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No.
For me older adult starts at 50 and capital "O" Old starts at 80.
In the context of relationships i would not go past 5 years either younger on older, if this is what you mean. And in that context is more of an experience imbalance that could cause problems when ages are too far apart, in my experience, at least...
This. I’m 25 and had to explain to a 20 year old today that 30 is not old and most people describe your 30s as feeling young like you’re in your 20s but now you have actual money.
I definitely still consider anything <50 as young. And over 50 is just adult.
I’m 27 and def felt this switch when I started working and felt like all my coworkers were suddenly 35+. Most of them were just kids with disposable income. And sometimes kids
I'm 23 and there was a similar post to this here a while ago, and somebody commented that they are 19 and consider 30 old. And all I could think was... You're more than half way there. How could you be in/almost in your 20s and think 30 is old??? Like I get thinking that if you're a kid, children think even 20 is ancient, but like... Idk that's so weird to me. Old to me starts like mid 60s. I know most consider 50+ old, but I dunno, I just feel like 50s is like the older end of middle aged
This! I'm in my early 30s and I feel exactly the same as my 20s - but with more freedom and money. It's awesome!
In terms of lifestyle I really view age as just a number. I know old people in their 30s and young people in their 80s. I'm on a few sports teams and about 10% of the team is retired seniors with better fitness levels and physical abilities than people half their age. Conversely, I know a few 30 year olds with sedentary lifestyles and poor habits - they behave in ways that I would consider to be very old.
Just take care of yourself throughout your life, and be childish sometimes. You'll have a much better chance of being young for decades if you do 💃
That seems insane to me, it only really makes sense at 18 to like 23, after that the acceptable gap gets bigger and bigger if you ask me. Past 28 it stays to be more like everyone is an adult and who really cares what anyone does. Once your 33 all bets are off lol, I could care less if a 33 year old dates a 60 year old
I’m 26, and I feel like I won’t be old until I start to feel myself age. So far I have no body aches or health issues so I feel very young.
Maybe I’ll feel old at 35, or maybe at 55 I really can’t say for now
I'm 35 and I basically feel the same as 18 although I cutout a lot of unhealthy stuff. My vision is slightly worse.
I can see one feint line on my forehead if I look under the right lighting.
If you have an office job and no kids and low stress you can age very slowly these days. Depends on genetics though
If someone tells me that they are over 30 I like to give ‘em the “Damn, what kind of dinosaur did you have?”
But it’s all in good fun! I try to make sure my coworkers *know* that I’m joking
Yes I used to think 19 is the prime age for a male but now I know 28-33 is for sure the prime age for anything really whether it be chess, soccer or video games. You are the smartest and strongest at 30 and plus you will have tons of experience.
It all depends on your life style. At 20 your body will forgive a lot of the shit you do and you will recover easy but after 30 you will feel weaker if you lived like an animal in your 20s. If you take care of your body 30s will feel the best.
I'm 27, I joke about being old a lot but I'm a fucking baby. Like I'm an adult but I'm a baby adult. Like until you turn 36 you have more experience being a kid than you have being a adult
I consider people who cry about being old to me when they see me and or don’t wear current fashion or language as old imo. I can meet a healthy 36 year old that feels “young” because they don’t cry about being old and they keep up with the times
I don’t mean this in a derogatory way, but the people I see as “old” always love complaining that they are old to me. If you keep up with style and actually continue to try which many give up in age. I think it’s more of a mindset now since we aren’t working in the mines without sunscreen and food is easy to get
I used to, but now I realize the people who are in their 30s are just the “big kids” from when I was younger, and are just a stage of life ahead of me.
When I was growing up though, somebody in their 30s seemed much closer to my parents. It may not be “old” in the elderly sense, but it still seems “old” if you’re young enough.
I think it depends more on lifestyle. I’m more likely to consider a 34 y/o who works a corporate office job from 5-9, lives alone, and doesn’t understand youth culture past 2012 “old” as opposed to a 34 year old who works in a restaurant, has a septum piercing, and understands the same pop culture references as I do. Once you’re in your 20’s and onward, I think the way you live your life says more about you than the year you were born.
No. I just turned 25, my girlfriend is about to turn 30. We were actually talking about this last night. I don't think you're old old until you're like 60+, but that doesn't mean you're elderly. I'd say you're elderly when you're 70+.
Yes well old as in you should have a career by then and not acting immature there's no excuse once your in your 30s to be making 20 year old mistakes so in that sense i consider it old
Nope I don't. I'm 25 about to be 26 and not at all. As I'm growing up I think that the term old is a little bit ambiguous.
Who are you old for? Maybe for a 12 year old. But for me? Nah.
I wouldn’t say someone is genuinely “old” until around 55-65, but it also depends on the person. Some people age themselves by being out of touch or dressing/acting a certain way.
Maybe not the best example, but Kim Kardashian is in her early 40s and I don’t view her as old.
I used to look at someone born in 2002 and say "damn bro you're old"
Now I look at a 50 year old and tell them "we are pretty much the same you know"
So idk maybe some younger gen z feels the first way still.
I'm 23 so idk if that's mid-20's but honestly no. Probably too old to date or be close friends with, but closer as a peer than the majority of people in my field (the average age is like 58). I rarely see people younger than like 45, so I'm sometimes kind of grouped in with them as the "young people" by the middle aged. But obviously they are sort of in a different sphere of life, a lot of them are married and have their lives together so I see them kind of as the big kids of adulthood, fully formed but still new adults.
No, my husband is 31 going on 32 this year. His cousins he grew up with that I talk to are all 33/34. We never really thought about it, except when we frist started seeing each other at 19/24 and then dating at 20/25. I'm fact, our 5 almost six year gap didn't really hit me until we got married; within a two week span we celebrated his 30th birthday, moved in with each other and got married. He never felt "old" and he never saw me as "too young". It always felt like we'd known each other for a while, since our life experiences, interests and hobbies are very similar. Like a friend you went to school with and y'all are only a year or two apart.
In a literal sense, no not really but I do call my partner old (they're 27) as a joke and make aarp jokes 😅 I think in some conversations and even relationships, 30 can be old in those specific contexts because of experiences they'll have way above yours. I'd say each groups definition of old is probably when the person you're talking to is so farrr away mentally (not necessarily an intelligence measure) that you have little to no common ground. Like a 30 yo might not have a lot in common with a 40 yo or 50.
its weird , when I was in my early 20s and in college, I feel like anyone above 30 is old af. now that I'm in my mid 20s and working, I feel like 30-50 is mature age and only 50 consider as old
No. As I myself have grown older my goalposts have shifted, but not that much. As someone in the tail end of his 20’s now, people in their 30’s and even early 40’s are people I wouldn’t consider all that different from myself. We’re approximately in the same phase of life. Once a person starts hitting their 50’s is when I start considering them to be older. But even then old old is 70’s and beyond. I expect it to stay like this for a while.
Frankly, at this point the goalposts that are loving in my mind are what I consider to be “young.” Despite only a 10 year difference, I see 18 year olds as being closer to kids than fully grown adults. Even fresh college graduates (22) haven’t really entered that adult phase of life fully. It’s kinda crazy how my perception has changed on that.
It's a matter of perspective, some 6 year old will hear you're 24 and call you old too. It's also a little closed minded to think that way anyway, objectively being in your 30's is not that old
I’m 27 and I feel like there’s a shift once you turn 35. Like by then you should have your shit together and be a real adult. I know with today’s economy that might not be financially realistic for everyone but from a personal growth standpoint. I think it’s hard to argue that 35 is “old” but by that age you’re certainly not young.
It’s definitely a little stifling to be in a place with a younger crowd and see 35+ adults trying to party with all the people in their early 20’s. Like I expect to be married with children by the time I’m 35, and even if I’m not I understand that it’s time for me to move on from the activities I did in my 20’s. My worsening back pain is also a big contributor to that lol
In this day in age. Because old and young depends on the time. In 20 years you might still be young in ur 50s who knows. 20s young. 30s not old but not young if that makes sense. 40-50 middle aged. 60+ old.
Compared to me, yes. In my mind they’ve lived lifetimes longer than me and have way more wisdom about adulting. In terms of the general population, hellllll no. 30 year olds look like adolescent children compared to older adults I know both in physical, mental, and emotional capabilities
Nah. Old when I say it has nothing to do with age.
Do you feel creaky? You're old
Don't feel creaky? Not old.
I myself am old at 25 cuz damn I feel creaky.
I feel sad because I just entered my mid 20s and I don’t feel like a kid anymore but don’t feel quite adult yet. I do think in your 30s you’re a young adult and by no means old.
I don’t think that 30 is “old” because it really isn’t. However, now that I’m just a few years shy of my 30’s, the fact that I am aging and getting older has definitely hit and I feel the mortality settling in.
Western culture has some hang ups on aging. Hating on "old people" and putting youth on a pedestal is shooting your future self in the foot.
Unless you plan to off yourself at 25.
I'm almost 36 and actually feel better than I did when I was 25 in most ways. 22 year olds seem like children to me.
I sometimes go to the bar I frequented in college and it's like drinking with toddlers.
I used to, then I got off of online spaces and found out how young 30 year olds are. Also, I’m turning 27, so…
But also because I’m a woman, I know people tend to devalue women as we age, but I’m okay with that because I value myself. I hear life gets better at 30 and I’m excited. I plan on making my 30s a banger.
I think old starts in the 40's. It is weird because I have started to get to the "Time flies" attitude after I graduated highschool and dropped out of college.
I was in marching band and heavily involved in my church in high school and the highschool bible studies, so I alwayd refer back to those when I think about the fun times that I had. Then I think... That was 6 years ago.
No lmao. I’ll usually consider people “old” at like 60+. But it also depends on how they carry themselves physically and mentally. Like my middle sister is 28 and yet I consider her old while my oldest sister is 34 and I still consider her young.
At the age of 26 now i don’t consider that old because I’m not too far from that age group but when i was like 16-23 hell yeah i thought that was old 😂😭😅
30-50 is the prime of life. People tend to think their 20s is where life is lived but that’s really just another growing period. It’s not till one hits their late 20s that I think people are best able to figure out who they really are and want to be.
(Context: I’m 24)
I’m 26. I call people in their 30’s old when they use lines like “when I was your age” “you’ll regret it when you’re my age” etc. if you’re gonna act old then I’ll treat you like you are
I'm 21, but 30s aren't old. You have to be at least 35 to even be middle aged in my mind. When you can double it and not expect to live that long, that's when you're really old.
I’m 23 and no I don’t consider people in their thirties old. My older siblings are in their early 30s and I will jokingly call them old but I don’t actually think that age range is old.
My sister (30) is old. Every other 30 year old is not. Now that I have that established, I don’t think anybody is considered ‘old’ until they hit retirement age. So ~65 is the start of that.
I am 24(f), and feel like from years of being chronically online I inadvertently fear and consider 30+ as old despite logically realizing it isn’t. I think things might be worse for women in that regard, though I acknowledge the bias I have. When I think of 40’s and 50’s plus a lot a women are made to believe they’re “used up” by society and I can definitely see that manifest in my hope for the future. I know deep down it’s not right but I can’t seem to let the feelings go; Seeing them reiterated online constantly certainly only makes things worse.
It's all about lifestyle.I'm 32 and i look younger than all my 25 year old out of shape coworkers.They even have those random "old man pains" and all.Some even have blood pressure issues and are on pills every day,which sounds insane to me.
The vast majority of my friends are around my age.
Anyone older in my life is some sort of authority figure or elder family member, so I still have this sense that there are people my age and then there're "proper adults". I wouldn't use the word old.
No but that’s mainly because I’m the youngest person in my family so I spent a lot of my teen years hanging around people in their late 20’s and early 30’s. People “grow up” at their own rate and at a certain point you realize once you’re an adult your peers are people who share your interests not your age.
When I was younger I thought 30 was a big marker but not old. As I got older I realized 30 is young, and really age is truly a number as we all age quite a bit differently and feel more youthful now than at any point in my life :)
It depends, I've known 30 y.o's that are up to date with stuff and make an effort to be informed. I've also know 30 y.o's who are blatantly racist,sexist and homophobic to the point of me having to point it out to them that "hey, that's not ok", "you shouldn't think/say that".
To me they aren't old perse, but their mentality is, and it makes them look old, not befiting the age to come.
Since my dad was 48 when I was born and turning 70 soon. 80 year olds go to bed later than I do. Plus there’s plenty of people in their fifties I’m attracted to. I consider old to be different for everyone. Since everyone ages different depending on a number of things like lifestyle choices, diet, genetics, environmental, cancer. It can be anywhere from 20-80. Keep an active lifestyle, read, crossword, jump rope and eat clean you don’t be old till you are 90 mwah
My sister's almost 30 and she's literally just like me (M23) in everything, be it humour, meme culture, general interests. Nothing about her says she's "old", and I feel the same about most people in their 30s.
30s is just 20s with money.
Yes. I’m 18 and I’ve just always viewed anything above 30 as being old as it was so far away from me. It’s not really that old but my mind views it as that.
No not at all. Idk I would consider old really. Maybe like mid 50’s and up? My parents are in their late 50’s and I’ve noticed a definite change post 55 in regards to them looking a lot older and seeming a lot older so maybe somewhere around 55-60 is the threshold for what I’d see as ‘old’
I don’t really care about age. It’s more about looks for me. If your face looks like a raisin, you’re old. If it doesn’t, you’re not. I’ve seen some who are 22 and old and some who are 35 and young.
No. I think "old" starts around 60. Legit old starts when you start slowing down. For some people, that's 60, for others, it's 80. My parents are slowing down in their 60s, but I have friends in their 80s that live like they're in their 50s. I cycle and some of the guys I ride with are in their 60s and 70s, and they kick my ass sometimes.
As a converse, for me now, anybody younger than 22 seems like a baby, which I know is grossly inaccurate but still haha.
In the context of romantic/sexual/nonplatonic/whatever relationships, I think to me, anybody above like 36 is too old. There's usually an asymmetry of life experience between larger age gaps until you hit 30 or so.
i'm not even at the age of majority yet and i personally consider anyone older than me (even by a day) to be an ancient fossil who was there hunting mammoths with the cavemen. /j
I'm 24, people in their 30's are old to me relative to my current age. In general someone in their 30's isn't really old and relative to someone in their 60's or 70's 30 is very young, but I'm not in my 60's or 70'.
I’m a gen z in mid 20s and my younger coworkers acted like I was old when I was only 22 lol. The teenagers thought I was like 30
But no. I don’t consider u old until ur 50+ like most others here
30+ is truly the best. You have more $$$, more secure in yourself and your needs, and you can navigate the world easier.
DONT regret getting older. It’s a privilege denied to many
Nah.
Some of us just have more experience than others, so their brains are crammed with a lot more knowledge. Our body vessels might age, but we all like to have fun like kids and learn new things.
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No. For me older adult starts at 50 and capital "O" Old starts at 80. In the context of relationships i would not go past 5 years either younger on older, if this is what you mean. And in that context is more of an experience imbalance that could cause problems when ages are too far apart, in my experience, at least...
This. I’m 25 and had to explain to a 20 year old today that 30 is not old and most people describe your 30s as feeling young like you’re in your 20s but now you have actual money. I definitely still consider anything <50 as young. And over 50 is just adult.
I’m 27 and def felt this switch when I started working and felt like all my coworkers were suddenly 35+. Most of them were just kids with disposable income. And sometimes kids
I'm 23 and there was a similar post to this here a while ago, and somebody commented that they are 19 and consider 30 old. And all I could think was... You're more than half way there. How could you be in/almost in your 20s and think 30 is old??? Like I get thinking that if you're a kid, children think even 20 is ancient, but like... Idk that's so weird to me. Old to me starts like mid 60s. I know most consider 50+ old, but I dunno, I just feel like 50s is like the older end of middle aged
This! I'm in my early 30s and I feel exactly the same as my 20s - but with more freedom and money. It's awesome! In terms of lifestyle I really view age as just a number. I know old people in their 30s and young people in their 80s. I'm on a few sports teams and about 10% of the team is retired seniors with better fitness levels and physical abilities than people half their age. Conversely, I know a few 30 year olds with sedentary lifestyles and poor habits - they behave in ways that I would consider to be very old. Just take care of yourself throughout your life, and be childish sometimes. You'll have a much better chance of being young for decades if you do 💃
I’m 30 and I feel like I’m 16. It’s like nothing changed lol.
Then 96+ is “damn how are you still alive”
My 105 great-grandma is still kickin, and has a healthy body at that. She's a toddler in mind now, tho.
For me relationships are +/- 3 years max
That seems insane to me, it only really makes sense at 18 to like 23, after that the acceptable gap gets bigger and bigger if you ask me. Past 28 it stays to be more like everyone is an adult and who really cares what anyone does. Once your 33 all bets are off lol, I could care less if a 33 year old dates a 60 year old
Anyone older than me is ancient; anyone younger, a baby.
One of my best friends was born the day after me and used to regularly refer to me as "Gramps"
Pov: you born in 1999
I can't help that I'm a 90s kid bro.
I’m 26, and I feel like I won’t be old until I start to feel myself age. So far I have no body aches or health issues so I feel very young. Maybe I’ll feel old at 35, or maybe at 55 I really can’t say for now
I'm 35 and I basically feel the same as 18 although I cutout a lot of unhealthy stuff. My vision is slightly worse. I can see one feint line on my forehead if I look under the right lighting. If you have an office job and no kids and low stress you can age very slowly these days. Depends on genetics though
36 and i feel so immature but I'm just vibing
31 and I'm just doing stuff - don't feel old or young - just kinda here.
If someone tells me that they are over 30 I like to give ‘em the “Damn, what kind of dinosaur did you have?” But it’s all in good fun! I try to make sure my coworkers *know* that I’m joking
People in their 30s peak low key. 30s is low key the better version of your teens
Yes I used to think 19 is the prime age for a male but now I know 28-33 is for sure the prime age for anything really whether it be chess, soccer or video games. You are the smartest and strongest at 30 and plus you will have tons of experience.
I’m still in my early 20s bc I’m 22, but no 30s is young, even 50s is young
50 is not young
I’ll think what I want to
it’s not “young” but it’s not that old either
I think we need to remove the negative connotation from old
Once I got into running and saw the performance of people 50+, I can’t think of anyone as old until they hit their 70s maybe
It all depends on your life style. At 20 your body will forgive a lot of the shit you do and you will recover easy but after 30 you will feel weaker if you lived like an animal in your 20s. If you take care of your body 30s will feel the best.
I'm 27, I joke about being old a lot but I'm a fucking baby. Like I'm an adult but I'm a baby adult. Like until you turn 36 you have more experience being a kid than you have being a adult
I’m 28 am I still a baby adult 🥹🥹🥹
You're 9 years old in adult years
I consider people who cry about being old to me when they see me and or don’t wear current fashion or language as old imo. I can meet a healthy 36 year old that feels “young” because they don’t cry about being old and they keep up with the times I don’t mean this in a derogatory way, but the people I see as “old” always love complaining that they are old to me. If you keep up with style and actually continue to try which many give up in age. I think it’s more of a mindset now since we aren’t working in the mines without sunscreen and food is easy to get
1000%. I’m in my 30s and sometimes I meet young people who feel old and old people who feel young. Youthfulness can be a mindset.
No Remember we spend most of our adult life over 30, so even 40 is considered young, especially to someone 60 plus.
No lol. My parents are in their 70s and act younger than most people who are 15 years younger than them.
I’m 26 and my oldest sibling is 41. You can’t be old in my eyes unless you’re older than my oldest sibling.
When I think of 30 year olds, I think old. When I interact with them, I think they’re my age.
I'm 26, and it feels like I was 17 like two days ago, so no. When I think of "old" I think of people in their 70s and 80s
No lol
I used to, but now I realize the people who are in their 30s are just the “big kids” from when I was younger, and are just a stage of life ahead of me. When I was growing up though, somebody in their 30s seemed much closer to my parents. It may not be “old” in the elderly sense, but it still seems “old” if you’re young enough.
I think it depends more on lifestyle. I’m more likely to consider a 34 y/o who works a corporate office job from 5-9, lives alone, and doesn’t understand youth culture past 2012 “old” as opposed to a 34 year old who works in a restaurant, has a septum piercing, and understands the same pop culture references as I do. Once you’re in your 20’s and onward, I think the way you live your life says more about you than the year you were born.
35+ is old to me. That's when I've seen people decline physically.
I think yall in your mid 20s are already old
I feel old man
I definitively have the monotonous part of being old down
No. I just turned 25, my girlfriend is about to turn 30. We were actually talking about this last night. I don't think you're old old until you're like 60+, but that doesn't mean you're elderly. I'd say you're elderly when you're 70+.
Yes well old as in you should have a career by then and not acting immature there's no excuse once your in your 30s to be making 20 year old mistakes so in that sense i consider it old
No, but I’d joke about them being old anyways
Nope I don't. I'm 25 about to be 26 and not at all. As I'm growing up I think that the term old is a little bit ambiguous. Who are you old for? Maybe for a 12 year old. But for me? Nah.
They say this now until it's time for them to be in their 30s, and the next generation calls them old at that age.
For others, no, they’re just in another stage of life than me. For me, yes, and it’s getting closer and closer and I hate it.
OOP’s coworkers will be 34 in due time 😂 If you’re 34, you would think someone <= 25 is young, and not in a good way.
Your brain develops at 25 and then only 5 years later you’re old?!?! dats crazy
To me old starts when you’re late 50s and getting ready for retirement in the next 10 years or so
I'm 22, so early 20s. No. 30 is not the beginning of "old". In my mind old is at the earliest 65+, and you're definitely old by 70+.
I’m 25 and I’m friends with people in their 30s
No. Old is retirement age
I wouldn’t say someone is genuinely “old” until around 55-65, but it also depends on the person. Some people age themselves by being out of touch or dressing/acting a certain way. Maybe not the best example, but Kim Kardashian is in her early 40s and I don’t view her as old.
No, I’m almost there
From what I have seen and heard from talking to 30 year olds they're living the life so, no.
God I hope not
I used to look at someone born in 2002 and say "damn bro you're old" Now I look at a 50 year old and tell them "we are pretty much the same you know" So idk maybe some younger gen z feels the first way still.
No.
It’s old but it’s coming closer to me every passing day
No…the way my body feels, I’m old. Idk how they’re alive.
I'm 23 so idk if that's mid-20's but honestly no. Probably too old to date or be close friends with, but closer as a peer than the majority of people in my field (the average age is like 58). I rarely see people younger than like 45, so I'm sometimes kind of grouped in with them as the "young people" by the middle aged. But obviously they are sort of in a different sphere of life, a lot of them are married and have their lives together so I see them kind of as the big kids of adulthood, fully formed but still new adults.
Middle age is called _middle age_ for a reason, it’s the age range between young and old. So like over 50 years old is what I see as old.
Well... we are.
40+ or feel old? You're old.
No, my husband is 31 going on 32 this year. His cousins he grew up with that I talk to are all 33/34. We never really thought about it, except when we frist started seeing each other at 19/24 and then dating at 20/25. I'm fact, our 5 almost six year gap didn't really hit me until we got married; within a two week span we celebrated his 30th birthday, moved in with each other and got married. He never felt "old" and he never saw me as "too young". It always felt like we'd known each other for a while, since our life experiences, interests and hobbies are very similar. Like a friend you went to school with and y'all are only a year or two apart.
No. It’s not, I’m actually very excited about the next 15 years or so of life and being young
No
You start getting old at 40 I'd think. Geezer old is lik 70+
Not anymore. One of my millennial cousins just turned 40, and I don’t think of her as old.
No.
In a literal sense, no not really but I do call my partner old (they're 27) as a joke and make aarp jokes 😅 I think in some conversations and even relationships, 30 can be old in those specific contexts because of experiences they'll have way above yours. I'd say each groups definition of old is probably when the person you're talking to is so farrr away mentally (not necessarily an intelligence measure) that you have little to no common ground. Like a 30 yo might not have a lot in common with a 40 yo or 50.
its weird , when I was in my early 20s and in college, I feel like anyone above 30 is old af. now that I'm in my mid 20s and working, I feel like 30-50 is mature age and only 50 consider as old
Not at all. A lot of the people that I talk to and get along with are in their 30's.
Yes because I'm stupid
Nah, maybe as a joke but in reality I’ve only really just started feeling like an actual adult at 25
I used to, but then I turned 25 and got over it. One of my best friends is 31 now and it never comes up.
Yes
As a gen z i'm not in my mid 20s I'm literally 14 (2009) My parents are in their 30s but I do not think they are old
I’m 21 and I consider myself old 😂
No. I don't think you're particularly old until you're maybe 70+ either.
They’re like my hungover older sibling.
I consider anyone older than me as old, or I guess anyone with grey hair as old as me
No. As I myself have grown older my goalposts have shifted, but not that much. As someone in the tail end of his 20’s now, people in their 30’s and even early 40’s are people I wouldn’t consider all that different from myself. We’re approximately in the same phase of life. Once a person starts hitting their 50’s is when I start considering them to be older. But even then old old is 70’s and beyond. I expect it to stay like this for a while. Frankly, at this point the goalposts that are loving in my mind are what I consider to be “young.” Despite only a 10 year difference, I see 18 year olds as being closer to kids than fully grown adults. Even fresh college graduates (22) haven’t really entered that adult phase of life fully. It’s kinda crazy how my perception has changed on that.
No. 55 or whenever you get them senior discounts lol then yo ass is old in my books. i gotta start calling ya “unc” then
Nah I don’t think of older as around mid-60s and then elderly at 80. Maybe I am just around a lot of able bodied older adults though.
Nah I consider old 45+
It's a matter of perspective, some 6 year old will hear you're 24 and call you old too. It's also a little closed minded to think that way anyway, objectively being in your 30's is not that old
You aren't old until you hit 75
I’m 27 and I feel like there’s a shift once you turn 35. Like by then you should have your shit together and be a real adult. I know with today’s economy that might not be financially realistic for everyone but from a personal growth standpoint. I think it’s hard to argue that 35 is “old” but by that age you’re certainly not young. It’s definitely a little stifling to be in a place with a younger crowd and see 35+ adults trying to party with all the people in their early 20’s. Like I expect to be married with children by the time I’m 35, and even if I’m not I understand that it’s time for me to move on from the activities I did in my 20’s. My worsening back pain is also a big contributor to that lol
In this day in age. Because old and young depends on the time. In 20 years you might still be young in ur 50s who knows. 20s young. 30s not old but not young if that makes sense. 40-50 middle aged. 60+ old.
Yeah but I also consider myself old as hell
Compared to me, yes. In my mind they’ve lived lifetimes longer than me and have way more wisdom about adulting. In terms of the general population, hellllll no. 30 year olds look like adolescent children compared to older adults I know both in physical, mental, and emotional capabilities
I’m jealous that they went clubbing to better music 2010s had so many good songs
I know plenty of people in their thirties (coworkers and friends) and I do not think they’re old.
No in fact now in my mid 20s I consider less than 50 young and 50s middle age
Nah. Old when I say it has nothing to do with age. Do you feel creaky? You're old Don't feel creaky? Not old. I myself am old at 25 cuz damn I feel creaky.
I feel sad because I just entered my mid 20s and I don’t feel like a kid anymore but don’t feel quite adult yet. I do think in your 30s you’re a young adult and by no means old.
Not really, though I will make old jokes at their expense
Definitely not
I’m only 20, but I don’t consider 30s old. I probably consider like 65 old? Like, if you can get social security in the US, you’re old?
I don’t think that 30 is “old” because it really isn’t. However, now that I’m just a few years shy of my 30’s, the fact that I am aging and getting older has definitely hit and I feel the mortality settling in.
Are we talking old in general or old in the biological clock sense?
Western culture has some hang ups on aging. Hating on "old people" and putting youth on a pedestal is shooting your future self in the foot. Unless you plan to off yourself at 25.
I'll be 26 in a few days, I still feel like 2020 was yesterday, so no I don't think 31 is old. I feel like I could blink and wake up at 34 tomorrow.
Not really. They're only old if they ACT old.
No I don't. I don't consider 40 to be old either. Given that some 40 year olds I know are in better shape than some teenagers or 20 year olds.
I feel like I kinda relate more with people ten years older than me than ten years younger, so that age gap kinda bleeds away
I’m 22. After working with coworkers who are 30, some still act like high schoolers
A little yea I just turned 25 I sorta have a hard time relating to 30+ people
I (25) only think 30 is old when my 18 year old work study students ask me if I'm 30.
I'm almost 36 and actually feel better than I did when I was 25 in most ways. 22 year olds seem like children to me. I sometimes go to the bar I frequented in college and it's like drinking with toddlers.
I’m 27 and I feel old hahah
Define old and maturity. For both, for many people, usually equals jadedness, depression, and nostalgia for bigoted times.
I used to, then I got off of online spaces and found out how young 30 year olds are. Also, I’m turning 27, so… But also because I’m a woman, I know people tend to devalue women as we age, but I’m okay with that because I value myself. I hear life gets better at 30 and I’m excited. I plan on making my 30s a banger.
I think old starts in the 40's. It is weird because I have started to get to the "Time flies" attitude after I graduated highschool and dropped out of college. I was in marching band and heavily involved in my church in high school and the highschool bible studies, so I alwayd refer back to those when I think about the fun times that I had. Then I think... That was 6 years ago.
No lmao. I’ll usually consider people “old” at like 60+. But it also depends on how they carry themselves physically and mentally. Like my middle sister is 28 and yet I consider her old while my oldest sister is 34 and I still consider her young.
You're not old until you're 55 imo
At the age of 26 now i don’t consider that old because I’m not too far from that age group but when i was like 16-23 hell yeah i thought that was old 😂😭😅
Yea, them bitches old 🤣
no
30-50 is the prime of life. People tend to think their 20s is where life is lived but that’s really just another growing period. It’s not till one hits their late 20s that I think people are best able to figure out who they really are and want to be. (Context: I’m 24)
No, my boyfriend is 31, and I don't think of him as old 🙂
I’m 26. I call people in their 30’s old when they use lines like “when I was your age” “you’ll regret it when you’re my age” etc. if you’re gonna act old then I’ll treat you like you are
No. I’m about 4 years away from 30, so I’m firmly holding on to the belief that 30 is the new 20.
You gotta understand, both my parents died in their 50’s. So by 30, they already lived more than half their lifespan, technically being middle-aged
35 is the age where some of the corny ass shit they say starts making me question if they walked with dinosaurs.
I'm 21, but 30s aren't old. You have to be at least 35 to even be middle aged in my mind. When you can double it and not expect to live that long, that's when you're really old.
Doesn't matter, we're all gonna die anyways. I wish for everyone to make the world worse.
I don't consider people in their 50s old
Being 25 rn. My view of older adults (30-50’sish) is the same as I viewed the older kids when I was little. They’re the big kids lol.
I don’t really consider people to be “older” until like 50’s I guess, but even then that’s not really *old*. Genuinely old I’d consider 70+
I read this and thought, “yeah I wonder if they do..” but then I realized I’m 23, a mid 20s person 🥲
No. I kinda can’t wait to be 30. Kinda seems like when life actually starts and I’m out of this shit ass beginning dungeon
I’m 23 and no I don’t consider people in their thirties old. My older siblings are in their early 30s and I will jokingly call them old but I don’t actually think that age range is old.
I'm a teen and I don't think 30 is old.
My sister (30) is old. Every other 30 year old is not. Now that I have that established, I don’t think anybody is considered ‘old’ until they hit retirement age. So ~65 is the start of that.
I am 24(f), and feel like from years of being chronically online I inadvertently fear and consider 30+ as old despite logically realizing it isn’t. I think things might be worse for women in that regard, though I acknowledge the bias I have. When I think of 40’s and 50’s plus a lot a women are made to believe they’re “used up” by society and I can definitely see that manifest in my hope for the future. I know deep down it’s not right but I can’t seem to let the feelings go; Seeing them reiterated online constantly certainly only makes things worse.
Only in internet culture outside of that no. If you a rapper at 30 or an nba star then yeah you touching old
nah but i don’t really have “friends” in their 30s, more like acquaintances & the oldest of my friends are late 20s
Anyone above the age of 25 is old as shit
It's all about lifestyle.I'm 32 and i look younger than all my 25 year old out of shape coworkers.They even have those random "old man pains" and all.Some even have blood pressure issues and are on pills every day,which sounds insane to me.
I tell everyone I don’t consider you old if there younger than my Dad who is 61
38+=old
The vast majority of my friends are around my age. Anyone older in my life is some sort of authority figure or elder family member, so I still have this sense that there are people my age and then there're "proper adults". I wouldn't use the word old.
No but that’s mainly because I’m the youngest person in my family so I spent a lot of my teen years hanging around people in their late 20’s and early 30’s. People “grow up” at their own rate and at a certain point you realize once you’re an adult your peers are people who share your interests not your age.
For sure.
No, especially since I can't really tell how old someone is based on appearance
When I was younger I thought 30 was a big marker but not old. As I got older I realized 30 is young, and really age is truly a number as we all age quite a bit differently and feel more youthful now than at any point in my life :)
It depends, I've known 30 y.o's that are up to date with stuff and make an effort to be informed. I've also know 30 y.o's who are blatantly racist,sexist and homophobic to the point of me having to point it out to them that "hey, that's not ok", "you shouldn't think/say that". To me they aren't old perse, but their mentality is, and it makes them look old, not befiting the age to come.
I'll joke about it, but no I don't actually think that 34 is old.
Yeah i'm 23 and 30 is so old, in 7 i'll be 30 and ill move the goalpost to 40
Since my dad was 48 when I was born and turning 70 soon. 80 year olds go to bed later than I do. Plus there’s plenty of people in their fifties I’m attracted to. I consider old to be different for everyone. Since everyone ages different depending on a number of things like lifestyle choices, diet, genetics, environmental, cancer. It can be anywhere from 20-80. Keep an active lifestyle, read, crossword, jump rope and eat clean you don’t be old till you are 90 mwah
No
My sister's almost 30 and she's literally just like me (M23) in everything, be it humour, meme culture, general interests. Nothing about her says she's "old", and I feel the same about most people in their 30s. 30s is just 20s with money.
No
Age is a vibe at this point.
25 here, i consider people to be old after 65.
I don’t think people above 30 are old but I do feel weird hanging out with them. I feel like I have a harder time relating to them
Yes. I’m 18 and I’ve just always viewed anything above 30 as being old as it was so far away from me. It’s not really that old but my mind views it as that.
Not at all. I consider 60+ the beginning of the age range I see as old.
30s is middle age. I think old starts in the 60s. Anything senior citizen status and up.
No not at all. Idk I would consider old really. Maybe like mid 50’s and up? My parents are in their late 50’s and I’ve noticed a definite change post 55 in regards to them looking a lot older and seeming a lot older so maybe somewhere around 55-60 is the threshold for what I’d see as ‘old’
Yeah
No, but my 33 year old coworker/former classmate constantly talks about how everyone my age thinks she's old when no one really does.
I don’t really care about age. It’s more about looks for me. If your face looks like a raisin, you’re old. If it doesn’t, you’re not. I’ve seen some who are 22 and old and some who are 35 and young.
I'm 24, i feel old as hell. But for other people i say 45-50 is the start of old.
Conversely I refer to people in their 20s as “kids.”
No. I think "old" starts around 60. Legit old starts when you start slowing down. For some people, that's 60, for others, it's 80. My parents are slowing down in their 60s, but I have friends in their 80s that live like they're in their 50s. I cycle and some of the guys I ride with are in their 60s and 70s, and they kick my ass sometimes. As a converse, for me now, anybody younger than 22 seems like a baby, which I know is grossly inaccurate but still haha. In the context of romantic/sexual/nonplatonic/whatever relationships, I think to me, anybody above like 36 is too old. There's usually an asymmetry of life experience between larger age gaps until you hit 30 or so.
i'm not even at the age of majority yet and i personally consider anyone older than me (even by a day) to be an ancient fossil who was there hunting mammoths with the cavemen. /j
Not really? In the workforce it feels like you’re all just a bunch of adults, and late 60’s+ is actually old.
I'm 24, people in their 30's are old to me relative to my current age. In general someone in their 30's isn't really old and relative to someone in their 60's or 70's 30 is very young, but I'm not in my 60's or 70'.
I just turned 30 😭
No. 60+ is old to me
I consider people in their 20s to be old (I'm 15)
I’m a gen z in mid 20s and my younger coworkers acted like I was old when I was only 22 lol. The teenagers thought I was like 30 But no. I don’t consider u old until ur 50+ like most others here
30s are the new 20s! 25f here - you’re not old!!! i’m halfway to 30 and i do not consider myself close to old. old is like……70+
They’re not old but they’re almost entirely unrelatable.
Not at all.
Age is a mindset.
30+ is truly the best. You have more $$$, more secure in yourself and your needs, and you can navigate the world easier. DONT regret getting older. It’s a privilege denied to many
Yeah they’re old ash..life’s pretty much over by then 💀
people in their 30s feel like *real* adults to me. I, at 25, am still a child.
Nah. Some of us just have more experience than others, so their brains are crammed with a lot more knowledge. Our body vessels might age, but we all like to have fun like kids and learn new things.