The truth about ageing

The truth about ageing:

As one gets older more and more people seem to end up angry at the world, cos all this stuff everyone told them to do didnt work out the way it was presented

You dont notice it when you are younger becuase you only REALLY pay attention to those your own age. At 15 it seems like 5% are angry at the world, edging 40 it seems like 50% but they still try and pretend everything is ok, and I suspect closer to 60 its going to be almost all of them

Thats why senoirs sit and watch TV all day, not so much cos their bones are creaky but becuase most others their own age are grumpy or bitchy old fuckers

 

The truth for you, everyones truth is different. Everyone leads different paths.

 

I wish the cancer I caught in iraq would would fucking take me already.. just saying..

 

My grandma is a grumpy old lady. My pap is fucking awesome, though. He laughs at the world.

 

Vanilla Gorilla, were you out looking at adult only communities again today?

 

Psh, I live my own life, hot stuff, and don't let expectations or norms designate who I am.

And you shouldn't either.

 

i only REALLY pay attention to 18-21 year-old females, and will until i die.

 

I've never liked people my own age.

 

seniors, the ones who are really in poor shape, are a burden to society. theyre like babies and small children in the sense that they need to be taken care of and monitored. return to innocence
the inuits had it right

 

Compassion, Certainly Isn't Your Middle Name.....



Cheers Glen.

 

I see what you're saying here... though I certainly have a tough time conjuring up much in the way of compassion of someone who is simply reaping the rewards of choices he made himself (or she made herself).

Fact is we all have our appointments with destiny but there's nothing that says that getting older absolutely must equate with a precipitous decline.

 

Are you still able to exercise?

Edit: I don't think I can do much wrong. If I'm able to exercise, I'll be happy. And when I'm not,,,euthanasia and sweet sleep.

 

You assume that everyone believes what they were told.

 

The only old people I know are my grandparents. Let me break down why they're angry;

My mom's mother; Two dead husbands, chronic depressions, just got over cancer and getting over the radiation sickness that the chemo caused. I would be grumpy too.

My mom's father; Died before I was born.

My dad's father; "OBAMA IS A SOCIALIST AND WANTS ALL OF OUR MONEY. THAT'S WHY I MOVED AWAY FROM CANADA BLAH BLAH BLAH LIBERALS BLAH BLAH"

My dad's mother; I have no idea. She's definitely mad at things, but she's a very quiet reserved person.

I don't wanna get old...It seems depressing.

 

Many philosophers and elders in general commited suicide in ancient Greece and Rome as they saw it as an honorable act. One is freeing oneself of earthly attachments, not burdening their family, and the act itself is seen as having great control over oneself right till the end, such as they had in life.

I've always thought that Hemmingway was a great example. He lead a life full of excitement, fun, and riches. He ate the best food, travelled to the best places, and did what he wanted for a living. Come the age of sixty one when his mind and body were failing him as a result of his lifestyle choices, "in the early morning hours of July 2, 1961, Hemingway "quite deliberately" shot himself with his favorite shotgun."

What a life!

 

To me getting old is just another journey in life, nothing dishonorable about it, nothing to be ashamed of. at this rate, with my lupus and other issues, I will be in a lot of pain when I am old, and unless that pain is hurting everyone around me, I will try to live as long as I can. I know many old people that are very bitter and grumpy but I also know my grandma betty who has lost 2 husbands over the years, and has had 5 knee surgeries, and cant walk that great, and she still tries to work, still wants to live and is a very happy lady indeed. Life is what you make of it. It is all about how you can handle being old and in pain. I dont know how to handle my pain right now, but i am trying to learn now so when I get older I wont be as grumpy.

I have a lot of respect for the elderly bc of what they probably deal with on a daily basis, pain wise. Not to mention everything is so different than how it was time wise , and some old people adapt well to the changes in the environment and some dont. and the ones that can not adapt are usually the bitter grumpy ones.

 

And when the elderly meet old age with enthusiasm and gusto we rejoice; but the vast majority choose to act their age not their shoe size

Hotwater

 

If you encounter a miserable senior chances are they were a miserable younger person as well.

The crusty ones I know, were not pleasant when I was a kid, so I am not sure why they would suddenly become happy campers with age.

The seniors (myself soon) that I know that are happy and active were so when younger and continued that life pattern.

Baring a major health issue, most that I know of are just as busy as many people decades younger. My mom could run circles around probably most of my friends. In fact we tease her about thankfully having an answering machine and giving her a curfew so we know where she is.

Life is what you want it to be no matter what your physical age.

 

Or, that they were told anything.

 

I still have fun, too much that i'm allegedly allowed to now

so I sort of agree with you, most people become miserable bastards.