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People Couldn’t Resist Sharing These 50 Pics Proving How Wholesome Old People Can Be (New Pics)
Too many people are quick to dismiss the elderly, but they just do themselves a disservice. After all, older folks are bursting with experience, wit, attitude and just general wholesomeness, so, we’ve gathered examples of wholesome and cool elderly people who are still living life to the fullest.
From incredible collections put together over a lifetime, to just downright cute moments captured by children and grandchildren, get comfortable as you scroll through, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts in the comments section below.
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#1
My 83-Year-Old Dad’s New Cat, Schaefer
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#2
My 70-Year-Old Father-In-Law Started Painting A Couple Of Years Ago. He Likes To Try Different Styles And Keeps Them All
#3
Mutual Appreciation
#4
This Lovely Gentleman Came In Today To Learn How To Curl His Wife’s Hair
His wife is unable to curl her own hair and often burns herself, so he stepped up to the plate and learned how to curl her hair. We had the pleasure of teaching him! We taught him how to do volume curls on short hair, how to protect her skin from being burned and we even taught him to put on her mascara.
#5
I Brought One Of My Baby Bunnies To Meet My Great-Grandmother
#6
Joined A Hiking Facebook Group, Ended Up Meeting A 71-Year-Old Woman, And Hiked A 4k Footer With Her! 50 Years Apart Made No Difference In The Fun (And Life Stories Shared) We Had Today
#7
You Loved Seeing Her On Her 100th Birthday 3 Years Ago. Still Happy And Smiling, She Just Turned 103
#8
He Is 94. She Is 87. Their Love Story Has Been Continuous For 68 Years. My Parents
Auntriarch 1 year ago (edited)
My parents are 88 this year. If they both make it to 10th November, they will have been married 68 years too. Edit: they made it
#9
It’s Such A Great Thing She Did For That Dog
#10
Friend Of Mine Graduated In Law School At The Age Of 94
#11
Every Year This Woman Brings A Bag Of Hats Which She Knits From January To December To The Shelter
#12
Seniors Enjoying The New Playground
#13
My 90-Year-Old Friend And I Just Published The First-Ever English Translation Of A 75-Year-Old Armenian Book
#14
My 93-Year-Old Grandmom, Cancer-Free 4 Times, Going To A Western-Themed Party
#15
My Grandparents Suprised Me By Building Me A Kitchen. This Is How I Found Out
#16
My Parents Just Got Internet (Bialet Massé) And My Dad Is Already Showing Videos To The Neighbors
#17
The Look On His Face Is Priceless
#18
The Day My 80-Year-Old Mom Married Her 80-Year-Old Boyfriend
#19
Today My 80-Year-Old Grandpa Became A U.S. Citizen
#20
My Father-In-Law Holding A Sloth
#21
My Dad With The Bag Of Bone Marrow Donated By A 38-Year-Old Stranger In Germany To Save His Life
HTakeover 1 year ago (edited)
Oh damn, donating that stuff is painful as hell but invaluable. I recommend everybody put themselves on the marrow donor registry; free & easy to get the genetic profile (oral swab). It's hard enough to find a match in the usual databases, so this helps a ton. BeTheMatch.org (recently officially changed their org name but that still works for now).
#22
My Father-In-Law Was Forced Into Early Retirement. Turns Out He's Pretty Good At Art
Back story: up until 9 months ago, he was working at a psychiatric hospital looking after sick people. A patient pushed him and he ended up grabbing him and falling to the ground with him, but the patient landed on top of him and he ended up breaking his back in multiple places. He had to be out of action for 6 months, that's when he had no choice but to retire early.
He fell into depression and felt like he had lost all hope. Recently, he decided to occupy his mind with something, so he started painting. To our surprise, it turns out he's pretty good, well we certainly think he is!
#23
Father-In-Law Does This Every Year. Even Though His Daughter (My Partner) Is Now 26
#24
My 77-Year-Old Husband Collects Cans To Support Children So They Can Get Free Dental Care With Oregon Dental Associations “Tooth Taxi”
#25
For At Least 13 Years, Rain Or Shine This Little Old Man Spends Every Morning Walking Around Our Tiny Town Picking Up Trash
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
My grandad did that every day until he went into a nursing home. It kept him fit and he could take the cans to be donated to a charity. Then when he was in the home, he still did two laps around it for as long as he was able.
#26
My Father-In-Law Is So Excited About His Two-Story Bird House He Made Of Driftwood, That He Asked Me To Put It On "The Online"
#27
Elderly Neighbor Gave Me These After Her Husband Passed Away. She Knows That I Work With Computers. I Said Thank You
#28
Aunt Agnes, Ziplining For The First Time At 99 Years Old
#29
My Grandma Holding My Grandpa's Dying Hand - 100 Years Old
#30
Mister And The Cat
#31
My 91-Year-Old Grandfather Stuck It Out While I Explained Over The Phone How To Facetime, And He Did It! Now I Get To See Them Every Day And Talk To My Grandmother
#32
My Father-In-Law Being Epic As Usual
#33
My 83-Year-Old Grandma’s First Tattoo! Done In Tacoma, WA
#34
I Work With Elderly Mentally Disabled People, And Today I Brought Sock With Me To Meet Else, Who Is Crazy About Reptiles But Has Never Had The Chance To Meet One
She said it was her biggest dream coming true, and Sock did so well and allowed strokes and hugs.
#35
Incredibly Heartwarming Older Couple Dancing At A Concert At A Park
#36
My Grandma Brought Me Fresh Peonies From Her Garden
#37
Couple Goals. Spotted This Adorable Duo At The Atlanta Braves Game Yesterday
nomnomborkbork 1 year ago
Not only have they been together 60 years, they're still out doing things together. Can't ask for more!
#38
He Told Her To Get In The Box Because He Would Take Her Picture. This Is Love
#39
My 74-Year-Old Neighbor Asked Me To Paint Her Nails. I Asked Her What Color, She Said “I Want That Color!” Now We Match
Huddo's sister 1 year ago
One thing my grandma insisted on her whole life was having nice nails. I did them a few times when she couldn't anymore, and so did my mum, but I felt bad we weren't very good at it, though she didn't seem to mind.
#40
My Grandma Has Been Playing Wii Fit Every Morning For 10 Years, And She Is Still Going. She Wakes Up Every Morning And Does Exercises To Stay Fit! Almost 16 Years
#41
My 91-Year-Old Grandma Sends Cards To My Kids
Vicki Perizzolo 1 year ago
You know it's an end of an era when the b'day / Christmas cards stop coming..
#42
My Grandma Is Quite Proud Of The Sunflower She Grew
#43
My Grandmother Turned 100 Today
#44
To Mark The Pride Residents At A Retirement Home In Bristol Enjoyed A Very Special Performance From Drag Queen
#45
Our 80-Year-Old Friend Is Visiting. Our 75-Year-Old Neighbor Brought Him Some Grass And Now They’re Planking
#46
My 70-Year-Old Neighbor Burns CDs For Me With Music He Thinks I Will Like
#47
My 90-Year-Old Grandparents Dressed Up This Halloween
#48
My Grandmother Had Custom Items Made For My Husband, Myself And Our Pets
#49
My Step-Mom Adopted A Cat For Her Elderly Parents. We Were Nervous Her Dad Wouldn’t Like Him
Jack Burton 1 year ago
Dads dont want cats at home but dads love them anyway. That's an universal cats rule.
#50
My Mom Asked If I Wanted To See Her Melon
Traveling Lady Railfan 1 year ago
I believe that is literally called a "long melon." It's a type of "Asian melon." If you grow them hanging from a support their own weight will pull them longer as they grow so they don't grow curly but they grow long.
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#51
I Set Up A Sim Racing Setup For My 90-Year-Old Grandfather
I live in Korea, and I gifted my grandfather a sim racing setup this week, hoping to introduce him to the joy of driving.
Since my grandmother passed away last November, he's been quite depressed, and I thought it'd be great if he could find a hobby to focus on and enjoy. He often expressed a desire to drive somewhere, but given his age, actual driving is out of the question - not only for his safety but also for the safety of others on the road.
I wish I could be there to help him more since I am his grandson, but I live in a different region due to my business. Fortunately, my mother lives just two minutes away from him and visits daily to prepare meals, so she can assist him with the game. Since actual driving is too dangerous, I hope this virtual driving game can satisfactorily fulfill his desire to drive.
Auntriarch 1 year ago
Presumably he will be able to drive cars that he couldn't in real life, so even better
#52
I Spent 45 Minutes Taking A Cake Order For An Elderly Customer With Short-Term Memory Loss Tonight. She Came Back Few Minutes Later And Gave Me This
Jack Burton 1 year ago
that's cool, i mean we should do that more, giving tokens of appreciation in every day life.
#54
Proud Of My 72-Year-Old Father! After 215 Hours, He Finally Beat His First Console Game Ever, The Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild
#55
My Great-Grandmother On Her 101st Birthday With My 3-Month-Old Son
#56
This Is My Father-In-Law With A Pineapple (That My Mother-In-Law Grew) On His Head. This Is My New Favorite Family Photo
#57
This Sweet Couple In My Town's Nursing Home Renewed Their Vows On Their 60th Wedding Anniversary
#58
Today My Grandmother Celebrated Her 100th Birthday
#59
My Nanna On Her 84th Birthday Compared To Her 1st
#60
A Man Using A Disposable Film Camera To Take Pictures At AAA Baseball Game Today
#61
My 86-Year-Old Nana Always Puts A Little Spread On When Me And My Son (7) Go To See Her
ElfVibratorGlitter 1 year ago
Wow, that's quite the spread, tomatoes, quiche, apples, biscuits, crisps, chocolate... What a great Nana. :)
#62
My 80-Year-Old Grandmother Going In For A Botched Hip Replacement Repair In High Spirits Ready To Get Her Life Back
#63
This Man And His Dog I Saw At The Airport
#64
This Is What Happens When I Leave My 90-Year-Old Mother Alone In The Kitchen For Ten Minutes
#65
It Took Me Almost 30 Years, But I Finally Own My Grandpa's Pristine 1994 F150. I Have Asked My 91-Year-Old Grandma To Lunch And Here Was Her Response
#66
My 91-Year-Old Great-Aunt Said Today After 2 Margaritas: “Do You Want This Floating Pickle?”. Living Her Best Life In Senior Living! I Didn’t Tell Her It Was A Cactus
#67
My 94-Year-Old Yaya Was Released From The Hospital Today. 2 Days Ago She Had Tubes Going Down Her Nose, Look At Her Now
#68
This Made Me Smile
#69
100-Year-Old Irish Man Still Outplaying And Outdrinking Us In Poker. (Yes, He Is Patriotic To America, Too)
Rhianna Hollowaye 1 year ago
One of my grandfathers favourite bits of wisdom, learned from experience, is 'never drink with the irish, unless you want to be too drunk to stand' Evidently it still applies, no matter what age they are!
#70
My 97-Year-Old Grandfather Got Sick And Couldn't Attend His Halloween Costume Contest. He Was All Better For Enjoying His Christmas Holiday Week Party
#71
My 96-Year-Old Dad At A Jazz Concert
#72
My 102-Year-Old. Grandma And Her Bestie That Just Turned 100
#73
My 96-Year-Old Grandfather Getting Ready For His Halloween Costume Contest At His Daycare
#75
Grandma Got An Apple Watch But Still Insists On Sporting The Rolex
#76
Loved Seeing This Older Gentleman Keeping It Old-School With His Classic Gameboy
#77
Mom Has Been Having Cancer Treatment For 6 Months. We Took Her To My Daughter's Ultrasound To Find Out The Gender Of Her 10th Great-Grandchild
She was overjoyed and beaming with pride. She is an inspiration and we are extremely proud of her. It's a girl.
#78
My Father-In-Law On His 102nd Birthday Enjoying Family And A Glass Of Wine
#79
My Son (3) Loves To Say Hi To Everyone He Sees When We Go To Walmart. He Said Hi To An Elderly Man, Who Then Gave Him A Dollar Coin. It Made His Entire Day
#80
90-Year-Old Carrying His Bag And Hitting Under His Age
There was a celebration of Arliss’s birthday at the Glenview, Illinois men’s golf club. I started playing 2 years ago and I thought I was too late. 9 decades of life and still going strong.
#81
A 100-Year-Old WWII Vet Admires A Stilt-Walking Performance Artist
#82
My 83-Year-Old Father-In-Law On A Kayaking Trip
#83
I'm A Little Weird, And I Definitely Get It From My Mom. She's 68 Now And Enjoying Semi-Retirement
LakotaWolf (she/her) 1 year ago
Mom's review makes me want to buy these ice cube trays! XD She's my kind of weird, too!
#84
Took My 76-Year-Old Mother To See Wheel Of Fortune Live. Her Cheesy Smile Is Still Melting My Heart
She had so much fun. She was dancing in her chair and waving, and she just loved it. I think it was my favorite day with her yet.
#85
The Best Picture In Your Photo Album From Glastonbury
#86
Suzy Q Turned 94 Today. Happy Birthday, Suzy Q
#87
93-Year-Old Grandma And I Are Watching Movies Together
#88
102-Year-Old Woman Painting My Nails
#89
My 71-Year-Old Father-In-Law Plays 2-3 Hours Of Call Of Duty A Day. Says It Keeps Him Sharp. Pretty Impressive For An Older Guy
Tabitha 1 year ago
Actually, it has been discovered that if a video game makes you complete certain tasks or quests in order to advance to another level, it’s a game that will keep your brain sharp. The games that claim to do that generally don’t have levels to advance to, so really aren’t doing what they advertise. Basically, Grandpa is doing the exact right thing to keep his mind sharp—-and bonus! He’s thoroughly enjoying himself while doing it. Win-Win!
#90
Instructions My Elderly Coworker Left For Himself In The Training Manual
#91
My Elderly Building Manager Does This Every Holiday, Just The Cutest
EmAdoresHerKats🇮🇪🇩🇿🇵🇸 1 year ago
It's really beautiful. I don't celebrate Xmas but i love the trees and lights
#92
An Old Man At Lean Concert Singing Along To Every Song. This Old Man Was Singing Along To All Of Leany's Songs At The Portugal Show. Really Cute To See
#93
My 76-Year-Old Grandmother Who Barely Knows Anything About PCs Bought Me This For Christmas
Shark Lady 1 year ago
I also know nothing about computers, is it something useful? Or incredibly out of date?
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Multa Nocte 1 year ago
Thank you for an article on older people that isn't calling them names and that highlights that older people are still people, not a generational "dirty word."
Wyndmere 1 year ago (edited)
Yes. We've had enough of the Negative posts that just rag on other people and what you think they did wrong, or bad, hurt your feelings, Behave badly toward you or others in public, or are angry karen's.
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Zoe's Mom 1 year ago
I'm going to say it again for the 3rd time then I'll shut up: WHAT ARE THESE FOLKS DRINKING that they don't look their age!!!
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Livingwithcfs 1 year ago
My mum always wanted to go go-carting down a particular road for her 80th. Unfortunately we couldn't organize it (apparently getting a main road closed for am elderly lady's dream is not a good enough reason) I get why not but she would have loved it. My sister organized for her to go parachuting. Unfortunately she got cancer and never made it. But boy she really wanted to
Andrea Careless 1 year ago
I’m tired of seeing ageism on Bored Panda. Anyone can be wholesome at any age. They can also be very unwholesome: look at Trump, as one example. You generalize about Boomers, who are either cute or awful, Millennials, Gen X, etc. We are all very different. You wouldn’t stoop to characterizing different races as having certain traits. It’s an easy way to grab readers, but as a journalist I have to say that this is biased and ignorant. Grow up.
Gavin Johnson 1 year ago
I get the wholesome vibe but aren’t these just humans being human? Age is irrelevant, we like doing things that make people smile, make us smile or that just make life worth living. Yes make more posts like this but call them ‘folk doing the stuff thst folk do’.
Auntriarch 11 months ago
I think it's just nice to think that they are still doing these things that folk do, even at the age when its not perhaps possible for most. I'm finding it optimistic anyway.
Load More Replies... Multa Nocte 1 year ago
Thank you for an article on older people that isn't calling them names and that highlights that older people are still people, not a generational "dirty word."
Wyndmere 1 year ago (edited)
Yes. We've had enough of the Negative posts that just rag on other people and what you think they did wrong, or bad, hurt your feelings, Behave badly toward you or others in public, or are angry karen's.
Load More Replies... Zoe's Mom 1 year ago
I'm going to say it again for the 3rd time then I'll shut up: WHAT ARE THESE FOLKS DRINKING that they don't look their age!!!
Load More Replies... Livingwithcfs 1 year ago
My mum always wanted to go go-carting down a particular road for her 80th. Unfortunately we couldn't organize it (apparently getting a main road closed for am elderly lady's dream is not a good enough reason) I get why not but she would have loved it. My sister organized for her to go parachuting. Unfortunately she got cancer and never made it. But boy she really wanted to
Andrea Careless 1 year ago
I’m tired of seeing ageism on Bored Panda. Anyone can be wholesome at any age. They can also be very unwholesome: look at Trump, as one example. You generalize about Boomers, who are either cute or awful, Millennials, Gen X, etc. We are all very different. You wouldn’t stoop to characterizing different races as having certain traits. It’s an easy way to grab readers, but as a journalist I have to say that this is biased and ignorant. Grow up.
Gavin Johnson 1 year ago
I get the wholesome vibe but aren’t these just humans being human? Age is irrelevant, we like doing things that make people smile, make us smile or that just make life worth living. Yes make more posts like this but call them ‘folk doing the stuff thst folk do’.
Auntriarch 11 months ago
I think it's just nice to think that they are still doing these things that folk do, even at the age when its not perhaps possible for most. I'm finding it optimistic anyway.
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