Benefits to Getting Old

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The age range of woman I find attractive gets bigger each year… which gets me closer and closer to asking Helen Mirren out.

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I do great in twentieth century history on Jeopardy because I was there for most of it.

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I can explain how life was very different before the internet to younger people if I want them to go away.

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No one expects my personal stories to follow a single cohesive plot line, anymore.

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I don’t enjoy anything anymore. So “painless” gets promoted to “enjoyment”; “somewhat painful” gets promoted to “painless” and “agonizing pain” gets promoted to “rough afternoon”…

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If I fall down, everyone gives me a few minutes to lie there like an inverted turtle made of beached whales.

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I no longer have to worry about anyone wanting to see me naked… or at all, for that matter…

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My memories are adjustable, now. Recently, it took my family weeks to persuade me that I am NOT the son of Popeye.

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Most of my caloric intake comes from medication.

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I can still enjoy spicy foods as long as I don’t eat any of them.

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I can get chatty with a cashier and she won’t think I’m trying to pick her up… even if I’m trying to pick her up.

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My autobiography is now a lot larger than it used to be… especially after adding back the section where I am raised by Popeye.

16 thoughts on “Benefits to Getting Old”

      1. There you go. I’m sure there’s a post in that memory. 10 things not to do when your Father’s a sailor

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  1. I likewise do great in 20th century history on Jeopardy!, but don’t know any 21st century artists and celebrities. I suspect this is a hidden benefit because I’ve managed to live a lot longer without further cluttering my brain.

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      1. There were some great bands in the nineties so the nineties must be included in the music we remember. I remember dancing to RHCP’s “Fight Like a Brave” with my two boys, one walking but still in pullups… Dancing like American Indians…

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  2. “The age range of woman I find attractive gets bigger each year…” Oh hell yea. For the life of me, I can’t remember why I was so “picky” years ago,,,”I don’t enjoy anything anymore.” This is also true…but I spend my time searching to that “excitement” and “joy” to return. What will do it? A walk on the beach or a strip club? Nothing?

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  3. No one expects my personal stories to follow a single cohesive plot line, anymore. — This is my favorite. One of my biggest pet peeves was a friend’s dad would start telling a story and the story would build so that you’d think it had a very climatic ending. But, then he’d just stop talking. There was no point. He was just repeating a random fact from his childhood and the story would drop. If you asked him, “And then…what happened?” He’d say, “what do you mean?”

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