I’m 69. Please stop saying that I’m in midlife or middle-aged

Extending ‘midlife’ further and further is not the answer to accepting the ageing process - (Ilona Gierach)

Last week I turned 69. And I don’t think I’m middle-aged.

I understand why people use the term. We are living longer, many of us are healthier for longer, and people in their sixties and seventies often feel very different from previous generations at the same age. But extending midlife further and further doesn’t seem to me to be the answer.