No fun any more?

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Are there 2 threads running here!! Not laughing and airing cupboards?

Sorry but it is a fact that as we get older we laugh less.

So we have to work harder at it as laughter is the best medicine. What ever our problems being missable won't help.

The last time I laughed out loud it was at one of my granddaughters antics.

Oh I hope that's not trueanjanla even though there's somthing dreadfully horrible unfolding here we can still have the odd laugh. The last time I visited my 86 year old MiL in the residential home that she hates. She kept repeating the same thing over and over until I started to laugh. She joined in. So there we were on the edge of her bed both belly laughing. It was lovely. I hope I never stop being able to have a laugh.

We (DD and me) usually find the odd thing to laugh about. For example, in our hotel room today there is a note saying that if you want the (full length) window opened, ring down to reception and they will arrange it. We duly rang them. Very polite gent came up and opened the bloody thing in the usual way. No key. Just turned the handle and pulled. Wished us a good evening and off he went. so why did they leave the note?!

We are imagining them in reception now, waiting for us to ring down and ask for the window to be closed.

I can't remember the last time I rolled around laughing until my tummy hurt (I was probably a teenager giggling with my best friend!)
However, just had a good laugh with my cousin who phoned this evening, we don't speak very often but usually end up laughing at something stupid.

This thread has certainly made me laugh ! I loved the chewing gum tale . An old friend once said she was very sad about the fact that she would never fall in love again - the next thing I heard she had run off with her piano tutor and is living happily somewhere .

A friend of mine is dog mad like me. She was walking her dogs by the canal one day when her oldest dog aged 17 fell in. The dog was very frail, and started drowning. My friend jumped in the canal retrieved the dog and gave it the kiss of life on the bank.

She said there were people walking past. Nobody said a word. When she told us this story I nearly fell off my chair laughing. Mind you I was on holiday and had consumed several glasses of wine.

I really would love some fun and silliness. I get a bit at our knitting club there is nothing better than having a good laugh. It seems to be good for you.

My OH has no discernable sense of humour, everything is serious and any jokey comment I make is treated seriously and with a lecture.

All this has really cheered me up ?. Thought it was just me ps I do have an airing cupboard!!

Barstools indeed Nonnie1, and yes, why not two threads, airing cupboards , laughing, not laughing anjela.

My youngest GD makes me laugh all the time, she is like a little old lady with some of the things she comes out with. Just lately my nails have grown quite long, DH doing all the housework, GD took a look at them and said " you'll need them clipping at bedtime " Reminded me of my mother saying it to me when I was six

The heading for this thread on Gransnet Facebook is 'Has Life Gotten too Serious?'. Since when do we use 'gotten' GNHQ ? What is wrong with 'become'?

I had fun on Bank Holiday Monday, apparently it was our turn to host a family BBQ, I had no say in choices of food or anything!! So after one or two (maybe more) cans of Guinness I decided to water the borders. However the spray went slightly adrift and it ended up in a huge water fight, great fun for all and we are 4-68 years young!!

I too have this feeling of no fun in life, in fact I think I've got low level depression which I've never had before. There are reasons for this so hope it will pass.
I did have a really good eye streaming laugh recently though when I went to see the film Florence Foster Jenkins. It was the scene where she's having singing lessons with the famous conductor. That scene alone was worth the ticket price.
Hope I cheer up soon!

Yes, HannahLoisLuke, that was an extremely funny scene but also I cried in the film, it was really sad in parts. Of course, laughing and crying are so often close emotions.
Since I became widowed I realise how much I miss speaking when at home - no gentle chat etc, although I do now have a rescue cat and I talk to him quite a lot and, of course, I talk to the radio frequently, especially I shout at Sarah Montague and John Humphreys when they wont let the interviewee talk!!
But, as an aside re the film florence Foster Jenkins, I hadn't realised before that Hugh Grant really is an excellent actor!

WS87NT I thought you meant as you had drunk so much liquid you personally watered the borders - then I saw you had a water fight and thought eergh!! you didnt mean that did you?

We have some old friends who we meet far too infrequently but who are exactly on our wavelength. When we do get together we are in our 20s again and we all laugh like drains. We haven't seen them for six months, but last time we met it was in a pub and we were told to be quiet as we were spoiling everyone else's evening!
We always say 'we must do this again soon' and never do. I really miss them but we seem so busy these days.

It's hard to find people you connect with in this way. Who share your sense of humour, who understand you completely and with whom you are at liberty to say exactly what you think without having to qualify anything. We are a family who laugh a lot thankfully, but these deep belly laughs that make you weep are certainly not frequent enough.

DH and I must be very lucky, we laugh out loud many times a day.....of course it may be that we're just easily pleased
DH didn't have much of a sense of humour when I met him, but his parents had both had a sense of humour bypass, so that wasn't surprising!
However, I grew up in a family who could see something funny in almost everything, we were all arch gigglers, and after a few months DH had learned to laugh until he cried!!!
I suffer with clinical depression, often have to force myself out of bed in the morning, and sometimes just can't see any point to anything at all, but then something makes me laugh and I'm fine again!
I do think some folk lose a bit of humour as they age, I know my mum did, maybe things irritate us more as we get older........but I intend to laugh all the way, life's far too short to be taken seriously

Alea in someway I think it's great that you've had this insight as it gives you chance to do something about it. Want more fun and laughter in your life then 1) sit down and think about what would give you more opportunities for joy and laughter joy.
and then 2) more important ( as you might not initially know what appeals to you ) ... go and find it where you live. New groups, new hobbies, reading humorous books or poetry , avoiding the news,make new friendships, go and volunteer .. whatever floats you boat. Just do something different and seize the moment :0)

Sounds like you are bored

I do hope the MLP doesn't signify anything political, Louisa but you are right. One thing is that DH can't get to stuff any more and while I can and do sometimes go on my own or with friends I feel a bit sorry for him and know he doesn't cope too well. We used to laugh like drains at Fascinating Aida, Kit and the Widow etc but it simply isn't happening. I do not wish to say I am a total misery, as I enjoy a witty, good comedy, but the -spontaneity of a real fit of the giggles/good belly laugh is missing.
Ah well.

I had a really good ' burst out laughing' moment the other day with my oldest grandson. It was doubly previous as he is on the autistic spectrum and rarely sees the humour in a situation.
Passers-by were smiling too as we clutched each other and just fell about laughing.

Yes, it was a good feeling. Must do it more often

Have to confess to some good LOLs reading GN too

That's so sad Alea, we had a small BBQ on Sunday to celebrate my younger sister's birthday and we sat outside round a fire and sang folk songs, drank too much wine and laughed a lot - and stayed up far too late. I'm jealous that she's retired now and I'm not!
Next weekend we're hosting a larger party for family & friends to celebrate same birthday + 2 more in the family - and I know there'll be lots of laughs then too. We love that 3 generations party together and enjoy watching all the little ones playing together.
I know it's daft but I so wish my Mum & Dad could be here to see their 12 great grandchildren - and 2 more on the way too. I'll need a bigger house for our family Christmas gathering!

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If you need a laugh have a look at this link - some of these photos are really funny (honest!)