What surprised you about getting older?

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  1. Lizzie

    Lizzie Well-Known Member

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    Was a question I heard on the radio the other month, and got me thinking.

    Not the normal stuff like slower metabolism, or grey hair, or lack of tolerance for idiots, or anything run of the mill ... but what small thing really caught you by surprise?

    For me ... how difficult it is to reach down and cut the toenails ... second only to how hard it became to get the second foot in the pantyhose, even when sitting down.

    So, what's your surprise realisation?
     
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  2. Joynz

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    I’m shocked by the casual ageism and starting to experience people assuming things about my knowledge/competence - completely incorrectly - that they would not have assumed 10 years ago.
     
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  3. Lemmy a fiver

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    The first time I had to use 'reading glasses' to see the share prices in the Financial Review.

    Now I need them to look at simple things like expiry dates on milk at the supermarket.....sigh.
     
  4. Cousinit

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    Well, for me it was the suddenness of needing reading glasses . I'm 52 but I didn't need them at all until I turned 50 . I now need them all the time . I realised I would need them but I thought it would be more gradual.

    Having to get up for a pee in the night more .
     
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  5. Scott No Mates

    Scott No Mates Well-Known Member

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    It surprises me every day, the amount of stuff I've forgotten.
     
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  6. The Y-man

    The Y-man Moderator Staff Member

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    I can't remember what surprised me.... :eek:

    The Y-man
     
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    I have a memory of goldfish.... I’m 34 though.
     
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  8. Perthguy

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    I have not forgotten stuff, I remember it but I have no idea how I know what I know. That is what I have forgotten. So, when someone asks how I know some random fact that I just said... *blank*.
     
  9. Perthguy

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    I have been doing pilates for a few years so I am probably a bit more flexible than a couple of years ago.

    I have not run into anything yet but I am only 50ish, so still young.
     
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  10. VB King

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    I felt old very suddenly when I started working in Cambodia .... the median age is 25.
     
  11. Travelbug

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    Very annoyed that I'm 59 and with no wrinkles and even though you get seniors discount at 65 in Europe. NO ONE questioned me when I asked for seniors discount.
    BTW I have decided to embrace the grey and for the first time in 30 years my hair is ala natural.

    Stairs also hate me now!
     
  12. Harry30

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    I first felt old the first time the doorman on a nightclub said, ‘Your ok mate, no need to see your ID’☹️
     
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  13. Rolf Latham

    Rolf Latham Inciteful (sic) Staff Member Business Plus Member

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    BEANS of energy :)

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  14. Ace in the Hole

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    I feel that the older I get, the faster time in the day seems to pass.
    Like when you’re a kid, summer days and short holidays seem to last forever.
    Then you move to school days and first job days, and you fit so much activity in day and night.
    These days I feel like I can only fit a few things in and the day is pretty much over.
    Maybe I need to get up earlier, plan more activity and do things faster to get the same feeling.
    Things have definitely slowed down a lot for me, even though at 42 1/2 I’m the strongest and fastest I’ve ever been.
     
  15. Blacky

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    I’ve always been a ‘mature’ guy and have always looked much older than i really am. Added to that I was promoted very quickly very young.

    So pretty much my whole career to date I’ve been the youngest person in the room.
    However, recently I’ve started experiencing not being the youngest. It’s freaked me out a bit. I didn’t think it was possible.

    The other day I was we interviewed for a a jnr role. An audible chuckle slipped out when he said he was born in 2000...

    People at work are younger than me?!

    Blacky
     
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    Attitude and acceptance.

    The older I get, the more I see and listen, the less I care and say.

    • That young boy wearing tight jeans, shiny pointy boots and cowboy hat: Good on him. He loves the land, his animals and rodeos.
    • That bubbly girl who bought an IPhone X with her first pay, from her first job....that her parents lined up: Yep, discretionary spend, but money earned on her own merit.
    • Those 2 blokes, holding hands: I cant control sexuality, so who am I to judge.
    • Burkas, head turbans, sandals, jewellery, etc etc.

    When younger, I would ridicule those people above, and in some cases make it known. If people weren't the typical Caucasian Aussie, than you were beneath me.

    But now I realize that individuality, group and cultural identity are important and significant. As long as everything is above board, and lawful - then I now don't have so much problem with it. We are far too tied up in materialistic things, that we don't accept anything else that we generally know nothing about.

    How can you judge on the basis of zero experience?

    pinkboy
     
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  17. Harry30

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    As I get older, while I was never critical, I now look up to anyone regardless of their job. If you get up in the morning, get out there and have a go, and earn your own keep, you should be admired, regardless of what you do.
     
  18. geoffw

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    I find that I've become a lot more invisible now. In queues, at restaurant tables, even in vehicle showrooms, I tend to get ignored a lot more. Those service people should realise that a lot of older people have more disposable income that younger people with growing families.
     
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    become care lesser about what other ppl thinks ( WTF who cares, :eek:),

    argue less with ppl who is not on the save wave length

    realise " I have seen that"
     
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    The older I get.....the grumpier I get.....I keep wanting to hit people with my walking stick.....:D
     
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