What Did You Discover About Yourself After You Became A Senior Citizen?

[BC Flash]

I don't buy green bananas!!

 

[Disgustedman]

Those handrails ain't for looks.

 

[MikeyDude]

I learned that I really screwed up as a younger person and my future looks bleak.

 

[NorthernLight]

I learned that I really screwed up as a younger person and my future looks bleak.

Yes, I see that I really screwed up! I have to live with some of the results, but I've changed my expectations and look forward to new adventures.

 

[MikeyDude]

I forgot to add - I've learned that spotting the B.S. from people now is easier than it used to be.

 

[Knight]

That sex 3 or 4 times a week isn't happening now. I think my real senior years began around age 78.

 

[oldaunt]

I discovered I'm getting old.

 

[Pepper]

I learned that I really screwed up as a younger person and my future looks bleak.

Oh well. Did you at least have some fun?

 

[MikeyDude]

Oh well. Did you at least have some fun?

I did!

But it's time to pay the bill. Things I did to survive when I was 26 are not as easy now that I'm 66. LOL!

 

[Right Now]

What did you discover about yourself after you became a senior citizen?

I discovered that I actually knew a bit about a lot of things through my adult years, and I used that knowledge to benefit my life as I aged. No regrets, well, just a few.....

 

[Disgustedman]

I learned that I really screwed up as a younger person and my future looks bleak.

Same here, who knew jumping out of a 12' tree branch could deny you a life as a cop, military, forest ranger........

 

[horseless carriage]

That sex 3 or 4 times a week isn't happening now. I think my real senior years began around age 78.

That's about right, now it takes me all night to do what I used to do all night.

 

[charry]

Is that a deliberate joke, or did you mean centenarian?

100 capt

 

[Gaer]

I was always told I had no talent, "Don't even try", anything!
Just exist.
When I became a senior, I threw off that negativity.

I'm learning things, creating and designing things, evolving
and growing towards enlightenment. I'm not letting others
limit my possibilities. "You can't stop me!"
Like @Pepper, I don't care anymore what other people think.

 

[BC Flash]

I discovered (or admitted) that I am an introvert and don't need to be with people but can not live without a dog

 

[Farrah Nuff]

For me, my body aged and keeps aging
much faster than my & have.

 

[Manatee]

That I don't like the cold or snow. It didn't bother me so much when I was younger. Oh, well... I'll appreciate the warmer weather all that much more when it comes.

I always hated the cold.

 

[Manatee]

found out we are not 'the young generation and we really have nothing to say."

We are the invisible generation, The media,social media,writers,etc don't know we exist.

 

[CinnamonSugar]

I was always told I had no talent, "Don't even try", anything!
Just exist.
When I became a senior, I threw off that negativity.

I'm learning things, creating and designing things, evolving
and growing towards enlightenment. I'm not letting others
limit my possibilities. "You can't stop me!"
Like @Pepper, I don't care anymore what other people think.

@Gaer, whoever told you you have no talent is either blind or the worlds biggest dimwit

 

[CinnamonSugar]

I’ve learned better to accept myself, have better boundaries and not let the world’s rudeness/grumpiness wear me down…

 

[Gaer]

@Gaer, whoever told you you have no talent is either blind or the worlds biggest dimwit

oh, That's so sweet, but no, EVERYONE told me not to even try!
friends, boyfriends, family, 1st husband, parents.
You should go within and listen to yourself!
You are so kind!

 

[MikeyDude]

I discovered (or admitted) that I am an introvert and don't need to be with people but can not live without a dog

I love this but it is a tough thing for me. We lost our last German Shepherd a couple of years ago and that one was extremely painful for me. I almost desperately want another one but I am so afraid that 1. I will die before the dog does (you have to be a dog person to fully understand), or 2. that the dog will die first and after 7 dogs, I don't really want to experience that pain again (plus I've been married 44 years and one of us will have to pay our life bill pretty soon too).

There is so much to love, but the inevitable loss is one of those things you learn from age... not an easy lesson, but everyone learns it eventually.

 

[Supernatural]

In England we don't get the Bus pass until 66... ...I don't get any other benefits other than free eye tests and free prescriptions...

Oh, I'm surprised to learn that as I thought the rule-of-thumb was the same throughout the UK. My bad!

 

[Jamala]

Oh, I'm surprised to learn that as I thought the rule-of-thumb was the same throughout the UK. My bad!

In England you can get a bus pass for free travel when you reach the State Pension age (65).
If you live in London, you can travel free on buses, tubes and other transport when you’re 60, but only within London.

 

[Jamala]

In England we don't get the Bus pass until 66... ...I don't get any other benefits other than free eye tests and free prescriptions...

Not so! See my post.