| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/15/2008 3:26:51 PM | Hahaha I posted recently and got this in my mail ....
""You know, you'd think that someone of your advanced years would be savvy ""
I just think, oh well who gives a crap !!!
I feel well, he is a child and will one day be a man. Mature men/women are in all ages, it shows in their way not their chronological age.
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/15/2008 3:42:27 PM | H3ll, if someone tells ya your old just deck em!
While you're walking away and their getting up off the ground they'll think twice about disrespecting their elders! 
And if it's a woman decks em, next time ya see em they may open the door for ya!! | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/15/2008 10:32:24 PM | Ha!!! I've got the best of both worlds, age and experience with a whole lot of immaturity thrown in....................................I so luuuuuuuuuv being a guy!!! | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/16/2008 3:22:09 AM | a few weeks ago, while dating a lady for a month or so..I was riding my dirt bike. Her comment was "aren't you too old to ride that bike? Well as I came off a 12' hill taking about 20' of airtime, sliding sideways, stopping about 3' from her feet...she then says.." I guess you can ride"...WTF? my age doesn't regulate what I can do but only reflects my experience in life..
People are way too worried about aging and looks than sustinance.. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/16/2008 6:04:34 AM | | How funny! Kind of like when I pull up on my bike & take off my helmet. The looks on some faces when they see that I'm not a 20 something. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/16/2008 8:22:25 AM | My kid say's it all the time...i smile and tell her when she is 49 i hope she can fit size 3...i hope after she has kids she remembers her azz is spose to not look like 20 and when she is my age i hope she earns the laff lines like her momma did.
when i look at my wrinkles i think about all the joy that the laffing got me as apposed to no wrinkles and refusing to let my body proove that i am a happy old bag.
i look for matched wrinkles cuz i know they mean a past life of lots of laffin and not cryin. not pretending you can avoid a wrinkle and assume youth thru avoiding the seasons of life...when i see a human my agepretending i feel pity for them.
I feel sad that they have not found rewards in wisdom and show fear to reality.
and with that i run like h3ll from them cuz they are often adults who do not contain adult coping skills to...cuz if they had the skill to have grace would they not choose it...hmmmmm perhaps not if they think they can fool themself. i just shake my old head and realize they missed the last boat to reality. and they can catch up by there own means or be left in the dust. i am not waiting around for a 45 year old human to mature either.....roar. i figure someone else can enable there chit pile..not me...pass. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/16/2008 8:38:14 AM | ...I like the fact that I can use my age to my advantage every once in a while....it has its' benefits....like , "I can't read that small print without my glasses"...so my son just went ahead and set-up the the new router for my computer" It's about time he gave back anyway....he owes me
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/16/2008 1:15:58 PM | Hey single.....................mind putting that in plain old English? I'm just an old guy and didn't understand a damned thing you said | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/16/2008 5:13:25 PM | Some great responses there and I loved Scoundrel's especially.
This thread seems to reflect the general disrespect and rudeness of many young people nowadays. When I was young, Grace Slick said 'never trust anyone over thirty' but I felt that really was aimed at politicians and the status quo. Most of us were pleased to be invited to mix with older, fun people whom we respected and who had lively and interesting conversation to offer. When I was 36, my closest friends were over 60.
Now that I'm over 50 myself, I find that one is rejected in most circles - and I do not look nor act like an old person. Thank goodness there are just a few exceptions. In summer I stayed for three days in London with my son aged 25 and his flatmates, all near his age. I had the best fun I have had in the last five years at the birthday of one of the girls, and they pressed me to go on to a club at one in the morning. The only reason I didn't was because there was to be country music and I hate country. If any of them thought I was too old to be with them, they were too polite to show it.
The only other place I've found more mature people accepted was at Harley meets in the States. There were women and men over seventy as well as younger people in early twenties; we all mixed in and there were even guys courteous enough to flirt with me - if I was old enough to be their mother! - Not that I'm advocating flirting but I did take it as a sign of acceptance and welcome. Of course, they liked my funny British accent too.
The world has changed - try getting a job when you're over 55! In the west, age is not respected and is not wanted. The good news is that the young people who reject us are too dumb to be worth talking to in any case. Those who have any brains are able to engage with us and enjoy our company.
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/17/2008 8:35:56 AM | They're just words.
My 9 and 12 yo kids call me geezer. I'm 8-15 years older than the parents of most of their contemporaries. One of their playmates picked it up and I immediately corrected him: "That's Mr. geezer to you."
But the funny thing is, my kids don't seem to like the other kids saying it, so they've stopped using it except when we're alone. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/17/2008 9:01:17 AM | My response? I AM old, at least older and with that title comes wisdom and experience to add to the forums. Don't you remember when we were young? "Don't trust anyone over thirty"?? Let it slide.
BTW, when the occasional gas jockey refers to me as "Miss" instead of "M'am" I get a sneaky, broad smile. What smooth characters they are! | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/17/2008 11:07:59 AM | Most of my life, I've been in the habit of addressing ladies as "Miss", such as in "Miss Brooker". It just comes naturally! Raised right, I guess. And I've noticed that it has sort of rubbed off on a few people, too!
A few younger people have told me it makes me "sound old"...my usual reply..."sound old, look old, AM OLD!" | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/17/2008 11:35:35 AM |
....Yes I am.....and your point is??????
EXACTLY!
It’s a word, just a frickin’ word – and as the recipient of the comment, you can agree, disagree, get insulted, or just laugh. Besides, it’s all relative.
Reminds me of a great line from the movie Remo Williams: when Fred Ward mockingly asked, “You’re old, aren’t you?” Chuin (Joel Grey) responded with, “For an apricot, yes. For a head of lettuce, even more so. But for a mountain, I am not even begun in years. However, for a man I am just right.” | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/17/2008 11:45:21 AM | my goodness you didn't understand that aging with grace is appreciating each wrinkle for the value to which others without them can not appreciate....the fact is that wrinkles and age are pride in knowing that wisdom is in the details of how you consume the energy...personal esteems is held by the human themself not others.
If you give someone elses opinion more value than your own it means you value their envy and not your own pride in knowing life comes in levels.....when a human from the lower level uses words to describe there view you have a choice....grasp the entire view and enlighten it or ignore it...patience to give them incite is always a good thing...cuz your widom tells ya they can't grasp the true context and their false notion that apperiance is honesty in teaching your a changing surface as a human and you better not allow your complacent azz to feed from others lack of experience..but your own.is an oppertunity to teach value and defy the notion that young does not realize their own blinking errors , by standing beside the human's who have left us for another playingfield...why is it unexpected that a widow would grasp the best from the past and set the stage for the glory of the wisdom and to defy fear in those who think being old is bad...ya maroon. i love old man azz it prooves some one kicked it long enuff.
cuz only an old man azz can appreciate if your bit'''ching you care.....roar.
big hugs to the folks who think cuz they old they have no value..falk that. them young ones will be the ones who come back crawling when there azz is tuned in by the truth. when they realize the credit card bills for plastic esteem net them a challenge to
find a human who wants to pay for there pretty but ignore the false scence of self.
and a big goodluck to failing to use your emotional tools to build a strong structure...and when we choose the easy door is quicksand. up to you to use logic to design your own esteem or fake it with a credit card...roar. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/17/2008 9:26:48 PM | I now understand Single, thank you for the enlightenment. Aging with grace is commendable, living with grace an art. So, I salute all we who live gracefully and make of it..........................................................an art form.  | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/18/2008 3:56:24 PM | " . . . started calling me "Old man". How do you respond to something like this?"
OP,
Take it as a compliment. It just happens to be in the generational vernacular. She's young, what can you expcet? If you were still communicating, so what?
Jabs hurt worse when I was younger. But I learned to deal with them - most of the time! Now I parry, keep smiling and never, not ever, let them know they have struck a weak spot (if in fact they have.) It makes me stronger and them more aware. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/18/2008 9:41:50 PM | My father always said that when someone made a rude comment I should "consider the source." When I started taking that to heart I found that people's attempts to insult me began to have much less effect on me.
Most people, even those a generation younger than me, are surprised when they learn my age. This is due in part to good genes giving me good skin.... and my attitude toward life. Long ago I adopted the title of a song as my motto: I'm here for a good time, not a long time....tee hee.
When you consider that most of my clients are 40 to 50 years older than me...I still have a lot of living to do before I reach my senior years. May as well enjoy the journey!! | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/19/2008 6:51:00 AM | [Think of the movie, "Fried Green Tomatoes"...when the 2 young girls whipped into the parking space that Kathy Bates was waiting for...they get out of the car and smirk..."Face it...we're younger and have better reflexes"....and as she's ramming into their little convertible and they're standing there screaming....she replies, "Let's face it! I'm older and have better insurance!"]
"Fried Green Tomatoes" what an excellent movie about getting old & life's lessons!
When someone makes a comment like that around me I always say, "It's better that the alternative!" | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/19/2008 9:55:06 AM | OLD= OhLordDon't- don't let me open a can of kick ass and teach this kid how to respect his elders. OhLordDon't let me do a computer enhancement of how this girl will look in 50 years. OhLordDon't..... you fill in the rest. | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/19/2008 10:37:03 AM | Hey Jim,
Sorry but age is just a number. I don't look my age, so am told &
don't feel it...If my age bothers someone, is ok they wouldn't be able
to keep up with me..
Take care Happy Thanksgiving... | |
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/19/2008 10:37:10 AM | I can't say that this kind of stuff has ever bothered me at all. I've always got great mileage from my ol' fart jokes -- and I have one for every possible situation. I suppose it's like all things inevitable -- you can either regret them, or find ways to enjoy them. I choose the latter.
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| When someone points out that you're old..
Posted: 11/19/2008 10:54:11 AM | My youngest daughter said to me last weekend:
Dad..how come all your friends look old and you don't?
Funny thing is most are younger than I...
I see 50 yr olds, all wrinkled and baked from lying in the sun..way too much..I see people 10 yrs younger than I with all grey hair..To tell you the truth I never pay attention until they make a comment like this..:
"People tell me I look younger than my age and I act like it too.."
lol..sorry they look their age and just want to act alittle foolish fo rtheir age and say it's because I feel younger..lol
Tell me I'm old and I'll say hey'll yes...question is...will you ever get this old?
I still enjoy watching the "lil'uns" more than their mommys..so I guess I'm an old duffer..but a smiling one.. | |
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