Why do people want to be old?

[djy78usa]

I'm not in any hurry to get old, but I've already started making plans for my old age. I'm going to have an old-fashioned southern house with a big, wrap-around porch and a rocking chair. I'm going to sit out on the porch all day with a double barrel shotgun, a bottle of rot-gut whisky, and my pet cow (who will be cleverly named, Cow). When I'm not busy yelling at kids to get off my lawn, I will spend my time verbally abusing Cow and complaining about the weather and whichever political party is ruing the country... its going to be fantastic!

[sprinks]

I'm not sure if I want to get old... I certainly aren't really looking forward to the physical aspects of it.... But apart from that... I'm not really worried. I just want to last, yeah.

A few years ago a few of us had the same idea as you though, with the purposely ending life when we chose, before we got old. I don't have that same view now though... I could never do that.

[LadyWentworth]

I don't want to get old, but I know that if I am lucky, I will get old. If I am luckier, I will be in good health when that time comes. Besides, even though I am not fond of the fact of getting older, I will gladly take old age over the alternative.

[Lily Adams]

I can't believe I didn't post here earlier.

I want to be understood. That's why I want to be old.

But I don't necessarily want to lose my young body.

But if I was old I would have been young once anyway!

[wilbur lim]

Greetings.
Being old is none of my business.
But some unique scope may be my business.
For wherein being old,
Relaxing is inevitably the main daises,
Which means conceiving it as daises.

Daises give you the present of
Relax,spellbound and ecstatic,
By the smell of daises.

I,hither,conceive that
Old is such a time
Where we wait for our demise.
Wherein we perish into ashes.

[Big Al]

I want to live long enough to become immortal, and then die.

[wilbur lim]

Time passes rapidly and obviously,if I were to be old,wrinkled,inflamed...
Then life would be meaningless when you art old.

I want to live long enough to become immortal, and then die.

I want to be an immortal after I died.As eminent as Jesus.I will be the next Jesus,behold.

[InspireMe]

well hey, i wish i could be 19 forever. or at least until i'm ready to turn 20. which could be years from now! unfortunately.. it's only months away. time flies....

[ClaesGefvenberg]

I would prefer both quantity and quality, since I see no reason to believe that they are mutually exclusive. Honestly, why count years? There is a lot more to life than just ticking off years like something you want to be rid of on your way to some distant objective. Life should be lived, and experiences is what really counts.

When I reach 70, there will definitely be no gun to my head (at least not one held by me), and even if my health has deserted me by then I will still not go quietly. Quite the opposite, as a matter of fact: It is my intention to do a lot of kicking and screaming on the way out.

Just to put things in perspective I'll mention that a fiend of mine lost his 21 yo son to a brain tumour last week. That lad would have wanted much more time to live...

/Claes

[1n50mn14]

When I turn 50 (provided I've made it that long) I will congratulate myself on a long, fufilled life (I'm busy, 50 years at the pace I've been going at constitutes about 150 years of a normal life), let go of any vanity or inhibitions, and eat cake and smoke cigarettes all day long.

[LadyW]

Hmmm...

I'll be the one who's forever baking and distributing sweets to all the kids living close by, effectively contributing to childhood obesity.

The rest of my time will be spent: watching daytime television, complaining about the British weather, complaining about how high the girls hems are, complaining about current politics, and throwing cats at people I dislike.

Oh, and because I'll be filthy rich (there's not gonna be anything legit about my earnings at that age ) I'm going to inform all of my family they will get a share of my money when I'm gone. They'll get a shock when they find it's all going to Green Peace.

Then when I finally croak... I'll get stuffed, and request to be placed in the living room of a relatives house - preferabley in an upright position with an evil smile spread across my face. A reaction from the sensors will be triggered when anyone walks by, setting off the recording "Old grandma she ain't what she used to be, ain't what she used to be, aint what she used to be."

[Annamariah]

I have no intention to die young if I can avoid it. I hope I can live long and be in good health, though I must admit I am a bit afraid of getting Alzhaimer (it runs in the family). I just hope they'll find a cure to it before I get old.

I'm going to end up that bitter old spinster who terrorises the lives of her relatives and refuses to die simply because everyone wants to get rid of her

No, really I want to become the grandmother who sits in the rocking chair all day long knitting sweaters, woollen socks, hats and mittens for her grandchildren

[ClaesGefvenberg]

When I turn 50 (provided I've made it that long) I will congratulate myself on a long, fufilled life (I'm busy, 50 years at the pace I've been going at constitutes about 150 years of a normal life),

Well, I'm 16 months away from 50... It seems to me that the clock has been on steroids for as long as I can remember: Time flies. Believe me, you will be there too in the blink of an eye, and I still have lots to do and achieve.

The rest of my time will be spent: watching daytime television, complaining about the British weather, complaining about how high the girls hems are, complaining about current politics, and throwing cats at people I dislike.

What? Cats? That's a new one.

I have no intention to die young if I can avoid it.

Given my current age, I suppose that would be impossible, but on the other hand I have no intention of dying old either... Just a lot older than i am now.

/Claes

[LadyW]

[QUOTE=ClaesGefvenberg;611698]What? Cats? That's a new one./QUOTE]

Introducing myself in 60 years time:



Or perhaps this transformation is not so far off haha.

[formality hater]

Why not try to experience every phase of life!
One should be content with what life offers.Every next second is a mystery and that makes life so exciting.