| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/6/2007 8:07:24 PM | | When I was younger I always looked younger than I really was. It also hurt me early on in my carrear....Now I'm 52 & I look foward to growing old....Anyone have the same feelings? Seems most people I know hate growing older.................. | |
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/6/2007 8:49:41 PM | I know people who feel that 50 is only a step away from death. I take advantage of it to say "why not?".
My goal is to take advantage of every opportunity that comes my way. If I find a mate, fine. If not, I will have no more regrets about not trying things. There are lots of things to enjoy and I want to live every moment of it.
Being older allows me to use age as an excuse. lol | |
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/6/2007 9:28:21 PM | I love growing older. I may be more wrinkled, but I'm getting wiser with each passing day.
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/6/2007 10:29:56 PM | Today's music sounds all the same to me, so I can't listen to it for very long. Give me the old rock 'n roll songs that really had lyrics that you can understand. This getting older is a very fine place to be. The kids are on their own, the mortage is paid off, jobs are easy to get, more time to play golf and travel and just have fun. What more could anyone want?  | |
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/6/2007 10:57:02 PM | .
When I was “younger” I always thought it would be good to have some grey hair. Seriously, I thought I might look a little more distinguished then. I was in a stage play way back then and they gave me some grey around the edges and I thought it looked cool and was a little sorry when it grew out.
Years later, a little grey popped in, but it’s rather a mix throughout and not the “distinguished” edging of grey. However, that’s the way it was with my father and grandfathers, too: no one in the family seems to get any grey until they are well over 60. None of us have wrinkles, not even my 94 year old mother, but that’s different.
As far as I’m concerned, I’ve always looked my age -- give or take a couple years, depending on which day you see me. Anyway, I’ll always admit to my age if asked, but I don’t see anyone offering me senior citizen’s discounts yet. LOL
Three of my five sisters (and two life long gal-friends) are what I like to call “indeterminate age.” That is, one is sure they must be middle aged, or older, but it’s difficult to tell how much older they really are. I know a couple guys like that, too.
But, as for me, I’m happy to be healthy and happy at my age and just don’t worry about what the number is. Except, that is, that life is rather comfortable as a single retired guy and I have to admit that I’m really enjoying it.
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Posted: 1/7/2007 3:26:07 AM | I can't say I enjoy getting older. I hate waking up and my bones creeking  But then again, I am thankful after the creeking stops and I can move around pretty well. So it has its ups and downs. Ms Clairol loves me, so that's a plus! 
dbndon, they never ask me about a senior discount either, but I sure tell them I want one. Some say, I would never have known, and that's fine with me  I love those discounts at the grocery stores here on Wednesday. Gives me extra money for Clairol! and also at some of the fast food places. I take whatever I can get, and proud of it.
All in all, I guess I enjoy my age. May as well, seeing I can't go back to being younger.  | |
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Posted: 1/7/2007 4:25:53 AM | I think getting older sucks...Each day is closer to the last time you wake up. My hope of ever finding someone to date, love, make love to is getting ever so remote. Some suggest..find a professional...sorry I don't swing that way. I want someone who is genuinely interested in me and not y money.
Oh yes, the music sucks to.. I long for those days when you could make out the lyrics. Now its just noise and it doesn't take much talent to do that.
Just my 2 cents worth. That's half a cent in U.S. lol | |
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Posted: 1/7/2007 4:42:46 AM | I don't like growing old. I can't reconcile my mental image of myself with the image of the grey-haired wrinkled lady that peers back from my mirror every day. I feel sorrow knowing that I'm entering my twilight years, and all the hopes and dreams of my youth went unfulfilled. I feel dismay each time I lose another friend, another co-worker. I feel sad knowing that in the not too distant future, my kids will suffer the loss of their parent, and I won't be there to comfort them.
I don't want to be old. I don't want to be a burden to my children. I don't want to live out my final years in undignified dependency as happens to so many.
Aging just sucks. | |
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/7/2007 5:11:00 AM | As a younger man I always thought I looked younger then my age. That may or may not have been true but I did feel like I never wanted to get old. Now that I have some years under the belt, I'm amazed at the respect I get for the experience I have. it's something I never expected.
As for the gray, I hate it! I must say I look my age and the gray on the face and head makes it so.
I will echo the gentleman above by saying I'm happy and healthy at my age so worrying about some gray is just to much trouble, so I won't.
This past year has been a blessing for what I have received and I look forward to the coming year as well. | |
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Posted: 1/7/2007 8:37:58 AM | Na..I don't enjoy getting older but there is no help for it, not if you want to stay alive...the
only alternative is death and that will come in time...what I do enjoy is living and
hopefully moving into a new phase of love and romance........
here's one for the gipper.... | |
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Posted: 1/7/2007 9:06:06 AM | Oh, am I getting older? Wow...
The only thing I really mind is the eyesight growing weaker. I remember laughing at my Mom when she was about 40, trying to thread a needle... She said "Just wait!" Yep. I also had to resort to reading glasses when I hit 42. I hate it. Other than that, I think the body and spirit are just as sound as when I was in my 20's.
Yep, I have gray in my hair, and have a few more "character" lines on my face, but I don't mind. I'd prefer to look my age, so when I have something to say to some**** young person, they don't make the mistake of thinking I'm their contemporary.
In all actuality, I feel ten years younger than I did ten years ago, and it is the lightening of the load that has done that. Losing that anchor that I packed around all those years is the best thing I could do for myself.
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/7/2007 9:55:44 AM |
Seems most people I know hate growing older..................
I AM NOT OLDER, but all my friends are !
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/7/2007 10:02:05 AM | I'm blessed, I've been told that I look younger than I am. Nope, don't take that as an insult. If my joints squeak which is rare, I just apply a bit of WD-40. When I think of how my grandparents aged and perhaps my parents have aged, it seems to be a bit scary. On the flip side of the coin, I think people are aging better than years ago.
Life is so much about the "unknown". Yesterday is toast, we can't change that. Tomorrow may or may not come, but today is what is real and living it to our fullest is the key to enjoying our golden years.
When I'm on my death bed and someone asks me how I lived my life. My story is, there are 2 forks in the road. One fork is to the right, it's a safe path, it's familiar, it's comfortable, and it's one where my friends, family, loved ones approve of. The other fork in the road is to the left. It's a path that isn't known, it may be a bit uncomfortable, it's risky, and it's not always going to be accepted by those who are in my life. I want to live my life more on the fork to the left, than to the right. | |
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Posted: 1/7/2007 5:44:31 PM | | Well, I really don't ENJOY getting older but I accept the things I can't change and make the most of any situation, including getting older. My mortgage and car are paid, I get up when I want, go to bed when I want, travel and only answer to myself. I have been divorced since 1979 and there are certainly times when it would be nice to grow old with another person around, especially if we enjoyed the same things, but if that special person does not enter my life, than at least I tried to find someone to have good times with- I tell myself age is just an attitude and feel very fortunate that I look much younger than I am but I always tell the truth about my age when asked. | |
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/8/2007 5:25:46 AM | Couldn't wait to turn 21
Couldn't understand why I thought 30 was old when I was 18
Turning 40 didn't bother me
50 was just another birthday
60 scares the hell out of me - I think only because there's still so much to do and so little time. I may have to get organized and learn to prioritize.
I guess I don't "hate" growing older.
I think one thing I do enjoy is that I seem to be doing more things because I want to do them and less things because I feel I should or have to. | |
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Posted: 1/8/2007 10:03:13 AM | The past 6 years, since I've been single again, have been for the most part, awesome! It's been a time of personal growth and my world opening up before me.
There are downsides to getting older, but so far, it's been a positive experience both emotionally and spiritually. I have met so many new people who have brought new thoughts and ideas which I wouldn't have thought of! All I can say is, "bring it on"!!  | |
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Posted: 1/8/2007 10:16:07 AM | I decided to not get older (There is a picture of me in the attic re: Dorian Gray); anybody know what I'm talking about?!
LOL, LOL
It's all attitude!
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Joined: 11/12/2006
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/8/2007 11:40:10 AM | Myself, I just rounded another yr. To date it was the best birthday yet. I had a ball.
For me getting older is exciting. I learn more about myself every day, wheather it's a plus or negitive. I study it and keep what is good and throw the rest out. My patiences has come to an all time........perfection maybe? With myself and others.
Of course you all know how I enjoy my humor. Even my common sense has bloomed into a new phase. The exterior, well, I show some signs of aging of course, but I still have that tinkle in my eyes and my smile is bigger then ever.
When I was younger, I looked for relationship after relationship, and it got me know where, now I don't look and I'm still no where, but I can see happiness some where in my future. And yes, I STILL have plenty of time left, will I spend it in search of the ONE, Nah, if it's meant to be it will. If not, I'm pretty comfy going to the great unknown all on my own. JMO. | |
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/8/2007 12:46:47 PM | Growing up I was preconditioned to be scared of growing old. Over the years, I've realized there are clear benefits. First, and obviously, it sure beats the alternative--dying. Beyond that, I have such rich experience to draw on, such wonderful and diverse experiences and memories. I like having a good BS detector rather than being naive. I like the gentleness of realizing that even if what someone is doing is not "good enough" it may be the best they are capable of, at this time. I like being strong enough to walk away rather than endure an unsatisfactory situation... and to do so without a tantrum.
I am not crazy about the affects of gravity, but am not upset over the gray hairs and wrinkles. Yes, I pay to have the gray hairs covered, so that all my hair is the same color. But I'm sort of proud of the wrinkles, I've earned them. I don't think I'd go back to being younger if I had to lose the wisdom that has come with the years. | |
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Posted: 1/10/2007 3:07:33 AM | I'm newly 45; and feel better now than 10 years ago -- definitely enjoying this time of life and looking forward to what lies ahead. What we lack in youth, we make up for in experience. I also enjoy some of the new music, it helps keep me young in spirit. A good diet & exercise also helps.  | |
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| Getting older & enjoying it
Posted: 1/11/2007 9:54:37 AM | .
dbndon, they never ask me about a senior discount either, but I sure tell them I want one.
I never do -- forget, probably -- and that sometimes aggravates some people I know. Generally, I just don’t think of myself in terms of age, I guess.
BTW, you remind me very much of a pediatric nurse who chastised me one time for not playing with a child that was trying to get my attention in the ICU. I had something else on my mind at the time (an important study to be done) and totally neglected the little rug-rat reaching for me. She asked me to return to the child afterwards and I felt so sad about that that I spent a lot of time there that evening with the kids. (I’m not a kid person.)
That was Christmas Eve, 1987, and I enjoyed it.
Oh . . . you want to hear about things cracking in the morning? I press my weight 15 times every morning at the gym but everyone laughs cause they can hear it all across the room! Spondylitis, it’s called. Full spinal involvement, too. I’m straightening up some now, though. Probably. Or, if not tall again, I’m getting strong as hell, anyway. LOL
Happiness, to me, is waking up pain free and healthy. It doesn’t matter what my age is. My ancient mother is 94 years old and still enjoying life. My grandmother lived to be 104 and still yelled at me. I plan for that. Anything else is unacceptable.
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Posted: 1/12/2007 10:46:17 AM | When I was a child, I enjoyed every part of that age -- never stopped 'doing'. As a teen, I lived that as fast and impulsively as I could. As a young adult, I proved all the things I needed to prove -- to the world and to myself. I lived all the parts of that age that I wanted to do. By middle age, I went through all those middle-age phases and enjoyed every one. And now, here I am ... growing 'older' and at that age when many around me are very unhappy about it. Am I ?? ... Not a chance. I'm enjoying it just like I have every other phase of my life. It's time now to really enjoy life. I've climbed the mountains I wanted to climb, proven the things I felt I needed to prove, lived the life I wanted to live. Now it's time to do other things, pleasant things ... like 'savour', 'investigate' and 'enjoy'.
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