When do you stop being young in your opinion?

Question

Is it after 35? Or 25? Or younger than that?

MrOracle · Accepted Answer

Lots of copium here, but the real answer is 30. At 30, your youth is gone. And let's add some perspective: for most of human history, the average human lifespan was 30. That number didn't increase until the Industrial Revolution - by 1920, the average rose to 35 and stayed close to that until the 1910s got it to nearly 40. The two world wars lowered the number, but there was a massive increase between 1945 and 1950 as medical technology developed during the war raised the age to 50, and that number has since grown to over 70.

That number feels normal to us because it's been about the same for most or all of our lives, but in human terms, it is not at all the norm, but a brand new thing.

Xawyx-2 · Accepted Answer

I'd say after 35. But it's kinda individual, some people age faster, some people still feel young even when they are over 35.

thegreenyogi · Accepted Answer

This for me is a broader concept. You stop being young literally when life throws you a long series of experiences that force you to become an adult because you can't afford the luxury of acting young and carefree. But then there is the inner child that never fades which is different. If you have your inner child and you never loose sight of it youth never dies. It's not something you stop doing and it's something that helps you navigate life and it's challenges.

Amy10223 · Accepted Answer

I consider your 20's and 30's to be young. But age is relative. You are considered young if you're 60, and an 80 yr old says you're young. However to me once you are 40 and above, or at least feel it, you're no longer young.

OlderAndWiser · Answer

Depends on the age of the person you are asking. If they are 40 years old their answer might be 35. If they are 70 years old, their answer might be 50.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

When you actually start bullshitting yourself that you ARE old!! I'm twice your age but I still feel like I'm in my mid to late 20's! Except for my grey hair, I'm pretty sure I'd still LOOK like I'm in my 20's or 30's!!
I've known others that weren't even YOUR age and claimed they were old!! The singer in my band once said he was getting too old for what he was doing and he was only in his let 20's, by then!! But, he still kept doing it until he died in his mid `60's thanks to his exposure to agent orange in Vietnam!!
If he was still alive and the band was still together, I'd be ready to get back on stage and play loads more 4-hour gigs and I'm older than he was when he died!!
You're only as old as you choose to think you are!! The older you think you are, the older you'll look!!

Anonymous · Answer

i've realised now that i was still really young when in my 20's but perhaps didn't realise it , even my 30's i never felt that old and never really lived a typical life of a 30 year old

looking back would of done things differently , didn't really vibe well with girls from my hometown so never got much dating experience back then , wish i had tried my luck somewhere else like maybe florida or the west coast cause is a lot of other girls out there and maybe i was looking in the wrong place

so my 20's weren't as good as they should of been

Lliam · Answer

I hit a second peak when I was 34. That lasted through my 50s. I looked good, felt good and had a strong sex drive. I was still the vocalist and lead guitar in a rock band.

I think I realized that I was getting old around 60 even though I was still going strong
I retired and went on Social Security when I was 62 and got Medicare at 65. Those are sure signs that you are in the senior age bracket.

MontBlanc · Answer

I don’t think being young is only about age.

Some people become mentally tired and closed off very early, while others still stay curious, open minded, and full of life even as they get older.

So, I think you stop being young when you stop growing, learning, or feeling excited about life anymore.

Levin · Answer

I kind of think that it's something that dies inside, if you let it. I feel and look different to other people in their 40s. I don't recognise them. Of course, I'm looking somewhat, or a little, weathered. But it's something different. I dunno.

Physically, it's easy to keep yourself in good shape well into your 70s.

FreyaRed · Answer

Depends on beauty type. All women are affected by age but some turn in another sexy type and others turn in less sexy ones. My mother was hot until she died on cancer with 42

Texaskid1 · Answer

I am 49. When I go to the gym I am often the oldest guy there ( unless I go super early in the morning when I will see older dudes pumping iron). I usually go in the early evening and when I over hear the dude-bro college bros talking the way they do - I realize that I am no spring chicken anymore.

Nikki1989 · Answer

When you don't feel young anymore. I know people over 50 who have more youthful energy than others who are only in their twenties.

AviatorTom · Answer

There is mental young and physical young.
In general, physical young ends around age 25.
Mental young ends much older, and sometimes does not end at all.

Young can also be relative. To a 90yo man, a 70yo woman is young. 😉

Maybe_Maybe_not · Answer

I've seen teenagers looking old, mentally, mostly because they were inflexible and adamant about anything. Ofc that condition worsens with age. And the odds to contract it are incresing as well.

OneViewpoint · Answer

I see a change in people in their early to mid 30's. You're out of college and in a career. Focus shifts to picking a path in life. Stuff gets real. Life happens fast. Homes, kids, illness, money, marriage, divorce, death.

Tarifa · Answer

I don't think its an age thing, rather a period that closes and a new period that opens all new possibilities. Responsibilities too. I've had that feeling when my child was born. I still felt young, but different.

NathanDavis · Answer

I don't really think about any of that... but I know this... my knees are still around 25 years old... but my stomach might be more like 55...

MissSunshine2 · Answer

when you start your forties, you're neither old nor young anymore, in my opinion. up to the end of your thirties, you're relatively young in first world countries.

Rei13 · Answer

It is all relative tbh but when you reach your forties I think you’re a little old, before that you’re young. You’re solidly old once you reach 60, very old around 80+

drummerdude25 · Answer

Not that it answers your question but I feel like I’ve aged like 10 years in the last 5… So I guess 35. That’s when I feel like it all started hitting me. Ooof.

Kabluie · Answer

When you don't feel it in your heart, but 35ish is a good number. You don't get mistaken to be in your 20s anymore, and people really think you are 30ish which is what people usually think my age is.

CupcakeTheDestroyer · Answer

25 is too old for the young, but too young to be old. 35 is very much “old” to the young, but the old won’t say you’re old. I would say maybe 40 is when people stop calling you young.

Iron_Man · Answer

I guess when your period ends then I guess you lose your prime for a woman don’t they stop getting their periods at 50 something

Billlewis · Answer

I don't know, but it hasn't happened to me yet. Go ahead and laugh; I just walked 12 miles yesterday.

AmandaYVR · Answer

When you choose to. Could be when dead. If you want a technical answer, the transition into adulthood, maybe 21-ish.

Caurav1997 · Answer

Im forever young from heart.. What about you miss?

slatyb · Answer

Live fast, die young, stay pretty. Live fast, 'cause it won't last.  Some people are old at 30, others are young at 70.

Marissa4 · Answer

When a person starts to think old, I mean how they think. Their people in their 20s who think old. I know those in their 60s who are young in the energy they give off.

lightbulb27 · Answer

I'd say 50ish. Your mind can stay young but your body objects and lets you know about it.

strateguy632 · Answer

Young until 39. 40 started second half of lifetime. I am old.

molonski2 · Answer

Mind you 40 is absolute prime in my opinion , so I voted 35 + ..

MemeSupreme · Answer

feel like its a vibe and experience thing until you're middle-aged

Static_In_The_Attic · Answer

As for people they stop being young when they feel old.

sage2021 · Answer

If you're young at heart ❤️ you never stop 🛑 being young!!

Abbycado · Answer

I still consider myself young.

Razp_Sorbet · Answer

You will be young so long as there are people older than you

Anonymous · Answer

I have a friend who is turning 37 and she's freaking out, and 37 is the exact middle of life expectancy, so “middle age.”

KostasKouvalis · Answer

For the sake of answering this question, I'll say 35, since that was the age of adulthood in ancient Greece

whosnumber_1 · Answer

When you can successfully pull all nighters. In my 20s I would party till the sun came up and then do it again the next night. Those days are over.

LC75LC71 · Answer

Actually around 35. I was in a shit relationship in a shittier area, DFW sucks! I still feel young at heart though.

findacure4wokeness · Answer

Most people feel young at heart but it's your body that looks and feels old.

888theGreat · Answer

If 78 is average age of death , then 39 is mid life. So 1 to 32 Young, 33 to 49 Mid life , and 50 to 80 Older life , then 81 to 105 is Really old life

LiamJHayden · Answer

State of mind. I know young people over 50 and old people in their 20's.

Ironco · Answer

I'm Gen X, I'm still young... Although my body fights me on this often though...🤪

msc545 · Answer

The first time you have a really good romance go bad

Tefix53 · Answer

Age is just a number. Your age is how old you feel.

Anonymous · Answer

16 years old but soceity tries to retard people's development so that uts agd 30

Natasha1995 · Answer

I would say after 35.

beenherebefore · Answer

When you stop feeling young.

jazzy34 · Answer

The moment you consider yourself old.

Dargil · Answer

38 to 40. I don't update

MrChinaski · Answer

29 for women, 35 for men.

RingOfFire · Answer

When you start paying taxes.

loveslongnails · Answer

i don't know what that means.

AngryCarl3 · Answer

I mean I'm 66 and I'm still yoiung.

Shrimpenjoyer · Answer

How would it even be younger than 25 wtf

najekim · Answer

When you give up or when you die.

PeterLegg91 · Answer

I'd say late 20 early 30s :)

Jerre · Answer

I’m 52 and still feel young

PeachyPie93 · Answer

I think 30..

exitseven · Answer

Over 40.

loveyouoak · Answer

After 25

Massageman · Answer

76 years old?

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