Truths about old age
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It is what it is .3
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Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Can't read the GD phone in the morning without my reading glasses.
I should have added put a pair of readers in every room and purse and car.
That goes with memory issues because you forget where you put the one pair you have also you can't see where you put them.
Oh, memory issues are...what were we talking about?
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Where did I put my *kitten* glasses?
Readers in every room........2 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Can't read the GD phone in the morning without my reading glasses.
I should have added put a pair of readers in every room and purse and car.
That goes with memory issues because you forget where you put the one pair you have also you can't see where you put them.
Oh, memory issues are...what were we talking about?
Exactly. :laugh:2 -
Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Wheelhouse15 wrote: »Can't read the GD phone in the morning without my reading glasses.
I should have added put a pair of readers in every room and purse and car.
That goes with memory issues because you forget where you put the one pair you have also you can't see where you put them.
Oh, memory issues are...what were we talking about?
Exactly. :laugh:
I never understood why my parents always walked into a room, looked confused then walked out but now I get it!6 -
Working very hard just to stay in roughly the same shape and size. Hearing men who are your age (paunchy, fat, badly dressed, and very wrinkly) explaining that they don't find "old women" attractive and they want to date younger women because that is what nature intended.7
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You don't understand current fashion trends.
Mom jeans??? For reals???0 -
I am now guilty of having double standards.
I've never found bald or balding men to be unattractive (unless they do comb-overs)
BUT
I now spend too much time trying to make sure my own hair is carefully brushed into place to try to downplay how much thinner it looks now with all these white roots.
(Dont know why I bother as the second I step outside I forget I was trying to hide anything and the wind eradicates the careful brushing LOL)
Other than that I seem to be holding up pretty well,
except for the reading glasses thing
and the needing more sleep thing
and the change in taste buds (who knew I would ever EVER start liking saurkraut or enjoying a nice hot cup of .. water!?!
oh heck with it...
what was the topic again?
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Glasses.. I had perfect vision until I hit 40. Can't see a damn thing without them now. Also, at some point someone snuck sand into both my knees. Folks ten feet away can hear them grind when I climb stairs.3
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You realize gravity has had an effect on everything...even your !$@&!!!3
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If you think 50 is "over the hill", just wait until you are over 70... Losing weight becomes next to impossible, be glad if you can keep your shape.
Gravity and time keep working on your facial features, your back, your balance... not to mention your teeth, hair, joints, especially your knees. Welcome to the "Metal Age": silver in the hair, gold in the mouth, lead in the bottom.
Can't thread a needle, it's not just the eyesight, but the fingers get clumsy. No use trying to put on any jewelry with a clasp. No eating when you wear white or light blue... they'll have visible spots in no time.
Contrary to common wisdom, you sleep more, not less. A good night's rest includes just three trips to the bathroom...
... and your patience wears thin with those ignorant babies under 30.
Everybody wants to live a long life, but nobody wants to get old. Still, it beats the alternative! If you want to stay young, die early, like Marilyn Monroe or Diana, Princess of Wales; you'll never see a picture of these beauties with the corners of their mouth drawn down, wrinkled foreheads, sagging breasts, slouching shoulders.
With these happy thoughts we get up every morning, greeting the new day like it was a gift, enjoy the sunshine, the flowers, the butterflies and hummingbirds, the smell of lavender and jasmine...
Food still tastes terrific, we can move around without help, have enough money to live comfortably, LIFE IS GREAT!
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kristingjertsen wrote: »Working very hard just to stay in roughly the same shape and size. Hearing men who are your age (paunchy, fat, badly dressed, and very wrinkly) explaining that they don't find "old women" attractive and they want to date younger women because that is what nature intended.
We could do an entire thread on what you have written here alone.1 -
natty_or_not wrote: »This thread... is this what I have coming in my older years?
I hope I’m still running like crazy and in good shape in my later years. Who’s that one old guy who advertised juicer machines?... Jack Lalanne.. remember him? He became old but seemed just fine
In my 30s I thought that I was going to be fit until my 80s. It's not so much that old=out of shape, but that it's so much easier for things to snowball as you get older. I injured myself really badly last summer and required 10 days of bed rest before I could walk again and then needed physical therapy to help rebuild atrophied muscle. Since then I've been struggling to get a regular exercise routine started again. I keep reinjuring myself, or hurting other parts of my body. Everything seems to have gone down hill since that time.6 -
Avocado_AS5 wrote: »You don't understand current fashion trends.
Mom jeans??? For reals???
OMG! Yes! I saw a young woman wearing what looked like mom jeans this week and I couldn't believe it!0 -
barefootboatnik wrote: »Glasses.. I had perfect vision until I hit 40. Can't see a damn thing without them now. Also, at some point someone snuck sand into both my knees. Folks ten feet away can hear them grind when I climb stairs.
I have had perfect vision all my life too and it is fading now. I made need readers soon. My knees crack going up stairs too!0 -
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I just misread a post title to say "Buck Cherry weight," and thought what do those two things possibly have in common?
Opened the post and it's about "black cherries." I definitely need to have my eyes checked.0 -
SurfyPantsResurfaced wrote: »PrettyPetty_ wrote: »I’m resentful of the fact that when men age they become more distinguished while I have 7 different creams to apply to my face at night in the hopes of maintaining cougar.
This. FFS. My 'regime' is ridiculous...*she says applying her 20th layer of self esteem cream..............................
the 10-step skin care routine is where it's at, just add the additional anti-aging, brightening, skin rejuvenating, light reflecting creams, night replenishing masks right after!2 -
Boba_14626 wrote: »CHr*st almighty the peeing! I feel like my bladder is the size of a pea.
don't laugh too hard or sneeze. if you are in danger of either, start heading for the nearest bathroom.
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