I’d be curious what these stats would show in other countries.
On aspects of everyday life ranging from mental acuity to physical dexterity to sexual activity to financial security, a new Pew Research Center Social & Demographic Trends survey on aging among a nationally representative sample of 2,969 adults finds a sizable gap between the expectations that young and middle-aged adults have about old age and the actual experiences reported by older Americans themselves.
These disparities come into sharpest focus when survey respondents are asked about a series of negative benchmarks often associated with aging, such as illness, memory loss, an inability to drive, an end to sexual activity, a struggle with loneliness and depression, and difficulty paying bills. In every instance, older adults report experiencing them at lower levels (often far lower) than younger adults report expecting to encounter them when they grow old. At the same time, however, older adults report experiencing fewer of the benefits of aging that younger adults expect to enjoy when they grow old, such as spending more time with their family, traveling more for pleasure, having more time for hobbies, doing volunteer work or starting a second career.
stop playing video games
You go to bed well and wake up with an injury.
Under ObamaCare(sic), we won’t have many old geezers and geezerettes around because the Death Panels will send them to Forrest Lawn for an “early retirement.”
But at least the Dems are consistent. They don’t want unwanted babies to live nor do they want unwanted senior citizens to live either.
Hijacked
Old comes in stages. I felt old when I was 36. Why? Because I realized I could legally date women half my age. Now I don’t worry about it, because in another year I can buy them drinks.
“Is no longer sexually active – 33″
33!? omg-what boring & stuffy friggen people voted this??
that’s why we have a nation of f’n whiners..THERE NOT HAVING ENOUGH SEX!
-s
6. Soundwash said: “33!? omg-what boring & stuffy friggen people voted this??”
It was amazingly accurate in my life. Unfortunately. Of course.
When he turned 75, Willie Nelson said it best – “I have finally outlived my dick.”
When the Playmate of the Month was born after you graduated from high school.
When the Playmates of the Month you remember did not show anything except breasts.
#2 qb
Good one! I’m thoroughly sick and tired of going to bed feeling fine and waking up crippled.
#3 The Warden
You’re in the wrong thread, old man! This isn’t the thread about imaginary death panels! This is the thread about getting old.
Old. You know old? Old!!!
Weary Reaper…
Didn’t you know that OLD is the NEW DEAD?
when you need help from the grand kids to read and respond to blog entries, you are old.
#12 The Warden
What part of Reaper don’t you understand, mon ami? I am well aware of the difference between OLD and DEAD.
Are you?
Anyone over 30 is old.
Jerry Rubin from the Youth International Party
If you are 10 years older then me, you are old.
If you are 20 years younger, you are still a kid.
# 9 Eric said,
“When the Playmate of the Month was born after you graduated from high school.”
That’s always been my guide line.
Actually the better you take care of yourself today, you will reap benefits as you age. I can swear by that because I didn’t take care of myself. Some of it’s genetic also, but that’s all the more reason to work harder at good health.
No comparable report to show for life in New Zealand, but I understand that is very much a similar situation here, and probably in Australia too. The “boomers” are relatively wealthy and healthy with too much time on their hands, their younger siblings, their children and grand children are not so fortunate. My own observation is that this has a lot to do with the economic environment that the boomers grew up into and in which they were most active, the 60′s, 70′s. A new home was four times the average annual salary, a good car cost a year’s, health care and education were free and everyone was employed. It does not bode well for the current generation’s long term prospects.
Your only as old as the women you feel!