| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 3/7/2005 11:14:25 AM | I noticed many people were not afraid of getting old "ALONE" as they have "friends"
I am not afraid of having no friends, I am afraid of "Alzheimer's disease" and losing my mind, I'm afraid that I'd burn the apartment building down and kill the innocent people and best friends. | |
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 3/9/2005 11:03:01 PM | | I'm used to being alone; so no. But it would be nice to have someone to share all the aspects of life with. My health is already failing, and what does scare me is having no one to help me out with that sometimes. But rare is the person who is happy to do that. | |
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 3/11/2005 7:14:25 AM | I'm not afraid of growing old alone......I would rather be happy alone then miserable with someone else. I rather like my own company and should it happen that I am single/alone in my golden years I will have the memories of my youth to keep me warm.  | |
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 3/14/2005 1:07:29 PM | | Im with you reefer! If im alone so be it. Im a bit of a loner anyway and I kind of like being able to leave the bathroom door opoen when I go in there. Yup! Maybe an old hound dog in the cornewr to keep me company. Not alive but stuffed so I dont have to be bothered picking up after him or feeding him. | |
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 3/15/2005 5:45:44 AM | Oh, I already know what my kids are gonna do once I am old and decrepit enough to need round the clock care.........
Their gonna toss ole Ma into a nursing home (they've already told me this..now, whether they are joking around, or totally serious...that remains to be seen...lol)
But...I'm gonna make it hard for them while I'm in the nursing home.
I'll be the little old lady dressed in stylish clothing (slit up the back for easy in/out) sitting in front of the nurse's station in my wheelchair...yelling horrible swear words at people as they pass, throwing food and anything (really) that I can get my hands on at people walking by....practicing my 'Houdini" routine and making the staff of the nursing home hunt for me for hours at a stretch....
Oooooooh...that'll pay those ingrate kids back for putting me in a nursing home.
My My...I can't wait to grow old...
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 3/15/2005 4:04:54 PM | That the best part of growing old.. Having someone there to grow with. I don't want to but if that's what it takes for me to have a happyier life than the one i've been having then i guess i 'll have to take what's behind door #2 and go for being alone.. Not that i want to  | |
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 3/16/2005 12:38:15 AM | We all grow old (alone) scarry? yes! does it have to be? No. being alone is a choice, dicovered by who we are and what we are to this point. What if our long time partner dies and we are left alone. Well if we feel like this is the first time anyone has lost a partner then we are not only alone but foolish. Loneliness is the most punishing feeling of all. With that said, loss of will is worse. Loneliness is undermined by happiness and happiness is found through adventure, adventure is obtained by desire and desire is nourished by action.
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 5/6/2005 5:35:40 PM | | Well put Raven - and may I add that before a person can make anyone else happy, they must first be happy with themselves. If you are happy with your own company and who you are being alone in your "golden years" is not as scary as you would think. The prospect of being alone in my old age is not scary at all, I look forward to taking trips and doing things that I have always wanted to do. | |
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 5/7/2005 2:03:18 PM | I'm not afraid of growing old alone. It would be nice if there was someone there with me to share my life with, but if that isn't in the stars, then I reckon it won't be the end of the world.
Okay...with ONE qualification. I don't like the idea that I might keel over in my living room one day and nobody will find me for a month or something and everyone will talk about how I left a big ol' stain on the carpet and they had to rip it out and re-sand the wood floors underneath and paint the walls before the place was presentable again, but other than that, no it doesn't bother me. LOL | |
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 5/7/2005 2:17:00 PM | | No. The voices in my head won’t leave me alone. Then I come in here with some of the zaniest most off the wall folks I could find. So, who’s alone? Happy | |
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 10/16/2006 4:26:46 PM | I ventured out into the real world this past weekend ~ I now remember what I am missing out on by being alone. Nothing. I looked around at the couples, the younger married people and thought "Wow, I'm so lucky." Apparently growing old alone doesn't bother me ~ if it did, I'd probably be working on changing my status from single to at least looking.  | |
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 10/16/2006 5:39:40 PM | Could you clarify - is it the old part that is the question or the alone part? Are you terrified of aging with someone? Are you unhappy alone no matter how old? I think there is good in all situations - growing old alone means you don't have to worry about putting someone elses teeth in instead of your own. Growing old with someone means that you can share the tube of Triple Bond! Aging means you stop trying to prove things to others but it also means that you can't prove what you use to be able to. Life is what you make it - or my favorite saying " If you want something to look different, look at it differently"
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 10/16/2006 7:36:51 PM | | Not afraid of growing old alone, but afraid of being alone and therefore less likely to grow old. I've said enough on the topic. Those who know me well will understand my meaning. The rest of you don't need to. | |
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 10/16/2006 11:17:24 PM | | Same here.. not afraid at all. If I want company, I will get a dog.. they don't nag, always happy to see you, won't argue with you... sounds perfect to me. | |
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| Are you afraid of growing Old alone?
Posted: 10/18/2006 3:14:30 PM | I am kind of afraid of growing old alone....but let's face it - MOST women end up being widowed for the last 10 years of their lives anyway... Unless you get yourself a young stud...THEN you have a chance!!!!!!!  | |
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