Old people are not wise. Old people should be wise and teach young people to be good, to feel good and to get over negative things and be positive. Instead they are stupid, unconscious, demented and don’t give a shit about young people. They are old and close to death but they don’t give a fuck about it. They don’t care, it’s like they are unconscious, they feel powerful and not powerless and don’t ask for help like they should. Younger people feel more powerless and lonlier than them when it should be the opposite
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Being older doesn’t necessarily make you “wiser”. It does give you more experience. Chances are, I’ve seen more than a lot of younger people. (Of course, there are a LOT of things I haven’t experienced…really difficult stuff, like being a soldier, police officer, first responder, etc.) You also have to give a shit about people. Being older doesn’t necessarily make you more compassionate or empathetic. We old farts also get preoccupied with problems, too. I’m pretty useless on here when I’m depressed. The spirit is willing, but….
And there are people like my teen, who sincerely cares about others.
WTF am I trying to say here? Don’t judge a book by its cover, I guess. There are plenty of wise, old people out there. But there also contemporaries of yours out there who’ll listen and be caring.
Meantime…is there anything I can help with?
No, you are a good man…
Thanks very much, your words are greatly appreciated…especially considering I don’t feel good at much of anything right now. 🙂
Agreed. This is why I don’t automatically go along with “Respect your elders”. Older people have to earn my respect just like anyone else.
Some of the adults in my life who know better, just use their authority to try to keep put their foot on my neck and keep me down.
My mother has not validated my feelings my entire life and it has caused me to second-guess myself and look for validation online or from therapists.
What I’m learning is to validate myself and be my own cheerleader. If you look from it from older, supposedly “wiser” people, you will be disappointed.
“be my own cheerleader…” …exactly…
I think too many adults think that they are “giving in” by giving respect to kids or youth unless they get respect first. I think it’s an insecurity thing. Every relationship is a 2-way street.
many older believe that they are entitled to everything and the kitchen sink just because they are old
older people*
The older you get, if you are *wise*, you realize the less you know. Especially compared when you were younger and thought you knew everything. That doesn’t make all older people automatically smarter. It really depends on if they are wise and learned from their experiences. I’m not “old” but for example I have a friend who is younger and she’s talking about a guy she was crazy for and it was very clear that he was a very manipulative jerk. I know this because, I’ve been through it and have seen a lot more relationships play out as I get older. But because of the newness of feeling in love the first few times, she just couldn’t see it.
It’s like anything, experience can bring you wisdom or it can make you more ignorant. You just have to judge the person on their character then decide if they have wisdom to share or not.
Young people are all about ME ME ME and I WANT WANT WANT! Old people are only fucking human too, who have probably been through far worse than a young person who hasn’t even begun to live. They want everything handed to them on a plate because the world owes me this or I’m going to kill myself and it will be their fault. Nobody loves me blah blah blah…. Young people need to get over themselves they are the ones who think there Superior to older people, so why the hell should they help you.
That kind of thing doesn’t happen in a vacuum. That’s learned behavior that’s taught to them, if it’s even the case, which I couldn’t agree with as a general rule. If old people are one way and young people are different, it’s because the old have taught the young to be how they are. I guess what I’m trying to say is we should all resent each other and blame each other for all the things, and then maybe, just maybe, we can all be happy in our resentful, passive aggressive alienation. It’s what we humans do, after all.
I think **most** of us were more self-centered when we were young. Hell, I was. I think with life, experience, etc, **most** (many? 🙂 ) grow out of it.
I see it differently. Old people are also egotistical
Some.