I have little patients for those people who “act old” when they don’t need to. They use canes and walkers when they don’t need them. They brag about “I’m old” as if that’s important to them.
A commercial on television says:
“When I turned 50, I felt things sloooooowing down.”
Really? Just because of a number change in your age from one day to another you felt things slowing down? Or were you brainwashed to think that per society’s ageism and brainwashing?
There’s no shortage of people — regardless of their chronological age — who think/say they’re “old” or “too old” to do something. They have unfortunately been brainwashed with society’s ageism.
Age is relative. Age is just a number. Age is a mindset. If one thinks one is “old,” one starts thinking and acting stereotypically “old.” I’ve seen that in one of my relatives. I’ve seen a relative of mine in her 60s try to act like her 90 year old mother’s “old” behaviour.
I know someone else who says, “I’m 42.” And he’s permanently 42 regardless of his chronological age. He has no patience for the people who think they need a cane for walking when they don’t have any medical-need for using a cane.
Most people I see with a cane have been brainwashed with “old” and that’s why they’re using their cane because they’re really not using them. Most people I see with a cane drag their cane along behind them or they use it as a pointer, the way a teacher uses a pointer on a chalkboard.
Not feeling well? Unfortunately, many, if not most people confuse not feeling well with being “old” when one has nothing to do with the other, necessarily.
There are age-related medical conditions, of course, but just because one doesn’t feel well can have nothing to do with “old” since people of any age may not feel well.
Also, those brainwashed with “old” have this cookie-cutter look about them. They all look like they came out of the same “old” mold whether it’s a man or a woman.
My 90 year old aunt, if one calls her “old,” one would end up on the other side of the kitchen. She won’t have it!