Is there anything good about getting old?

[Lacessit]

12 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

If you really wanted to know, you could have asked the girls around you in the last decades. But maybe they would have been too polite to tell you the truth.

 

IMHO anyone > maybe 70 is old. Some might think or feel like not so old, but that doesn't change the fact. 

I have noticed Thai women are quite incredulous when I tell them my age. Apparently most Thai guys are on their last legs at 70.

 

True, it may be flattery. The expression Khaeng Rang is often used.

[OneMoreFarang]

5 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I have noticed Thai women are quite incredulous when I tell them my age. Apparently most Thai guys are on their last legs at 70.

 

True, it may be flattery. The expression Khaeng Rang is often used.

I know a guy over 70 who likes to play with the girls. When they ask him how old he is, he answers kind of truthfully "over 50".

I don't think it would make a difference to them, but somehow it makes him feel better/younger.

[Gandtee]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Happy belated birthday. Best wishes.

Thank you. I wasn't fishing. But much appreciated.👍

[Will B Good]

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

I have noticed Thai women are quite incredulous when I tell them my age. Apparently most Thai guys are on their last legs at 70.

 

True, it may be flattery. The expression Khaeng Rang is often used.

 

Chatting recently to a male Brit.....mid 40s?......I'm 68. 

 

He asked how old are you?......68......no, seriously how old? 

 

He said no way you are 68...seriously, how old are you..... 68........he said f**k off and walked away quite upset....555

[KhunLA]

Half price on MRT 

[kwak250]

4 hours ago, Will B Good said:

 

Chatting recently to a male Brit.....mid 40s?......I'm 68. 

 

He asked how old are you?......68......no, seriously how old? 

 

He said no way you are 68...seriously, how old are you..... 68........he said f**k off and walked away quite upset....555

Did he think you looked older?

[kwak250]

5 hours ago, Gandtee said:

I was 91 yesterday. I'll let you know when I get old.😉

Happy birthday for yesterday

[Will B Good]

3 minutes ago, kwak250 said:

Did he think you looked older?

 

 

I just knew someone would say that......well done....555

[kwak250]

Just now, Will B Good said:

 

 

I just knew someone would say that......well done....555

555 sorry !
 

[Will B Good]

Just now, kwak250 said:

555 sorry !
 

 

I did mean to reword it so that wasn't an option.....but then forgot.....that's how old I really am.....:-(

[Baht Simpson]

Nietsche said "To live is to suffer; to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering". I think that you realise that as you get older. It's not about finding a point to carrying on; carrying on is the point.

 

You also realise that if you have good health you have everything. All lives deserve a third act. 

 

 

[Negita43]

23 hours ago, CanadaSam said:

I don't know about getting old, but people are just dying to get into the cemetary.

Why did you have to dig up that old joke🙂

And by the way most people can't afford burial nowadays.

[Negita43]

Age brings many unwanted "gifts"

One might say getting old is a choice between assisted living and assisted dying

[Negita43]

25 minutes ago, Baht Simpson said:

Nietsche said "To live is to suffer; to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering"

Friedrich Nietzsche also said:

"Man is the only animal that must be encouraged to live".

 

But my favourite quote is:

"For believe me! — the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is: to live dangerously! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships into uncharted seas! Live at war with your peers and yourselves! Be robbers and conquerors as long as you cannot be rulers and possessors, you seekers of knowledge! Soon the age will be past when you could be content to live hidden in forests like shy deer! At long last the search for knowledge will reach out for its due: — it will want to rule and possess, and you with it!”

― Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs

 

And that was before the word "gay" means what it does today!

[khunPer]

On 12/8/2024 at 7:25 AM, OneMoreFarang said:

How about you? Is there anything in your life that is more fun with 60, 70, 80, 90 or whatever? Or is it just living another year, with a little more medial issues, with a little less power?

I'm only 75 so far – so not really old – but I'm having a great life. I'm living a lot like when I was around 20 – and some times even better – but with all the experience in the luggage that I missed back in that time...😉

 

I look forward to many more great years...👍😎

[sidjameson]

3 hours ago, khunPer said:

I'm only 75 so far – so not really old – but I'm having a great life. I'm living a lot like when I was around 20 – and some times even better – but with all the experience in the luggage that I missed back in that time...😉

 

I look forward to many more great years...👍😎

Great attitude to life. You've won the health lottery which is the most important one.

[BangkokReady]

On 12/8/2024 at 7:46 PM, simon43 said:

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No work anymore, no annoying children anymore, time for hobbies.

 

I'm closer to 70 than 60, just started a new job, teaching science to 'annoying children' 🙂  I really can't imagine retiring.

 

 

I think the user you are replying to was referring to children of your own living under your roof, whom you cannot say goodbye to when the bell goes.

[BangkokReady]

48 minutes ago, sidjameson said:

You've won the health lottery which is the most important one.

 

Or he may have spent his life trying to be healthy.

[Jim Blue]

Being old means never having to say sorry !

[BangkokReady]

14 hours ago, mikebell said:

I believe there's a way of blocking irritating posts but don't know how; there's a know-it-all who I would love to erase?

 

Click on your profile picture at the top left of the screen to go to your profile, scroll down a little and you should see "account settings" towards the right hand side - click that, look over to the right on the next screen and you will see "other settings", under that click "ignored users", on the next screen type the user's name into the "Add new user to ignore list" box and it should come up with options for what you want to block.

 

It doesn't block posts, unfortunately, so if they regularly post, you will still see the titles.

[bokningar]

23 hours ago, Homburg said:

"Is there anything good about getting old?"

 

One thing for sure - it beats the alternative.

Not always

[thaibeachlovers]

23 hours ago, Tailwagsdog said:

 ..somebody half intelligent & productive through their life enjoys watching their children grow as adults, give good advice, love the grandkids, share Christmas & time together, enjoy travel, enjoy the garden ,  ... quality time is the most precious commodity ...

 .....have you wasted your life ???

I chose the better path so I didn't have any children to grow as adults. I didn't waste any of my life apart from the lost years in my 2 relationships with toxic women. Luckily it wasn't a great deal of my life, just a couple of extended interludes between better things

I admit that now I am just wasting time waiting to pass over the great divide, but the body isn't up to much any more. Being insulted on AN is about as exciting as my life gets now.

[freedomnow]

Answer - Yes, odds on you get to leave this circus planet sooner.

[thaibeachlovers]

4 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Click on your profile picture at the top left of the screen to go to your profile, scroll down a little and you should see "account settings" towards the right hand side - click that, look over to the right on the next screen and you will see "other settings", under that click "ignored users", on the next screen type the user's name into the "Add new user to ignore list" box and it should come up with options for what you want to block.

 

It doesn't block posts, unfortunately, so if they regularly post, you will still see the titles.

There is a far simpler way.

Open a post from the poster one wants to ignore, hover the mouse pointer over the user name ( don't click on it ), the profile page is opened , go to bottom right and click on "ignore" and do what the instructions say.

[thaibeachlovers]

Couple of days later and and answer is still no.

[Tigger01]

The best thing about getting old is it's better than the alternative 

[bendejo]

Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die either.

 

 

[Hummin]

2 hours ago, bendejo said:

Nobody wants to get old, but nobody wants to die either.

 

 

If I die tomorow, what could possible go wrong? 

 

Im dead, gone, dust to dust, thats it, I wouldnt know, 

[Hummin]

3 hours ago, Tigger01 said:

The best thing about getting old is it's better than the alternative 

One day closer to paradise, silence, peace, nothing

[Tazmo]

You don’t just ‘ get old’, you grow old. So it’s an ongoing lengthy process.

it all depends on the Individual’s upbringing; culture; family history; beliefs about life.

For me I had no choice but to go through the motions : school ; university; job: marriage; buy house; raise family; separation; divorce ( twice), then single for 30 years; play around; travel around; remarried at 70.

I enjoyed it all, wasn’t keen on the academic education, but made good friends and got into sport which opened doors for my life experiences.

Now, age- related health issues, taking time to accept and readjust my lifestyle, but glad that I am doing it. The mind is willing but the body isn’t, so accepting that and living on a pension is the challenge. Luckily I have an understanding partner.

Been living like a ‘Retreat’ for nearly a year now and loving it. Still think about the so called “ good times”!  Contented and pleased having made numerous changes; almost teetotal; vegan; reduced vastly any night life ; health wise I feel better for it, it’s now about the quality of life.

But, hey, each to his own. I believe our genetic inheritance makes us the way we are. But through self awareness; self realisation we can make some changes accordingly.