There be 2 kinds of people ....

@Torunn said
It all depends how your life has been earlier... 🙂 No more practical responsibilities for five dear grandchildren (all grown up) and my sweet great-granddaughter it opens possibilities, and I can always refer to old age when I feel like it.

LOL....It is kind of fun having the young men and women hold doors open for me. Hell they even say excuse me something I rarely hear the young people say these days. I have even been called Sir!.....LOL... Like you said can always use the age for most excuses about things!

-VR

@moonbus said
When I first learned computer programming, Basic, COBOL, and Fortran were coded on punch cards. Now, I get my daughter, aged 20, to show me all the new features whenever my iPhone updates itself.

😆

You learned computer programming and now get help from your daughter, amazing how quickly technology progresses!!!

I have a daughter old enough to be your daughter's mother. 🙂

-VR

@Very-Rusty said
LOL....It is kind of fun having the young men and women hold doors open for me. Hell they even say excuse me something I rarely hear the young people say these days. I have even been called Sir!.....LOL... Like you said can always use the age for most excuses about things!

-VR

It's a great time in our lives as long as we are physically able to do some of the things we like - taking walks, going on holidays, having friends home for dinner or dine out. I like it very much. 🙂 And yes, young people offer me a seat in trams and buses.

@Torunn said
It's a great time in our lives as long as we are physically able to do some of the things we like - taking walks, going on holidays, having friends home for dinner or dine out. I like it very much. 🙂 And yes, young people offer me a seat in trams and buses.

I don't have to use the bus as I have my own vehicle so far. We don't have trams here. I am not as active as I once was due to medical issues, I'd sooner not talk about in the public forums.

-VR

@Very-Rusty said
I don't have to use the bus as I have my own vehicle so far. We don't have trams here. I am not as active as I once was due to medical issues, I'd sooner not talk about in the public forums.

-VR

We still enjoy life in different ways, when I focus on what I can do and try to put in perspective the things I can't do any more, I feel good and grateful.

@Torunn said
We still enjoy life in different ways, when I focus on what I can do and try to put in perspective the things I can't do any more, I feel good and grateful.

With my past medical conditions I am happy to just wake up each day. I take a day at a time and don't put things off anymore. I do what I can do that day without pushing it. Being retired of course does give us extra time to do things we wouldn't normally have time for.

EDIT: Keeping a positive attitude no matter what happens is so important.

-VR

@Very-Rusty said
With my past medical conditions I am happy to just wake up each day. I take a day at a time and don't put things off anymore. I do what I can do that day without pushing it. Being retired of course does give us extra time to do things we wouldn't normally have time for.

-VR

I retired from work 20 years ago, I still feel grateful.

@Great-Big-Stees said
Indeed. She was a newer model and as it turned out, very complicated, so I “returned” her for a “used” one.

😆

@Torunn said
I retired from work 20 years ago, I still feel grateful.

Same here 20 years, but it was semi-retired for the first 5. There are times now I am more busy than when I worked. 🙂

-VR

@Very-Rusty said
You learned computer programming and now get help from your daughter, amazing how quickly technology progresses!!!

I have a daughter old enough to be your daughter's mother. 🙂

-VR

I started fathering in my mid50s.

@moonbus said
I started fathering in my mid50s.

I was early 20's big difference there.

-VR

@moonbus said
I started fathering in my mid50s.

I was in my mid 40s when I began my “dynasty” and much later became a grandfather. In both instances they my progeny have kept me young…ish. Ya gotta keep active or the parts start to atrophy.😲😉👍

@Very-Rusty said
I was early 20's big difference there.

-VR

I was early 20's too, grandmother first time at 43, great-grandmother at 70.

@Torunn said
I was early 20's too, grandmother first time at 43, great-grandmother at 70.

My 20s were spent on a very different trajectory. 🤔😁

@Torunn said
I was early 20's too, grandmother first time at 43, great-grandmother at 70.

I am a Great, Great Grandfather and Uncle too.

-VR