Why are old people usually boring?

Perhaps the older men and women of your acquaintance are boring, but if you were to live the life I'm still living, at 71, you most likely would be overwhelmed. I am touring North America and Europe in a play, a hugely successful one-character play, and gosh I get so bloody tired of standing ovations! Yes, I'm old...an old professional actor...yes, as a person with disabilities I no longer run up hills, or down hills for that matter, but, dear heart, I can still make an audience weep, or laugh and weep again; I can speak the speech with such depth and resonance that, by my design, the audience leaves the theatre merry and happy, or angry and disturbed, or celebrating the two hours spent with me. Boring you say?

Who you've been hanging out with? In my experiences dealing with the elderly, I find them quite the opposite. Many of them will admit they don't know how to use a computer or find modern entertainment not their cup of tea, but they know their own experiences that have taught them alot. I'm 23 and I feel like I have stories and some wisdom to bestow, so I can only imagine and know about the many stories and wisdoms of the elderly. In ancient times, people respected their elderly (though their elders didn't live past the age of 40 most of the time, lol) but in the 20'th century AD we disregard them. The only people who seem to get any respect in our society are the 25-40 year olds. Everyone else is either too young or too old.

What age group do you consider "old?" And, why do you have such a narrow mind? I base this on your "so called authority" of seeming to know what "old people" are about. Tell me...do you feel the same about your own Grandparents if you had any? Dear...you too will be "old" one day. And, I can only hope that as you grow older your attitude will improve with age and you may have something to contribute to the "younger" generation that will be looking to you for wisdom reflected on your past experiences of living life.

I know you aren't going to like my comments before I can even make my old demented boring brain rememeber what I want to say. Here goes anyway.

I would like to know what makes you qualifed at your age to know what we are interested in? Have you felt the pain of arthritis that is brought with old age that makes us a bit slow.?

Have you been through a war, where the woman struggled to find the rations to feed their kids, never knowing if those kids would ever see daddy come home. Good clean fun? do you think we never had sex? are we to old to enjoy it now then? I'm quite sorry I shan't be here to see you grow old but I hope you rememeber why you thought we were boring when you started this conversation and realize that it is possible to still be an asset to the world in your later years.

You may say your parents think you are a hoot but if you were my daughter I would be ashamed to admit it with your attitude, Thank God there are plenty more youngsters about that do have respect! I don't believe you will listen to me but at least I tried. have a happy and healthy life.

If it weren't for the "old and boring" people as you put it, we would not learn from the past. The stories they have, the things they have seen. We have computers, coloured TVs, and many other modern convenes.

Life was different years ago, even as little as 30 years ago. If you think they are boring wait until your at that "old and boring" age. You'll want to be your young self again. Who doesn't want to be young, when you can do things for yourself, move and not hurt, your heart and hearing working, your hair not white or gone in some cases.

No one wants to get "old and boring" but life is cruel, and marches as a fast pace. One day you'll look in the mirror and wonder how you got this old this fast. I once heard my Grannie, say to my Mom at her 80th birthday party which was a surprise, "Karen (My Mom) why did you and the kids (her brother and sisters) do this, I am to old for this?" My Mom said "Mom there are people half your age that have never had a party let alone a surprise and your 80, there are some people who have never lived that long, you have and we are going to celebrate it!" All of my Moms siblings were crying, my Grannie too!

Years ago, families took care of the elderly, there were no retirement homes, I call them FORGETFUL HOMES. People put their family members in one and FORGET them! SAD!

Talk to the "old and boring" people in your life, I bet you'll get some interesting stories! Many may have you in them!

I work with the elderly and alot of them are a hoot.There are as many boring ones as funny.I look at the seniors or elderly and feel so bad for many of them because they either have no family,they rarely visit or don't care to be around them.Sometimes the elderly have alienated their families or have lost respect of the families depending on their circumstances and personalities.But in the end,we all will be in the same boat and I hope my family will care enough to come and see me and care if I'm around.It's sad to see all these people lose their memory and slide away into a dark mind we can't always understand.They can't help it and we need to remember that they didn't chose to be like that and would not want to be like that.

Wow, aren't you the enlightened one?! So, when you become 'elderly' I suppose you'll consider yourself boring and stuck in the past?

I myself am over 40 (just) and keep up with latest music my kids like and movies and stars etc. There are alot of older people who don't stay in the past. Alot of them probably have poor short-term memories and can recall stuff that happened when they were kids etc. that's just how it is when you get older.

I think younger people react the way you do around old people, because it is a constant reminder that one day you too will be old. It's actually a form of 'age-ism' which isn't a great thing to have. I'm sure when I'm a grandma, I don't want my kids or grandkids feeling this way towards me.

You can also help older people be less boring by playing games or teaching them simple new ones that you can both play. You can relay personal stories that they probably can relate to when they were your age. But don't regard them as boring and especially not 'insane'! I know a hell of a lot of younger ppl who could be classed as both.

If you don't broaden your field of vision, you will become what you hate. You are possibly going to be living a self-fullfilled prophecy. I don't know what group of old folks you are referring to. I am 57 yr. old, was widowed last year, and I am still in the process of pursuing a rich life. I have an 18 yr. old grandson who considers me a great advisor and confident, and he is no slouch. He is a 6'8" hunk who has just been given a full ride at a Division 1 VA. University on a basketball scholarship, and since he also made National Honor Roll Society, he had many choices. You can watch him on TV next season., and that good lookin woman with blond hair down to her fine butt in the front row screaming for the team will be me. The only games that I won't be driving or flying to see will be when I am with my grandaughter watching her compete on the horse I bought for her and am breaking for her this summer. She has watched me and is learning if he throws you on your ***, get up and get back on.[ No saddle yet, because I am teaching her the old way, the Indian way, that will let your body learn every muscle twitch of the horse so you can anticipate their every move. That is riding.] I lead a life filled with joy, excitement, gratitude, pain, and disappointment, just like most people. I do not try to look, dress, or act like a teenager, because I am comfortable in my own skin. You would have made a lousy hippie with your attitude; in fact I would have then and would still now consider you a crude, ignorant, under-educated redneck. I listen to all kinds of music and have raised my children to appreciate all kinds of music. Most of the important things in life like love, integrity, and appreciation of the life God gave us is taught by examples set by the previous generation. You had better learn to plant some good seeds to reap later because if you pass your attidude to your children, you will be changing your own diapers because they won't be anywhere to be found.

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By the time you reach the "senior" age, you have already heard it, done it, seen it, felt it, tasted it, lived it, breathed it, loved it, lost it, and threw it away! Things that are funny to you are things of the past to them. Our brains have evolved just a enough to make a diference in the way we think as compared to our elders. Our brains weren't fashioned in the same way. The mind moves through stages and a "senior stage" prepares for things different of what "young" minds are preparing for. Just as in how when you were 3 years of age, you probably were fascinated by bubbles. Now you have seen them and are now fascinated with new and indifferent things. Bubbles no longer seem fun to you and you could care less about them as a source of entertainment. It's this same concept.