Originally Posted by: KrunekTrue... But that would also depend on a person itself... Not all old people loose their wits at very old age. Plenty of them do, but still. Anyhow, it is not nice to critisise them on that mater. You too will at some age grow old and won"t be able to fit into world anymore. You ought to bare with old people, and try to understand them. My grandfather passed away few years back. I had quite a few quarels with them (I use a plural here cause it is a custom in our language to adress someone in plural when you want to show them respect.)
cause we were both hot-headed. Blood ain"t water, I guess. Well, few days before they passed away I took them to a country in my car, we were driving and I was just listening... About their youth and stuff... That is one of my best memories of them.
Ok, old people are old. But try to understand them just a bit. You won"t be young forever buddy. Just posting an opinion here, no harm ment. :)

Point well taken but please allow me the opportunity to rebut.

I joke with my folks just as they joke with me. They know they're hard of hearing just as I know I'm bald. They bust on me about that and my poor excuse for a social life as I joke with them about their hearing loss. It's all done with love and respect. We don't say anything hurtful to each other. Heck, in my family, if we're not teasing you, we don't really like you. That's how it works.

I lost my birth father to suicide when I was 18 months old. My birth mother died 3 years later from disease. I was seperated from my sisters and my brother at that time. 5 years later I was adopted by these truly wonderful, giving and loving people.

I do love and respect them. More than I can articulate. I would gladly give up my life for them without question. Please don't think that my joking with them or about them to be something akin to disrespect as nothing could be further from the truth. You're right. We won't always be young. Heck, I'm not young now. :)

I can't speak for the others but I would imagine that they feel much the same way.