The Downside to Getting Old.

[Charlie]

It's not what you think it will be when you're younger (less than 40). I've been pretty much blessed with good health, have a great family, good friends, happily retired with the cars and the house paid off, etc., etc. But in the last five to ten years, the thing that's been getting worse and worse, is many of my longtime friends and some relatives have passed away! Many of them a good bit younger than I am! At one point I kept a list but finally gave up on that! Parents and grandparents are all gone, cousins gone, etc. but now I'm the oldest one around. Sometimes it gets a little tough. Anyone in the same boat?

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Yep.
My only sibling/brother passed July 2020.
I am the last of my bloodline as neither of us had any kids.

ETA: Changed 2019 to 2020.

 

[Charlie]

Yep.
My only sibling/brother passed July 2019.
I am the last of my bloodline as neither of us had any kids.

Ya' need to get busy!

 

[Axxe55]

I hear ya Charlie! I will turn 58 this year, and my health is declining every year. Cold weather bothers me more and more every year, and hot and humid weather, is murder on me now.

Getting old ain't for the faint of heart!

 

[ZX9RCAM]

Ya' need to get busy!

I never wanted any, I do have 2 stepdaughters, though.

 

[Charlie]

Hell, I can't even remember when I was 58!

 

[Axxe55]

Hell, I can't even remember when I was 58!

I get to remember after next month!

 

[Charlie]

I write a lot of notes to myself, and then I can't find them!

 

[skfullgun]

59 here and living alone in the woods attempting to enjoy a comfortable retirement. I'm the oldest of all the cousins. I have one living uncle (Dad's middle brother who is now in his 80's). Parents & some cousins younger than me already gone.
I've had some health issues but still get around pretty well and consider I have been blessed. I do stay inside a lot more during the cold months. I just can't tolerate it like I used to.
Funny thing is I always dreamed of living in Alaska! The heck with that!
I say a prayer of thanks every morning when I wake and realize that God has blessed me with another day.

 

[Charlie]

I'd pay $ to be 59 again! Hah!

 

[Tex1961]

My problem is that my body got older faster than my brain. I’m 59, feel 69 and think I’m 39.

 

[John Galt]

My cousin lives next door and celebrated his 40th birthday just before Christmas. He has outlived all 4 of his grandparents, both of his parents, his 2 brothers, his sister, 2 nieces and a nephew.
I am now his closest living family and I don't want to be. His family is cursed.

 

[TipBledsoe]

I'm well balanced - the rate of my physical decline is on par with my mental decline. And Alzheimer's disease runs in my family, so I've got that to look forward to.

 

[Charlie]

Yeah, the hideous brain diseases are the worst part. I remember by father dealing with it and my sister dealing with it. I fear that I will probably have to deal with it at some point. I've always been a little goofy so maybe nobody will notice! Heh!

 

[Hoji]

For me it is my tolerance of bullshit is absolutely nonexistent anymore.
2020 and the petty tyranny it gave birth to, and the mindless sheep that have blindly followed erased any trace of my tolerance for it.

 

[Charlie]

For me it is my tolerance of bullshit is absolutely nonexistent anymore.
2020 and the petty tyranny it gave birth to, and the mindless sheep that have blindly followed erased any trace of my tolerance for it.

Basically my same feelings.

 

[Coop45]

I'm well balanced - the rate of my physical decline is on par with my mental decline. And Alzheimer's disease runs in my family, so I've got that to look forward to.

Ten years ago a friend was telling me how scared he was because he was forgetting a lot of stuff. I pretty much understand now. My last uncle died recently just a couple of months short of a 100. I'm pushing 75 and cannot imagine being 100.

 

[skfullgun]

I've noticed some forgetfulness in the past year that has surprised me. I think it may be from retiring after decades in a job having to maintain focus and always being under-the-gun - so to speak. Now, my decisions are comprised of chores around the house, when to go for a walk in the woods, cut wood, whether I need to go to town, and what to fix for supper. I find myself easily distracted.
For instance, I come into the house to get a paper towel, see something that needs to be done, spend the next 30 minutes doing random tasks in the house, and then go outside to a mess and remember I never did get that darned paper towel!

 

[Vaquero]

I never dreamed of living this long, this well.

I've noticed some forgetfulness in the past year that has surprised me. I think it may be from retiring after decades in a job having to maintain focus and always being under-the-gun - so to speak. Now, my decisions are comprised of chores around the house, when to go for a walk in the woods, cut wood, and what to fix for supper. I find myself easily distracted.
For instance, I come into the house to get a paper towel, see something that needs to be done, spend the next 30 minutes doing random tasks in the house, and then go outside to a mess and remember I never did get that darned paper towel!

Sounds familiar

 

[roadkill]

How the hell do y’all remember your age? Unless I have recently had to write it somewhere like a medical form or something I have no idea. I just tell folks I was born in the summer. If they ask my age I has to do the math to tell them. Must be like counting down to 18 then 21. After that no one really cares I guess till 65 and retirement/social security. I’m no where close so no reason to count down.