to think some retired people completely forget what it’s like to be working full time?

Yes and No.
You do forget pretty quickly, but don't assume that all retired people have nothing to occupy their time either. Also be aware that while some of us might be 'fit and healthy', most of us won't be, or will have slowed down significantly or have caring responsibilities for aging partners. Many still do a lot of family caring too. It's also the first time in our lives (mine anyway) that we have time to do things we didn't have time to do before. Don't begrudge us that - your time will come too.

Sorry @Hallamule , I quoted you instead of the post about only having one person working.

I'm with you.

You could say this about anyone. Some teenagers think they're hard done to to have to mix work and study with chores. People who have children with additional needs know SOME parents really don't understand what it's like to have to drop everything to cope with an emergency several times a month instead of a year.
To an extent, every time I get a very busy period at work, I "forget" how easy the normal times are!

In the 5 hours this post has been running you pull have weeded the garden or painted a room. Just saying…

What???
I worked FT with three children. My mum (born in the 1920s before women even had the full vote) also worked FT. All normal in my world.
I'm not sure where all these women dossing about at home were.

Dh and I are just retired and I frequently comment how awesome it is that we get to do whatever we want, every day for the rest of our lives. It doesn’t seem quite real. What I would say though is that life goes in stages and the young children phase is hardest. By the time you get to the pre retirement years your children are usually at uni or fully independent. So you do have time to relax and slow down a bit. The other thing is that retirement for many people coincides with becoming a carer for an elderly parent. And later on for grandchildren. So it’s not like you are crazy busy one day and then it drops off a cliff. It’s more kind of ups and downs.

You write a Goady post about retired people then spend all afternoon on mumsnet.. don’t you have work to do

I have no idea why that posted twice 😂

Tbf to your mum, she probably doesn't have as much energy as she used to if she's getting on/has health issues.
I'm only mid 50s, in shape and can easily do a nice long 10 mile hike but no way do I have the energy levels I had in my 30s or even my 40s.

Tbf to your mum, she probably doesn't have as much energy as she used to if she's getting on/has health issues.
I'm only mid 50s, in shape and can easily do a nice long 10 mile hike but no way do I have the energy levels I had in my 30s or even my early 40s.

Sometimes I think I don't blame them. They've 'done their time.' I'd want to forget, too. Besides, retirement is not a walk in the park for many people.

Well the example I have is my parents my mum is 63…

How old are the "they" that you are referring to out of interest?

Also, 'when I was young' I worked full-time, and so did MY mum when she was in her 30s. Modern life didn't begin in the year 2015.

I'm nearly 65 and working full time as MD of my own small management consulting business. I have a minuscule personal pension and no way in hell of thinking of retiring - although most of my friends already have. I am knackered most of the time and really need to watch things like my sleep so I don't appear like a clapped-out old crone on Teams calls. It's not a picnic being older. And the secret that no-one tells you is that it feels like about ten minutes since I was 35. I love the fact that my colleagues don't treat me like a geriatric, though, and wouldn't give up work for anything. It makes me sad when I see posts like this which treat older people as if they lived on another planet.

Bless.
I worked full time with children... somehow I also managed to keep the garden nice and you know... feed everyone.
I'm sorry you're finding it hard at your age.....

No we don't forget it and we thank god that we are not doing it anymore. What you don't appreciate and will one day is how much more tired you get as you age. It's not as if you retire with the same vigour and verve you had at 30 - if only !

Onion its difficult. Full time jobs theres no time to do anything. Traffic crazy now too. I think when you out of workplace people forget how busy it is

Agree I also think they forget that when they were young you could typically have only one parent working.

My mum goes on and on about how we need to get on top of cleaning, cooking, garden etc. but doesn’t appreciate that’s quite hard when you’re working all week! When we were children she didn’t work! Which I get is hard work looking after children but we went to pre school and then school etc. so she had a lot more free time.

I suppose she means she’s busy in the context of her normal day, not in the context of the world at large.

I might say I’ve had a busy day when, in comparison to someone who works full time and has young children, it isn’t that busy at all (I work very part time and kids are adult).

Agree op. My mother will moan if the home help comes a bit later. Im thinking you doing nothing else.... but yes I def find with retired friends they think you on flexi time. Im not as I do school bus help so Ive tied times. Its annoying though.

Agree. And learn not to be so affected by others words or let them eat away at our self worth. Or if they do, have the courage to remove our self from the conversation rather than try to win it by proving them wrong. It doesn’t get us anywhere.

I think some time we do all forget the challenges and difficulties of a different season of life.
I am retired (earlier than most) i worked as a nurse,commuted to central london and raised 3 children,i retired early to care for my terminally ill husband,after he died i didnt return to work. I have my own health challenges,i dont have the energy i had when younger and sometimes get bogged down with the minutiae of life and think im super busy when im not compared to the challenges of earlier but i am compared to my current energy levels!
I don't think this is necessarily to do with retirement or age perse. Sometimes we can all be self focussed .