What do seniors like to do?

applejack
Fri, 31 Oct 2008 00:44:27 +0000

It sounds like you’re all talking about distracting 4 year olds long enough to keep them from throwing tantrums. I know you don’t mean to, but there’s a distinct “us versus them” dynamic on this thread - as if they’re some distant other.

Just remember that, as the body collapses, the person inside is still the same person. You really don’t become an “old person”. A woman who was beautiful when she was 21 would love to be told she’s beautiful when she’s 81, but probably doesn’t hear that very often. An elderly guy who loved chasing women at 30 still loves chasing women (as my 86 year old uncle glaring lustfully at my 20 year old girlfriend throughout dinner demonstrated)

I’ve found a lot just want to talk. They’ve lived lives - wars fought, children raised, technologies invented, paintings painted, crazy sex had. I was blessed to have a World War II veteran in my life as a child. The stories that guy would tell… oh my.

Maybe just ask them what they want to do.