Do you find your getting angrier or calmer as you become older.

What really irks the heck out of me is when healthy-minded "old" people, who are cantankerous pains in the neck, use their age and maybe not so happy life experiences, as an excuse to be a pain in the neck to others. You wanna let loose your irritation about whatsoever? Let loose where no one will be hurt by it. No one is perfect no matter what their age.

These days I seldom hold back when I disagree with something one of my children says, but I keep my cool as I give my opinion and they do the same with theirs.
 

fuzzybuddy you just reminded me of my April/'2017 appointment with my doctor. My eldest daughter came into the exam room with me, I hadn't asked her to but I guess she thought it was expected. Anyway, my doctor and her got into a short discussion in which my daughter gave her opinion on health matters, which had to do with treatment of Essential Tremors. I just sat there quietly and began to 'steam' from some of what my daughter said. She thought she was well informed concerning E T treatments (not mentioning miserable experiences) I'd heard a zillion times before, all of which had not helped. And why things that helped but were considered unhealthy shouldn't be used.

My doctor talked to me then about depression and asked, (what I thought was silly/humourous), "Did you ever feel as though you might want to kill someone?" and I immediately pointed towards my daughter and joked, "Yes, this person sitting next to me." Thankfully the doctor caught on that I was not serious. lol
 
I'm basically the same as always in that I think everyone deserves to know my opinion. I express it more calmly now, but the overwhelming urge to speak when I disagree is absolutely no less.
 

I have become much more calmer,and not at all critical or judgmental as I was in my younger years. I do find myself to be much more emotional than I was,even when good things happen. I cry when happy,sad, or just reminiscing. I never showed that kind of emotion in my younger years.
 
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