Do you like old people?

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I knew all 4 grandparents and all lived to ripe, old ages. 3 loved me as I am, 1 grandmother seemed like a nazi to me. She may have been aspie. She hated my father who was almost certainly HFA, like me. If something didn't fit into her idea of "the order of things", it was garbage. Which is probably true for most of us but she was...well...nazi-like about it. If something doesn't suit me, I can leave it where it lies and go find something else. If something didn't suit HER, she would chase it to the ends of the earth in her bid to force it into submission. My grandfather, bless his heart, loved her very much and handled her beautifully. Gently but firmly. And she LET him. Which, now that I think about it, is amazing. I may have to rethink the nazi thing...

I am not young people anymore, but not quite old people yet. I've found that old people still have a lot to offer, but it is overshadowed by this culture's obsession with youth. Enthusiasm and energy belong to the young, experience and insight to the old. Amazing things happen when they work together without resorting to stereotypes.

I like em as long as they're not behind the wheel LOL

I like this!

When does one become an 'old person'?

I enjoy being around older people. They're easy to talk to, and they're easy going. My opinion is that somebody becomes old, once they reach the age of 70. I could get into some arguments over that, with some family members but all that matters, is what I think.

I MISS my grandparents awfully, I am glad I got to enjoy them
being around, I was homeschooled by them, on and off all 4
of them. They Were my teachers. Better than any bodunk
stupid craphole elementary school that failed to teach
me a dang thing. I learnt to read, write, and speak by
my English and Irish conservative grandparents.

I was often called a "little old person" or said I
was "getting old before my time" because when I
was 6 I used words that mostly older people used,
when I was 5 I learnt what "insufficient data" meant
when I did not know the answer to something, and
got some weird loox from "peers" as well as older
peple, but I think they older ones appreciated it better.

I often got on better with older ones because they
were the ones that had more patience with me and
did not just give up on me, when they died, I was
destroyed. I have one grandparent living now, she is
about 96.

I sorely miss the other 3, I wish I had more
grandparents but this is highly impossible.

The older I get, the more I realize that one's age in years doesn't have much to do with one's views in life or wisdom. I've known old people who, if the mood struck them, would go off on a cross country trip just because it seemed life fun. Some have more wildly orginal ideas and more liberal attitudes than many younger people. While I have been a moderate liberal all my life, I find I am growing more liberal as I get older.

The interesting corollary to this question is Do you like young people?

I once took a photography class from a guy who was younger than me. At first I felt a little awkward, falling into the idea that I was older so I should be the more experienced person. But then it occurred to me that the teacher had been doing his kind of photography far longer than I had and that meant, within that narrow area, he was effectively older than me.

Young people can be wiser, more mature and more experienced than some old people. And some old people can be more inovative, playful and creative than a lot of younger ones. To assume that a person fits a stereotype risks not seeing some very valuable aspects of that person.

Yes, older people can move slower and get annoyed easily at things that young people see as new and exciting. But young people can be convinced that they are knowledgeable and wise simply because their ideas have not been tested by experience. I think the better question is "do you like this person or that person" and not "do you like this general stereotype of person?"

Yes I like (most) old people, they've always been great to me. My grandparents lived in a small village and most people knew each other, and I got to know many old neighbors either because they were visiting my grandparents or when my grandparents were visiting them. They were all nice to me and gave me different nicknames, I remember one who called me "little wolf" lol, and I liked when they talked about their lives, they always had interesting stories to tell. They were all a little bit like grandparents to me.

And yes I had a great relationship with both my mom's parents, especially with my grandmother, I think she was actually the only one who ever accepted me the way I am. My grandfather (my mom's dad) was a little more severe about some of my bad habits but he still was a loving grandpa.

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*shrugs*
They're people, and just as variable as all groups of people. I think it's a bit stupid to say that one likes or dislikes an entire group of people.
There are some old people who I like.
There are some old people who I dislike.
Most old people I've never met and thus cannot form an opinion of.

I cannot remember a time when I did not love white-haired people. My peers hassled or harassed me. So I would walk up the road and visit my white-haired friends who listened to me and looked delighted at the handmade presents I gave them. I got so excited in my 40s when I started to develop white hair. I have some beautiful white stripes now. And I still find white-haired people my favorite type of people.

Generally I relate better to people older than me. I think this is mainly because they tend to have similar interests to me and they also tend to have a greater variety of subject matter to discuss.

I got on well with my grandparents when they were alive, many years ago.

I know what you mean, but I don't think its stupid, its just like people who especially like children, enough to be teachers in kindergarten for example, or to babysit a lot, of course there may always be a few of them you don't like as much, but you can like children generally, and same goes for elderly people eventho it doesn't mean all of them are good people nor that you would like all of them.

Yes, I agree! I think the patches of silver at my temples make me look quite distinguished and wise.

I love old people. I love to hear stories about the olden days. I could listen for hours.

Yes I do. I am 75.

ruveyn