Do you like going to events where the younger crowd is?

[Victor]

Increasingly, I am tired of going to events where
I will easily be the oldest one there. No one within 20 years
of my age. Usually, like a 30's crowd. This did not used to bother
me at all, but now I am old enough to be their father or
grandfather. So I feel ill at ease, even more so when I am alone
and everywhere are families and young couples. They might think
who is this old guy? Only at classical music concerts are there older folks, seniors.
NOT interested in the senior center: playing cards, bingo, games,
book clubs, bowling. People my age (over 65) stay home, I assume.

What about you?

 

[Aunt Bea]

It doesn't bother me.

Every so often you end up sitting next to a young person that is capable of carrying on an interesting conversation with an eccentric old fogey, LOL!

A couple weeks ago I was invited to meet some people for lunch at a suburban Chick-fil-A.

It was great fun for me to watch the variety of people, how they act, dress, etc...

The thing that struck me is how different the people appear compared to the folks that I normally encounter on a day to day basis in the city. So glad that I don't have to subsidize a mall-based lifestyle for a large family of haves.

Yes, I normally stay home but a couple times a year some of my old acquaintances circulate an invitation on FB to get together for an early afternoon happy hour at a local saloon. It's great fun to chew over old times and enjoy a drink. I'm still home in time to take my meds. and watch the news, LOL!!!

I really don't mind my place in the grand scheme of things.

 

[C'est Moi]

I go wherever I want to go; I don't really give much thought to who else might be there. I have always hated crowds so I prefer to be home anyway.

 

[Mizzkitt]

We have get togethers where it is a mixed crowd. I enjoy young and old and in between.

 

[HipGnosis]

I have a timely answer.
Yesterday was my first time going to the lunch of the senior center. I was the youngest one there (other than a lady in her 30s or 40s, which I have no idea why she was there). Most people were in 5 groups. A couple of the groups were friends, and others were groups that were transported from senior homes. The vast majority didn't know I was there. I wasn't shunned, but I wasn't welcomed. I only had one conversation, and he shortly let me know he didn't like the state of politics these days. The lunch was good and a great value.
Last night, I went to a Civil Air Patrol meeting for the first time. About 20 teens and a handful of 'senior-leader' adults. There was one leader about my age, the rest were younger. It took them a while to realize I was 'new' there, but then I was welcomed by many and given a tour and overview of the C.A.P. The teens were well behaved; education and team work are a big thing in the C.A.P. They also have a hierarchy of rank.
From those experiences; I'd rather be the old person than the young one.
But I also know that there are some teens I don't want to spend more than 5 minutes with. And I can't imagine many other scenarios where I'd be with that many teens and feel comfortable.

 

[Don M.]

We like to be around younger people. Whenever a modern music group comes into our area, we try to get tickets. Our last "rock concert" was in November when the group "Imagine Dragons" did a show in Kansas City. It was a fantastic concert, and we were surrounded by thousands of those in their 20's and 30's....we were probably the oldest people there....but, everyone was great, and the show was worth every penny.

 

[treeguy64]

We like to be around younger people. Whenever a modern music group comes into our area, we try to get tickets. Our last "rock concert" was in November when the group "Imagine Dragons" did a show in Kansas City. It was a fantastic concert, and we were surrounded by thousands of those in their 20's and 30's....we were probably the oldest people there....but, everyone was great, and the show was worth every penny.

Excellent, Don! My band does "Thunder," by ID. I'll bet that concert was great, and you're very cool for going. I wish I had been able to see them, live.

 

[Gary O']

My lady and I stepped out one fine evening
To a dance place (dance hall?)
Lotsa twenty and thirty somethings
We sat, sipped, watched
Then got up
Showed ‘em what dancing was all about
Got some cheers
It didn’t hurt to have a partner that used to dance for a living
Speaking of hurt
Soaked in the tub when I got home
Moved things I hadn’t for a while…when vertical

No, mostly we like to stay with our own crowd
And just talk about those younger folk

 

[SifuPhil]

I don't mind, at least until the kids start to steal my crayons and eat my bologna sandwich.

 

[Victor]

All my life until I was about 48- I never wanted to go to
events with the older crowd. I didn't care to meet anyone there.
That wasn't cool at all.

Then one day years later I realized I WAS the older crowd.
What bothered me was that almost all the bands that play in
bars, nightclubs, start so late, I gave up going. And the bar staff
lied about when the band would begin.

You know you're getting old when of all the things to do,
you choose the one that gets you back home by 9 30*

(attributed to Pres. Reagan,)

 

[Don M.]

Excellent, Don! My band does "Thunder," by ID. I'll bet that concert was great, and you're very cool for going. I wish I had been able to see them, live.

Yup, ID is one of my favorites. Now, I'm watching for Coldplay to launch a concert tour. We have MTV Live on our TV subscription, and I watch concerts several times a week....but, it's not like being there.

 

[treeguy64]

Yup, ID is one of my favorites. Now, I'm watching for Coldplay to launch a concert tour. We have MTV Live on our TV subscription, and I watch concerts several times a week....but, it's not like being there.

We do "Something Just Like This," because our drummer is a Coldplay fan. I'm not nuts about them, but if the crowd likes it, we keep it in the set list. We do tunes that keep people dancing because, after all, we're "Off The Couch," with our byline: "Music That'll Move You!" The Coldplay tune is unproven, at this point. I'm not sure it'll get much dance floor action.

 

[ClassicRockr]

Would love to see Styx, Earth-Wind & Fire, Bad Company or others like them, but as loud as it can get, we couldn't handle it anymore. In fact, when we go to a movie theater, we wear foam ear plugs, because the sound is so loud. So, answer, whether it be age or sound or both...........no.

We get along with the younger crowd, but then again, we don't. The younger folks think we are "cool" but definitely "old". I think wife and I were the oldest, that we could see, at the Star Wars Celebration 2017 in Orlando. I was 28 in 1977, when Star Wars/A New Hope came out. Wife was 29, but I didn't know her then.

 

[Keesha]

We like to be around younger people. Whenever a modern music group comes into our area, we try to get tickets. Our last "rock concert" was in November when the group "Imagine Dragons" did a show in Kansas City. It was a fantastic concert, and we were surrounded by thousands of those in their 20's and 30's....we were probably the oldest people there....but, everyone was great, and the show was worth every penny.

This is so cool. Imagine Dragons are awesome.
I don’t mind being with any age crowd but my other half can’t stand being around any screaming kids.
I mean ‘covers his ears’ and goes running.

 

[ClassicRockr]

This is so cool. Imagine Dragons are awesome.
I don’t mind being with any age crowd but my other half can’t stand being around any screaming kids.
I mean ‘covers his ears’ and goes running.

Exactly the way we are. BTW, don't even know who Imagine Dragons are.

 

[Don M.]

Exactly the way we are. BTW, don't even know who Imagine Dragons are.

I like music of all genre's....everything from Beethoven to modern rock. Those of my generation grew up listening to Elvis, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc. Today, there are many great young artists and groups that are equally entertaining. Today, groups/artists like Imagine Dragons, Coldplay, Muse, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, and many many others lead the charts. If you get some time, look up some of the video's on UTube by some of these new performers...they are quite good.

 

[ClassicRockr]

I like music of all genre's....everything from Beethoven to modern rock. Those of my generation grew up listening to Elvis, the Beatles, Rolling Stones, etc. Today, there are many great young artists and groups that are equally entertaining. Today, groups/artists like Imagine Dragons, Coldplay, Muse, Adele, Ed Sheeran, Shawn Mendes, and many many others lead the charts. If you get some time, look up some of the video's on UTube by some of these new performers...they are quite good.

Two words.........NO Thanks!
Will stick with the old groups that we know.

 

[Manatee]

We live in a 55+ community and don't attend outside events, everyone is happy that way.

When we first moved into 55+ back in 2000, we were the youngsters in our 60s. That does not last, now we are the oldsters.

 

[SeaBreeze]

I go wherever I want to go; I don't really give much thought to who else might be there. I have always hated crowds so I prefer to be home anyway.

That's the way I feel too, even as a young person I didn't like being in large crowds of people, but I still went to some rock concerts, etc. when I wanted to. Age never bothered me, I can fit in with the younger crowd or oldies.