What are you liking less and less as you get older?

[True Dough]

For me, it's cold weather. And BS, I have no tolerance for people peeing on my shoe and telling me it's raining. Get outta here!

*Not that anyone ever liked BS (other than the MAGA crowd).

[Hugh_Lebowski]

1. People!

OTOH I like animals and plants even more

[Funtatlaguy]

2. Republican people.

[RKP5637]

4. K&R!!!! And all Maggots now. n/t

[Chainfire]

11. We may be cut from the same fabric!

Other than my immediate family, I don't like anyone! All of my former friends and part of my family have turned to Trumpers.

[mitch96]

28. +1 I'm turning into a misanthrope. No bullshit allowed, I don't fight I just walk away in disgust.

[Emile]

3. Whiny lying asshole republicans!

[TreasonousBastard]

5. Just getting older.

[gab13by13]

6. Driving at night.

[quaint]

7. Chocolate

[True Dough]

10. Whoa! Let's explore...

Were you once a lover of chocolate but your tastes are changing? Does it have unpleasant side effects now? Is it dark chocolate? Milk chocolate? White chocolate? All chocolate?

I'm very sorry to hear this, quaint. Chocolate is one of life's guilty pleasures, IMO.

[quaint]

13. Upsetting to lose one's go-to mood fix.

I blame loss of certain hormones.
Moved on...

Still like dark chocolate, don't love any longer.
What's mike?

[True Dough]

17. I'm not one to question hormones (my wife taught me that lesson)

Mike, BTW, is Milk, as in milk chocolate. It was a typo. Now fixed!

[True Blue American]

12. Chocolate?

The older I get the more I love it!

I hate cold weather, am getting ready to make a big pot of chicken and dumplings! That always warms me. Up, or a cup of hot chocolate!

Hugs help, too!

[quaint]

15. I've been lacto-ova-vegetarian for 55 years.

My current crave is mamoul. More cookies, please.

[True Blue American]

35. Well, we have those too. Sorry about

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The rest. I am baking a pineaplapplecake now. Recipe I found on the net! Could you handle that? It simply uses crushed pineapple instead of the other ingredients. No oil,, even to grease the pan.

SC really at work today!

[quaint]

42. Love pineapple in all forms.

Especially cake. Please share the recipe. Thanks!

[True Blue American]

46. See if I can post this.

[quaint]

48. Thanks so much.

[True Blue American]

51. I just made one

But used French Vanilla cake mix I already had! I am always experimenting with cakes, but this one did not even use a mixer. Cream cheese, butter and powdered sugar did. She used some of the pineapple in her icing. Paula and I did not.

[quaint]

53. Sounds great.

I'm always trying to gain weight. I know, poor me, I need to eat cake!

[True Blue American]

66. My Son,DIL and Grandson brought Ky, fried chicken tenders,

They gobbled them right up, my suggestion, we each had a piece, I kept a couple, sent the rest home with them. You will love it. So moist, takes longer to bake. I did add a couple of eggs, just stirred it up.

Can you tolerate any kind of milk! Or Coffee?

[quaint]

73. I'm just a dairy-eating vegetarian.

Without meat, I still eat a balanced and yummy diet. Being active, I tend to spend more calories than I take in.
I'm healthy.

[True Blue American]

74. Great!

Are you an exercise nut! I am, at the pool at 6AM for my pool class.. keeps me going. Some neuapathy. My Doctor said I was doing exactly what I should so you do the same. That cake may put a couple of Lbs. On!

[DUgosh]

8. Delusional folk

Living in alternate reality - no time for those folks, and no apologies or explanations.
Climate change is hard. Extreme cold, no rain and extra hot weather is all difficult to deal.
Youngish women with daughters who don’t vote, and aren’t concerned for bodily autonomy, or the future of their daughters health decisions and access to birth control.

[FalloutShelter]

22. Agreed!

[Polly Hennessey]

9. Hot weather, other people, and stupid, hateful Republicans.

[Chainfire]

14. Hot weather gets me down too. My cooling system doesn't work like it used to.

[Diamond_Dog]

20. I'm with you there.

I don’t like being cold, but for me being too hot is just miserable.

[FalloutShelter]

23. There are only so many clothes one can remove.

Ask me how I know.

[Chainfire]

24. I live in Florida, if you remove too many clothes the mosquitos will haul you away.

We have mosquitos that are so big, that yesterday, I saw one standing, flat footed, propositioning my turkey.

[FalloutShelter]

27. LOL

This IS a hazard.

[Chainfire]

34. The last time I wore shorts, I had to go get an infusion of two units of whole blood.

[True Blue American]

36. :)

Were you OK though?

[Chainfire]

59. Yea, and if it was not mosquitos, it is the bathing beauties that won't leave a fellow alone.

It is a rough state.

[True Blue American]

68. I feel for you!

Ahem.

[Chainfire]

70. It is the same thing that they do!

Sometimes it is just a curse to be a handsome man in Florida...

(If my wife sees this, my goose is cooked)

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

69. Yes, Mr Trump, sir, all those bathing beauties, it's worse than ...

... getting drafted and getting sent to Vietnam.

A rough state, indeed.

[Meadowoak]

16. Trumpsters

[Xoan]

18. Republicans

Not that I ever liked them.

[Diamond_Dog]

19. Just about anything on TV besides my favorite sports teams

Waiting, as in a doctor’s office.

Driving at night.

Republicans.

Making or taking phone calls.

[True Blue American]

37. Texting is fine, though!

[Aristus]

21. For me, it's hot weather.

Notwithstanding the fact that the weather is getting hotter and hotter as I get older.

I grew up in warm climates before moving to the Pacific Northwest. I grew accustomed to cold rainy weather, which suits my solitary, reclusive nature.

I dread the approach of summer now. Bright sunny days make me feel guilty for staying inside.

[Prairie_Seagull]

49. Moved east from W. Seattle,

and by far not the only but just the most recent is wildfire smoke. Not age related really but it is newish.

[Sucha NastyWoman]

25. Organized religion and toxic masculinity

[RainCaster]

26. Putting down the coffee and going to work

I'm looking forward to retirement.

[AKwannabe]

29. People's stupidity

Gonna be real cranky as I age and I got no tolerance for stupidity! Stupid fucking tRump voters at the TIP TOP of my list. Stupid fucking tRump insurrectionists nosing right up the other group’s stupid asses. Stupid fucking SC acting like their aren’t two other branches of govt and literally killing from the bench.

I could go on…but I think it would take too long!

[True Blue American]

38. You did just fine.

I now realize I am old enough to say how I really feel.

[agingdem]

55. one of the many plusses of getting old is

the little filter in your head that flashes "DON'T SAY THAT!!!" disappears, and decades of words and thoughts come spilling out and it's exhilarating.. in my younger days, my mommy days, my wife of an attorney days, I kept my mouth shut for the sake of my family, but now as a widow with adult children/grandchildren living their lives hundreds of miles away, I find living alone liberating not lonely...no compromising, no holding back for fear of offending..getting old is not bad

I will say this..I hate standing in line, I hate stupid people giving me unsolicited advise, I despise Trump and the Republican Party as a whole (sorry Liz Cheney, but your moment of conscience does not move you into my saint column..you and I do not detest Trump for the same reasons)..and as much as I love my family, I do not trust them to respect my wishes...if I need help, I'll ask..

[True Blue American]

72. Good for you!

We spend our lives doing what is expected of us. All good, but now is our time. We do not owe anyone anything. It is our time. I love my kids, they are good to me but they have their own life. We are still capable, have our friends and lives.

[Aristus]

52. Me too. I f*****g hate stupid people.

Especially the ones who are proud of being stupid. Right-wingers love to complain that there's no shame anymore. If they think shame is such a good thing, they can bring it back by being ashamed of their stupidity and ignorance.

[Sneederbunk]

30. Commercials.

[a kennedy]

33. Yes, yes, yes,. So annoying, we watch some of the old shows, Mary Tyler Moore, Bob Newhart, etc......

and we can’t believe how FEW commercials there were during those shows!!!!! And the musical intros to each of the shows lasted dang near 5 minutes……now there is hardly any musical intro's, just ALL commercials. And how many 10 second commercials can they fit in 5 minutes anyway?? 🤬 🤬 🤬

[multigraincracker]

31. Long term goals...

mean next week.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

32. Hearing less

Sometimes I have to turn up the tv to hear dialog. Hate the loud background music drowning out dialog. Hate when characters whisper.

[True Blue American]

40. Closed Captaining works!

Expecially on British shows.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

62. I use closed captioning alot.

Some things dont have it and its usually the kinds of movies I like sadly.

Campy,horror,horror comedy and cult classics,sci fi,regular horror but not slasher type movies and occult horror. Psychological thrillers, dystopian..
The weirder the better.

[True Blue American]

67. I thought all the old movies

Had added them. Guess I am wrong.

[IcyPeas]

71. did you see this post in the Classic Film group:

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10307895

[Midnight Writer]

60. Flat screen TVs usually have sucky speakers. I got a $50 soundbar that really helps.

Manufacturers sacrifice speaker quality so they can keep the TVs super-flat and to keep costs down.

[Buckeye_Democrat]

39. Business people pretty much ruling the world.

It's not just Trump who is a moron with too much influence.

[al_liberal]

41. Other people n/r

[MOMFUDSKI]

43. Getting old and starting to fall apart at the seams.

The whole country was catering to us boomers our entire lives. The gal at the makeup counter few years back told me they were now only offering makeup for the younger gals. That is when I knew it was over for my group. People that wear their religion on their sleeves. 25 years of diabetes which translates to being hungry/on-a-diet all that time. There is more bit this will suffice for now. Just happy to amongst fellow travelers.

[True Blue American]

47. If it will make you feel better

As one who was in the cosmetics line the older you get the less make up you should use.

I once let one of the experts in Estée Lauder do a make over. When a dear friend, a young handsome man started laughing I quickly went back to my minumel make up and never went back.

[Boomerproud]

44. All of the above. I hate cold weather. Putting on a coat every

time I go outside. Hate it. Also, the music and general culture of today.

[malthaussen]

45. Professional (and "amateur") sports.

Mostly, it's the fault of the media, for both the incessant commercials and the idiocy of most of the sportscasters. But I am finding the rules changes made in the sports (especially instant replay officiating) are making the games far less enjoyable. True, in the case of football especially, there are rules changes necessary for the health of the players, so one can hardly fault them, but it does make the game different from when I was younger.

Commercialization has ruined a lot of things. When the NCAA started selling sponsor's rights to bowl game names, and when stadiums started being named after corporations, I began to be disenchanted with them. Okay, it's their thing, and they can do what they want to do, but I don't have to participate.

Although I was never a big fan of the Olympics, once they abandoned all pretense of "amateurism" and began permitting professionals full participation in the games, it completely invalidated them, as far as I'm concerned. Which is an overreaction, because not all Olympic athletes are professionals, but the most-publicized events are all the province of paid athletes.

Hell, at this point in history, even chess players are paid professionals. 'tis the way of the world, but that doesn't mean I have to like it.

-- Mal

[keithbvadu2]

50. Damn! Now you made me realize it's not 'other people' peeing on my shoe.

Damn! Now you made me realize it's not 'other people' peeing on my shoe.

[True Dough]

56. Are you "leaking" something to us here, keith?

Maybe it "Depends" on how we interpret your post?

[keithbvadu2]

64. Welllllllllllllllll,,,

[highplainsdem]

54. Older people who focus too much on getting older and accept limitations they

shouldn't have to accept as normal.

I'm a boomer, so I remember when our generation wasn't supposed to trust anyone over 30, and 40 was old, and we saw nothing wrong with singing about hoping to die before you get old.

I'm thankful that a lot of the musicians I admired then - the ones smart enough not to kill themselves, intentionally or not, at a young age - have realized that getting older doesn't have to mean decrepit-old.

Useless-old.

Out-of-touch-old.

I'm thankful for organizations like AARP and their reminders that being older doesn't necessarily mean being less active or less creative or less involved.

I realize that some health problems that are hard to cope with are inevitable (especially if due to injuries), but a lot are preventable or reversible.

And I like to see older people focus on what they can still do, and how healthy and active they can still be.

I saw entirely too much of nursing homes during the last years of my mom's life. It left me feeling more than ever that everyone should do everything possible to avoid ending up in one. And it was particularly sad to see that a number of those people had resigned themselves to ending up in a nursing home, even when they shouldn't have, years before they ended up there. In many ways, they'd just given up.

I prefer focusing on health and creativity and staying involved and staying in touch with people, as long as possible. And focusing less on being older.

[Jade Fox]

58. +1

[Elessar Zappa]

57. Republicans.

I was always suspicious of them but now I can’t stand the sight of them.

[Midnight Writer]

61. Hot weather, rude people, and crazy drivers.

[Efilroft Sul]

63. Music, especially most "music" since the turn of the century.

Which is kind of sad in my case. When I was younger, I was the go-to guy in my area for keyboards, plus I played a few sessions as a teenage trombonist with two gents who used to be in the Tonight Show Band under Doc Severinsen's direction.

[Boomerproud]

65. Couldn't agree with you more.

All the ageist name calling isn't going to change my mind.

[Dysfunctional]

75. I'm good.