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People like to say thatAge is just a number, and, for the most part, that's true. We all know someone who is more dynamic than those of half of their age. But while your years lived may not be the best health or happiness indicator, your age tends to lead to certain behaviors.

Once you have reachedMiddle-aged, you will notice new habits and quirks that youshortenYou will never adopt it. It is almost like after you spend some anniversary, you are part of a new tribe, taking a new tradition and rituals that do not give sense for those who are in the inside and older circle. So, read on 40 things that seniors do every day who do not make sense for the youngest generations.

Today, ifA young call someone and it goes to voicemail, they will just hang up. And if it's urgent, they will send a text.

But the elderly do not see the point of that. If they have something to tell you, they will leave a long and yes, maybe from radmbling-Message on your voicemail. And they wait for you to listenallAccording to that!

This is not necessarily that the elderly are hungry sooner. It is that many restaurants and guests have senior discounts orSpecial blue plate, where advanced age guests can take meals that cost considerably cheaper. As you get older, you will love a business and you will then understand the attraction to save moneyand Being over with dinner and still have several hours of light.

You can think that 70 degrees are in no way the weather, but the elderly have different definitions of whatconstitute. As we get older, the walls of our blood vessels begin to lose their elasticity, which decreases traffic and makes us feel colder faster. So respect your elders and keep this thermostat, is not it?

When aold person takes a pictureIt's because they want to remember a specific time or experience, whether it's surrounded by the people they like or seeing a beautiful part of the world that they may never have a chance to visit. They are rarely so never takingself-like-And if they do it, it is with a very little flattering angle.

When you are young, you agree with a general idea of ​​the weather on a given day. For example, do you need aJacket and snow boots, or just a pair of shorts?

But older people need more details, and they like to get updates every hour - or, depending on the severity of the weather, every few minutes. It is not enough to know more about meteorological events as a television meteorologist, they also want to discuss the weather with anyone who will listen.

All on aluxury cruise ship is tailor-made for the elderly: all -----combined buffets, cheese entertainment, puck game and rich range of things to complain (rooms are too narrow, the lines are too much Long, the sun is too long, the sun too hot). This is fundamentally the paradise of an elderly person.

A cup or two will not cut it. The elderly drink enough tea in an average day to fill several bathtubs. And now, you know why they are standing all night for repeated visits in the bathroom.

Seniors do not only use one of the firstSocial Media PlatformsThey areenthusiastic Users. Whether it's pictures of children and grandchildren, links to news stories (often "news" stories) and sometimes even of the same, they simply can not have enough facebook. And yes, said even are generally only variations in the same wayAdorable cat saying things pithy.

The elderly agree that GPS are all designed by people without sense of management. And such systems certainly do not know the shortcuts that each elderly person has devoted a life to learning. To the elderly, there is no substitution for their own memory, with occasional assistance from a fiancée copy and headset ofRand McNally Atlas.

The bingo may seem like a slow-past time for anyone with too much time on the hands, but it's all but everything. It can be invaded by the drama, with more twists and nail turns and much more strategy that you could not expect. Do not be fooled by the dark expressions of players. An old personbingo knows more enthusiasm than athletes feel a complete contact sport!

Email can be fasterBut that will never compete with the thrill of receiving a paper letter. If it's Mancru, all the best.

Writing a letter takes time and effort, not only in the parking, but also taking the post office and the purchase of a stamp and ensuring that you put it in the right messaging slot. It proof that someone worried about making you more fire off acold, impersonal electronic letter.

Mr. Rogers was not alone in his penchant to slip out of his shoes and in a comfortable pair of slippers every time he walked into the door. The elderly love the cozy hug of the slippers after a long day to beat the pavement or even simply walk outside to get the paper. These painful dogs deserve a break!

It's rare to find someone more than 50 who has completelyRennounced a fixed line"It's because they do not have wifi and" need for AOL "(something other than people love old) or because they are wondering:" And if there is an emergency? »

Do not bother explain why have a cell phone would be more useful in case of emergency, or most of the calls that arrive on a landline are necklines and vendor seller. The elderly prefer to live in a homeless house of a fixed line.

It is a strange irony that the more we get older, and the fewer responsibilities you have, the more you are inclined to wake up early. Even if the children have left for a long time and they have been happy to retire for years, an elderly person will be in place at dawn every morning anyway, dressed and ready for the day itself before the sun is survey. You lazy Millennials should try!

If your pockets are filled with enough five hundred pieces, ten hundred and a few cents to pay for just about any exact change, it is an easy bet that you are probably closer to 70 than you are at 20.

We have heard explanations that the elderly derive their pants well above their size because they lose muscle mass as they get older. Thus, clothes once in shape is quite suddenly blooming as a pair ofCharlie Chaplin trousers. There may be some truth about this where it might be that the old torses people are just shrink, and their size are now only a few inches of their nipples.

Now and until the end of time, the elderly will loveAngela Lansbury. It's simply an irrefutable scientific fact. Just like getting an AARP card is a sign that you are officially old now and is suddenly realizing that you have dvr'dThe murder she wrote-And you intend to look at each last episode.

Everyone should take more naps, but for the elderly, it is not only a guilty pleasure from time to time. They take naps like it's their job, as they are literally paid to do it. An elderly person does not take a nap because they are tired; They take a nap because it is 14 hours and, hey, it's the time of nap!

Elderly people like to talk about their ideal childhood, where they have been able to run freely and without supervision, to take risks without the helicopter parents to stop them, and always drink the pipe. There is something to "drink pipe" which has become a metaphor for the idyllic innocence of childhood, an experience that children today seemingly simply not having. (Why we are not sure it's a bad thing ,.)

Some people are starting to shrink as they get older, but their sunglasses go in the opposite direction. It may seem an aesthetic choice, but it is actually not because they take their fashion landmarks ofBono.

It is especially practical. As you get older, eyes and cataracts become a reality, larger sunglasses are needed to block the harmful UV rays of all directions.

For the elderly, a shopping center not yet open is like a private pedestrian path where the landscape is a real forest of empty gaps, macaroni toasting, and Jamba Juice. A shopping center at dawn can be a remarkably peaceful place, as we all learn later when we reach old age and we are looking for a safe place to exercise at 6 o'clock

The simple view of a Jell-O mold with trapped fruits inside it could unsubscribe from the stomach of a young person. But give him a few years and your point of view the whole will change.

Jell-o almost does not involve chewing, so it is nutrition without requiring heavy loading loads of complex aromas or digestion. When you are old, you want life to a little less complicated. And nothing simplifies a meal like Jell-o does.

Cursive becomes a lost art, but the elderly refuse to let him go quietly in the night. They write in cursive whenever possible-When signing a checkOr write a letter, or even simply leave a note on a post-it. And they will make sure that every young person they encounter on the time hears about when cursive was over regularly taught in schools and all children were proud of the mastery of the complex cursive S.

Not only do the elderly do not feel guilty of staying in the weekend, all Saturdays where they manage to avoid going out is considered avictory. If you have lived a full life, you have had more than enough experiences up to 2 hours or drink with your friends until sunrise. Conchylicles older, you have the luxury to say no, you will not make this party, you have an appointment with a bowl of popcorn and your favorite netflix series.

It's not that they avoid using online schedules to keep track of their appointments. But a wall calendar seems so much more ... official.

In addition, it also helps to strengthen your brief.Studies have shownWhether when students take notes with a pen and paper rather than tap them on their laptops, he helps keep more of the information they receive in class. It is the same principle that makes the elderly so attracted paper calendars. When you write an appointment with a pen or pencil, you are more likely to remind it.

An elderly person will gladly leave home without carrying makeup, even if they go to social activity. It's just not a more priority.

But the two older men and women would not think outside the march without first having their SATHERINGbody in a sunscreen. An elderly person does everything in their power to avoidskin cancer And melanoma and they punctuating their same young people to not do the same thing.

We do not know what the creators of Werther's originals put in their sweets, but he is nervous generations of the elderly. They like so much that we would not be surprised to learn that guitarist of the Rolling StonesKeith RichardsNow 75 years old, never makes without filling his pockets with hard candies.

Most of us have received at least one letter from a parent, with a carefully cut history in their local newspaper, designed to inform us about a few questions they think we have miserably misinformed about.

Even if only they could share it on Facebook, they want you to take this physical break seriously.When a log cut appears in your mailbox, you can not scroll past as you would on social media. You hold something concrete, and it's a little more difficult to ignore it. The elderly understand.

In the US presidential election 2016, 71 percent of people over 65 voted, but only 46 percent of eligible electors aged between 18 and 29 done at the ballot box, according toUS Data Census Office. And this is hardly a punctual event. In general, seniors take their voting rights seriously, and young people stay at home. After all, especially for elderly women and people of color, the vote has not always been a right they had.

What is on a restaurant stand that is so special? The food has no better taste, and the service is no more opportune, but itisMore cushioned. The elderly will always choose a stand on a restaurant table, and unlike their younger counterparts, they are willing to wait as long as necessary to get one.

In 2019, pay for your grocery store with a check isThe equivalent to deliver a traveler pigeon message.Like most technologies, seniors make debit cards do not trust, let alone Apple Pay. As long as banks still check, there will be elderly people who want to use them.

As the elderly learned, there is nothing more satisfying than sitting on your sofa with a physical newspaper and doing the crossed words with a pencil. Do now make everything you want, but the weather will come where Twitter and Instagram and send SMS and allthe other smartphone distractions Fade Away, and you will realize that nothing of this gets closer to the pure beatitude of a lazy weekend morning past a crossword puzzle printed on paper.

The debate on how to properly fold a furnished sheet lasted for centuries. Young people really could not make fun less. Fold it or stuff simply the thing in a drawer until it is necessary, it does not really matter for them.

But older people actually practice how to bend fitted sheets and have techniques they take pride, what they will gladly demonstrate if you even show a means of interest.

The youngest generations may think that it is enough to send someone a text message or a thank you email, but that would be unthinkable for their parents and grandparents. You do not thank you correctly unless your feelings are expressed in a map and delivered by postal mail to their address. It is not obliged to be a fantasy, but it must be written and it must appear in their mailbox. Bonus Points If it is written in cursive.

You will never catch an elderly personfall asleep In an old t-shirt and boxers. When they are ready for the bed, they always make sure to dress appropriately, which means a complete set of corresponding pajamas - the summits still correspond to the bottom of the bottom.. Once you have reached a certain age, a pair of comfortable PJS is like a hot glass of milk - it signals your brain that it's time to snoozing.

Young people organize welfares where there is strong music, unlimited alcohol and dance. Old hosthaving dinnerParties, where a meal is the centerpiece, alcohol is amazed and consumed in moderation, and everyone is at home by 9 hours. In addition, no one wakes up the next morning and I do not remember how they returned home or what happened to their shoes.

Most people under 40 send one of these postcards for holidays with a collage of instants of their families and a vaguely festive party greeting like "" Tis the season "or" love and joy ". But the Elderly people take it a few steps with a single letter on everything that has made them during the past year, including details about recent surgeries or softball matches or your trip, they have Taken in Niagara Falls.

Whatever all hipsters wearing this season you can bet that the elderly do not follow their lead. The trends go and go, but the elderly will always be more comfortable in a pair of Khaki chinos. And yes, they saw thatSaturday Night Live commercial parody "Mom Jeans"And they do not care honestly if you make fun of them.

Give an elderly person a choice between watching the latest superhero blockbuster or a black and white filmHumphrey Bogart WhereClarkAnd they will always choose the latter.Avengers: War of Infinity Never wow an elderly person in the same way as the 100th vision ofThe Maltese falcon will.

One of the most amazing attributes of the elderly is their refusal to think of themselves as old. You can look at them and think: "Oh my God, they are old." But in the head, they are anything but. They have their whole life in front of them! Someone 10years older than them, or even 20 or 30 years older?They are the elders. And for more life in the golden years, here is50 questions that you should never ask someone more than 50 years old.

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