Orchidflower
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I thought I was the only one who noticed that a few of my old high school friends who are now 62-64 occasionally have little outbursts of crankiness/nastiness/crabbiness/whatever, but I was talking to two compadres in the pool today that are 74 y.o. (lineman Supv. with the electric company, retired) and 68 (Ph.D. Chemist). They BOTH confirmed that they, too, noticed some friends/relatives hit a certain age and get more on the cranky side; however, neither of them are that way at all.
Sometimes they actually didn't notice how bad the friend/relative was getting until 10 years later, and then, looking back, can see the change. But they noticed it at some point.
I'm noticing it already in some old friends...I mean, they are snappish at times like...well....OLD PEOPLE!!!!!!
What the heck is happening here, folks? Now I am going to have to watch for that in myself it has made me so paranoid.
People that are usually amiable--if you are talking about a subject they are particularly interested in--they are fine...then you start talking about something they either have no knowledge about or interest in and...Whomp! they either get nasty, act insulted or tune you out = cranky!
Does it have to do with how active we have kept our brains over the years? Does it have to do with our physical health?
The shocking thing to me is that two of the people I can think of off the top of my head that show these signs appear (on the surface) to be pretty happy in general. Of course, I have no idea what is going on behind closed doors. They could be so mean as all getout at home.
If this is what growing old is going to do to me...heck, you can have it then!
Has anyone else experienced the same with friends/relatives when they hit their 60's?
Sometimes they actually didn't notice how bad the friend/relative was getting until 10 years later, and then, looking back, can see the change. But they noticed it at some point.
I'm noticing it already in some old friends...I mean, they are snappish at times like...well....OLD PEOPLE!!!!!!
What the heck is happening here, folks? Now I am going to have to watch for that in myself it has made me so paranoid.
People that are usually amiable--if you are talking about a subject they are particularly interested in--they are fine...then you start talking about something they either have no knowledge about or interest in and...Whomp! they either get nasty, act insulted or tune you out = cranky!
Does it have to do with how active we have kept our brains over the years? Does it have to do with our physical health?
The shocking thing to me is that two of the people I can think of off the top of my head that show these signs appear (on the surface) to be pretty happy in general. Of course, I have no idea what is going on behind closed doors. They could be so mean as all getout at home.
If this is what growing old is going to do to me...heck, you can have it then!
Has anyone else experienced the same with friends/relatives when they hit their 60's?