Why Did you Join Senior Forums?

I too Googled and found this site,looked around liked what I saw so joined up! I like finding out about the other places around the world and how you all are living life.

Oh, and I don't run, I am a welder and tigrunner is a miller welding machine.. Sorry !
 
Holly, first let me say what a great question this is for all of us to think about. As I recall, I googled "retirement" one evening when I was bored. I found a retirement website which contained several links. Clicked on one and entered our cozy, delightful world of SF for the first time. Love at first sight. :love_heart: I was fascinated by the wide variety of threads and the opportunity to make new friends through the written word. I joined immediately and never regretted it for a minute.
 
In March my husband was having some very serious surgery and I felt strongly there was a death coming up in our family. Since I assumed it would be him I was trying to find some way I could have some human contact since I live a very isolated life style up here for someone who likes people as much as I do. I immediately liked this group, more than any others I've had contact with. About a month after the surgery our oldest son died so than I realized that's what I was picking up on. But I have gotten so much enjoyment and company out of this group I plan to stick around as long as I can remember how to use a computer. :)
 
Back in 2006 I stumbled across an article which mentioned a forum for baby boomers. Ding ding ding! Joined and loved it until it suddenly went belly up. Was missing it and joined a UK senior forum early last year. I think all members were UK. A couple of very unfriendly ones, plus it not being very active, made me quit. Found this one in autumn last year.

Love that it is international and has members from both of my countries. I've made good friends here. :bighug:
 
I wanted to connect with a diverse community of seniors whose minds were not encased in cement, in the hopes of sharing thoughts, feelings, experiences, thereby broadening my world, and hopefully offering something valid in exchange. I am very pleased I did.
 
Grumpy Ol' Man said:
It has also amazed me the number of participants from across the globe. Guess I didn't realize there were actually senior citizens anywhere but the U.S.!!!!!
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I've really got to ask..... Were you under the impression that outside the US everyone died at age 50 or 60? :D Senior citizen is a US term although we might use the term senior elsewhere. OAP (old age pensioner) in the UK is most common.
 
Not entirely sure why I joined, or at least forgot :confused: I was browsing generally on the internet and this site came up, so took a look and joined, I feel its a good mix of people and works well for me, as its not too large.

I have only had one other experience of a senior forum some ten years ago, it was run by imo a bit of a control freak, who insisted you posted something at least every three days, so I got kicked off because I couldn't commit to that regime. This one I feel I can dip in and out of, though like anything on the internet it tends to be addictive and time flies by, and real life then suffers as I don't do so much gardening or walking etc. finding a balance I find hard at times :confused:

The dynamics change as members come and go, but this is inevitable and when its a good combination on the day, it can be entertaining, informative and good fun.

Wouldn't want to be a moderator though as some others have been, it sounds like really hard work to me and not much fun
 
Ameriscot said:
Back in 2006 I stumbled across an article which mentioned a forum for baby boomers. Ding ding ding! Joined and loved it until it suddenly went belly up. Was missing it and joined a UK senior forum early last year. I think all members were UK. A couple of very unfriendly ones, plus it not being very active, made me quit. Found this one in autumn last year.

Love that it is international and has members from both of my countries. I've made good friends here. :bighug:
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I think I know what UK Senior forum you are referring to... WOW.... what a bunch! Unfriendly would be an understatement.
 
QuickSilver said:
I think I know what UK Senior forum you are referring to... WOW.... what a bunch! Unfriendly would be an understatement.
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Probably the same! A couple of them jumped all over me when I told them I was voting in the Scottish independence referendum because I'd become a citizen. They said I had no right! Huh!? Really nasty.
 
Ameriscot said:
Probably the same! A couple of them jumped all over me when I told them I was voting in the Scottish independence referendum because I'd become a citizen. They said I had no right! Huh!? Really nasty.
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Flippin' cheek!! I tell you what tho' some people would cause an argument with a pot plant even if there was no-one else around ..just for the sake of causing friction.
 
hollydolly said:
Flippin' cheek!! I tell you what tho' some people would cause an argument with a pot plant even if there was no-one else around ..just for the sake of causing friction.
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True! I think several of the people on that forum just didn't like Americans. One woman said I had no right to vote as I didn't understand the very long history of Scotland and living there for 14 years (at the time) was too short to understand. However, I'd lived in Scotland for 14 years as an adult. Don't know what she thought of 16 year olds who got to vote. I guess a 16 year old Scot understands Scottish history better than me?! I didn't hang around to continue this argument.
 
I got tired of the forums dominated by the 30 and 40 somethings.. I had no interest in child raising or breast feeding... or how much sex someone had the night before. So I was looking for a group more my age and interests. I googled Senior forum and this came up.
 
Ameriscot said:
True! I think several of the people on that forum just didn't like Americans. One woman said I had no right to vote as I didn't understand the very long history of Scotland and living there for 14 years (at the time) was too short to understand. However, I'd lived in Scotland for 14 years as an adult. Don't know what she thought of 16 year olds who got to vote. I guess a 16 year old Scot understands Scottish history better than me?! I didn't hang around to continue this argument.
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Gawds sake some people can be so insular...I know the feeling tho' because I went through similar remarks from people after I moved to England, and like you I came as an adult not a child...now after 40 years it's finally stopped..
 

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