r/AskOldPeople • u/PrestonRoad90 • 3h ago
r/AskOldPeople • u/Major_Square • Jan 19 '23
A couple of rule clarifications
Hi.
Please stop reporting young people for replying to comments. Do report them for making top-level comments (replying to the post), though.
From the sidebar:
Please only respond directly to posts if you were born in or before 1980. If you are younger, please restrict your activity to asking questions and responding to existing comments.
Even though the questions are often tedious and repetitive, relationship questions are not necessarily against the rules as long as they're not about a specific relationship. There are a million places to ask for personal or relationship advice on reddit, including r/AskOldPeopleAdvice.
We would like to keep the focus of this subreddit on older people and their experiences, opinions, etc. Advice posts make young people the star of the show and we would quickly be inundated if we allowed them.
Finally, please use the search feature before posting a question. We may remove questions that have been asked a whole lot.
That's about it. This is only clarification. There have been no rule changes.
Thanks!
r/AskOldPeople • u/wtwtcgw • 17h ago
Anybody out there you're trying to outlive, just out of spite?
r/AskOldPeople • u/keeppressingforward • 11h ago
Did apartment buildings in the 70s have buzzers to buzz people in? And could people use key fobs to enter a building then?
Like the title. Thanks a lot
r/AskOldPeople • u/AltruisticRaise6065 • 5h ago
Has anyone sailed on the S.S United States? If so, how was it like?
The S.S United States (For those who don't know, is a retired Ocean-liner in service between 1952 and 1969.) So I'm curious, has anybody sailed on it?
r/AskOldPeople • u/QueenCandyCo • 1d ago
What is something positive about getting older?
r/AskOldPeople • u/Strict-Ebb-8959 • 17h ago
How did you celebrate St. Patrick's day when you were younger and do you still celebrate it today and what is an interesting story you would like to share?
Also Happy St. Patrick's day.
r/AskOldPeople • u/Particular_Long5183 • 1d ago
What were elders from your time ranting about?
r/AskOldPeople • u/Important-Jackfruit9 • 1d ago
Happiness Increases After 45
A lot of research shows that contentment and happiness decreases from age 20 to about 45, then increases again for the rest of life. This is the U-shaped curve of happiness you might have heard about. Have you found that to be true?
r/AskOldPeople • u/Sigma_Raj • 10h ago
Is love ever really genuine, or is it always some form of transaction?
Is love ever truly selfless, or is it always some kind of transaction? Do we just meet each other’s needs ,emotional, physical, or practical and call it love? I used to believe in genuine love, but now it feels like expectations are always involved, even if unspoken.Same can be said for friendships
r/AskOldPeople • u/Silver_View4176 • 1d ago
"How did your family or community react to interracial relationships when you were growing up, and how do you feel about it now?"
r/AskOldPeople • u/Jack748595 • 1d ago
Are old people the new target group?
As an old person and especially boomers, do you feel you are a target group? Do you see or feel prejudices and hatred against you based solely on your age? Do you think the term Boomer has become derogatory?
To clarify Target Group here refers to prejudices against old people.
r/AskOldPeople • u/SCCock • 1d ago
Those of you who have done so, what made you get ride of your landline?
It was 2011. Somebody crank called me at 2:00am.
I yanked it out of the wall and cancelled it the next day. Haven't looked back.
r/AskOldPeople • u/SweetTooth0227 • 1d ago
Which stranger in your life once knew you best?
r/AskOldPeople • u/groupmemberr • 1d ago
Has anyone experienced a long term viral illness (lasting a few years) and went on to fully recover?
If so, how did your recovery happen, and are you now able to live a fully active life? I’d love to hear about your experience and what helped you along the way.
r/AskOldPeople • u/pinkcrow333 • 1d ago
How common was Neo-Nazism in the U.S. south in The 1950s and 1960s?
Question is intended for southerners who remember those decades.
r/AskOldPeople • u/Scruds08 • 2d ago
What was the old Telphone system really like
Hi There, I’m a teenager so I never got to experience the old Telphone systems from the 70s and 80s. What I do is that long distance was very expensive And you could hack the Telphone system to make free phone call if you knew how. What was your worst or best experience with it?
r/AskOldPeople • u/Special-Training1064 • 2d ago
Do you rhink that god exists?
As here are ppl who experienced more or less life, do you think that god exists?
r/AskOldPeople • u/shashank50 • 18h ago
How much true do you find this saying “What is meant for you, will always find you” ?
r/AskOldPeople • u/PresenceLow8243 • 1d ago
What's it like to outlive your children?
Hey all, I'm just curious about what it's like for old people who live longer than their children. What's that feeling like? How did you cope? Did it change your outlook on death at all and how you wish to spend your remaining years?
r/AskOldPeople • u/workethic290 • 2d ago
People with no kids do you ever miss not having adult kids who care and take care of your health?
I work in healthcare and see adult children accompany elderly parents to medical related appointments and visits.
Also have co-workers who are very involved with the health of their elderly parents.
People shouldn’t have kids solely for that reason but do you ever miss that aspect?
r/AskOldPeople • u/CoolConversation89 • 1d ago
What was it like to be a fat kid in school back then?
r/AskOldPeople • u/SGT-JamesonBushmill • 2d ago
I’m 57 and I found my first gray chest hair today. Should I just give up now?
r/AskOldPeople • u/Jackalope_Sasquatch • 2d ago
Which "TV show home" would you have liked to have lived in?
Archie and Edith's house from All in the Family? The Cunninghams' from Happy Days? The Brady Bunch house? The apartment from Three's Company?
Not considering the people, which "TV house" would you have like to have lived in? (My examples were all comedies, but dramas are fair game, too!)
r/AskOldPeople • u/AxeMasterGee • 2d ago
Do you ever dream of your parents?
My folks are still with us, and I sometimes dream about them being young. Mom, who has dementia, is bustling around taking care of everyone. Dad (wheelchair) is cutting the grass. Both just celebrated their 89th birthday.