What are your parents like as they are older?

[Chovy]

My mother is more independent and outspoken at 73 than she ever was before. My father passed away 10 years ago which threw her into learning how to do many things on her own. She has more lunch dates in a week (with only female friends- she doesn’t want to be “bogged down with some old man’s problems”) than I have in 3 months and is always making plans with girlfriends. She went to Europe two years ago and Italy this year.

One thing I have noticed is that she no longer cares who hears what she says. For instance, we were at a hospital waiting area and I, uh, well, burped, and I was taking some nasty pre-natal vitamins at the time that caused an awful burp smell (think rotten cheerios.) An old man stood up when his name was called at the same time, and my mom said, loud enough for everyone to hear her, “Oh My Gosh, does that man stink or what?”

 

[Nightfly]

I sit ok to argue with your parents? I mean, what if you have differing opinions? What if some of their views and support to not lend itself to Christianity? Where is the line of honor thy Mom and Dad? Tough for me.

my parents are really funny dad is a goofy person he pretends he is grumbling when he is not just don’t know if he is serious or not that’s the kicker

mom, well, she has this funny trait of correcting me even though iam 41 i let her do it because she is right. oh yeah, mom likes to wonder if i made frank his coffee. lol!!! umm yeah mom, every morning

then mom likes to tell me, well honey, this is the way it is. hee hee hee. yup, she is definitely a sweetie pie even though she is set in her ways. she corrects us even though we are adults.

dad, well, he just is plain funny. he makes me laugh. he likes to think he’s got one over on me, but i know what he is up to. i never tell him though… hee hee hee. what are your parents like?

oh yeah! mom called me a chatterbox!!! lol!!!

 

[drafdog]

Mom is too old now to travel as she once did. She is now 89. She is more liberal in her thinking than she was when younger; it has been changing for the last twenty or so years. She has begun to say that married priests might not be a bad idea. Maybe women priests as well. Thinks that universal health care in the US would be a good idea. Spend less on the military. She is more tolerant of my alcoholic younger brother. He is, however, staying off the sauce more and helping her around the house.
She needs to be in an assisted living setting soon. Beginning to forget things and is disoriented more often. Aging sucks, but it is (marginally) better than the alternative.

Matthew