Is there a point when you realise you're too old for .......

tubbygran I know exactly how you feel. Our lovely little dog was euthanased just after Christmas. I'm too old now to have another. The house is empty without a dog though.
I always wanted to travel the world, most of Europe will have to suffice, I'm too old now to be off around Asia and the Americas with a backpack!

I used to love lying on our lawn and watching the clouds - I worry now that my (nice) neighbours would be ringing for an ambulance.

marionjean54 Thank you for your suggestion, we’ll look into it.

My home is a modest three bed dormer house semi detached. I would like the same house in a small plot on it's own in the country.

I have always dreamed of going to Australia to see the boxing day ashes. My children do not like cricket so have never wanted to go. Now I wonder if I will ever go At Christmas I like to cook up a feast for all the family to enjoy and I enjoy doing it. This year with the cheating fiasco I wonder if I will ever do it or not. Even though my sons have grown up now they still live at home and I can't imagine leaving them to fend for themselves over Christmas even though they can both cook a roast.

I only want this because I am too old to do many of the things I previously could, I would like ====
To be young again BUT
Knowing what I know now of course

Climbing through the soft sand of the sand dunes to get off Harlech Beach. Adore Harlech beach but now need walking poles, or a kind SiL to get me up.

Sitting on one of those low, sloping roundabouts at the children's playground with my dgd. I fell off sideways and cracked my ribs!
Now I'm much more careful and dgd always checks which is my bad knee

Direne3 that made me chuckle.

I used to love all the 'dangerous ' rides at fair grounds. I recently went on a chairoplane with GD1. I was terrified. One for her safety and two for my own. I was so so relieved when we were back on solid ground Never again

nellgwin_ you beat me to it!

Had a huge house...9 bedrooms, up to 11 children....some fostered some of our own, and goats, sheep pony and a donkey, loved it almost all the time, children all grown up and it seems like another life......planning a move to a small market town nearby, bungalow, smallish garden and time for not too energetic hobbies. A time for every thing.....time to sit and read and watch the rest of the family doing the energetic stuff!!

being ”chatted” up when out at clubs and pubs! My adult daughters told me it was time to “behave” lol Now I can’t even be bothered actually going out! Who knows though- I may still be chatted up at 65 ???

I used to want to get married but now I am in my 60's, my daughter is married and I have a DGS and it's 27 years since I went out on a date with a man, I know that it will never happen and I don't care any more.

Just reading coconut’s post (apologies don’t know how to put in bold). Not sure what you mean by the more sofisticated look? I go and buy clothes I like and which suit me only to find my daughter(s) have bought same sometimes. They are in their 20’s/30’s. Sorry to digress from thread but just wondered if it was more in the mind I.e what is acceptable or not? Maybe ... a new thread eh?

Too old for a toy boy, haven’t got the energy

Jane10 I totally agree with you, would much rather have a coffee with a friend and spend time with them than have a present, experiences over 'things' every time. A good few years ago now I used to be out every Friday night in a local wine bar thinking I was missing something if I wasn't there. Suddenly, at 63, it's wonderful to be able to stay in! I don't need much to live a very contented life these days.

Camping days are long gone but we're still keen to do lots of travelling. My BIL is busy ticking off a list of places - Taj Mahal, Angkor Wat etc "to see before we die" but we are busy soaking up as many cultural experiences as possible even though in years to come we might not be able to remember. I value experiences more than possessions. We might not remember property either!

It's strange isn't it. We've just been to visit our son today who has moved into their 'dream' home - a 300 year old cottage but the dream is more of a nightmare at the moment with furniture not going up the stairs, the place not clean and no storage for anything. Hopefully they will end up with what they hoped and planned for eventually. This subject came up over lunch though and my husband said his dream had been to drive across the US in a camper van - now he says he's too old and really couldn't be bothered. Things I have done in the past and thought I'd continue with for as long as I could don't seem to matter any more. All the hopes and wishes of youth fade as does health and ability to be replaced with (hopefully) acceptance of what we have in the here and now. If only we knew back then what we know now

Tubby gran,can you offer to look after neighbours dogs when they go on holiday?
We did for a couple of years,lots of fun without the bills or worry the dog would outlast us.

Would just like a small 2 bed bungalow, in a nice area, cannot afford one with the money I would get from my 3 bed terrace.

The last time I bought a lottery ticket I realised that I don't really want to win a rollover jackpot. I want to win the Millionaire Raffle ! Just enough to ensure a great care home when the time comes or care in my own home by people I can trust.

Re bungalows, my folks moved to one in their 60s - not because they particularly wanted a bungalow, but because it was all they could find in their chosen area.

Roll on 3 years and the decided they didn't like the area after all - and moved again - to a house. And found that 3 years of no stairs had really affected their ability to cope with them.
Their ability did come back, but it did come as a shock to them. However my mother was still well able to cope with stairs when she finally moved to a dementia care home at 89.

Witzend, maybe a bit off topic but a wise post for all concerned to read.
I work in this area and the ‘dread’ when people come into hospital and say they live in a bungalow as it really does impede general mobility. On the flip side when a relatively wobbly person comes along the ease with which they will manage stairs is quite amazing.

We were out for a meal a while ago and at another table was a lady celebrating her 90th birthday with her daughter. She was having a wonderful time flirting with the waiters (and they with her). She said she'd enjoyed the attention so much she will do it again on her next birthday. Some things you never get too old for!