Do I look like a rebel?

I think the high five gave her a clue . Love your attitude - we don't know how long we are here for so may as well have fun while we are!

Oh, God! So there are two of us??

Three!

Four!!

Five!! It must have been the glint in your eye, Vampire!

could be the other way round as in being older we are pigeonholed as frail, gentle, obedient quiet souls so show any spirit and "Houston we have a problem" the thing is what problem do they think we have? and do we need supervising! ?

There are more of us out here than you think ?

There's a lot of us about. I think it's a friendly disposition, a smile , and a twinkle in the eye that give the game away. Long may it last !!

Hahaha hope you blushed when sampling the lemon curd :D

I'm jealous but good for you that is how I wanted to be till I got ill.

We have been out with friends who are also in their 70s but seem to be 'Proper Grownup People'.
It's quite a revelation watching them and seeing how we should behave at our age.

You have to grow older but you never have to grow up

Saw this this morning, seemed appropriate for this thread!

Be crazy. Be stupid. Be silly. Be weird. Be whatever. Because life is too short to be anything but happy.
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Vampire Queen Sounds like you should take more water with it.

Love it, Tallulah.

DH and I decided when we reached 50 that we'd had enough of being grown up and decided to grow down.

We met a wonderful couple when we were camping the other weekend. They were both in their late eighties and they refused point blank to be old even though their bodies were trying to They told us that their children, grandchildren and great children were far more grown up than they were and actually told them off for being 'silly'. They said they knew they wouldn't have that long left and were determined to fit in as many experiences as possible in the time they had although last year they had given in to their children and agreed to stay in the UK. Well they told their children it was because of what they wanted but really it was because their travel insurance shot up after their last escapade. They were in Switzerland and were given the opportunity to go on a bobsleigh. So of course they did but it crashed and they both ended up in hospital. "Only for a week or two," they stated. Now they are rediscovering the UK.

That's how we want to be at their age.

Actually, as a guide in a museum where there some exhibits children and grown ups were allowed to touch and some they were not, I often used the trick of winking at grandparents while telling them in a strict tone of voice, please don't touch anything in this room.
It usually made both children and grandparents or parents giggle.

Also I remember only too well what it felt like being told as a child not to do something only to see a grown up do the very thing I had been told not to.

Two elderly folks behaving disgracefully in public


www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/07/04/inuit-throat-singing-leaves-prince-charles-duchess-cornwall/

Oh no these warnings are very much aimed at me . I would never damage anything but sometimes I just have to touch things.

I don't want to sound all dippy hippy but sometimes when I touch something I seem to appreciate/understand it more like it has an energy of it's own. I would suggest that you always touch a standing stone if possible and definitely touch the Angel of the North if you get the opportunity. I haven't touched the Baby of the North yet so I don't know if that has energy too. Perhaps that is just so cute it doesn't need to be touched

I think that's why children touch everything. They stop because adults tell them not to and then forget how important touching is.

Oh dear I think I am sounding dippy hippy now I've talked about 'energy'. But think of it this way. When you see a lovely fluffy dog it's very nice but then when you also stroke it it's even nicer. I feel the same way about objects.

The lovely thing about having grandchildren is that you never have to grow up!

But what does a rebel granny look like? Denim (ripped or not), tattoos, tied dyed t-shirt, big earrings, red lipstick, bit of an extreme hairstyle, what we used to call bovver boots?
These are often worn by the young these days anyway so I'm damned if I can see how else we can come across as rebellious. As has been pointed out if must be your joie de vivre! So keep it going.

I need a few lessons in being more rebellious...the worst thing I've managed to do today is shout back at the self scanning thingy in the supermarket. In Marks it always asked if you've swiped your Sparks card too early,and every time I take great delight in shouting "not yet" back. Suggestions on how to improve my rebelliousness,please.

Please don't change Us rebels are in short supply and I have always encouraged my children to steer away from the conventional I will encourage my grandchildren to do the same

We were walking back from a cricket match on Monday evening and I stopped to look at the local river on the way back to the car. Before DH could stop me I started to climb over the fencing (it wasn't very high). "What the Hell are you doing?" he said. "I just want to see if there's a likely spot where I can get down to fish" I said. "There's a bally great drop, you'll kill yourself" he said (I hadn't noticed that!) and hauled me back over, much to the amusement of several people passing by! He tries to keep me away from rivers - they are like a magnet. I can't see one without wanting to be in it!

When I worked in M&S I could often pick out people who would respond to comments like "Oh dear we've got trouble here!" the others would say "How can you talk to them like that?" but somehow you can always recognise a kindred spirit.