Wow this is a YUGE thing for me. Just turned 68 and one of my fav sayings now is "Getting old SUCKS". Shit just don't work right or even good anymore. I am talking about my body. Mentally is a whole other story. I used to make fun of my Grandpa when he couldn't remember my name. Now I know why he COULDN'T remember it. Man, names of anything, I sit there and go uhhhh. You know, the ole "?" light bulb goes off above my head. Wife say's I get this far away look in my eyes. She claims it makes me look adorable, which automatically gets her the ole evil eye look. Must be a
Kissassist conditional lol. I should remember it, I used to remember it, but for the life of me, I CAN'T remember it. If it wasn't for my wife, I wouldn't remember it. Pisses me off to no end.
Attitude wise hehe, sheesh I have more attitude than I ever had. Wife says she is embarrassed to take me anyplace public anymore. She claims I get "attitude" with anyone who I "think" I don't like. Well I know I don't like them and therefore they deserve attitude deductive reasoning right? I am 68 and I can say whatever the hell I want because, well, because that's why. Oh and I earned that right by living this damn long and putting up with all your shit for all those years. God you should see her face when I say stuff like that hehe. Payback is a bitch, ain't it? LMFAO. Ahh wives, can't shoot em and you can't live with em. What's a man to do?
BUT, I have to say I am having a grand old time. Retired, so I don't have to listen to all that squabbling all the time, and I certainly don't miss all the office politics either. I still have the same old friends I have had most of my life, so that is good. Have I slowed down? You bet. Can't do all the physical things I used to love to do (sports and riding dirt bikes), so I just watch them on TV nowadays. Play games on the PC way too much, oh well, just makes me fat and my tail bone hurt is all lol. Bah there is just a ton of stuff that I no longer give a shit about, stuff I used to care about a great deal. Everyone says that just comes with age. I have to agree. Wife says I have "calmed down" emotionally, I have no idea how she can say that just after telling me that I have too much attitude. Frickin women can never make up their minds. I just tell her "hypocrite much"? And she gives me "the look". And I just laugh. Now listen, I don't hate my wife at all. We have been married for 25 years and we know each other inside and out. I have to admit, I piss her off way more than she does me. And I relish every minute of it. Want to know what pisses her off the most? When I make decisions for myself and not tell her about them. Oh man. And then when I tell her that I have given her every penny that I have made over the last 25 years, she sulks but lets me have my way (fist pump). I feel 20 years younger at that point. God I love winning hehe.
Just words of wisdom from an old man, to you younger guys. Live your lives how you want. Want to be a bank robber? Go ahead, but life has a way of reaching up and slapping you right across the face. Karma IS a bitch. So when you do something bad or be mean to someone (especially someone of lesser status than you), then don't be surprised (or whine) when the Universe comes along and smacks you down. I learned the hard way that (here comes the old guy saying) "you get way more honey by being nice". I still live by that little mantra, until someone comes along and pisses me off, nowadays I just let it fly a lot quicker than I ever have.
So did you believe all that BS? Well I am old after all lol. I wish nothing but the best of luck to all you "old" guys out there, and even to all you young whipper snappers out there too. Go make something of yourself, make lots of money, buy lots of toys ( I always say that Tony Romo was one of the luckiest guys in the world. Why? Because he got to be the Dallas Cowboys quarterback AND he got to screw Jessica Simpson, sheesh). Have fun most of all, cause just remember "times they are a changing" and you never know when they do until AFTER it happens. I happened to live during a mostly peaceful and prosperous time, I hope the same for you.
Thanks for reading
Vrak
. You're at a great age.
