# What is it like to grow old?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-grow-old/527913>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 6, 2010, 8:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-grow-old/527913 "2010-02-06T08:43:15Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-grow-old/527913/21 "2010-02-07T03:54:15Z")

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I’m 69 and starting to believe I’ll make it to 70; 71 is a little problematic. I hope to find some peace and quiet; if I can do that, I’ll consider my life a success.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-grow-old/527913/22 "2010-02-07T05:34:14Z")

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For any gay man my age, the really heartbreaking thing is remembering all the friends who died from AIDS back in the 80s, and I’m having to face old age without them.

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**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\
**Post date:** [February 7, 2010, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-grow-old/527913/23 "2010-02-07T08:50:28Z")

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When you’re over the hill, you pick up speed.😃

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**Author:** ![movingfinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@movingfinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/movingfinger)\
**Post date:** [February 8, 2010, 6:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-it-like-to-grow-old/527913/24 "2010-02-08T06:16:12Z")

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Part of a poem that I recall:

I cannot chew,  
I cannot screw,  
I cannot see,  
I cannot pee./  
The golden years have come at last?  
The golden years can kiss my ass!

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