Is this a mean thought?

Question

I heard a bunch of people who will remain nameless complaining that their grandparents/senior citizens they know are such a bother. They say they are cranky and expensive, etc. I've been thinking and have come to the conclusion that I don't want to live THAT long, so the freshest memories people will have of me will be bad. Is this mean? Do you agree?

Answer 1

Think this says more about the nameless complaining people than it does about old people! Hope you live a long and happy life!

Answer 2

I think you should get to know your grandparents or some senior people (like me) I am 70 and have no intention of dieing to please you kids, both my husband and I to whom I have been married for 52 years have a great time and ask not thing from any one, and I can proudly tell you my kids and my grand kids love having us around and to answer your question yes that is very mean and I hope you live a long and happy life and when you are a senior look back on what you were thinking when you were young,

Answer 3

Older people suffer. They suffer from their own inablilities such as speech, hearing, movement, etc. This is hard for them to take because most of them have been self-sufficent all their lives. When younger people don't take the time to listen carefully, speak distinctly, or move slowly, it frustrates the older people. This causes anger and impatience on both sides. I always remember one thing - There but for the grace of God go I!

Answer 4

I dont think this is a bad thought but all of the old people your friends talk about are old people that ARE MEAN. There are still nice old people out there and you can choose to be one of them. You don't have to cut your life short because of the elderly before you. Just make sure that when you die (naturaly) at an old age you will be remebered as the sweet old lady that everyone loved, not the nagging old lady thats depressed about her life. You have the power to choose and choose wisely :)!

Answer 5

Well, perhaps not mean but very sad. My grandmother apparently always used to say to my Mom "I don't want to live to be a burden." She didn't want to be helpless & have to be taken care of. Unfortunately she ended up with senile dementia (constantly imagining things), Parkinsons, hardening of the arteries and various other ailments. She was falling apart, in a very bad state & did need to be constantly cared for. My mother ended up putting her in a home when she could no longer handle watching her along with my baby brothers at the time. She & the rest of my grandparents passed away while I was still fairly young.

It's a fact of life that as we age our bodies & minds may deteriorate. Sometimes people can lose patience with the elderly. It's very sad. Perhaps this is the cycle of life. Biologically there may be reasons why, as a species, we are what we are at each stage of life: babies have to be cute so we'll want to care for them, teenagers have to be difficult so parents can part with them & so that they can yearn for independence & move away & maybe the elderly have to fall apart to make it easier for them & the rest of us to let go when their time is near...

I wouldn't want to live to be too old & feeble but it's not something I can choose.

We need to respect and love the elderly & try not to lose patience with them even if they can be cranky (wouldn't you be?). Someday it will be us.

Take care. Never feel guilty for thoughts, only actions.

Answer 6

you should live your life to the fullest and be the best you can be yes old people get cranky but who knows what they have seen sometimes the people that complain about them are the ones that gave them grief maybe their inner selves are nagging at them God does everything for a reason and maybe he sometimes decides that those bothers are left here to give people something to think about

Answer 7

I, too, would like to die before I get the chance to become a "burden" on my family or the people I love. It would be unfair for them to have to watch me suffer and be unable to do anything about it but pay for my medical bills and gripe about how I'm a whiny old lady. In fact, most people I talk to would like to die before they get to that point. It's not a mean thing to say or think; it's a fact. I hope I die before I get old. I'd like to have children and maybe get to see my grandkids grow up, but the moment I become unhealthy and there's no hope for me, I'd like to die. I think it's important that people remember me as a good, strong, happy person. Once we're gone, all people have are the memories we leave them. Why stay and make them bad ones?

Answer 8

I know that Seniors are cranky and at time very impatient but that is no reason to state that they are a bother and an expensive one at that.
It is a blessing to have older generations still alive and the Bible states that we are to love and Honor our parents, more so our parents-parents.

Answer 9

yes, I know some nice old folks. The history they can share and the truth they will tell about life history that they are today covering up.

Answer 10

I find myself, at times, being annoyed when I encounter old people. I believe it is, in part, due to an unwillingness to accept my own mortality. Also, they smell funny.