grandparents by that age (or even earlier), but no...I don't think so. Most people don't retire until they're in their 60's.

I was a grandmother at 41!

PZelda · 04-22-2004, 12:21 PM

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Originally posted by Penny Lane
I was a grandmother at 41!

Let's see...my brother was my maternal grandparents' first grandchild...Yep. If I have it figured out...my grandma was 48 and my grandpa, 47. (RIP)

41 is pretty young!

Michael [hXc] · 04-22-2004, 12:27 PM

A girl in my class at school has a grandmother who is 47, and she is 10, so that meant she became a grandmother at age 37! That's really young. The youngest possible to become a grandmother is 24, because people can reproduce at age 12, but it is not a good thing to do.

Mijada · 04-22-2004, 02:09 PM

I'd say 65 but it really depends on the person. There are a lot of people nowdays who feel and look much younger than they are and are offended at being called a senior citizen.

Janice · 04-22-2004, 03:21 PM

I've always thought of 65 as a senior citizen, and age 75 as elderly.

I also think that somewhere in your 40s is considered middle age.

FamilyTiesGOP · 04-22-2004, 04:01 PM

I say 70 because of the increasing life expectancy. I heard in the International Business Forum that I went to at my college that a child under 10 today COULD live to be 120.

Michael [hXc] · 04-22-2004, 04:16 PM

The average life expectancy is actually late 80s, early 90s, but 100 is very likely. But I know some people who I would hate to see live to 100.

View Poll Results: When do you think someone is a senior?
50	1	4.17%
55	2	8.33%
60	1	4.17%
62	1	4.17%
65	11	45.83%
70+	5	20.83%
other	3	12.50%
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04-22-2004, 11:42 AM	#1
Michael [hXc] dying. Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 29, 2004 Posts: 8,532	What do you think is the best age to call someone a "Senior Citizen"? This is not what the legal age is, but when you feel someone is truly a senior citizen. I feel senior means 65 and older. What do you think?
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04-22-2004, 11:50 AM	#3
Penny Lane Butter Pie Forum Icon Join Date: Jul 03, 2001 Location: Beneath the blue suburban skies Posts: 51,261	65
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04-22-2004, 11:56 AM	#4
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,223	65. Holy ****. If a senior citizen means 55, then Vicki is a senior citizen now because she just turned 55 last month! I can't bear to think about that...No. So I will not consider her a senior citizen. Carol Burnett definitely is- she turns 71 on Monday.
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04-22-2004, 11:49 AM	#2
Dutabi84 kittens must die Forum Fanatic Join Date: Apr 22, 2003 Location: MN/TX Posts: 11,026	60 sounds about right to me, but I'm sure it varies per person.

04-22-2004, 12:03 PM	#5
Michael [hXc] dying. Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 29, 2004 Posts: 8,532	I changed my mind to 65. I was just thinking, if senior is 55, Sally Field, Jerry Mathers, Tony Dow, Stephen Talbot, Rusty Stevens, and the other kids from Leave it to Beaver are seniors. Just the thought of Jerry Mathers as a senior made me change my mind.

04-22-2004, 12:15 PM	#8
Michael [hXc] dying. Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 29, 2004 Posts: 8,532	55 is definitely not senior. Young is up until 50, 50-65 is middle age, and 65+ is senior.

04-22-2004, 12:27 PM	#11
Michael [hXc] dying. Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 29, 2004 Posts: 8,532	A girl in my class at school has a grandmother who is 47, and she is 10, so that meant she became a grandmother at age 37! That's really young. The youngest possible to become a grandmother is 24, because people can reproduce at age 12, but it is not a good thing to do.

04-22-2004, 02:09 PM	#12
Mijada Spencers mom Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 02, 2001 Location: eastern US Posts: 4,093	I'd say 65 but it really depends on the person. There are a lot of people nowdays who feel and look much younger than they are and are offended at being called a senior citizen.

04-22-2004, 03:21 PM	#13
Janice Retired Admin - Hollywood Swingin' Forum Legend Join Date: Aug 03, 2001 Location: Beantown Posts: 36,388	I've always thought of 65 as a senior citizen, and age 75 as elderly. I also think that somewhere in your 40s is considered middle age.

04-22-2004, 04:01 PM	#14
FamilyTiesGOP _ Senior Member Join Date: Oct 28, 2003 Posts: 1,631	I say 70 because of the increasing life expectancy. I heard in the International Business Forum that I went to at my college that a child under 10 today COULD live to be 120.

04-22-2004, 04:16 PM	#15
Michael [hXc] dying. Forum Fanatic Join Date: Feb 29, 2004 Posts: 8,532	The average life expectancy is actually late 80s, early 90s, but 100 is very likely. But I know some people who I would hate to see live to 100.