Lost in time and space

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halalu

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Have any of you ever experienced the feeling of being lost in time and space? You are being exposed to people who talk about your wardrobe or appearance being not in your age category? You being too old or over-qualified for jobs or other things you are doing, your over-all behavior as a professional versus the younger professional behavior or just the psychological mentality of your existence versus younger existence?
 

I feel like I'm lost in time if I watch network news. The idiotic babble among the on stage 'news' casters, and the mindless "human interest" stories that they insist is actual news just keeps be constantly shaking my head. :shrug:
 
tnthomas said:
I feel like I'm lost in time if I watch network news. The idiotic babble among the on stage 'news' casters, and the mindless "human interest" stories that they insist is actual news just keeps be constantly shaking my head. :shrug:
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I can only take about 15 minutes of news a day other than what I get on the computer. My husband gets up about 4 or 5 a.m. and watches an hour or 2 news. I was recently fondly remembering back in the b/w TV days of Walter Cronkite, Chet Huntley and David Brinkley. They gave you the news and they didn't give you their opinions or tell you what someone's neighbor had to say about the people next door who just perished in a home fire or whatever. Or how low cut someone's dress was that went to the Oscars.
 
halalu said:
Have any of you ever experienced the feeling of being lost in time and space? You are being exposed to people who talk about your wardrobe or appearance being not in your age category? You being too old or over-qualified for jobs or other things you are doing, your over-all behavior as a professional versus the younger professional behavior or just the psychological mentality of your existence versus younger existence?
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I don't work so I don't have problems like you are referring to regarding the way I dress or whatever in the job market. I don't dress like an old lady and most people think I am a lot younger than my husband even though he's only 4 years older. I dye my hair and I wear whatever I want to and no one has ever complained to me about it. I don't think anyone in my family thinks much about what is "age appropriate". There are a lot of things I hate though and worry that the young people today have no idea about how things should really be. One example is the TV news, another is the concept of just hanging out with your family and talking. We have always sat out under the stars with our grandkids, their whole lives and just talked. It's interesting how kids will open up sitting out in the dark. We haven't done this much in the last year as they are older and off at school. We would take turns talking about "Remember when", "One of my most uncomfortable times at school was", or "When I was little I was so afraid of", and just so many other things. I miss that. I guess it had nothing whatsoever to do with your question though. I'm sorry I got off track.
 
I think what you're talking about is "Time marches on." Unfortunately it does so
over our bodies. Yes. You are being gradually marginalized. Get used to it. Its going to get worse. You have a ready defense that comes with age, though. Soon you will cease to care about others opinions.:turnaround:
 
Not lost in space but yes, definitely marginalized. OTOH I was probably the same when I was in my 30s so I figure now I'm just on the receiving end rather than the giving one, LOL. We took early retirement so don't have to care about what other people think....but when we go into restaurants, there are definitely some that have young waitstaff thinking, "....and what are those old geezers doing here?!?"

The best revenge is a scathing Yelp review on the low quality of service, especially since dining out is one of our hobbies, and we spend a lot of $$$$ on it.
 
people may have more in common with one of their peers
than with themselves when they were children.


I can't stand most TV and movies for the reasons you state.
I don't even understand some younger people because they talk too fast anyway!
 
I just had a younger co-worker refer to me as "Sharp as a tack"...... It struck me as funny.. Isn't that what they say about old people. He/She may be old but he/she is as "Sharp as a tack". Apparently older workers are not expected to be... and when they are.. it rates a comment.
 
It is alive and well. I always thought I would be able to do the same job until my brain started to go. Maybe it did go and nobody told me.

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I dress and act a lot younger than I am because I see myself as being young at heart. Over the years, I have had many people tell me that I act like a kid. My wife tells me to act my age, which I refuse to do.
 
QuickSilver said:
I just had a younger co-worker refer to me as "Sharp as a tack"...... It struck me as funny.. Isn't that what they say about old people. He/She may be old but he/she is as "Sharp as a tack". Apparently older workers are not expected to be... and when they are.. it rates a comment.
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Next step is "and she still has all her marbles" LOL!
 
Shalimar said:
Ageism is alive and well.
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Ageism works both ways though doesn't it? How many times have any of us harrumphed, "Young people! So ridiculous" or "Young people! Well they'll learn..." or "Young people have no work ethic". Well some do have a work ethic, some aren't ridiculous and yes, by virtue of their age, young people are still learning just like we did at that age.

Time passes for us all, we all gain experience as it passes and those young folks that we feel are ignoring us, will be ignored in turn by the next crop......the human journey.
We've all done it, gone through it and so will they. If anything, we can satisfy ourselves with the thought that 'they'll find out when their turn comes'.

It's like I used to say to my oldest when she was giving me fits when she was a kid, "One day you'll have a kid just like you and then you'll see it my way!". I was terribly disappointed:playful: when her first child was a mommy's delight. Peaceful, slept easily, sweet, cuddly, cooperative.....but then she had her second and now I tease how the 'mother's curse' always comes through.
 
Hi guys, Tapatalk wasn't cooperating for a while on my phone. I've been online since 1994 or so. I worked in the accounting department of a law firm and we all had desktops (IBM XT's in those days, lol). I got my CPA license but no one wanted a 55-year-old CPA. I still keep the license up though. Maybe they can put it on my tombstone.
Anyway, I'm glad to have found my way back here.
Cheers,
DB

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The young annoy me as a rule. But I never had kids and that is why. Of course, my nieces and nephews can do no wrong.

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I am not stalking you DizyBritches LOL! We (and I think I can speak for husband as well here) sometimes wish we could be lost in space since we retired but someone would always find us - either one of two daughters nd soninlaws or someone from the community wanting us to volunteer (some of these we like of course or we would say no) and there is always something do around the house but we escape and go fishing when we want some us time.
 
Debby said:
Ageism works both ways though doesn't it? How many times have any of us harrumphed, "Young people! So ridiculous" or "Young people! Well they'll learn..." or "Young people have no work ethic". Well some do have a work ethic, some aren't ridiculous and yes, by virtue of their age, young people are still learning just like we did at that age.

Time passes for us all, we all gain experience as it passes and those young folks that we feel are ignoring us, will be ignored in turn by the next crop......the human journey.
We've all done it, gone through it and so will they. If anything, we can satisfy ourselves with the thought that 'they'll find out when their turn comes'.

It's like I used to say to my oldest when she was giving me fits when she was a kid, "One day you'll have a kid just like you and then you'll see it my way!". I was terribly disappointed:playful: when her first child was a mommy's delight. Peaceful, slept easily, sweet, cuddly, cooperative.....but then she had her second and now I tease how the 'mother's curse' always comes through.
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A lot of truth there, Debby. You know from whence you speak.
 
I know, Zante! The house keeps us busy too. I miss fishing. My husband taught me how and I loved it, except for taking the hook out. We used to go for fluke in the summer and blackfish in the fall, in party boats off Long Island. The most exciting thing I ever caught was a codfish. My husband was an awesome fisherman. But he is going to be recovering for a while from his heart surgery in February. Maybe next summer. This one went by so fast.

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