Are you scare of growing old?

[Flash_Monsta]

edit: double post whore

 

[oldshadow]

I was told never say never

That only applies to the negative not the positive.

 

[lsa]

That only applies to the negative not the positive.

Dammit life is really complicated.

 

[Iroh]

I was a footie player, and a Boxer. never had injuries, thats why i am blaming age for my bad knees and slow body response.

Go see some specialists and see if you can get your shit fixed. You'll feel a lot younger if you can at least improve your physical state.

 

[Organic Damage]

Nah. I've been mentally old for a while, and now my body is starting to catch up.

 

[Pugilistic]

I'm 29 and I know some people around my age or younger intensely afraid of age and death. Since age and death are inevitable outcomes, I don't see the point in worrying about something that will come no matter what you do. I prefer to just focus on now while I am alive.

 

[Culombo]

I think of getting old as 'over 50' or something like that .. 35 ? na .. that's still quite young .. some elite athletes are still going at it at that age .. it also all depends on how you've taken care of yourself obviously .. you can still look damn good over 50 but it's not the norm for most people ..

either way, yeah getting old sucks balls .. plus you're getting ever closer to death .. and if you don't believe in the afterlife it's even worse because in your mind the permanent end is real and it's coming so you have nothing to look forward to but your own expiration .. yikes

 

[Asprilla]

Go see some specialists and see if you can get your shit fixed. You'll feel a lot younger if you can at least improve your physical state.

I wish i could. i am a consultant, if i don't work i don't get paid.

 

[cartizel]

A few times a catch myself in thought about death/dying.

What fucks me is the idea that once we die THAT IS IT. Like, there's no ever coming back. Poof! Finished.!! Then I'm overcome with this weird worry of leaving loved ones behind. Then I snap out of it.

Obviously if you believe in reincarnation then who the fuck cares, right?

 

[Culombo]

Obviously if you believe in reincarnation then who the fuck cares, right?

I think this is why a lot of people are religious and believe in that or the afterlife .. because believing the alternative would be quite depressing .. unfortunately I'm in that latter camp

 

[ruberked]

Just had a kid @ 37....first thing that consumed my very being when I first laid eyes on him was that I have to live long enough to see his children! Not only that, I want to be physically/mentally fit to be a good/fun grandparent. I never had any grandparents. I wish I had kids younger, but of course, would not trade this particular little guy if the entire planets survival depended on it!

That being said, I wish I could surf like I used too. Other than that, getting older is not that bad. I'm smarter, more calm and getting more and more financially stable every year. In fact, I catch myself trying not to wish my youth away in anticipation of retirement.

I could be in better shape, but that's due to life style more so than my actual physical limitations.

Main things I worry about is loosing my mental faculties and my dog. I feel like I have "senior" moments more often and my dog is turning 9 this year. He's still fit and feed him an awesome diet based on salmon but he's starting to get a little grey and sometimes when I look in his left eye I think I see a little clouding. Makes me ill just to think about it!

 

[Shokushu Goukan]

I fear the physical and mental deterioration that comes with age, absolutely. Anyone who says they don't just hasn't accepted the reality of it yet.

Why? You live and you die. Crying about it isn't gonna do shit.

 

[Sharkey]

Growing old isn't so bad.

 

[xbone19]

jailbait teen called me sir the other day instead of dude or guy made me feel old, but then this milf called me sweetie as she almost ran me over with her shopping cart

 

[RollSonnenRoll]

I'm not scared of being "old" as in 60 or 70 but elderly. My grandfather just turned 76 and still runs heavy equipment on a daily basis and is mentally no different then he has ever been. On the other hand though, my other grandfather is 85 and develops a new health problem every week seemingly. Him and my grandmother are at the age where doctor appointments are a weekly endevor and simple things like stepping over a curb are challenges. I fear that because they seem to have no purpose or enjoyment anymore and are just sort of waiting around.

 

[WorldofWarcraft]

When the time comes, my consciousness will be transferred into data and fed to the internet... I will be making wizard threads until the end of time.

 

[applesbananas]

I wasnt until i worked in the ER, seeing old ass people having no control over their bowels, and pretty much their whole life was kind of an eye opener.

 

[Winnie The Foo]

A few times a catch myself in thought about death/dying.

What fucks me is the idea that once we die THAT IS IT. Like, there's no ever coming back. Poof! Finished.!! Then I'm overcome with this weird worry of leaving loved ones behind. Then I snap out of it.

Obviously if you believe in reincarnation then who the fuck cares, right?

Bruh. My worst fear is being on my deathbed knowing I will die relatively soon, surrounded by relatives, just wrestling with the idea that at any moment everything I have ever known will simply cease to exist.

 

[llama de lrey]

I fear the physical and mental deterioration that comes with age, absolutely. Anyone who says they don't just hasn't accepted the reality of it yet.

I would argue that if someone has accepted the reality of it then they have nothing to fear.

 

[Aegon Spengler]

Yes I am, because white people age like old catchers mitts