Do you get grumpier as you age?

[REWahoo]

We'll never see your first post again either!

You mean this one? http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f26/home-again-13883.html

 

[W2R]

Nords, I believe this is your first post:

http://www.early-retirement.org/for...s-experience-whats-next-14218.html#post262359

Here's mine, http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f29/scaling-back-lifestyles-25033-2.html#post465197

And, here's my "Hi, I Am" post: http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f26/1000-days-25129.html#post466390

 

[Nords]

You mean this one? http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f26/home-again-13883.html

Nords, I believe this is your first post:
http://www.early-retirement.org/for...s-experience-whats-next-14218.html#post262359
Here's mine, http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f29/scaling-back-lifestyles-25033-2.html#post465197
And, here's my "Hi, I Am" post: http://www.early-retirement.org/forums/f26/1000-days-25129.html#post466390

Thanks-- I bow to your superior search skills.

I'm not sure whether I made a "Hi, I am..." post or not. I'm pretty sure I started lurking in late 2002. I may have posted an intro and then deleted it later (Cut-Throat inspired a short period of infectious paranoia) but there sure have been a lot of discussion boards over the last decade.

 

[FIYes]

I recall that my Dad got less grumpy with age. I think that retiring from a stressful job was a big factor. I think I am less grumpy, but then you probably need to check with DH for an accurate assessment.

 

[imoldernu]

Finally... a medical excuse!Why do some men get grouchier as they age? - Health - Men's health | NBC News

 

[obgyn65]

Absolutely. This is a normal human psychological pattern.

I've noticed that as people age they are pretty much like they always were only more so. So if you were a little grumpy when you were younger, you might be getting pretty darn grumpy by now. I know a few of my relatives fit this theory.

 

[Bestwifeever]

Sometimes I wake up Grumpy. Sometimes I let him sleep.

 

[Nords]

Finally... a medical excuse!Why do some men get grouchier as they age? - Health - Men's health | NBC News

I think part of it is reading (and hearing) the same questions over and over again, with perhaps the additional provocation of no apparent learning effect from the person asking the question...

Sometimes I wake up Grumpy. Sometimes I let him sleep.

That punchline has "Phyllis Diller" written all over it!

 

[W2R]

I get so grumpy at restaurants when we get a complete meal and it gets cold while our requests for silverware go unanswered! But in the big picture, what does it matter?

As T.S. Eliot so nicely phrased it, “I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.”