<p>Those of you who often go into fitness facilities may look into a senior discount there. </p>
<p>The gym I work for offers our senior members around 50% off. $15/month for a single ($34 normal) or $25/month for a couple ($46 normal). </p>
<p>I’m sure other places offer it as well…</p>
<p>I also forgot-- check with your insurance. There is a program called “Silver Sneakers” that will pay for your membership to certain gyms. This means that you can get all the benefits of the simple membership without paying a dime!</p>
<p>Many colleges offer free tuition for alums. Also our local CC has free tuition if space is available. College courses could be another thread in itself.</p>
<p>I believe the U. of Kentucky offers free tuition to all seniors. You do not have to be an alum.</p>
<p>Have any of you ever gotten funny looks when you’ve asked for a senior discount? I have. I’ve had to produce my driver’s license on more than one occasion. I guess it’s a compliment that people don’t believe I’m 56. </p>
<p>However, it can sometimes be embarrassing to look younger than one’s age. Last week I took my 60 year old husband to his 1st physical therapy session post-surgery. He has silver hair and mine is still its natural golden brown (yeah, sure, lol). The therapist asked if I was his daughter!! I feel just awful for my husband when that happens. It’s not the 1st time.</p>
<p>Reminds me of when we were first married. H was teaching at a junior high school and I was still attending college. We had only one car at the time. I’d drop H off at his school in the mornings and pick him up in the afternoons. I’d usually arrive a few minutes before classes let out for the day at the junior high. H was the band director and the band room was in its own wing pretty far removed from the rest of the school. One chilly day I went inside the band hallway to wait for H. The school librarian came down the hall scowling and demanded to see my hall pass! She turned a lovely shade of red when I explained that I was the band director’s wife.</p>
<p>I always win the goodies at the amusement parks where the 20-somethings guess your age. And they always short me by about 5-7 years. They really should have an elder guessing young folks ages to turn the tables…</p>
<p>OK…I got the postcard in the mail Saturday.It’s called Shoppers 60. KOHLs senior discount day is Wednesdays. Anyone 60 or over gets a 15% discount on Wednesdays. Guess what day I’ll be going to Kohls from now on??</p>
<p>Some chain restaurants may have discounts that they don’t automatically offer to be polite. For instance we occasionally give in to laziness and get a KFC bucket. had done so several times before one server gave us the 10% discount. Now we ask for it.</p>
<p>Ihop has a fairly good discount for seniors.</p>
<p>I order off the 55+ menu at some restaurants - it is usually plenty of food anyway.</p>