The Cost of Being Old

[FunInTheSunParticipant 8283]

There’s one thing that worries me about the future: getting old. I don’t want to be an old man. And I certainly don’t want to be dependent on someone else to survive. But, if the day comes, and I have to hire a health care aide, I should have enough money for that—maybe not 24 hour care, but part time care. I don’t want to end up in a nursing home. Those places are boring and depressing—and expensive!

This article gives further details about the cost of healthcare for old folks:

http://www.barrons.com/articles/the-real-cost-of-health-care-in-retirement-1486186876

I have this fantasy of being a rich old guy that hires a sexy nurse, with big t~~~, to take care of me.

"I saw that there comes a point, in the defeat of any man of virtue, when his own consent is needed for evil to win-and that no manner of injury done to him by others can succeed if he chooses to withhold his consent. I saw that I could put an end to your outrages by pronouncing a single word in my mind. I pronounced it. The word was ‘No.’" (Atlas Shrugged)

[KeymasterKeymaster]

We tend to think about the past and the future a lot. And believe me, I have been TRAINED to worry about things long before they happen. No matter what kind of plans you make even a week / month / year down the road …. something is bound to throw a monkey in the wrench.

The process of getting rid of “worrying about tomorrow” was a personal struggle that took years. Now, I just do the best I can with every day, waste no time, pay yourself first and save some money, make sure something was accomplished, and sleep well. The anxiety I used to give myself…. it just doesn’t exist anymore.

Tomorrow is already planned out, but not Monday. I’ll think about that tomorrow.

FunInTheSun wrote:

I don’t want to be an old man.

Quite frankly… I wouldn’t want to be a young man today.
When time catches up to you, keep moving.

If you keep doing what you've always done... you're gonna keep getting what you always got.

[Binary LogicParticipant 2351]

It was interesting to me to see how my uncle lived his life after his divorce and how happy he was decades later in a mgtow life, but he never heard the term…

That piece is by far the most gripping thing I have read in a long while. Reminds me a bit of Hemingway. So nice in fact, it actually kind of makes me look forward to old age. Thanks for dropping that nugget of truth brother.

Funny, isn't it? How women thrive on a mans time, attention and resources, while simultaneously telling him he isn't enough...

[Anonymous 0]

Your best post yet, Stealthy

[experiencedParticipant]

One of the many benefits of being older is laughing thinking, “not this time… wench”.
You see them coming from further away and know what to do.

"It seems like there's times a body gets struck down so low, there ain't a power on earth that can ever bring him up again. Seems like something inside dies so he don't even want to get up again. But he does."

[RockmaninoffParticipant 1641]

Keymaster wrote:

Quite frankly… I wouldn’t want to be a young man today.

I’m with OP. I love being my age. Just turned twenty-three. I’d totally get a Dorian Gray picture to keep myself young forever.

". . . elle, suivant l’usage des femmes et des chats qui ne viennent pas quand on les appelle et qui viennent quand on ne les appelle pas, s’arrêta devant moi et m’adressa la parole"—Prosper Mérimée

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