What Part of Growing Older Irritates You the Most?

Paladin1950

Paladin1950

Still love 50's & 60's music!
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Mohawk Valley, NY
With me it's the simple fact that your body isn't as flexible as it used to be. I was getting along rather good when I was in my 60's. Now simple things like putting on or taking off your socks, clipping your toe nails, washing your feet, are a pain in the butt. With a struggle, I can still clip the toenails and put on the socks, but I had to buy some devices to make it easier.

Today I was taking out the screen in some of my windows, and bringing down the glass lower window for the cold weather. Not too long ago, it was no problem. But now with all the bending and leaning, it's a battle. I've begun to keep some of the windows in other rooms permanently closed. But others need to be open in warmer weather.

I work in a nursing home, so over the years I have noticed this happening to the elderly. They drop a book or something, and have problems leaning over to pick it up. Now as Bill Clinton used to say, "I feel your pain". I am much more sympathetic when they drop something. I myself get mad when I drop something, because I have to get down to pick it up.

Oh to be 19 again!!!!
 

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As far back as I can remember, my body has never done anything but let me down and humiliate me, so that's nothing new for me. What is a new irritation, though, is how everyone around me in my age group all seem to hate everyone younger than they are. We boomers are something else, aren't we? When we were young, it was "Don't trust anyone over 30." Now a lot of us are "Don't trust anyone under 50."
 
I've had problems with mobility and agility since I was seriously injured from a fall when I was in my late 30s, so I'm gonna go with "Invisibility."

Being invisible just because you're elderly is extremely irritating. Probably more-so for people who are more extrovert than introvert, though. And I am....or, was.

Yeah, I think invisibility can make a person more introverted than they normally would be. Depends on how you handle it, obviously.
 
I could write about a multitude of things, the inevitable physical and mental deterioration that old age brings with it, but the one thing that irks me the most is my short term memory, or loss thereof!

I will be thinking of something I must do, or eat, or enjoy .. get up to do it and have no idea what it was. It will come back to me ten minutes later but is so frustrating, especially since I think I am still of sound mind! After all, I write reasonably lucid posts, don't I?
 
Fear of loosing my independence. 79, live with Flash (dog) in the same house for 40 plus years.

Daughter thinks I should move closer to her to a seniors' complex. She organized the "elder care" inspection (safety, cleanliness, diet, exercise, etc - there was nothing "untoward" reported - ie I can manage without any danger to myself or others.)

I walk 2 to 3 miles/day, cook 3 or 4 consecutive days with a variety of leftovers until the "pre-made meals" are gone. I stopped driving and organized weekly grocery delivery in the last year.

An "off shore" PhD student rents the basement suite. She will report anything "untoward to my daughter." About every 3 or 4 months, the above mentioned "health care for elderly" will do a "house call" to see how I am doing.
 
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