Advantages of being older. Family discussion
Discussion
Due to a very sick family member i saw cousins etc for the first time in years.
We got onto the topic of advantages of being older.
Very very few were said.
- More money ( maybe)
- world knowledge. A very good one
Apart from that barely anything else was mentioned.
Are there actually that many ?
We got onto the topic of advantages of being older.
Very very few were said.
- More money ( maybe)
- world knowledge. A very good one
Apart from that barely anything else was mentioned.
Are there actually that many ?
Getting older? In my extended family and friendship group aged 55 to 64, approximately 20 people.
3 currently have cancer, one of those 3 went blibd in their mid 30s and one has suffered from Chronic Fatigue for 20 years (and it doesnt look good for any of them) Two have died of cancer. One has a stent following a heart attack, one has a pacemaker and a gallbladder problem. One had a kidney removed due to cancer and has just had the all clear after 5 years. One has an genetic auto immune system problem that nearly killed her and lowers her life expectancy and fuvks with her day to day living. One was sectioned for about a year 10 years ago. One had anorexia (aged 50), one has depression. One is morbidly obese, is diabetic and is loosing her eyesight. One recently had a knee replaced. One has anxiety and another has very high cholesterol due to genetics and won't take statins
A couple don't have much wrong with them BUT
One of those is a smug b
d, and is judgemental and thinks it because hes always been into running, and hasn't really realised that most his health is down to luck.
I'd say 40 is the perfect age.
3 currently have cancer, one of those 3 went blibd in their mid 30s and one has suffered from Chronic Fatigue for 20 years (and it doesnt look good for any of them) Two have died of cancer. One has a stent following a heart attack, one has a pacemaker and a gallbladder problem. One had a kidney removed due to cancer and has just had the all clear after 5 years. One has an genetic auto immune system problem that nearly killed her and lowers her life expectancy and fuvks with her day to day living. One was sectioned for about a year 10 years ago. One had anorexia (aged 50), one has depression. One is morbidly obese, is diabetic and is loosing her eyesight. One recently had a knee replaced. One has anxiety and another has very high cholesterol due to genetics and won't take statins
A couple don't have much wrong with them BUT
One of those is a smug b
d, and is judgemental and thinks it because hes always been into running, and hasn't really realised that most his health is down to luck. I'd say 40 is the perfect age.
Pensioners portions
Pensioners prices
I’m amazed how many folk I know get excited that they get a free bus pass at 60 (you only pay for a bus in Scotland if you’re aged between 22-60). Folk honestly turn 60 & start using busses for trips away like weekend city breaks, or transport to the airports when they travel (enforcing a stereotype I know).
Pensioners prices
I’m amazed how many folk I know get excited that they get a free bus pass at 60 (you only pay for a bus in Scotland if you’re aged between 22-60). Folk honestly turn 60 & start using busses for trips away like weekend city breaks, or transport to the airports when they travel (enforcing a stereotype I know).
After a lifetime of mainly metaphorical kicks in the bks you finally realise most people are best avoided and dogs make infinitely better and more trustworthy companions.
If you find someone who really loves you for who you are, regardless of wealth etc cherish them for the unique diamond that they are.
Looks and image mean bugger all, if we ever had them they fade as time takes it toll, look inside at the heart the good heart doesn't fade but it can be easily broken.
Other realisations are all but the odd here and there politician are liars and the media in all its forms is similarly bought and paid for and everything they say is tainted if not downright lies/propaganda.
The last 40 years but the last 5 years especially should have opened people's eyes that the state, all its various offices quangos institutions its media wes and the wannabe world rulers who increasingly rule them all are at best not on your side and at worse want you gone and what was yours theirs.
Advantages? well apart from finally awakening, you should by now be reasonably solvent comfortably placed and have only people who love and appreciate you around you, hopefully as well as the msm propaganda machine and politicians you've given the medical establishment and the pharma industry especially a wide berth, avoided their drugs and medical experiments and as a result are in reasonably fine fettle.
The aches and pains of age, that's just natural and should be accepted for the wear and tear of the life you chose and lived.
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ks you finally realise most people are best avoided and dogs make infinitely better and more trustworthy companions.If you find someone who really loves you for who you are, regardless of wealth etc cherish them for the unique diamond that they are.
Looks and image mean bugger all, if we ever had them they fade as time takes it toll, look inside at the heart the good heart doesn't fade but it can be easily broken.
Other realisations are all but the odd here and there politician are liars and the media in all its forms is similarly bought and paid for and everything they say is tainted if not downright lies/propaganda.
The last 40 years but the last 5 years especially should have opened people's eyes that the state, all its various offices quangos institutions its media w
es and the wannabe world rulers who increasingly rule them all are at best not on your side and at worse want you gone and what was yours theirs.Advantages? well apart from finally awakening, you should by now be reasonably solvent comfortably placed and have only people who love and appreciate you around you, hopefully as well as the msm propaganda machine and politicians you've given the medical establishment and the pharma industry especially a wide berth, avoided their drugs and medical experiments and as a result are in reasonably fine fettle.
The aches and pains of age, that's just natural and should be accepted for the wear and tear of the life you chose and lived.
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Appreciate I'm not technically old yet, however the older I get the happier I feel about me.
When you realise that the stuff that bothered you in your 20s doesn't matter at all and that you need to look after yourself more if you want a healthy retirement (physically and financially), it all feels much better.
When you realise that the stuff that bothered you in your 20s doesn't matter at all and that you need to look after yourself more if you want a healthy retirement (physically and financially), it all feels much better.
Realising so much of what you have and where you are in life is down to luck, no matter how smart or accomplished you might think you are, and that were it not for a very few accidents of fate your life could look very different to how it is today. And that for me is something I try to be thankful for every day.
Also, being able to sport an enormous Imperial moustache without being mistaken for a hipster.
Also, being able to sport an enormous Imperial moustache without being mistaken for a hipster.
LimaDelta said:
Realising so much of what you have and where you are in life is down to luck, no matter how smart or accomplished you might think you are, and that were it not for a very few accidents of fate your life could look very different to how it is today. And that for me is something I try to be thankful for every day.
Also, being able to sport an enormous Imperial moustache without being mistaken for a hipster.
I'm not sure about the luck aspect, although a very high proportion of my life is determined by factors outside my control. I take comfort in the fact that as I age I increase my own agency in life. I stop delegating things to the future (it will happen someday) and start making things happen more deliberately. Also, being able to sport an enormous Imperial moustache without being mistaken for a hipster.
I'm very fortunate to be healthy now, but I also know that I can contribute to (not control) my future health by taking some degree of care now. That makes me feel better about my future, even though I know there is a good chance that factors beyond my control might get me before I even reach old age.
I'm also in a reasonable financial position, nothing impressive mond, but because I have planned ahead I don't need to worry about retirement. It does mean having less now, but that is ok.
Maybe the right way to look at it (maybe not) is to take the view that you have some agency in life to improve it (at any age), but not worry too much about the bad stuff that is beyond your influence.
bristolracer said:
An appreciation of the time I was born in.
I look at the world my grandchildren will inherit and am thankful for the period my life will span.
I expect my grandparents felt the same
And your Grandchildren will probably feel the same as well.I look at the world my grandchildren will inherit and am thankful for the period my life will span.
I expect my grandparents felt the same
I think I would rather grow up to today than the 1940's.
As for getting older, the biggest thing is understanding its your life, do what you want not what others expect of you.
MikeM6 said:
LimaDelta said:
Realising so much of what you have and where you are in life is down to luck, no matter how smart or accomplished you might think you are, and that were it not for a very few accidents of fate your life could look very different to how it is today. And that for me is something I try to be thankful for every day.
Also, being able to sport an enormous Imperial moustache without being mistaken for a hipster.
I'm not sure about the luck aspect, although a very high proportion of my life is determined by factors outside my control. I take comfort in the fact that as I age I increase my own agency in life. I stop delegating things to the future (it will happen someday) and start making things happen more deliberately. Also, being able to sport an enormous Imperial moustache without being mistaken for a hipster.
I'm very fortunate to be healthy now, but I also know that I can contribute to (not control) my future health by taking some degree of care now. That makes me feel better about my future, even though I know there is a good chance that factors beyond my control might get me before I even reach old age.
I'm also in a reasonable financial position, nothing impressive mond, but because I have planned ahead I don't need to worry about retirement. It does mean having less now, but that is ok.
Maybe the right way to look at it (maybe not) is to take the view that you have some agency in life to improve it (at any age), but not worry too much about the bad stuff that is beyond your influence.
LimaDelta said:
Realising so much of what you have and where you are in life is down to luck, no matter how smart or accomplished you might think you are, and that were it not for a very few accidents of fate your life could look very different to how it is today. And that for me is something I try to be thankful for every day.
Also, being able to sport an enormous Imperial moustache without being mistaken for a hipster.
I second this. Didn't exactly set the world on fire with my GCSE results but secured a decent apprenticeship and stuck in. Being young and Naïve, was extremely lucky not to be sacked for bunking off college on my "day release" from work. In my early thirties I took a risk and left my cushy, but poorly paid permy job to go contracting as "I knew a lad" who said this firm were recruiting and fortunately it all worked out well from there.Also, being able to sport an enormous Imperial moustache without being mistaken for a hipster.
I believe life is down to the decisions and chance's you take and make for yourself, there are too many who will sit in a dead end job they don't like because they are afraid to take a risk
I'm 43 so I don't think old but definitely not young either.
I think you learn to enjoy things more as you're older, appreciate things and not waste your energy on people or endeavours that aren't worth the stress.
Financially more stable, nice home, better cars, cheaper car insurance and having a family.
I think you learn to enjoy things more as you're older, appreciate things and not waste your energy on people or endeavours that aren't worth the stress.
Financially more stable, nice home, better cars, cheaper car insurance and having a family.
Not being young in todays fked up world and being able to retire early with a good State and private pension and living mortgage free, and not worrying about dying.
Us oldies also had the best years of driving and car ownership.
What more could you ask for.
Oh and playing carpet bowls.
Oh and living through the Mohammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman era and watching them live.
ked up world and being able to retire early with a good State and private pension and living mortgage free, and not worrying about dying.Us oldies also had the best years of driving and car ownership.
What more could you ask for.
Oh and playing carpet bowls.
Oh and living through the Mohammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman era and watching them live.
Edited by Monkeylegend on Monday 21st July 09:24
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