Age and aging?

[碇 シンジン 27,440]

What age means to you? Do you think you act the proper way for your age? What do you think about age stereotypes? Should you respect people older than you? Do you expect people younger than you will respect you?

 

Do you feel that you have more power and people will look up to you if you are in a group where people are younger than you? Do you think that people would treat you differently now if you were different age? Does age really matter?

 

I think this way:

 

Age is just the number of years that you have lived and it doesn't tell that much of you as a person. I think people should look over these age stereotypes because age doesn't tell anything of the person itself. I try to respect all people especially if they are older than me I always try to look up to them and try to learn from their experience as much as possible. I don't have very good experiences of people with my age or younger because most of them have been just bullies and judged me as a person. 

 

I sometimes feel that people won't take me seriously because of my age and that annoys me. I mean these age things are meaning too much to people. Companies advertise in age groups I mean what in their age number tells them what they want to buy? People with certain age or older can't participate some activities anymore. I mean if people see someone maybe 70+ year old they may think that they are helpless and that somehow they have lesser abilities than younger people. My dad is almost 70 years old and his hobby is to play badminton. He beats some dudes that are in their 20's and 30's He always says that they are embarrassed when he beats them.

 

I mean what is embarrassing to losing to a dude older than you? I mean what gives us the right to expect them to be weak and helpless? 

 

 

Do you need people near your age or same age to get along with them? I mean could you become buddies with person that is 10-30 years older or younger than you?

 

Are you embarrassed if you need to ask help from someone who is younger than you? Maybe 10-20 years younger. Is it easier to ask help from older people? If so why is that?

 

Feel free to post your opinions and experiences with age and aging

[BastementSparkle 20,335]

I really hate these yes or no polls. My answer is almost always too complicated to just fit into one.

 

 I respect older people just as much as I respect people that are younger or the same age as me. I treat them with the basic respect I give every other human I meet. Until they prove to me that they deserve either more or less respect.

 

I don't expect anyone to respect me. I'd like them to offer me the same basic respect I'd offer them, but I know that won't always happen. If somebody started respecting me just for being a bit older, I'd actually find that really annoying. I want respect for a good reason, not some silly number.

 

 I try to take suggestions from everyone the same way no matter what. If their suggestion is stupid, then I don't care what age they are. If it's good, then I still don't care what age they are. I don't find it embarrassing to get help from those younger than me. Just because I might be a bit older than them doesn't mean I'm automatically more knowledgeable than them.

 

 And I would have no problem being friends with someone much older or younger than me. I think this concept of "You have to hang out with others your age!" is stupid. Others my age aren't always the most relatable people to me. I find that in a lot of ways both younger and older people can be easier to get along with than others my age. I really think it's silly to try and group everyone together just based on their age.

[Jeric 46,884]

What age means to you?

The measurement of linear time a person has existed since their birth. 

 

 

 

Do you think you act the proper way for your age?

Yes, No, and Depends.  As you can probably tell, I can get quite goofy and ridiculous.  I do things that some would be surprised to fine a 37 year old enjoying. However, I do have responsibilities - a family, a career, bills, etc - that require me to have a measure of a more socially expectant approach to. 

 

 

 

What do you think about age stereotypes?

One that is quite correct, as it is biological, is that physically you will start feeling your age at some point.  Beyond that, I have seen enough of this stereotype be decimated to the point of dismissing it entirely. 

 

 

 

Should you respect people older than you?

You should have at least some modicum of respect for all people regardless of age ... so ... yes? Basically, this is not age dependent. 

 

 

 

Do you expect people younger than you will respect you?

Just my kids, but you can't look at the age factor as the genesis for that view. So ... maybe? 

 

 

 

Do you feel that you have more power and people will look up to you if you are in a group where people are younger than you?

Yes, but not because of my age. When the younger aged person is significantly less than mine - it's usually one of my daughter's friends. 

 

 

 

I mean could you become buddies with person that is 10-30 years older or younger than you?

30 years younger than me would put them at 7 years old so ... no. However there are quite a few adults on this board who were born when I was in Jr. High ... and consider that I look forward to meeting some of them in the future that is a definite yes. In a way - I already feel this way even having never met them in person. Yes. 

 

 

 

Are you embarrassed if you need to ask help from someone who is younger than you?

Nope.

 

 

 

Maybe 10-20 years younger

 Nope

 

 

 

Is it easier to ask help from older people?

It's about the same. If someone can help me, or knows something I don't know, that person and their knowledge are priceless to me.

 

 

 

If so why is that?

I value experiences, knowledge, and  learning. If it comes from someone in their early 20's regarding the law, of an opinion on a design by a 17 year old, or just some random musings from a 13 year old who knows more about video editing than myself - I will treasure that knowledge. Until I become a Borg. Then I'll just assimilate all of you. More efficient that way.

 

 

 

Feel free to post your opinions and experiences with age and aging

 

Nah, I don't wanna talk about this topic. I have nothing interesting to say. Wait. What?

[Fawkes The Phoenix 737]

I respect everyone and expect everyone to respect me, it doesn't matter the age

[Invincible 2,092]

I try to act up to my age, more or less. Sometimes, when i'm around friends or being a jerk to some guys at work i can be quite childish, but it's all in good heart. The lack of energy and lethargy i'm slowly experiencing as age takes it's toll on me is making me more and more cautious and less haphazard in my decision. That, and the fact that now that i answer to my own actions as an adult, i take full responsibility for my mistakes and make the best of whatever situation the winds of chance blow in my direction.

 

I don't make it a golden rule to respect my elders; just because they'e old doesn't mean their way of thinking is right. More often than not people believe older people have a lifetime of experience - that isn't always the case, times change and you must never be set in stone in your beliefs. You must adapt your experience and be open to new ideas. Similarly, i do not expect to be respected from the get go. Respect should be earned, not demanded. I give a modicum of respect out of good will, what the other party decides to make of it is their own choice.

 

That doesn't mean i don't respect those that warrant my respect or have earned it - good advice, suggestions and ideas may come from the places you least expect it. And even so, some people who have stood by me, family and friends, lovers, teachers, whatever. Those people have earned my respect not through their words, but through their actions for they are responsible for forging me into the man i am today.

 

Age, in short, is just a number. There are people both younger and older than me that are both abysmally foolish and infinitely wiser and respect-worthy. Whether i hang out with people older, younger, or at my age group, doesn't matter me to me. The person, as a person matters.

Edited September 24, 2014 by Terminus

[Handsome Changeling 1,852]

If they don't respect me then they will not earn my respect back simple as that, in my high school the bigger you are the more your respected you get so in a years time I will be in Year 11 and I will most likely get respect from everyone as I will be a young adult and be treated finally as one. My elders I don't really respect if they talk down to me like most do which sounds a bit arrogant but just because they have been around longer does not mean they treat me like an idiot.

I don't really expect people younger than me to have to respect me because I am older if that was the case then I would be a giant hypocrite saying I don't like being talked down to but then talking down to others like there less.

Most suggestions from the younger people than me are either fairly dumb or just annoy me so I never really take there suggestions up as I find them stupid which again I don't mean to sound like a douche but it is my opinion so, meh.

[Dattebayo 2,850]

I took a test once and it said I have the mentality of a 62 year old man

 

Sounds about right

 

Young people are unpredictable. So I'm wary of them.

I respect older people, though.

Edited September 24, 2014 by Dattebayo

[Hashi 323]

Age is just a number, their mind is what matters to me

[silvadel 1,393]

Growing old is mandatory.  Growing up is optional.

[Snow Frostflame 3,568]

I was taught to always respect the elders and I did as a child now I respect people as much as they respect me

 

no this new generation of children is mostly a bunch of spoiled children with expensive phones and other stuff I almost always see them show no respect to any pony

 

it depends how younger and what situation I'm in if its a child most of the time I couldn't care less on their suggestions unless they show me they are mature or if its a life or death situation

 

 

now I see age as just how long you have gone without dying and I don't care about any ponies age all I care about is if they act mature or not

[Gracefilly 117]

I think respect is needed to be given to everyone. But then my feeling is respect should be earned and not just given out.

 

As of age, I'm 52 at times I physically feel it but mentally I am sharp. Age is just a way to count birthday candles on your cake. ( unless you melt you cake due to having to many candles)

 

I've seen selfish seniors and wise teens. It is more like personalities that make people. And I go back to believing that we need manners in this world as there is a lack of them now.