When does geezerdom begin?

Happy belated birthday. If you thought that last decade went fast, hold on to your suspenders.

As to the question posed, I could say "whenever you let it", but the reality is when you've accumulated enough of it's indignities. Now go buy yourself a new guitar.

Retirement, among other things, means admitting to yourself that you're old.

So at the age of 50, I'd say you're not quite at the doorstep of Geezerdom just yet.

Depends

When you meet up with the "old gang" at your favorite restaurant, and the topic turns to blood tests, home BP cuffs, canes (wood vs aluminum), hearing aids, eyebrow combs, pace makers, eyeglasses, and when you most recently wore a hospital gown with your backside exposed .....
Used to be you'd brag about how many push ups you could do. Now you brag about how many trips to the bathroom you make after you turn in.

You’re not even close whippersnapper. Get back to work. 😆

Tomorrow...or the day after.

Fresh from the pharmacy.  If you know what this is then you may just be a geezer.  

I did some yardwork for a couple of hours after work and then jumped on the motorcycle for a couple of hours of wind therapy. At 62, no geezerdom here yet.

Good for you and happy 1 short of the big 7-0!  I'm starting to feel my age and I'm younger than you, but mostly because of knee issues which are holding me back from being active. I kinda feel like a bowl of jello these days but once I get these issues fixed I'll be back to my activities including my daily 3 mile walk. 

I remember reading about Yogi Berra. When he was 37 he said he didn't recover from injuries as quickly as he once did. Being more than 2 decades younger than Yogi, I then considered 37 to be "old."

I am just now realizing I am old. I can't see under low light conditions, my peripheral vision is shrinking, and I don't walk as fast as I used to. Remember that song "Walk Like an Egyptian"? Well, I used to walk like a New Yorker.

But then yesterday afternoon, I took my acoustic guitar out to a senior living center and led music at an afternoon worship service. Except for doing songs that mostly had appeared in a 1956 hymnal, I felt like the young guitar slingin' worship leader at our church.

Now that sounds like a great time!  Nothing like hanging around a senior center to make you feel young again! And playing music also!

Thanks for the b'day wish!

I celebrated my 50th birthday with my wife while running the Phil Peterson Key West Poker run on our Harley (round trip that’s about 5000 miles from home and back). Since that birthday, on our Harleys, we’ve toured all 48 contiguous states (several have been multiple times), 7 Canadian Provinces (including a trip to visit Jon965 in Newfoundland), and a short trip into Mexico. In those 25 years we’ve run that Key West Poker Run 10 times (our bike has only been trailered once when a tire blew around Gainesville, FL). I’ll hit 76 yo this year and we’re planning another Harley ride to Niagara Falls.

In other words…you’re only as old as you convince yourself you are.

Sometimes geezerdom is chosen for you. As in the age limit that was put on my job that brought on my retirement at 60. I could have done at least another five as I told them but, they weren't having any of it. However, having been given the opportunity to retire turned into a good thing after a while but, I didn't consider myself a geezer for it. That happens when you become invisible to the rest of the world around you, IMO. In that, I've reached that age. Speaking of age, I too recognize those of you in the Bday zone so, Happy! I, myself, don't celebrate getting older 'cause...it makes me feel like...a geezer.

I think regardless of what one thinks of themselves, it's how others perceive you that counts. One day I was at a home center picking up some lumber and the normally hide if I can employees instead ran to give me a hand. Yep, I's a geezer. I didn't mind since my doc said to not pick up heavy items after I had back surgery couple years back.