My son just made me laugh
@Auntylou (4264)
Oxford, England
November 17, 2015 6:54pm CST
He said you are old , you must stop wasting your time on that old laptop, you haven't got long left!
He was here when I had too many tabs open just now and my computer froze.
Now I may be in my middle 60s but I am likely to have many years left and my laptop mostly does it's job so I see no reason to change it. Still he made me hoot with laughter.
Have any of your family ever commented on your life expectancy in this way?
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
20 Nov 15
The first time someone commented that I was "grandmotherly" I felt deeply insulted. Now I take it as a compliment.
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@simone10 (54189)
• Louisville, Kentucky
26 Nov 15
@antonbunot I agree and that's why my brother teases me. He is only joking and would never put me in a nursing home.
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@maggs224 (2320)
• Alicante, Spain
27 Nov 15
@antonbunot My friend used to work in a Nursing home and from the residents I have met the attitude that you have to going into a home affects greatly your experience of being there.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
23 Nov 15
@simone . . I hate nursing home. My wife works in a nursing home. . I feel if I would live in a nursing the remaining of my life . . it is like my family just don't care for me. It is like I am garbage. 
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@bluesa (15023)
• Johannesburg, South Africa
18 Nov 15
Oh my goodness, hehe, your son has an interesting way of saying your laptop is giving problems. With technology being so sensitive today, you will likely live much much longer than your laptop. As I have gotten older, my perception of age has changed, and middle 60s is still young. I usually tease about my age myself, saying I am getting forgetful and so.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
20 Nov 15
No, but one of my sons kidded me one day that I am going deaf coz I am getting old. Everybody laughed . . but I did not . . I frowned. My son approached me, hugged me, and apologized. And he ordered my favorite pizza - Hawaiian. . 
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@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
20 Nov 15
Keep frowning. Maybe he'll get you pizza every day.
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@antonbunot (11092)
• Calgary, Alberta
23 Nov 15
@Sheilamarie78 LOL . . . you are corrupting my old mind, ey! . . No, as we grow older we get a bit sensitive. But I am not that sensitive because all my kids are like their father - - good sense of humor!
. . No, as we grow older we get a bit sensitive. But I am not that sensitive because all my kids are like their father - - good sense of humor!1 person likes this
@Sheilamarie78 (2586)
• Canada
20 Nov 15
I'll bet they loved that! My grandmother lived to be 105.
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@allknowing (130233)
• India
18 Nov 15
No laughing matter this. That is a straight forward warning I say
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@BelleStarr (61047)
• United States
19 Nov 15
I would have responded that I had better get out quick then and spend his inheritance. lol
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@jillybean1222 (6408)
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18 Nov 15
sorry, i meant to say more. i had kids later in life & so my kids tend to think of people my age (40's) to NOT be old. and their dad is 51. So they really don't consider him old either.
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@troyburns (1405)
• New Zealand
18 Nov 15
That's a classic! According to my daughter, I've been an old man since I was 40.
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@TheHorse (206953)
• Walnut Creek, California
21 Nov 15
@Auntylou I already use the term "back in the day." I use it (with a bit of irony, though there's probably no irony to someone who is ten) to refer to the 70s and 80s, when music was better, politics were simpler, cell phones didn't exist, etc.
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@DeborahDiane (40069)
• Laguna Woods, California
19 Nov 15
Ha ha! Yes, our daughters who are in their 30's and 40's, love to tease us about how old we are ... in our 60's! 
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@ricki_911 (21625)
• Toronto, Ontario
2 Jan 16
I had a friends daughter call me old (mind you I am only 27). I thought I am not old at all .
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@ricki_911 (21625)
• Toronto, Ontario
2 Jan 16
@Auntylou
I work with a few younger girls (teenagers) who think I am old at 27 yet I work with a few who are older than me (57 - 67) and they go they are really really old.
I work with a few younger girls (teenagers) who think I am old at 27 yet I work with a few who are older than me (57 - 67) and they go they are really really old.1 person likes this
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
2 Jan 16
I used to have a waitress for whom anyone over 40 seemed old!
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
4 Jan 16
@ricki_911 I guess it is all relative. I know that I used to think 60 was old when I was growing up!
@Auntylou (4264)
• Oxford, England
25 Nov 15
Normally he is much more tactful . Perhaps the thought of maybe 20 more years doesn't seem long to him ?
