At what age does one become "elderly?" Why?

[Bertha Venation]

[malthaussen]

1. I believe the usual definition is...

... "20 years older than you are at present."

-- Mal

[fizzgig]

2. my cat at my dad's house just turned 16

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and there is nothing elderly about her.

now that i re-read the op title, this answer makes no sense. i thought it asked at what age does a cat become elderly. my reading comprehension is no good today.

[In_The_Wind]

3. I'm not elderly.

I'm only 65.






These folks ^^^ are what I consider elderly.

[Bertha Venation]

4. I agree -- 65 is not elderly. n/t

[RebelOne]

9. I am 74 and do not feel elderly.

As the saying goes: Age is only a number.

[Denninmi]

5. When you give up.

End of story.

[Xyzse]

6. I think it is a function of who is looking

Kinda like "Beauty is in the eye of the Beholder", it depends on the viewer's reaction to the subject.

[zanana1]

7. 85

Because it's 25 years from now.

[Chan790]

8. Someone told me it's the age where you go to IHOP specifically for the early-bird dinner specials...

and you receive your first membership-offer mailing from the AARP.

I've been elderly since I was 24.

[lastlib]

10. Reminds me of this story:...

Young man in his 20s visiting great-grandfather in nursing home when an attractive nurse walks by. Young man asks, "Grandpa, at what age does a man lose interest in women?"

Grandpa strokes his chin, thinks, then replies, "Well, it must be past ninety-four....."

[CTyankee]

11. My defnition is always "older than me."

[Major Nikon]

12. All I can tell you is that it's older than I am

And I don't plan on changing my mind.

[Blue_In_AK]

13. I don't plan on being elderly

although I do expect to live a long time. I'm almost 67 and I feel better than I did in my 40s aside for a little arthritis in my knee.

[elleng]

14. Its all in our mind, BV, imo.

[Art_from_Ark]

15. It's when grandkids and ailments

become the main topics of conversation.