30 Things Young People Don’t Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group
There’s a saying that goes like “aging like fine wine,” meaning that certain things get better as they age. But what is the inverse of that? Are there things that get better and more approachable as you age?
For example, I hated raisins like most other kids, but now, about 14 years later, I’m a certified raisin fan! I’m not sure why I’m so enthusiastic about that.
But anyway, this article is about the things that people have become more fond of as they’ve aged. Check them out!
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I’m 73. Yes, I know what Reddit is. I love - retirement. Playing tennis with friends, then complaining about s**t over coffee and a donut.
Tinkering with stuff until I break it, then calling a qualified technician. ( gives my wife something to b***h about) Playing WoW when you snot-nosed kids are in school so I don’t get [unalived] trying to complete a quest. Skiing mid week at senior rates when the slopes are empty. That’s just for starters.
Oldie here... I worked for a Canadian clothing store called Marks. I used to point our new arrivals to my daughter to see if she liked them, and she would say "Ugh. Those are old people clothes!" One day she came in, looked around and said "You guys are starting to get some pretty good stuff." I laughed because nothing had really changed, and watched the expression on her face change as it slowly dawned on her.
I’ve reached the tipping point. I love my hedge and some drunk kid fell in it. Big hole. Will take four years to grow back. This ‘get off my lawn’ moment awakened the old in me.
In my country (Brazil), old people sit in front of their houses and do absolutely nothing for hours, just watching people and cars go by. This is more common for lower social class, for instance my grandma and her friends gather everyday at someone's door and just sit there until the night comes (they are retired).
Now that I'm old, I just like to travel to places to look at the scenery. 20 year old me would not understand the point of that at all.
I'm a window cleaner and have a lot of elderly customers. Over the years I've found they LOVE to be the first one to tell me one of the neighbours has died. To the point where if I say 'yeah, Thelma already let me know', they look genuinely disappointed and annoyed that they weren't the one to break the news to me.
Oh my god, just sitting down in my recliner is glorious. Younger people may think I’m nuts but I have so much stuff going on, it’s nice to just sit down and relax
There is this weird type of traditional Vietnamese music my parents said that only old people like and they could not stand it either. A decade later and apparently they enjoy it. I await my turn in fear.
Edit: for those asking, it is Cải lương.
Thanks for sharing. I looked it up. At first I thought Opera, because I watched Cải lương . Next I watched a couple on the sidebar and thought A Play. To call it just a musical doesn't do it justice. The ones I looked at must have been comedies because the audience laughed a lot.
I'm in my mid 40's. I'll be the ghost of Christmas future to some of you. Ready? i had many of these same complaints in my teenage years. Things like music, life gets weird when music you listen to in your youth ends up on the oldies station.
Many of these things will happen to you, but you won't believe me for another 20 years minimum.
Waking up early. Grandma you are RETIRED. WHY WOULD YOU NOT SLEEP IN EVERYDAY???????
When I was a kid, all the adults around me loved black licorice. I hated it and thought I would rather eat my own shoes than eat black licorice. I figured that it was a grown up thing and that I would start to like it when I grew up. Grew up and would still rather eat my shoes.
Telling anyone who will listen about their various ailments. Look, I'm 57, so I'm ancient by reddit standards. But I vowed early on that I will not become one of these over-sharing old people.
Fine china and silverware. It's pretty in the way anything made in bulk can be, it's expensive, has very little resale value, fragile as f**k, and virtually useless unless you're trying to impress another old person.
Personal opinion, no hate
Facebook - adding your own name to a comment like “great photos, love Mum and John”. I f*****g know it’s you Maureen, it shows me your when you comment.
My mom still signs off on all her texts... My dad (older than most of my peers grandparents) would literally say "full stop" as if he was transcribing a telegraph when he left me voicemails on my cell phone. To be fair, he was a communications officer in the navy for WW2 and Korea. Wish I still had a recording of it, very endearing ❤️
Asking people when they’re getting married and having kids… I’m 27 and it’s incessant from my grandparents and mother.
I stopped that easily by telling them that until I found a job that would allow me a decent work / life balance that allowed me to earn as good a salary that I was earning at that point in time when I was 35 or so (I was Head Chef in a very good - read Michelin - Restaurant at the time), I would be perfectly happy knowing that I wouldn't be bringing another human being into the World with a father who was absent most of the time. That and I knew I'd have been a rubbish father as I have absolutely no paternal instincts at all plus I don't really like children until they are 18 and I can take them for a beer and have a sensible chat. Worked out well though as I'm Godfather to 4, who I spoil and love to pieces, and before you think it, no, I didn't have any accidents over the years and am happily, deliriously childless, which means if I want, I can go to the pub instead of babysitting the grandkids ..... yay, go me !!
Watching the news constantly
Working way over your scheduled hours for no pay. To show that you are a good hard working person.
F**k that. Nowadays I only work my allotted hours, nothing more unless I'm paid at least double time.
Blaming the youth for the problems that their generation created.
It has never been the fault of a 'generation', it has ALWAYS been the fault of the bloody politicians who were in power in that generation whose policies shaped the financial / political and social outlook of the following generation (s) .....
Obsessed with the weather. My partner’s grandmother house sat while we were away for a trip and made sure to record the weather details for us of every day we were gone.
I'm 60 and my brother just told me I'm too nostalgic and need to quit complaining about the cost of things and glorifying the "old days". He is absolutely right. :)
Going 35mph on the highway. Just stay off the damn highway Margaret you’re actually making everything worse for everyone and clearly you’re in no rush
Two spaces after periods when typing.
I still do this. I even do it when I send text messages. I was unaware it was incorrect.
They love to refuse to learn new things insisting that they just can't.
I have a couple of older friends (older than my 65 years) who are currently learning 3 new languages between them so that when they go travelling again, they'll be able to chat to the locals.
B****ing about everything on the Nextdoor app
In CA I had a great time on Nextdoor. It helped me get rid of my stuff before moving and was a great way to know the neighbors. Since I moved to AL Nextdoor is a wasteland with nothing but ads for public utility companies, dogs for sale and one lady perpetually crying for donations to her poor family (that's been going on for a year now, so I doubt it's real).
Everyone who learned to drive before GPS still love having in-depth conversations about alternative routes, even if they now use their phone’s maps and can see all the different options and about how long each would take.
It's best to combine both Google maps/waze/GPS and old fashioned map looking. Locally there is a several mile section of the freeway that often bogs down. By looking at the map I found a pleasant alternate route. Close to the same milage, about the same time as stop and go traffic, but much more pleasant. GPS never sends me on the alternate, but it does give a heads up on when the freeway is slow in that section.
Watching TV. I’m 28 years old and I feel like there’s nothing for people my age on TV. It’s boring AF.
I'm 65 and you're absolutely right. 199 channels and nothings on. Lol
They love asking me what I'm doing with my life 😁
Um, it's called small talk. They don't need/want to know your life story or ten year plan, they just want to know if you are happy. In fact my grandad despised the answer 'good' to the question 'how are you?'. He would always follow up with 'but are you well?'
Touching stranger's babies
Being assisted by young children means the world to them for some reason
A young child is innocent and without prejudice. They will help someone older out of kindness and without ulterior motive.
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This list is ridiculous; it doesn't pertain specifically to the older generations.
I was just going to say that. Some of these just seemed judgmental and mean-spirited.
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"39 Things Old People Never Expected to Enjoy When They Were Young, and Young People Don't Realize They're Going to Enjoy When They Get Old." There. Fixed It.
PBS pledge drives. Nothing even close to their regular programming. PBS wants to be left in the will.
This list is ridiculous; it doesn't pertain specifically to the older generations.
I was just going to say that. Some of these just seemed judgmental and mean-spirited.
Load More Replies... "39 Things Old People Never Expected to Enjoy When They Were Young, and Young People Don't Realize They're Going to Enjoy When They Get Old." There. Fixed It.
PBS pledge drives. Nothing even close to their regular programming. PBS wants to be left in the will.
