Myth: People Are “Old” At 56

A survey of 2,000 young people sixteen to thirty-four were asked, “What age is ‘old’ to you?”

I almost fell out of my desk chair laughing, when I read their answers: the male respondents believe a person becomes “old” at fifty-six. The female respondents gave us a few more years of life by selecting sixty-one as the age at which someone is considered “old.”

For anyone reading this who is older than, say, fifty, or fifty-six for sure, I hope you will thank me forever for enlightening you as to what age the younger generation thinks a person is over the hill. I don’t even need to spend time refuting this one.

Please share this with some of your other “old” friends for a good laugh, and a knowing roll of the eyes!