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Originally Posted by ilovetv
Since when is age 55 to 60 "decidedly geriatric"? Or even age 60 to 65????
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Not old to us (the boomers) certainly, but if you were 25? Come on . . .
My father died at 42 - I was 16. It was tragic and awful, but I remember thinking that at least he was old and had lived a full life!!!???
It is all in your perspective. I went back to full-time work at age 50 after a divorce, was almost the oldest one in the entire office, and certainly the oldest among the new hires. Truly, all the recent college grads starting with me surely considered me to be if not geriatric, then certainly old.
They all thought it was "cute" that I had a boyfriend (what do you call them when they are 50 plus)?
It's the old story - 80 doesn't sound so old when you are 70, 70 doesn't sound bad anymore when you are 60 plus, and so on. But, try to get a job when you are 50 or 60 plus and being interviewed by someone who is 33 or thereabouts. They definitely think you are "geriatric," and I'm sure we did too when we were their age. Remember?