do you feel offended pag directly or indirectly sinasabing matanda na kayo?

[kimchua]

nacucurious lang na kasi talaga ako. several times na observe ko na parang nagagalit ang mga not so young kung mga kaopisina pag sinasabihan silang matanda na..directly or indirectly man.

one time,yung isang kasamahan ko,flare up talaga sya kasi kinantyawan ng ibang kasamahan namin na nanay ko daw sya (mas matanda lang si mom ko ng 2 y/o old sa kanya).. sabi nya sakin,ang yayabang daw ng mga kasama namin parang akala daw e mga bata pa sila.. parang she just cant admit it na may edad na sya at 56..

yung dalawa ding kaopisina ko,, nabadtrip kasi sinabihan ding matatanda na sila,bakit daw hindi na lang sinabing may mga asawa na o may edad..bakit daw matanda pa ang sinabi... both late 50's na rin sila..

i dont mean to offend anybody here,,curious lang po kasi talaga ako..

[Bia]

Okay lang. Yung iba nga kahit mas bata pa sa edad eh mas bata pa akong tignan.

[LOVEmyLIFE]

with me, mejo hurt kapag nasasabihan na matanda na ko though i'm not really that old (25y/o). i just graduated from college and siguro nasanay din ako na puro young ang kasama ko and talagang maraming nagugulat kapag nalaman nila that i'm much older than them coz mukha lang daw kami magkaka age. but now that school is over... feeling ko bigla akong tumanda kaya if somebody jokingly quoted that i look old na.. 'm a bit hurt kasi feeling ko i'm still young (at heart.. hahaha!)

[Joycy]

Yes, i'll be offended. But i don't show it sa person. Jino-joke ko na lang. :-)

[carms]

Nope not at all. Lahat naman tayo pareparehong tumatanda diba? We're all just born in different years. Kung baga nauna lang naman silang ipanganak sa akin and ako nauna naman sa mas nakababata sa akin. Lahat tayo dadaan sa ganyan at tatanda din. Its just up to us na lang how we take care of ourselves as we advance in age. If you've taken good care of yourself and you look great and are healthy then good for you...if not, then you'd better start.

I've always thought to make the most of whatever situation we're in so when we're young enjoy it and then accept the aging process and the stuff/tradeoff that comes along with it like
wisdom and maturing relationships and a bit less on the physical aspects of life.

Although honestly I dont know what its like to be 56 and be told that I'm old. Sadly we are in a youth-obsessed society so may predjudice against old people and it becomes a joke for the young...I myself am guilty of making cracks at my parents advancing age like minsan when my mom forgets something or is a bit slow I joke around a bit and she gets offended. Im trying to be a bit more sensitive on it now.

I'm relatively young at 25 but like I said earlier, dadating din naman ako dyan and for now Im enjoying my youth...stuff like enjoying my friendships (before everybody has a family and all), focusing on studying and building my career or simply just being able to wear a bikini while still being able to enjoy a cheeseburger and milkshake without worrying about a growing paunch or other things like my sodium or cholesterol level. Stuff that you can afford to do while young but not too much as to be reckless or do anything I'd regret later on. That and just try to be sensitive and caring to the elder members in our society.

[kimchua]

25 isnt matanda pa naman..grabe..

im 27 pero wala pa naman nagsabi sakin na matanda na ako. or maybe because i dont look my age..pag commute nga ako minsan student fare pa ang kinukuha ng driver..kala nya siguro student pa ako hehe.

pero pansin ko kasi mostly naooffend were yung mga nasa late 40's , 50's , 60's ...kung offending ang "matanda".. ano na lang pala dapat ang gamitin? bakit kaya talaga sila nagrereact pag nasabihan na matanda. kahit yung mom ko ayaw din nun na masasabihan na matanda na sya..hay..

[Starliiight]

hindi naman. para sakin mas offensive kung pagkakamalan ako na mas matanda sa real age ko. hehe. tanggap ko naman kasi na eventually, lahat tayo tatanda. unahan lang yan.

[kookie420]

not really. dadating din naman talaga ang panahon na tatanda ako. but i still feel young at heart. 

[gypsygurl]

hindi kase I don't feel old at my age... may mga na-ooffend dito samen I call them antiques hahaha yung mga bossing na puti. [textspeak!] sila they still feel young at their age even if na sa 50's na sila... eh kase ang mga asawa nasa early 30s pa lang. LOL

[cgirl]

Maooffend ako pag sinabihan ako ng matanda, kasi im only 22. haha.

Pero may mga tao namang bata pa, mukhang matanda na.. Tipong masasabihan ka ng "Whuuaaattt??! 27 ka pa lang??" Yung ang nakakaoffend.

[hazelbrown_eyes27]

in a way. pag rubbing it in my face na. Di naman tinatanong, eh mega give ng information ang isang kaofficemate.ganun.

one time, our teamlead told the newer ones " eto yung mga dapat ginagalang niyo, si blah blah and yun!" pointing to me.Then I said " atleast di mukhang tanda cats!,may iba nga diyan mas bata pero, dating pang senior citizen na."

I mean, what the hell for should people have to tell those to? Is it neccessary?

[daybreaker]

not at all...

[sistah!]

nobody's called me old naman. im only 27.

before i used to get bothered at the thought because my bf is younger than me. pero ngayon, wala na yung ganun. okay lang, everyone gets older naman. i think i look okay naman so im pretty happy.

im sure meron kasi na iba na kapag humirit medyo nakakaasar kaya naman may nao-offend. ewan ko baka lang naman kasi pikon din sila.

[billy]

not me, ako pa nga ang nauunang manloko sa sarili ko. hindi pa naman ako katandaan pero alam ninyo naman, pag over 35 na, tapos ang mga kasama ninyo mga twentysomething, siyempre cosidered older na talaga. ako, i take pride in being older kasi papunta pa lang sila, pabalik na ko. at saka you feel important pag humihingi sa iyo ng advice, or nagpapakita ng sobrang respeto sa iyo ang younger officemates mo.

basta ba wag lang yung intentionally offensive ang sinasabi, ok lang sa akin.

[hisana]

It depends on who said it and how it was said  . LOL, ang arte ko, no?

Generally I would find this somewhat offensive, pero if it were my close friends/family and me lang na nag-aasaran, baka di naman siguro ako affected masyado.

Minsan kasi yung mga nanganagtyaw talagang insensitive na yung dating.

[Cheesecak3]

no, wala pa namang nagsabin sa akin pero if ever meron I think hindi ako maoffend.

[bzmom]

di naman ako naooffend

[liu_yifei]

in my case if i get asked how old i am, ako pa nauunang magsabi na i'm old na 30 nako. tapos hindi sila naniniwala sasabihin nila owws niloloko mo naman kame stuff like that. walang mintis yun that's the reaction i always get. even back in college akala high school lang ako. now that i'm 30 akala early 20's lang.

i'm pure chinese but i'm often mistaken as japanese or korean. kung hindi ko pa sabihing chinese ako hindi pa nila malalaman. weird no. 

[harlet]

nope, as long as there are people who look older than their age.

[maricar14]

no, unless it was said rudely or as an insult.