|
|
List of Things Not to Annoy Our Kids
11-18-2019, 06:38 PM
|
#1
|
Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 158
|
List of Things Not to Annoy Our Kids
When we are grandparents/old...
1. Feed them and pay for them and take them out to eat
2. No talking about doctors appointments or aches and pains
3. take the kids and their families on vacation and pay for everything
4. They don’t owe us anniversary parties of any kind
5. No bumper stickers on your car
6. no talking about religion or politics
7. If you are sick or injured or have to use a wheelchair temporarily, don’t go to food gatherings-just stay home and get better
8. No socks with sandals-it’s never fashionable
9. Cash for gifts-don’t try and buy presents for teenagers
10. If you must buy a gift, make it a gas card.
11. Don’t stop gifting your adult children
12. If you must a buy a gift-include the gift receipt
13. no swap meet or sale gifts
14. Bathe and shave every day
15. Make sure you have a cleaning lady
16.If your kids come to visit-offer to get them a hotel so they can have a break from you.
17. Hand them the TV remote-your hearing is compromised
18. Let your kids drive-your driving scares them
19. Ask them where they want to go eat and respect their dietary choices
20. Don’t take your shirt off at a family gathering
21. No “your gift is me taking you shopping”
22. Ask them what you should wear to special occasions get things approved
23. After age 70-you don’t get to drive other people ever
|
|
|
|
Join the #1 Early Retirement and Financial Independence Forum Today - It's Totally Free!
Are you planning to be financially independent as early as possible so you can live life on your own terms? Discuss successful investing strategies, asset allocation models, tax strategies and other related topics in our online forum community. Our members range from young folks just starting their journey to financial independence, military retirees and even multimillionaires. No matter where you fit in you'll find that Early-Retirement.org is a great community to join. Best of all it's totally FREE!
You are currently viewing our boards as a guest so you have limited access to our community. Please take the time to register and you will gain a lot of great new features including; the ability to participate in discussions, network with our members, see fewer ads, upload photographs, create a retirement blog, send private messages and so much, much more!
|
11-18-2019, 06:50 PM
|
#2
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Jan 2014
Posts: 1,770
|
Are these the things that your grandparents did that bothered you or are these things that annoy your grand children?
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 07:06 PM
|
#3
|
Moderator
Join Date: Nov 2014
Posts: 9,176
|
Some of those do resonate.
__________________
Every day when I open my eyes now it feels like a Saturday - David Gray
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 07:13 PM
|
#4
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Conroe, Texas
Posts: 18,731
|
Please explain this one?
Quote:
23. After age 70-you don’t get to drive other people ever
|
__________________
*********Go Yankees!*********
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 07:28 PM
|
#5
|
Gone but not forgotten
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Sarasota,fl.
Posts: 11,447
|
I am 72 and I think 7,15,22 and 23 are crazy .15 is optional .
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 07:36 PM
|
#6
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 12,657
|
I'm surprised you aren't dictating what kind of bikini I am allowed to wear!
__________________
If you understood everything I say, you'd be me ~ Miles Davis
'There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.’ Christopher Morley.
Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 07:50 PM
|
#7
|
Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 158
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by splitwdw
Are these the things that your grandparents did that bothered you or are these things that annoy your grand children?
|
Things that have come up over the years....thinking this is what we would do differently than our parents did
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 07:51 PM
|
#8
|
Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 158
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst
I'm surprised you aren't dictating what kind of bikini I am allowed to wear!
|
Bikinis are required....lol
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 07:54 PM
|
#9
|
Recycles dryer sheets
Join Date: Feb 2016
Posts: 158
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by aja8888
Please explain this one?
|
My parents friends turn the keys over to their adult children to drive when they are in town. The adult kids are better drivers and it makes more sense to us. My own parents are aging and their driving is getting worse. They are free to drive themselves but I'm not riding with them.
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 08:06 PM
|
#10
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Feb 2011
Location: NC Triangle
Posts: 5,807
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by TrophyWife
Bikinis are required....lol
|
Often they can be lumped into the same category as socks with sandals. It’s the “have you thought this through?” question and can be observed by more than your kids.
__________________
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 08:07 PM
|
#11
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Lawn chair in Texas
Posts: 14,183
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst
I'm surprised you aren't dictating what kind of bikini I am allowed to wear!
|
Useless without pics... [emoji6]
__________________
Have Funds, Will Retire
...not doing anything of true substance...
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 08:08 PM
|
#12
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Dec 2015
Location: Santa Paula
Posts: 4,076
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by TrophyWife
When we are grandparents/old...
23. After age 70- you don’t get to drive other people ever
|
What?? I passed my flight review at age 80, and to celebrate my birthday, I flew a P-51 Mustang
__________________
Retired Jan 2009 Have not looked back.
AA 60/35/5 considering SS and pensions a SP annuity
WR 2% with 2SS & 2 Pensions
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 08:15 PM
|
#13
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Conroe, Texas
Posts: 18,731
|
I see, but the sentence didn't make that clear. I'm 76 and consider myself a very good driver (still). I drove (myself) from Texas to Connecticut and back this Fall to visit family. after riding a few times with specific adult children, who have more tickets and accidents that I ever had, I'll do the driving when we are together!
__________________
*********Go Yankees!*********
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 09:25 PM
|
#14
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 2,929
|
__________________
"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." - Epicurus
|
|
|
11-18-2019, 09:32 PM
|
#15
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Dutchess County
Posts: 1,599
|
I have seen some stupid lists but this ones top 10.
|
|
|
11-19-2019, 03:23 AM
|
#16
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 12,657
|
Or perhaps her parents are in their 70's and are already "acting old." I won't get in the car with a young person, if their driving habits disturb me.
Quote:
Originally Posted by Calico
|
__________________
If you understood everything I say, you'd be me ~ Miles Davis
'There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.’ Christopher Morley.
Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
|
|
|
11-19-2019, 03:24 AM
|
#17
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 12,657
|
You don't know what a bikini looks like? How funny!
Quote:
Originally Posted by HFWR
Useless without pics... [emoji6]
|
__________________
If you understood everything I say, you'd be me ~ Miles Davis
'There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.’ Christopher Morley.
Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
|
|
|
11-19-2019, 04:06 AM
|
#18
|
Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso) Give me a forum ...
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 12,657
|
Regarding socks with sandals, many people get conditions that make it harder to wear shoes of any sort without socks. Diabetic neuropathy and plain old subcutaneous fat loss come to mind. Actually whenever I see an old person dressed unfashionably, I assume it's in the service of comfort. Comfort becomes elusive with age.
__________________
If you understood everything I say, you'd be me ~ Miles Davis
'There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.’ Christopher Morley.
Even a blind clock finds an acorn twice a day.
|
|
|
What's the point of being old if it isn't to annoy our kids?
11-19-2019, 06:54 AM
|
#19
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Oct 2016
Location: The Shire
Posts: 1,504
|
What's the point of being old if it isn't to annoy our kids?
I suspect nice people do most of those things anyway, whether it involves their grown children or anybody else.
However, I wonder about tip #2. My own parents were as tight-lipped as a mafiosi about their health conditions. This was a disservice to everybody.
In addition to genetic predispositions (cancers, cholesterol, kidneys, prostate, BP) which would have been helpful for us kids to know, both DM & DF began suffering physical and mental decline years before any of us knew about it. By the time we found out, a lot of damage was already done and they went from Doing Fine to Nursing Home in a blink.
The reality was that they hadn't been Doing Fine for a long time but, since they lived hundreds of miles away from any family, they were able to conceal just how badly they were managing themselves.
And #5 constitutes an overly broad brush. Every stranger on the highway actually does need to know that "Life is Better with a Beagle".
__________________
Paying it forward is the best investment.
|
|
|
11-19-2019, 07:49 AM
|
#20
|
Thinks s/he gets paid by the post
Join Date: Apr 2012
Posts: 2,929
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Amethyst
Or perhaps her parents are in their 70's and are already "acting old." I won't get in the car with a young person, if their driving habits disturb me.
|
+1
__________________
"Do not spoil what you have by desiring what you have not; remember that what you now have was once among the things you only hoped for." - Epicurus
|
|
|
|
|
Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
» Recent Threads
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
» Quick Links
|
|
|