I do too, but that doesn't happen when I'm walking my dog. People, especially kids, are attracted to my dog, not me -- which is just fine with me. Pepper loves kids, which is a bonus.
Do you think your life is 'free-er' now that you're a senior?
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Trade
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That's funny! I wear nothing but black socks and I don't care what anyone thinks. It's a holdover from the Air Force where all we wore were black socks. I have worn different colored socks in the past but one sock from every pair would invariably dissappear. Gremlins? So now all my socks are the same so if I lose one out of a pair it doesn't matter.
Trade
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I can't even remember when the last time I wore a shirt with a collar. If I had to guess I'd say 2015.
Naturally
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Some things are hard to adapt to even when no longer required
During a military career and serving and sleeping aboard 4 different ships ...
I now have a queen size bed but still sleep on only an 18inch wide box of it and on one edge
So retired now 19yrs, I'm free to use up the entire bed, prolly be more comfortable too ... and don't
My dog takes up the rest of the queen size bed, turning this way and that throughout the night.
... sometimes nudging me over. Shoot
During a military career and serving and sleeping aboard 4 different ships ...
I now have a queen size bed but still sleep on only an 18inch wide box of it and on one edge
So retired now 19yrs, I'm free to use up the entire bed, prolly be more comfortable too ... and don't
My dog takes up the rest of the queen size bed, turning this way and that throughout the night.
... sometimes nudging me over. Shoot
NotCompSavvy
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I do not have a dog but believe single people sleep better with dog or cat in their bed and base this on all the single men / women I know .
Just makes for a good nights sleep .
Veronica
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Do you think your life is 'free-er' now that you're a senior?
YES! Now Im totally unsupervised.
Funny how we differ. I always wear a shirt with a collar. I hate t shirts.
And I have vintage ties. And sometimes I still wear one.
Never tight around my neck tho. I have horse thief syndrome.
No question I feel freer. In my career, I basically worked 24/7, either traveling and working on nights and weekends or being on email all the time. I have no one to answer to these days except myself.
We walked by the lake today, then I went to the gym for an hour followed by an hour and a half massage. I laid there the whole time thinking "I have nothing I need to rush to do" and just fell asleep. When I was working, even during a massage I couldn't turn off the "to do" list in my brain.
We walked by the lake today, then I went to the gym for an hour followed by an hour and a half massage. I laid there the whole time thinking "I have nothing I need to rush to do" and just fell asleep. When I was working, even during a massage I couldn't turn off the "to do" list in my brain.
Twostep
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Lucky you! I am still looking for the switch.
Lawrence00
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I wear baggy pants and shirts, don't own a television, and cut my own hair.
squatting dog
We don't have as far to go, as we've already been
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papa tiger
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I do use a thick Cardboard pad to lay down on and a thick foam knee pad to kneel on.
I seem to warm up with a little sweat and loosen up and have fun still fixing stuff.
I do pray and thank the lord every day, thanks he lets me do what I want to and have to do.
$1000 + saved.
OneEyedDiva
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Life is definitely freer now. These are the best years of my life.
oscash
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Since my husband passed away almost 16 years now, I feel so much freer-er. Before I was at his beck and call because he was so ill. Now I can do what I like and go where I want to. I like to meet up with friends for Coffee and talk about family and the old days. I have a couple of penfriends overseas and like to keep in touch with them.
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Hmmmmm, what time do you get off of work today? What about this week-end?
Ouch!
You must live in a warm climate! I'd freeze if that's all I wore.
NotCompSavvy
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Sleep if you love it like I do is probably best thing about retirement , I drove my neighbor at 4 am to airport and I do not like driving at night but now will sleep again for another 6 hours .
CinnamonSugar
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Definitely free-er. Love my life… visit grandkids and daughter for a week, nothing to rush back to. Trying to stay in best health possible but where it’s not possible (curves in spine), adjust and move on.
Work when it suits me…. Take off for a day trip…. Cook what I want…. Volunteer…. It’s great
Work when it suits me…. Take off for a day trip…. Cook what I want…. Volunteer…. It’s great
I can totally understand your comment on multiple levels. My step-grandmother waited hand and foot on my grandfather. She was his second wife, 20-years younger, and when he became bedridden he barked at her to take care of him. She died shortly after he did because she was simply exhausted.
Also, I'm an only child who took care of my mother for 21 years after my father passed away. She didn't drive and had numerous health issues, like epileptic seizures and TIAs. I spent many days taking her to the doctor. Saturdays were spent shopping for groceries while I was working. She never really appreciated it. She expected it, because my father had always taken care of her. When we moved to TX I traveled 50 miles roundtrip on Saturdays to visit her in assisted living. I always made sure she was as comfortable and happy as could be because that's what good sons do, but when she passed away in 2021, I mourned her loss but I felt I finally had my life back.