What do you enjoy about getting old?

[red02tj]

Knowing what real friends are.

Did the fraternity thing in college, of all my 75+ “brothers” two were my groomsman, me theirs. Fast forward 20ish years later, they and their families were at my Daughter’s Bat Mitzvah and last week I was in Dallas for one of their kids Bar Mitzvah.

Another example, rode the tech startup wave pretty well, 18+ hour days, continuous travel, talked to my “work friends” more than my wife. Of all those people, there was only one who I decided to start our own company with and when we sold it and I bought my jeep a few years later, he’s the one who flew down to help me put on my lift.

I’m not anti social, I just like my jeep, my dogs, bourbon and 3-4 people.

 

[bucky]

I’ve lived longer than my Grandfather, Father and FIL. The Wife and I are relatively healthy. I like being able to wake up and decide to take the bikes to the beach or jump in the TJ and head up into the mountains. We travel a lot. Heading up in 2 weeks to Idaho with my tractor to help my buddy grade the lot around his house that I helped him build the last 2 yrs. 2 weeks playing on the lake along with some work. The Wife will fly up and we’ll take our time working back to SoCal while visiting friends along the way. All our hard work and investing well has given us the opportunity and freedom to travel when we want where we want. Sure age has its down side the the upside makes everything worth it. Motrin is my friend. I keep telling myself I’ve got 10 more good years and if I don’t I’ve had one hell of a ride. The key is to stay active and enjoy what you have.

 

[DuckNut]

Giving less of a F every day!

Been there, done that, don't care any more.

 

[Westtown Willy]

not having a boner 24/7

 

[John Cooper]

not having a boner 24/7

What's the fun in that????,

 

[Rut Row]

What's the fun in that????,

He must "handle it" a lot ... you know ... different strokes for different folks.

In fairness, I'm so old that they don't make enough viagra to help.

 

[Fixer6]

Getting old ain’t for wussies.
It’s for passing on life lessons like
“Think before you do”. Doesn’t mean you can’t do it, or you shouldn’t do it. It just means give what you’re about to do a lot of thought before you do it. What’s the worst that could happen? What’s the best thing that could happen? Pick your route as best as you can. People do crazy stuff all the time. Some get notoriety and piles of money, while others get killed in a horrific manner.

 

[red02tj]

Doesn’t mean you can’t do it, or you shouldn’t do it. It just means give what you’re about to do a lot of thought before you do it.

Spot on, my oldest daughter is 13. We spend a lot of time talking about natural consequences VS punishment from her parents for failing to follow rule #1 which is “don’t be dumb”

 

[bucky]

I wince every time I see some young knucklehead crash and burn doing some stupid stunt on the internet. The body remembers and 20-30 years down the road they are going to pay the price. I’m glad now that my Dad would not let me play any contact sports in HS.

 

[JMT]

• Having enough money to not be living month to month and be able to entertain our family once a week so we can all be together.
• Watching my older kids get married and started in life.
• Being able to go on yearly vacations.
• Being relaxed with my wife.

 

[OffroadTreks]

That leads me to the question, what do you enjoy about getting old that you didn't used to enjoy (or appreciate) as much when you were younger?

Not being poor anymore.

 

[OkieJoe]

 

[Cooper Smith]

That leads me to the question, what do you enjoy about getting old that you didn't used to enjoy (or appreciate) as much when you were younger?

Not really getting old, but semi-relevant. I'll turn 21 in September, and I've been going bald since I was about 16. Slightly ahead of the curve in my opinion. For a couple years it bothered me, now I just buzz it off. There's a lot to say about not having to spend 5 minutes washing Bieber hair in the morning anymore...

And; haircuts are free.

 

[JustDandee]

Not really getting old, but semi-relevant. I'll turn 21 in September, and I've been going bald since I was about 16. Slightly ahead of the curve in my opinion. For a couple years it bothered me, now I just buzz it off. There's a lot to say about not having to spend 5 minutes washing Bieber hair in the morning anymore...

And; haircuts are free.

Been doing my own hair for at least 20 years…. Now what was the question I popped in here to answer…

 

[KennethS]

The key is to stay active and enjoy what you have.

That really resonated with me. Thanks for posting it.

 

[mxz800]

There are zero things to enjoy about being old. I could list a bunch of examples, most are related to the body falling apart.

 

[mxz800]

 

[John Cooper]

Someone asked me one time, what was your hardest birthday.

I said 20, they looked at me like I was crazy, and asked why.

I answered because I couldn't blame anything I did on being a stupid teenager anymore.

 

[Weasellee]

The older i get the more I understand the old adage “Youth is wasted in the young”

 

[OffroadTreks]

With age comes this odd superpower of knowing when to zip it, which battles to pick, and how to stay unboosted by your own ego.

Yet, alongside that calm comes the realization of just how gloriously ridiculous you were in your twenties—strutting around as if you’d been personally delivered from the heavens.