Men turn grumpy at age 70?

[vito]

Do you agree that men turn grumpy at age 70? The Grumpy Point: When A Man Turns 70 : The Protojournalist : NPR

I'm 70 and I don't really give a darn if you agree or not, so I'm not sure why I am even posting this link.

 

[BearBio]

I'm 64 and ahead of my time!

 

[fdw]

My dad waited till about 80...

 

[wbraswell]

You don't just turn grumpy. It's not like going through an intersection. It takes time, you develop grumpiness. It's like broccoli, you develop a taste for it, but some just come by it naturally.

 

[Maze 686]

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

 

[Iggy]

I turned 70 in December. I'm still the handsome, charming, swave and deboyner rascal I've always been and if you don't believe it, you can go straight.......

Well maybe I'm a little bit grumpier

 

[Ranger514]

I think it has a lot to do with passing through stages that begin with the optimism of youth, pass through the realism of adulthood, and culminate in pessimism, with the onset of the not so "golden years." I find myself approaching the latter. The state of our nation definitely brings out the grouchy grump in me.

 

[reddogge]

I'm 70 now and am much better than when I was working for a living. My job was stressfull and my wife called me "Your Irate Uncooperativeness."

 

[pace40]

The older I get, the more I realize that I don't give a rodents derriere about much anymore.
Some folks view that as grumpy.

 

[Dub]

Started to get grumpy when them cotton pickin idiots started tromping on my 2nd Amendment rights. The older I get, the less tolerant I become.

 

[moosedog]

My wife says that I was born grumpy.

 

[redlevel]

I'm only 65, but I can already curmudge with the best of them.

 

[Krell1]

My wife says that I was born grumpy.

I think wives can tell you. Mine thinks I've been grumpy for quite some time. I control it though. Basically I'm not grumpy at least 8 hours a day, when I'm sleeping. The rest of the day is up for grabs.

 

[Biginge]

I was a stunt man for Walter Matheau in "Grumpier Old Men". Didn't even need a script. It really is kinda an "earned" thing like Braswell said. It just doesn't happen when you wake up one day. You almost have to work at achieving it. And by the way, this afternoons meeting on proscratanation has been postponed indefinitely. Proscratanation and grumpy seem to be partners in the "golden years".

 

[H Richard]

I'm not really grumpy, I just don't have the patience I used to have and if you can't get the darn thing done right now the the heck out of the way.

 

[wbraswell]

On the serious side. Don't worry, be happy. Happy people usually live longer than grumpy ones, and enjoy it more too. It's easier to be nice, than to be mean. Even to Ruger collectors.

 

[Cdog]

I'm not grumpy, I'm simply surrounded by irritating, irrational, impatient people.

 

[wittmeba]

I'm still practicing to be 70. Been practicing for many years. It won't be long now.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I'm at the stage in life where "I'd better not say that" has turned into "Let's see what happens"

 

[jlrhiner]

Anybody besides me growl?

 

[feralmerril]

Just this morning when I was getting out of bed my wife said something from the kitchen. I am getting a little hard of hearing and she dont talk loud and much of the time I cant distinguish what she is trying to say. On top of that I have a very deep scratchy voice and when I say something she thinks I am being sassy or grouchy. It almost started a fight this morning. I will be 73 in a week. I do find myself with the same mannerisms my dad had. He wouldnt answer my mother all the time as she always was talking. She complained a lot about it. Seems I have the same situation now.

 

[Nevada Ed]

Does it mean anything when the dogs move to the side when you come into the room?

All the phone calls are now, all for the wife......?

I would be a lot worse if I did not have a mute button on the tv remote !!
Thank the Lord for small favors..............

 

[pownal55]

Still in my 60's but I can see the difference. Cynical would be a better word to describe me. People accuse me of "telling like it is" and that seems to be a bad thing to many, they expect you to tell them what they want to hear. I am just as critical and realistic about myself. Nobody gets a break.

 

[zzzippper]

Around here it happens at age 56.

 

[Adk.IBO]

Around here it happens at age 56.

Ditto (10 characters? There.)

 

[brucev]

Grumpy at 70? Some are. Personally, I'll just let someone else tote that rock. I figured out a long long time ago that life was more fun hanging around with folks who didn't have to tuck their bottom lip into their back pocket to keep it from dragging on the ground. Children like to hang around with pleasant people. My wife likes pleasant people. So, I'll just focus on doing the kind and gentle routine. It has a much brighter potential than anything that can be found living as a perpetual grump? .

 

[Stan O]

I started Grumpy at 50. Well into my 60's and getting Grumpier by the minute.

 

[Mule Packer]

No, no, no. You've got it all wrong. It's not that we're grumpy. It's just that as we've matured, we've developed the wisdom in getting our priorities straight.

You see, there are some things that are important in our lives, and we have the wisdom to recognize that. The other stuff can go pound sand!

 

[rimfired]

Sometimes I wake up grumpy,

other times I let her sleep in............

 

[sqhead]

I was born a happy little feller........been going down grumpy hill ever since I started hanging around people,watching the news,gas prices,ammo shortages,politicians,taxes,my job,women...........I need a dog!