Am I the only one...

[mountain muscle]

Who thinks the terms "Old lady" and "Old Man"
are incredibly disrespectful?

While you're here, why is your wife your "Old Lady" but your Father is your "Old Man?"

Just wondering.

 

[velvett]

no you're not the only one

 

[mountain muscle]

no you're not the only one

Hi Miss V. you packed up yet? heh

 

[Gymgurl]

I agree with you...I hate that term...sounds so.....Hillbilly

 

[rykertest]

I agree with you...I hate that term...sounds so.....Hillbilly

uumm...as I am an official hillbilly I take offense to that you old lady.

It's not hillbilly it very east coast and yes it's disrespectful.

 

[blut wump]

I'm 37, I'm not old.

King Arthur: Old woman.
Dennis: Man.
King Arthur: Man, sorry. What knight lives in that castle over there?
Dennis: I'm 37.
King Arthur: What?
Dennis: I'm 37. I'm not old.
King Arthur: Well I can't just call you "man".
Dennis: Well you could say "Dennis".
King Arthur: I didn't know you were called Dennis.
Dennis: Well you didn't bother to find out did you?
King Arthur: I did say sorry about the "old woman", but from behind you looked...
Dennis: What I object to is you automatically treat me like an inferior.
King Arthur: Well I am king.
Dennis: Oh, king eh? Very nice. And how'd you get that, eh? By exploiting the workers. By hanging on to outdated imperialist dogma which perpetuates the economic and social differences in our society.

 

[KillahBee]

Words only have value when each of us CHOOSES to assign them value.

So, no, I don't think they are disrespectful

Gais

 

[Bikini Mod]

I understand what you are saying on the one hand, but on the other hand: since when did getting old become a bad thing?

There was a time when people who lived longer were revered.


I kinda dig being old LOL I just dont want to look it. And we all know that my husband makes Methuselah look like a baby.

 

[digimon7068]

i think it just sounds. . .dumb. . .

 

[Bikini Mod]

Yes it does sound hillbilly and biker-ish. But that is why we dont mind it LOL as we are far from either.

 

[samoth]

Society deems the terms somewhat disrespectful nowadays. I think of the terms per their usage in the olden era, when "old man" was simply an address to an old man, like he would say "young man". But I know it doesn't fly in today's age, thus don't use the terms much.

 

[digimon7068]

Words only have value when each of us CHOOSES to assign them value.

So, no, I don't think they are disrespectful

Gais

hmmm. . .interesting. . .so as long as i don't assign any value to it, it's ok if i use words like kyke, spick, slope-head, and coon? you are a member of a society, a community and if everyone is allowed to assign their own value to everything. . .i think that's called anarchy. . .i'm just sayin. . .

 

[blut wump]

I've also noticed a glimmer to any woman's eye on being called "young lady".

 

[Arabian]

Who thinks the terms "Old lady" and "Old Man"
are incredibly disrespectful?

While you're here, why is your wife your "Old Lady" but your Father is your "Old Man?"

Just wondering.

I totally agree. You can tell alot about a person from his vocabulary.... I have a friend and thats how he refers to his father.. It really aggravates me.

 

[UA_Iron]

I just call her "the old ball and chain"

I think thats more fitting.

 

[Bikini Mod]

I would NEVER call either or my parents as such. I was speaking strictly about how sometimes my husband and I refer to each other.

I do believe that it IS very disrespectfull to call either of your parents anything other than "Mom and Dad" or some derivative thereof, whatever the language.

 

[Smurfy]

Who thinks the terms "Old lady" and "Old Man"
are incredibly disrespectful?

While you're here, why is your wife your "Old Lady" but your Father is your "Old Man?"

Just wondering.

It's awfully hillbilly-ish IMO. I dont use those terms and nor does anyone in my family. That's like white trash-talk.

 

[Spartacus]

GM shut down the Oldsmobile brand

 

[digimon7068]

GM shut down the Oldsmobile brand

damn shame

 

[youngguns]

I also really dislike that term.

 

[samoth]

Wait... is this only in reference to one's parents? Or to old men and women in general?

 

[youngguns]

parents

 

[samoth]

If in reference to parents only, I've never used the term, nor see why such a generality would be used for one's specific father and mother.

 

[youngguns]

Its a pretty hickish term

 

[blut wump]

I think that, with respect to one's father, it would be specific and singular as "The old man" or "My old man". I've never heard anyone speak to their old man using the term as an honourific such as "Hey, old man".

For mother, I've the "the old lady" but never "the old woman". "Wife" might be rendered as "the little woman" or, even "her inside" or "she who must be obeyed".

 

[PBR]

i dont like the word "old" referring to anything...i "try" not to use it.
i have never refered to a woman in my life, as an "old lady"...the thought never occured to me.

 

[H_T_]

I agree with you...I hate that term...sounds so.....Hillbilly

lmfao!

 

[jh1]

STFU you old man...