For Those Over 60, What do you enjoy about being older?
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How old are you?
Older adults over age 70 are one of the happiest demographics.
The middle aged 40-55 are least.
Do what I want, when I want. 😎
I’m 59.5. I’ve never made more money. There’s little I want to do that I can’t afford to do
Not caring what other people think about me. One thing that bothers me-I look older for my age and my wife who is a year younger looks much younger. So when we are in check out lanes, people talk to her like she is my caregiver
No special agendas unless I want one. If I think I want to cut the grass tomorrow and wake up not feeling like it I just wait until the next day, Same with most everything. Except Dr. appointments.
You hit the nail on the head. I have zero cares about what others think. Especially young folks.Not caring what other people think about me. One thing that bothers me-I look older for my age and my wife who is a year younger looks much younger. So when we are in check out lanes, people talk to her like she is my caregiver
I'm 51 and I went passed caring about what people think. It's been awesome. I'm finally my true self. The downside is I get less ass.
We're about the same age, and I'm far far from rich, but solidly middle-class and it makes life so much easier when you're not constantly thinking about money and bills like I would have been 20, 30--or hell even 10 years ago. And I've even got late middle-age health problems but still feel pretty good about my overall life right now (except I spend too much time yelling at strangers on message boards--but better than doing that in my real life).
Now it would have been much much better if I had reached this stage during say the Obama administration, when everything else was still normal and the entity/person running the Matrix hadn't taken a dose of acid or something.
I just turned 70.
The good things are -
- Enough time and money to do pretty much what ever I want.
- Medicare and SS
- Our children can take care of themselves.
- Grandchildren!
The bad things are -
- Going to the doctor ... at lot. The body seems to wear out in different ways.
- Having dinner with friends and talking about doctor visits and failing body parts!
- Our parents are gone. We've lost friends too.
- Not enough energy to do ambitious things.
If I could be 30 or 40 somehow I'd do it in a heartbeat!
The good things are -
- Enough time and money to do pretty much what ever I want.
- Medicare and SS
- Our children can take care of themselves.
- Grandchildren!
The bad things are -
- Going to the doctor ... at lot. The body seems to wear out in different ways.
- Having dinner with friends and talking about doctor visits and failing body parts!
- Our parents are gone. We've lost friends too.
- Not enough energy to do ambitious things.
If I could be 30 or 40 somehow I'd do it in a heartbeat!
Banging 20somethings who didn't have a ****ing clue because all they've ever banged was other 20somethings.
I’m 50 but I’m looking forward to hopefully your positives.
Good post.
Turning 64 soon. Married 44 years in a couple months.
Zero medications.
Working on a health insurance retirement package. Was hoping to be done in July, but hit a roadblock.
Both parents still alive and living on farm where dad was born. I had 17 students in my JR. class. I am only one with both parents still alive. Graduated with 53 after consolidation my Sr. year and their are 4 of us with both parents alive.
Two kids and four grandkids. All doing well and healthy.
Not rich but able to do things we like. Pasadena in November, Nashville in December, leaving for Clearwater beach in two weeks. Feel pretty fortunate.
I'll be 62 in a couple of weeks. I enjoy a bit more financial freedom than I had when I was young, but I've always made a decent living & never really longed for things; fortunately, neither my wife nor I have ever cared much about fancy, high-dollar stuff. A couple of years ago we decided to start taking a nice vacation about every 6 months, intentionally going to places that require some level of fitness/mobility to truly enjoy (Greece, including Athens & Santorini; Amalfi Coast...places where, to truly enjoy, you do a lot of walking, often on uneven surfaces with lots of steps..).
Most everything else sucks. I still play a lot of the same golf courses that I've played for decades. I'm now hitting the ball about the same distance I did when I was 20...but when I was 20 I was hitting a marshmallow golf ball with a persimmon head driver. I'd love to be able to smoke the driver the way I could when I was in my 30s & 40s, when golf ball/club technology changed the game.
Most everything else sucks. I still play a lot of the same golf courses that I've played for decades. I'm now hitting the ball about the same distance I did when I was 20...but when I was 20 I was hitting a marshmallow golf ball with a persimmon head driver. I'd love to be able to smoke the driver the way I could when I was in my 30s & 40s, when golf ball/club technology changed the game.
Hotel. We started going there around 2005. Outback bowls introduced us to place and then had a friend playing in Phillies organization so have been to a couple spring trainings. Classmates son-in-law is trainer for Phillies so we are going to Yankees-Phillies March 19. My wife will relax on beach and I will drink beer and watch basketball.
We stayed at the Hilton in the beach. Overall it was incredible. Only down side is our room was on the north side and the balcony was close to all the HVAC stuff on the roof below. I wonder if any places by there got wiped up by the hurricane…
Good post. Aging parents can be a wonderful and/or frustrating experience, depending on "how" they age. They can become like children - not recognizing their own frailties. I hope your experience is a good one.
Grandchildren are great. I have 5 and that's probably it. Ages 3 - 11. It's fun watching them grow and learn. It's kind of the opposite of aging parents I'm afraid.
Fortunately parents both still have their wits about them. Dad aged 5 years from 80 to 81. Regular golfer until then. Huge lawn to keep care of on the farm. Mom still able to do it. One reason I would like to retire is to help with that a little more. (Kinda)
8-8-10-11 are our grandkids ages. All love sports. Went to Big Ten women's tournament with two of them last year. Went to men's myself. Taking my grandsons from KC to Big 12 Men's tournament this year.
I just had a Facebook memory from 5 years ago show up. My son, dad, two grandkids and I went to Big10-ACC baseball challenge in US Bank Stadium. Right before things went to hell. Amazing how much dad aged that next year.
I have a photography hobby, driving my Ford Bronco Sport (former FJ Cruiser) about 60-90 miles 3 to 5 days monitoring eagle nests in 4 counties this time of year, otherwise what I can find to frame, giving me opportunities to smoke my favorite cigars, and enjoy whatever stimulus available.
I bought 40 acres from my Dad be inherited his great grandfather bought in 1850, his grandfather and father cleared timber, and I now rent as pasture. I put up a 30X50 building with 450 sq ft. living area, and a septic system. Remote but accessible. Perfect man cave. I turned was a pond into a chipping golf green.
I'm also a rockhound and inherited my mother's passion for genealogy, though I haven't actively pursued to. I had a commercial mowing business for years and tired of it though I miss it.
The secret is financially stability. I can't imagine what it could be like to not have things in order. We do not live extravagantly. We don't go on cruises. We don't borrow money (well, maybe once in a while to not encroach deep into savings terms are right). Credit cards are essential, interest isn't.
Not much about getting old is bad if you have your health. But it doesn't get better. We (my wife and me) talk about how wouldn't want to do it again in today's conditions. I'm glad I've got life behind me.
Good: Waking up in the morning feeling like I could climb Everest.
Bad: Waking up in the morning feeling like I'm buried under Everest.
Bad: Waking up in the morning feeling like I'm buried under Everest.
Again, this is additional proof this board is full of a bunch of grandparents metaphorically yelling at people to get off their lawn.
You do realize that someday you will be what you just berated.
I think 'berated' is a tad strong.
Just pointing out something that isnt superficially obvious. This board's regulars are old AF. @Joes Place, @joelbc1, @hawkeyetraveler, @pjhawk to name just a few.
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Subtleties that remind me of why I don’t really cotton to “other people’s kids” as I pass through my life. (And it IS my lawn!)
I enjoy the freedom that retirement and asp me accumulated wealth has afforded me. Problems abound as they do all of us…..I wish my boy was not afflicted with mental illness….the world has lost areal good, well-intentioned kid because of this. I am tankful my daughter has seem to come to grips with her life and lifestyle….and that being a mom, a wife and a business partner is way more than a full time job…and that sometimes “good enough” is better than she can reasonably expect…...I have a couple of really interesting grandkids….and I have time to spend with friends…new and old.
My bride is the best, you.
Well I am glad to hear much of that. Certainly not the mental illness part. For that you have my sincerest sympathies. Mental illness is a real thing and so much suffering goes on inside people and I badly wish it were not so. Best wishes. Even if you are an old man.
Funny. My Dad turned 60 in my early 20s. He told someone while I was standing next to him that it was a great age because he had zero urge to chase tail and get into bar fights anymore. He used to do both. /CSB
I'm doing much better financially now. Planning to retire in 3 months. Looking forward to many of the positives those above have mentioned. My wife (no pic) is 10 years younger than I am, so she'll still work and carry the medical benefits.
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