<p>Don’t know who that question is addressing, but thats not the issue. Just not ready to hear TMI before having a morning cuppa joe @-) </p>
<p>But, that said, EK, am guessing you posted in the wee early hours on your coast. Almost everyone I knew, myself included, would be up at 4 am during that transition in our lives. Welcome to the 4 am club!</p>
<p>Waaaiiittttt just a minute! Banana Republic gives a 30%discount to those over 50??</p>
<p>Thanks for the link, jym!</p>
<p>You are welcome, scout. I was wondering if anyone saw that link with the long list of discounts.</p>
<p>And did you see that seniors can get $5,000 off the price of the Presidential Suite at the Waldorf Astoria??!! I wonder what it costs youngsters. </p>
<p>A true senior citizen here and I am happy to take all discounts offered to me. I might feel differently if I looked my age but as long as I still get that double-take when I tell people I am 65, I will keep on telling them. I think it also makes a difference that I work with a personal trainer at a gym twice a week and am probably in the best shape of my life; my aches and pains are split between aging and working out. </p>
<p>I have no pride where age is concerned; will happily take any discount I can get and have no problems telling anyone who wants to know, how old I am. It changes nothing as far as I am concerned.</p>
<p>I’m 58. If someone wants to give me a discount, I’ll take it but I don’t go looking for it.</p>
<p>Now what was fun is when I was in my early 40s and getting my master’s degree, my wife (she is a few years younger) and I would go to the movies and I would say “1 adult, 1 student”. I would get a funny look then pull out my ID and smile.</p>
<p>I just turned 54 today. My one D sent a happy birthday message, let’s see if her sister remembers. I was always very young looking, still being proofed at 30. But soon afterwards, started to go gray. So now I definately look my age. I remember the first time being asked if I wanted the senior discount ( age 52) I was so sad, but that was because now people think i look older than my age. At this point I would just take the discounted price, and not feel bad about it.</p>
<p>Happy B-Day Soonmtnest! </p>
<p>Someone above mentioned vanity reasons for not wanting “senior status” - that could be part of it for me. </p>
<p>Also, maybe part of it has to do with the “senior” age drop - when I was younger you were a senior at 65. Then 62 became more common. Now there are perks for 55 and under. WHAT?! Maybe at 62 or 65 I’ll be ok with the title but not at mid fifties!!! </p>
<p>I think I started getting mail from AARP before I was 50. I agree that they are basically lobbyists, and I suspect they team up with chiropractors to insure coverage while leaving other alternative care out.
<a href=“https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000023726&year=2014”>https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D000023726&year=2014</a></p>
<p>But I will take any savings offered. I haven’t had to prove my age, but I do have to ask for it. Every little bit helps.
I * do* understand reluctance to say how old you are, because there are still those who have preconcieved ideas about what 40 or 50 or 60 looks like and their capabilities.
But the more that we share our true age, maybe that will change.</p>
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This. Why pay more than I have to? I’m always on the lookout for senior (I’m 57) or veteran discounts. It’s great to flash my AARP card and get a free donut when I buy coffee for my DH at Dunkin’ Donuts. The guinea pig gets to play with the paper bag, so everyone gets something out of the deal! :D/ </p>
<p>Age has been a “thing” in my family. My mother admitted to 24 all her life. She made me swear that I wouldn’t put her age on her tombstone. (I didn’t know to this day what her “real” age was. When I was in the hospital (Cedars) a resident came in and started about the “elderly”…and I threw a fit.</p>
<p>I have had a facelift. I have done botox and fillers. </p>
<p>I have limited vision due to a disease when I was 6. I am a cancer survivor times 3. And last year I survived a diagnoses of Parkinsons. </p>
<p>I turned 60 this year. I am damn proud and happy to be happy to be here.</p>
<p>Bev, thanks for sharing your story. <3</p>
<p>I am not vain in other ways. I don’t wear make up. I keep my hair short and curly - no muss or fuss. I like to dress “nice” but nice means up to date, not fancy, but sporty/neat/put together. It’s mental. I don’t care to see my age moving up!!! </p>
<p>I dye my hair, wear sporty clothes, and work out. I will happily stop spending $1200 a month for health insurance that covers nothing, and go on Medicare. I still work full time and plan to work a few more years, just take more vacations.</p>
<p>I do need to look into those discount links.</p>
<p>Re post #15- you are old, not elderly. That is reserved for our parents’ generation. </p>
<p>We have always discarded the frequent AARP notices. I never intend to join it- don’t agree with a lot of their views. Too self centered.</p>
<p>Like AAA for discounts on hotels, use it for Florida insurance but skip a lot of possible discounts.</p>
<p>Targeted for a lot of retirement planning, et al stuff once we moved. Must get lists from the state with ages and there are a lot of older people here. There are many available activities and helpful things for the older demographic here in Tampa, besides the usual younger people. Makes it nice to have many in our age group without living in one of the many retirement areas. Not sure I could tolerate being solely among my age group and older.</p>
<p>I was never a fashionista. I no longer wear any cosmetics, wear any heeled shoes or nylons when dressing up. Of course, life is casual here but I rebelled at high (even low) heels for weddings elsewhere several years ago. Likewise I have cut back on the face paint. Nice to not be in search of a man as the young are or be able to impress anyone with my looks. I can’t see torturing myself with uncomfortable clothes, cosmetics or procedures that really don’t make a difference. Perhaps those who were considered beauties when young try to hang on to their youth, but I like aging gracefully and naturally. </p>
<p>Ages and stages. I know my accomplishments, who I am and have no need to impress. That’s the best part of growing old- been there, done that, no need to try to move up the ladder, improve one’s status…</p>
<p>PS- turned 61 this summer, H is 64. Will have to learn the Medicare ropes, and perhaps rely on Cobra for 3 years since I’m on his retirement health plan. I NEED Obamacare- uninsurable otherwise- despite only a bunch of minor problems. Being a physician doesn’t make it any easier to get health insurance (I would even join the AMA if it did).</p>
<p>My husband’s Medicare plus supplement covers far more than my much more expensive private plan ( except for prescriptions - med D sucks). Quite looking forward to being old enough for Medicare. That seems weird. </p>
<p>Me too regarding Medicare. The supplement I will have is terrific. A former work colleague got new glasses and the plan covered the entire cost (does so every two years). In the meantime, I got to pay full price for my glasses even though we also pay for a rip off vision plan…no option not to take it…through my husband’s work.</p>
<p>When my kids were under 2 years old, it never dawned on me to pay for a plane ticket for them when they could ride for free on my lap. I figure my senior discounts are the same…something offered that I can take!</p>
<p>Today I got 3 pounds of Dunkin Donuts coffee…normally 8.99 a pound…I got three pounds for $17.99. Not bad!</p>
<p>I’m selective about the senior discounts I accept. I’ll gladly go for those at restaurants, stores and movie theaters, and love our city’s reduced prices on cultural events, The free entrance for my entire carload at the national parks has allowed us to take detours to visit some of our nation’s wonders that we might have skipped otherwise. In contrast, I’ll soon be eligible for free county-wide public transportation, but will turn this discount down because I can easily afford the fare, and would rather subsidize those who are scraping by–not the reverse.</p>
<p>My H is retired military so I had used Tricare as my health insurance since he retired from his college job. In the spring, two months before i turned 65, I needed physical therapy for my shoulder. The woman in charge of insurance at the dr.'s office said that it would probably take 3 weeks to get the approval for an MRI on the regular insurance while it would take about 3 days if I was on Tricare for Life, the Medicare supplement. I guess it is good that the government is taking good care of its senior citizens. </p>
<p>Oh, and to you people who are close to 65, wait until you have to choose a Medicare supplement. I got as much mail as my S did when he was applying to colleges. </p>