What Really Scares You?

[goldenboy]

Getting old. Yes, everyone gets old, so it isn't exactly that. But getting set in my ways, only going to the same restaurants and ordering the same things and being against every single thing changing- I really hope that doesn't happen.

[The SnowShow]

Getting old. Yes, everyone gets old, so it isn't exactly that. But getting set in my ways, only going to the same restaurants and ordering the same things and being against every single thing changing- I really hope that doesn't happen.

Agree. I’m already struggling at 50 with not being able to do things as well or recover like I did after a big ski day or hike when I was 30. Or 40. Ugh.

[evdog]

Getting old. Yes, everyone gets old, so it isn't exactly that.

I was going to say I don't have a lot of fears. But this is one. For me it's that I might not be healthy. My Dad was diagnosed with Alzheimers and has been having issues. My mom is not dealing with it well and is developing her own cognitive issues. Between the two of them they can barely deal with anything anymore, but at the same time they refuse to accept help with anything. It seems like a pretty miserable existence.

[dan_pdx]

At 50, my wife has already informed me that I'm getting cantankerous. Probably don't want to continue down that road.

[skaredshtles]

At 50, my wife has already informed me that I'm getting cantankerous. Probably don't want to continue down that road.

That's natural and there's nothing you can do about it.

[riser4]

That's natural and there's nothing anyone can do about it.

Fify

[old goat]

I've been eating at the same Truckee restaurants for 35 years. There aren't that many, most of them are too precious and pricey, or mediocre, and I won't drive more than 15 minutes or wait more than 5. If I want variety I eat in--I've filled up a 3 in looseleaf with recipes since the start of the pandemic, with an overflow for breads. And the view my my dining room table beats any place in town, although sitting in the front of Bar of America watching people trying to manage the 4 way intersection/3 way stop is a close second. Shame that they're planning a light there.

[skaredshtles]

Fify

Fair call.

[Mudfoot]

At 50, my wife has already informed me that I'm getting cantankerous. Probably don't want to continue down that road.

Grumpy old men is a real thing. The older you get the less you are willing to tolerate b.s., which coincides with the realization that almost everything is b.s., hence you get cantankerous.

[old goat]

Unfortunately you also can't tolerate people having fun, minor annoyances, change, and boys who need to pull their pants up.

[Cono Este]

I feel like I’m finally at an age, and weathered enough, that I’d sleep like a baby in prison.

[stealurface831]

I feel like I’m finally at an age, and weathered enough, that I’d sleep like a baby in prison.

Is that a veiled threat?


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[old goat]

I feel like I’m finally at an age, and weathered enough, that I’d sleep like a baby in prison.

You mean wake up screaming every two hours? (And yes, that's a stale old joke, which is the only kind old men tell, to the same people they've told it to 20 times.)

[Cono Este]

Is that a veiled threat?


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No man, as a kid, I always was afraid of jail, my mother scared the shit out of me. but you hit 50, and now I fell like the boys would let me do their taxes, tell some jokes.

People just leave you alone.

[RTsucks]

The fuck you say!? Being left alone is an art, not a given. Especially when you're boxed in. But hey, you're trying to be helpful. Tell jokes. Do taxes. It begs the question. What more can you do? There's a 1% in jail too. You're scared of the wrong things, which is scary.

I'm scared of marrying a woman who loves cats.