What “old person” things do you do?

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Sonorous · Accepted Answer

Listen to classical music sometimes, I like waking up early to clean, I'm constantly having to stretch because of aches, and I couldn't give less of a crap about the latest trends. 🤣

Waldoe · Accepted Answer

I'm 71... everything I do... is Old

ShaTTeredMasterpeace · Answer

Lol everything? I've been an old lady trapped in my body since I was born. I used to tell that to the nurses at my infusion center when I first started going. They felt so bad because I was always the youngest patient there and I'd tell them I was was really 60 years old and that's why I had RA already lol

MotorcycleMan · Answer

There are indicators along the way in life that you are getting old. Suddenly you hear yourself saying things like "Close the door! I'm not paying to heat the outside!". That always seemed silly to me as a kid. You can't heat the outside. Now... global warming. Who knew Dad was right?
One day you're 18, and the next you're driving down the freeway and notice your blinker is one. Ah, damn, I'm old. I remember the time I got excited about getting a bunch of socks for Christmas and then going "Oh, crap, I'm old". My sister bought me a subscription to Playboy. I pulled it out of the mailbox and looked at the cover and got excited because there was an interview with Arthur C. Clarke, one of my favorite Sci-Fi authors, then realized "Shit, I'm old". Sometimes I catch myself making noise when I stand or sit. Way old. I also turned invisible to younger women.
One day I got into an elevator and after a bit went "What is that song? I recognize it... took me a minute to realize it was the Muzak version of Metalica's "Enter Sandman". The radical music of my youth is now elevator music. Yep, I'm fucking old. lol

Highcountry · Answer

I am an old Hippie so my old person behavior is different than my Dads generation. I listen to classic rock and play the keyboard. I am still growing as a musician, but I don’t think I will master the keyboards. I still enjoy sex as often as I can get it, and focus more on the woman’s pleasure then I did when I was young. As a older man, it takes me much longer before I can finish, which matches a woman much better. I love to hike and get outdoors. My body is slowing down, but I still feel 25 inside.

Anonymous · Answer

I wear "old man" shoes. I have orthotics; I have foot pain, arthritis, some possible nerve damage, and I also have wide feet, so it's hard to find (comfortable) shoes. About the only ones I can find are New Balance. Usually, shoes have to be specialty ones or are super expensive (like on sale, my last pair was like $175 from about $225)

I love puns, but that's more "dad jokes" than anything. That's not old person stuff specifically, but...

I don't listen to rap very often. I like "crooner" music - Michael Buble, Sinatra, etc. I like other stuff, but a lot of pop music just seems kinda... meh.

Wraith_Cemetery · Answer

I literally dress like it's still the Roaring Twenties and the 1950s. I listen to old school music, read old newspapers, read classic books, feed the birds, complain about Gen Z and think they're absolutely ridiculous, traditionalist, speak in an "old" dignified way, etc.

NathanDavis · Answer

I keep telling kids about the "back in the days" the things and the times from when before they were born... lmao

pickedcrisps · Answer

I'm basically an old person who's like the still surviving member of the marriage. You know. Like a widow. I guess.

I just life my life and enjoy being single. Happy about it. A wife and kids would just drain my selfish spending on me. Hahaha. I love my life because like I said. It's all about me.

But I'm very selfless community wise. Donate and so on.

DizzyDesii · Answer

Im not a fan of technology and prefer old school stuff. I prefer money over credit cards. I like a lot of music from 40s-80s. I like to tell long stories of my childhood. I like to watch soap operas like Days Of Our Lives. I still use a house phone from time to time. I like to read comics in the newspaper. I like to say “I reckon” and “Gah lee”

Brainsbeforebeauty · Answer

I make the old lady grunt when bending down or getting back up🤦
I'm also guilty of the "what's that you said, I can't hear you, can you speak up"..
My boobs head south, and not just for winter😔
On the bright side, I don't have 80 cats or a baby doll collection (not yet anyways lololol)

lilyanony1 · Answer

I say ummm a lot.
I knit.
I spend a lot of time alone.
I read books not ebooks.
I cook, take care of my home.
I prepare sauces and food that I can eat for a number of days.

I don't do much clothes shopping.
And most my stories are from some years ago.

Rachelspiks · Answer

I often forget people's names, and can get really nostalgic for the "good old days" (the 2000's). I also have a flip-phone (which I hardly use), sometimes read a newspaper, and like to complain about how scatter-brained, dissolute and feral young people are these days. Now get off my lawn! :P

NamerOfStars · Answer

Make complete stops at stop signs. NOBODY does this except driving students, old people, and me. You know that thing where the person behind you at a stop sign glares at you and throws their hands up in frustration, despite the fact that you're just following the law? I've had COPS do that to me.

I also once told my great-grandmother "When I was your age..." at a time when she was literally more than ten times as old I was.

FictionalCharacter · Answer

Drive slowly.  I swear, I was pulling out of the parking lot slowly at the grocery store and a VERY old lady cut me off and sped off to the highway. She was driving fast 🤯

IAMNathanael · Answer

Angrily shaking my fist at rascally children while I yell at them to get off my lawn. Just kidding. I like sleeping in the middle of the day.

Guido · Answer

I may not be as spry as I once was but in my mind I am still young. Sometimes my body aches tell me I can't do some things as well as I used to but it doesn't stop me from trying. I finally gave up downhill skiing and playing hockey but I still hike, go camping, bike and do construction work so I'm still pretty active.

meetkitty123 · Answer

I get older Play card games Watch TV Sew Read Shower Eat I mean what defines things as old people things? Does 🤔 sleeping with an older man count as doing old person things? 🤣

Rachel794 · Answer

My entire world view. Conservative here at 27. It’s like I’m a senior woman trapped in a millennial woman’s body.

EvilAngel114 · Answer

Read physical books. (Not kindles) and shake my head at things younger people do hopefully I didn’t do stuff like that 😂

shadowarrior99 · Answer

Sit in a rocking sofa chair and rock. Sometimes walk slow or be mentally slow or weak (PTSD, depression, loneliness). Judge the kids doing moronic things (but these days they'll do challenges for some attention).

TheorionMage · Answer

New appreciation for napping. Learned to LIKE coffee.  Sometimes catch myself losing my balance. Could walk MILES in my youth, now arythic hips tear me up in about 1,000 yards.

LinaDaGoddess · Answer

I never appreciated SILENCE until after having kids… I enjoy catching up on sleep, and I like sitting outside and listening to nature.. that’s some of my “old people” things to do.

Account · Answer

Surprisingly, nothing apart from having a deep liking to antiques and feeling calm when sitting on rocking chairs.

Jaximus-Lion · Answer

Smoking a pipe, gardening, snacka om vädret 🤣 complain about today's kids and i really enjoy doing it

LukelyFlawd · Answer

Oh god this is an embarrassing one.. But okay.. If I'm gonna be honest Sometimes I break my hip bone

FinalFantasyBro · Answer

I am only 23 but I do enjoy the thrill of watching older cartoons sometimes while complaining about some awful changes about the current generation. 🤣

mattclark242 · Answer

call people on the phone over text and say back in my day son it use to be like this. or just wach old movies

purplepoppy · Answer

Drink horlicks, moan about the weather, block supermarket isles,

spartan55 · Answer

I need to ask my 14 year old this. He always something to say about my Dad humor.

readyplayer001 · Answer

get up super early, but for work, keep my lawn nice

TheBigGuy9 · Answer

Weekly clubs, golfing, reading, helping out our grandsons, granddaughters. Being role models. Take trips, go fishing, go on a cruise. We enjoy the quieter things in life.

Razp_Sorbet · Answer

Sewing I suppose? I've been making my own face masks and also made some cat nip toys for my cat

Dnice1 · Answer

Sit on my front porch a watch the world go by with my Husband

Anonymous · Answer

Going to the old person bar with the same bartenders that have been there 20+ years, playing the same music from 20+ years after the softball game on a random Thursday

Chriscunning · Answer

I need to find a CD player to play CD's. That's really old!

Cathy7734 · Answer

I enjoy listening to 1950s and 1960s music, like "Baby Talk" by Jan & Dean.

TsundereMatrix · Answer

I still ask what certain internet slang words mean.

Alyssa11 · Answer

Drink tea every evening and want to be home by 7. I have a very old soul.

WhoRtheseGuys · Answer

I eat prunes because I get constipated. They help me poop.

Agape93 · Answer

I save a lot, I don't bother with stupid shit like tiktok, I enjoy tapioca pudding and I read a lot

FilmGuy93 · Answer

I eat bran muffins in the morning. Bran muffins with raisins.

Ad_Quid_Orator · Answer

From 2010-2015, not having and iphone. But then 2016-2018 70, 80 and 90 year olds had iphones while I still had a flip phone.

Equi2ube · Answer

Finally truly enjoy driving at 5 under just to piss people off. C'mon seniors, can't tell me a lot of y'all don't do it. 😜🤡

pleasestopthis · Answer

I like knitting (some people say it's an old lady hobbie), and I like talking to friends while we sit at the kitchen table having a hot cup of tea

MoodyJazz · Answer

Feeding pigeons :) Fyi I recently turned 19 and have been doing it since last year. Joy of my life.

FunkyMonkee · Answer

Eat, sleep, shit, shave, shower, shampoo, piss, read, write, listen to music, etc..

exitseven · Answer

I carry cash and I still use a land line. I do not pay bills online either.

domenico07 · Answer

I eat a lot of soup. I don't know if that counts as an old person thing though 😂

Jay3344 · Answer

Cook more than eat out…stay in more than go out…refrain from traveling at night…in bed around 10…up early…honest about everything within reason.

Anonymous · Answer

Socially withdrawn, slouch, spend evenings in my quiet room and feel apathetic towards certain people or things.

Eihcir · Answer

As people drive crazy, I drive like a little old lady or a little old man. It helps me go back into myself and relax. That’s life is short and I don’t want to make it any quicker than it is.

es20490446e · Answer

Eating like old people. Because that's how they got to their age.

TacosRAwesome · Answer

Complain about "kids these days". Eat soup.

Alessia1993 · Answer

I list to lot of classic Italian songs. And listen to lot of Frank Sinatra.

Anonymous · Answer

Enjoy my quiet time with coffee or tea, and do crosswords.

Pete671 · Answer

Go to bed at a time earlier than when I used to go out lol,,,

Mr_Peterson · Answer

I call myself Mr Peterson and wear grey flannel trousers.

Iron_Man · Answer

I fall asleep sometimes late at night while still awake

alance99 · Answer

I ain't a party animal, always spend money wisely, always want things to be organised and tidy

007kingifrit · Answer

im baffled by most of my smart phone's features and i just want it to shut up and do basic things

ThatNoUVAtYourEyes · Answer

Girls do much more of this from like age 5. Me? I drive an old car no one would rob me for now.

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