What did you you think you would have by your current age that you don't?

Grandchildren but hey ho.

Wrinkles

Dementia ! My father developed it at 67...so I'm on borrowed time and trying to live life to the full !!

Grey hair.

A happy marriage. Unfortunately my psycho ex husband wasn’t capable of making it happen

I always thought I’d be rich. I don’t know why. Anyway I’m not.

I didn’t expect that I would still be living at my age, 89 next week, but I am and am thankful.
Reasonable good health, difficult family situations, but ticking along and perhaps looking to the future and not the past.

Oldnproud

A state pension.

I think I am this one.

My parents had it so much earlier.

There is nothing important I can think of that I set out to do that I have not achieved. Except visit the Galapagos Islands.

I expected to be sharing an active retirement with my husband but he was diagnosed with mixed dementia aged 70 and has lost interest.

Same as Georgesgran same age retireing and same 10 years till cancer came to him glad we had those years and done many beautiful things together not a day goes by without a thought about my dear man😥

I don't think I have ever given it much thought but if I had I would have expected to have my husband beside me because he was four years younger than me! But he was killed by an idiot lorry driver on the motorway when he was only 48. Life would have been very different had he lived. I have found a level of contentment now and try to live with an attitude of gratitude. There's so much to be grateful for when you're nearly 85 and still physically active and healthy 😊

A home. Unfortunately husband didn’t have the same dream. I bought so many homes but both husbands made sure to get rid of them. They didn’t like me having more money than them and wanted to keep the property in their names!

Paw of course!

A modicum of good sense...

Oh what a good topic and a bit sad,too. I suppose in some ways I have more than I ever dreamed of but I also realise a lot of it could disappear in a flash !

I hit 70 feeling pretty smug with my lot. Then cancer hit, and now a demanding DH who is housebound and mostly chairbound and thinks rehabilitation exercises are something somebody else can do to make him better. He's running me ragged and I feel about 30 years older suddenly.

In addition, the huge house I suggested we sell ten years ago to make life easier for us met with his refusal and now it is falling apart. As am I.

Less family worries !

Madmeg 💐

Like most of us - a husband, especially as yesterday was the 4th anniversary of his death. Cancer is a cruel disease.

I never really thought about it but, reading these very sad responses, I'm very grateful for what I do have.

And our son, of course

Elegran

Grey hair.

Yes, I would have expected that I would have that at 82, but I inherited the family gene that says I am going into extreme old age with my hair predominantly still dark brown.

I can’t think of anything really.

I have a (good) husband, children, GC, mortgage free, enough money for our needs, good health, a home I love.,….

I have many blessings, takes a thread like this to remind me of that….

Having two children I imagined that I would have more grandchildren but the one I have brought us more joy than we could ever have imagined. I wish DH was here now to see the man he is becoming.

Apart from that, the only thing I wish I had now is the self confidence I had when DH was alive.