Men turn grumpy at age 70?

[NYlakesider]

"Men turn grumpy at age 70?"


Well if that is the case I'm an early bloomer, a very early bloomer. I worked my way up to master class curmudgeon decades ago. I still have 2 more years to hit the 70 mark.

 

[wundudnee]

So many posts, so many correct answers.

I've found as I got that age that I don't suffer fools well.

Sometimes people fool me and make me smile.

 

[labworm]

*****, *****, *****! You'd ***** if they hung you with a new rope.

I don't mind if people open doors for me, even if it's not necessary. Getting anyone to say sir these days is a miracle. You have young girls saying it and you're complaining? AARP is not exactly flooding my mail box, but until recently, the junk they did send had a handy postage-paid envelope in which I was pleased to return said junk, torn into a more or less appropriate number of parts. And although I seldom forget why I went into the kitchen, I can almost always figure out something to do once I find myself there.

You should certainly feel free to be grumpy, particularly if you enjoy it, but there are alternatives.

Apparently you have no sense of humor, which means you are grumpy.

PS What's up with all those asterisks?

 

[LoadedRound]

Apparently I'm about 20 years ahead of schedule.

 

[BearBio]

It is the age you stop saying, "yes dear ". Woman mistake that as you getting grumpy.

Fool!!!!!

Don't EVER let that day come. It's the day you will meet your Maker!

 

[vytoland]

I've been a Curmudgeon for a number of years. those that aint are just plain clueless and can get in line to....KISS MY GRITS...

 

[Babalooie]

Coincidently, I've been thinking about this subject lately.

My wife says I'm grouchy.

Part of it is caused by physical pain. Something is always hurting. That grimace is caused by arthritis and physical handicaps, not because I disagree with what you're saying.

I don't care about impressing people or being nice when it's not deserved.

When I look at my tax bills I get angry. They keep increasing for fewer services.

I can no longer stand people, regardless of age, who lack patience.

I won't tolerate rude, mean people

I'm fed up with stupid people who continually keep asking the same stupid questions.

People who ask for explainations of rules, laws or procedures and want to argue because they don't get the answer they want. They think that by arguing the answer will change.

I get angry with myself when I can't remember the simplest of things.

Everything I touch or grab, ends up falling on the floor

When I can't remember what comes next

When you get old, the second thing to go is your memory, and I can't remember what the first thing is.

 

[Grayfox]

I just turned 60. I've been grumpy for at least the last ten years. So I guess that puts me well out front.
Does that mean I'm winning the grumpiness race?

 

[ImprovedModel56Fan]

PS What's up with all those asterisks?

Hillary . . .

 

[snubbyfan]

 

[walkin jack]

I will hit the big 7 0 exactly 2 months from today. According to all reports my sparkling personality is still in tact. I am the very essence patience, kindness, thoughtfulness and forbearance they all say.

But no one sees me when I'm driving down the freeway with my windows up screaming my lungs out and turning the air blue with cuss words (and I know a bunch of cuss words).

Seriously though it has been reported that as men age they sometimes undergo a chemical change in their brains (yeah yeah tell me all about it) which results in an increased grouchiness). I don't know it it's true or not but I really don't care. You get to see a lot of stuff that's wrong in 70 years and I believe we have a right to complain. I find it to be a mixture of relief and alarm that the older I get the less I care about what others think about me or what I look like. At 70 it's more about how it feels than how it looks, don'tcha know?!

I try to strike a happy medium. I try to be easy going and fun to be around but I complain enough to keep those around me on their toes......so far so good.

 

[Bkreutz]

I might get grumpy if I ever grow up. (don't expect that to happen any time soon)

 

[Old TexMex]

I have a grey beard, I drive with a silbelly on the dash of my pickup, I prefer revolvers, and my khakis didn't come from a designer...
People expect me to be grumpy.


Being a man with a history...I can be grumpy


But when they expect grumpy, and you turn on the charm, them waitresses and gals behind the counter generally melt.

It ain't all bad, considering the alternative.

 

[ladder13]

Why do we even need this dumb thread?

 

[luangtom]

My wife says I am grumpy and becoming a geezer......what do I haffta do to qualify for that?

 

[fdw]

I'm gonna try and not turn grumpy, my father did and it wasn't pretty...

 

[wuluf]

Some of us mature earlier than others...

 

[THE PILGRIM]

At least we hold off until 70.
Lots of women get that way at around 20,

 

[NCTexan]

Who ain't grumpy when they've gotta pee three or four times during the night?

 

[vonn]

I am not there yet but getting closer daily. My take on grouchy is that I can't suffer stupid,lazy,slothful,lying un-patriotic,cry babies,careless,politics,anti-gun,I think you can see where I am going here! Don't worry,be happy!