What have you become more cautious about as you have got older?

[HuulTown]

people

Falling downstairs. I did it last year when I was up a ladder, and I've not recovered yet. I don't recommend it all. If I were rich, I would get a bungalow when I'm old.

stairs also! found myself hanging onto the handrail going down the steps out of a plane. something I would never have done till recently! 57. It come upon us suddenly

Privacy. I suppose alongside the development of the internet really; I used to post a lot on SM as I have got older, now I am pretty guarded about it.

Driving at night

Large bodies of water

House fires

Falling - broke my first bone at 42 falling down the stairs in my own house. wasn’t carrying anything, wasn’t distracted, wasn’t rushing - just missed a step and then literally tumbled down the stairs breaking all sorts. Has terrified me.

I am worried about falling so taking care of my body, daily walking/ exercising and being careful about what and how much I eat.

Another one with the falling over. I used to fall over all the time, and laugh about it. Now the thought of falling is scary.

Committments. I'm no longer willing to be in a situation where I feel too tired to do sometimes but I have to do it anyway.

Snow/ice/rain/heat. Didn't used to bother me. Ok it's unpleasant at times but I used to get on with it no bother, carry on like any other day. Now I'm careful of not falling over or making myself ill through overexposure to adverse weather. No longer drive in snow either. I can but I don't have to (see above) so why risk an accident?

Making friends. Used to put the effort in to do this wherever I went. Now I wait and see what happens and if I don't make friends I don't mind. People come, people go. Most friendships aren't worth any major effort IME, it's rarely reciprocated.

Driving, used to love it and now hate it, so much more cautious and hesitant than i used to be.

Also health, used to just carry on and ignore any sore bit, muscle pain or scabby bit but now assume every little niggle could be the start of a long term health issue 🙄

Random people, used to give everyone the benefit of the doubt but now start off assuming they want to con me or sell me some crap.

Newspapers/journalists - naively used to believe the media but no longer know who to trust for my daily news updates. Was the BBC but Huw screwed that up too.

Fair rides!!! I went on a fair ride with my dc last week - (without thinking about it) - it was so rough and fast paced that I was genuinely worried that I would put my back out. I was so nauseous. I thought it would never stop. I would have been the first to jump on one of these years ago but I had forgotten last week that I had long sailed past my twenties 😱

Heights
Deep water
Driving
Men
Alcohol
Financial risk

I'm a real hoot to be around

😄

Stairs. An acquaintance went for a wee during the night, fell down the stairs and is now paralysed from the neck down. Freaked me right out. I’m terrified of stairs now, especially in the dark.

Shoes! I have become much more aware of what fits and supports my feet and refuse to wear anything that isn't completely comfortable. I think it is probably similar to people's fear of falls in that I am trying to minimise any chance of going over on my ankle etc.

Eating late in the evening. If I do, I wake up during the night with shocking acid reflux. This has been the case for years, but it bothers me now,

For me it's falls I'm not exactly old but gosh do the bones feel it if i slip say on ice or something..I'm rather clumsy!

Mumsnet and all social media, men, people who want to use the women's bathroom yet possess a penis, stairs, right wing nut jobs.

Debt and lack of savings, in our thirties we had an overdraft facility of £10,000 and we lived in every single penny of it, and then somewhere overnight, we were hit with the sensible stick and we stopped spending got rid of all credit card debt, (kept the cards, dont use them) went to debit only.

We then moved North - South and ended up broke again, but with no debt of which to speak. Never had a spare shilling, but we never in debt.

Mortgage paid off

Both retired but with a huge buffer behind us.

Any sort of indebtednesses triggers every caution button in me.

It is hardwired.

I worry about mobility but I reckon I can go to a gym to sort that out, but only if you are fluid, in my head it all comes back to fluidity.

Sorry if this is boring. 😕

Plastics in food prep. Probably too late for me but feel uneasy using non stick pans for the kids food. Not all that easy getting used to stainless steel frying pan but would rather the extra hassle.

Ultraprocessed foods and mindless eating. I have a DH who is overweight and it concerns me the amount my children want to mindlessly snack when doing an activity. I cook most food from scratch and we don't snack that often but have lived abroad where people don't 'eat on the go' and instead sit down at the table for every meal or snack and would much prefer that for us. I find it a bit scary how easily UPF go down and how they make you want more.

Men. I've watched far too much true crime stuff, now I don't trust the fuckers at all.

Driving - gave my car up this year (age 59).

Junk food - extremely rarely. McDonalds every 2 to 3 months. Crisps biscuits cakes - almost never.

Overspending - clothes are rarely needed. 3 tops a year and the rest only if need replacing.

Falling off horses and skiing.

Relationships.

Food - seem to have become intolerant to a vast array of it

Walking at night - only because I stopped going out when I had DC so now it's a rarity so feels a bit weird

Experts especially in the news. If you actually think about what they say you often can work out they are wrong just being dramatic . Eg 20% will die of cold due to energy cost rises. Did that happen? Is our population shrinking?
Alternatively they are right 50% of the time , the same as tossing a coin.

Caffeine. These days drinking a caffeinated coffee is like pressing a fire alarm on my bladder. When I reached the point of wetting myself every day, sometimes soiling myself too, it was time to stop.

Bullshit - my tolerance of it has reduced to about 1%

Same. I don't really drink much these days, when I do I can feel it for days.