When is "middle age" nowadays?

[SemiCharmedQuark]

Again, I've been thinking about age a lot lately. It used to be 30 was middle age. But people live longer nowadays and also get married, start a job, and have kids later in life.

Also, people still look great into their forties and even fifties.

[bullimiami]

1. im 45 so im hoping the concensus is like....

70

:)

[StClone]

3. I just hear about a study

Where poor diets will start to shorten life expectancy and the current teens may actually have a shorter life than us 40-somethings. Anyone have a link to this?

[Spiffarino]

16. Yep, 70.

And it's a moving target. So says this 45-year-old.

;)

[GuardingVirginia]

2. my rule...

my rule is when the president is older than me I'm old.
(please help elect older presidents!)

[mhr]

4. Per The Marketers, 35 Is Middke Age, Anything Older Is Over The Hill

eom

[mrbassman03]

5. Ridiculous but true...

My opinion is that over 50 = getting near the top of the hill.

[Liberal Veteran]

6. I'll go with 40 as middle aged.

Since the average person lives to be 70-80...it makes good sense. I like the idea of 20 year increments.

0-19 Youth
20-39 Adulthood
40-59 Middle aged
60-80 Senior
80+ Lucky

[Swamp Rat]

7. There is no "middle age." If you believe there is, then there's a lot of

worthless crap that telecarpetbaggers will be selling to you. :D

[Iris]

8. The average senior citizen today can expect to live to 89, so that'd

put middle age around 45.

[billyskank]

9. Sometime around tuesday I think.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

10. Some where from 40 to 50.

[jdots]

11. Give the repukes a few more years

and we can all live in the middle ages......middle age used to be 1/2 of life now people are pushing for 2/3 .. people in thier 50's dressed like 12 year olds go to some places and the 12 year olds dress like they are 50....

[neebob]

12. 10 years older than I am

[Maple]

13. 60 is the new 40

and middle-age, seeing as people are expected to live to 120 now.

[Ivan Sputnik]

14. 50 is the new 40

A couple of years ago, there were some articles I read explaining that, since people live longer now, concepts like "young adult" and "middle aged" needed adjustment. Fine with me! I know that a lot of marketers today go after the 21 to 49 age group, which I think was narrower a few decades ago (more like 21 to 35).

[Spinzonner]

15. As soon as you know at what age you will die

you can divide it by 2.

Other methods are probablistic and unreliable in individual cases.