Over 50s. Have you outgrown/got bored of anything?

[JumpingDizzy]

Mine is spas or spa days. I used to love them. Went to one recently and was so bored.

Dh and I camped (tent) recently and the place was so peaceful and beautiful I realised I enjoyed this much more than spa days or stays. The weather was good admittedly. But even so walking in the beautiful dales was so therapeutic. Also the wild swimming under waterfalls was blissful. Dh and I often camp but have found the best site. Cost less than £60 Inc electric hook up. First time we've used electric.

Dh and I walk lots. Loads of long distance walking. I also walk with friends. So it isn't a new realisation that I love the outdoors. Just a sudden realisation that spa days bore me now.

Have you outgrown anything? Or found a new love of something?

Mmm…Shopping as a pastime. Big, boozy hen dos. Crap food.

DH!

Oh !😂

Putting on make up;
until the pandemic I spent half an hour each day with foundation, blusher, eyeliner etc.
Now I have more free time and just not interested in it.

Visiting gardens.
I once found this boring, but going somewhere like Wisely several times a year is now a complete joy.

@JumpingDizzy ive always been an old soul so my interests haven’t changed much lol. Other than probably shopping. I haven’t been to a shopping centre for years. The bright lights and clinical white settings, highly polished floors just make me feel ill now - and worse when I squint more closely at the prices haha 😅. The only shopping I still like is going to antique shops but really because I’ve always loved history and to me it’s like going to a museum for free sometimes!

Not 50 yet but agree on the spa day thing. Like paying £70 for a swim half the time. And people keep buying me vouchers that are really hard to use!

Small talk. Used to be able to, not now. Cancer and menopause have really altered my mindset. I’m off work at the moment, having chemo. The thought of just making all that “ nice” small talk
( which is probably just normal workplace conversation) exhausts me!

Late nights-9pm is my bedtime and I love it!

'classic' songs that do the rounds over and over. From the 50s 60s 70s 80s 90s etc etc. I'm not interested anymore. There's only so many times I can be bothered to listen to them in my lifetime.

Not really. I still love spa days, especially as I can now do them during the week at cheaper rates and have more treatments. The only outdoors I like is looking at it from posh (to me) hotel rooms. I still like going out to pubs and restaurants but prefer afternoon/early evenings now. I still go to gigs but not as many, and I need a seat because my back won’t allow me to stand for hours anymore. I’m part of the over 60’s.

I've do t think i have grown out of stuff yet.
I thought I'd be over gigs by now but I love discovering new bands and will go into the city several times a .onth if something catches my eye.

I have always travelled solo, wild camped solo, well since my early 20s,I've cycled for ever, my son jokes about n+1 with regards to the number of bikes I've have! I still love the theatre and arts So no, the passions I've had in .my younger days are still around.
The only thing I want to give up is work, but I'm not quite ready for that.

Ive never liked spa days but i do like an afternoon with my besties, ( girl squad, female friends, whatever you want to call them, someone always critises!) drinking cocktails in expensive bars in Manchester.
I'm 60.

Camping (love the idea, hate the uncomfortable air bed and other people’s noise)
Shopping (don’t need much in the way of shoes/ clothes/ tat)
Driving fast (no fun anymore)
Spending time with people I don’t like (no patience)

Men. Not all men, but a significant proportion.

I suddenly see the willy-waving dominance, the misplaced confidence, the expectation of deference, and the unbridled privileges.

I won’t move out of the way for them on the pavement - I call it cock-chicken and this amuses me greatly. Patronising ones get patronised back - I deliberately called the AA man “darling” a few times when he kept addressing DP and not me.

Im keeping DP because he’s a good one, but on the whole, I’m over them. And it would be a shame to waste my years of training him, wouldn’t it love? 🤣

Shopping as a pastime.
Career progression, especially managing people. I would happily work in the most junior role in the company if it paid enough money to keep my life afloat.

All sorts. I'm jolly glad I never got a tattoo at 18 because all the things I used to be passionate about I no longer really give a shit about. Thank God I don't have Morrisey's face tattooed on my arm.

Even music that I used to like has worn a bit thin. I prefer peace and quiet and an early night with a book, whereas I used to like a noisy pub and a chance to get up and dance. Loved a party. Would actively avoid one now.

I used to read what I think is now called commercial women’s fiction but used to be called chick lit. I just find it so predictable and tedious now. I’ll make an exception for Rachel’s Holiday which is an amazing book.

Travelling - I can't believe I'm writing this! but been on a train for 5 hrs today and oooh the aches and pains. I used to live and breathe travel. I think I need the first class experience! 😎

Isn't what we like cyclical and changes according to what's going on in the rest of our lives?

I thought I'd grown out of the big night out in my 30s when I had young children, but had a period after DH died when I loved going for a night out, then I got really into my fitness and focused on that more.

Spa days, yes, boring.

Having my nails done I now find boring, too.

Used to love clothes shopping, too.

Dinner parties where I don't already know all of the people invited.

Weekends away in a large group. I have outgrown all the faffing about to be ready to do anything, the fiddling around to even up the finances and having to be "on" all weekend.

People

Interesting question!

The answer is no, I don’t think so.

Never been on a spa day because I always though they sounded terminally dull.

Still love dancing but go to ‘spiritual’ dances to avoid clubs.

Love a good pub.

Never liked late nights.

Still love shopping for clothes ( charity shops for ne now!) and getting dressed up to go out.

I drink less, I guess that is what I outgrew, getting drunk. Love a beer or glass of wine, but drink rarely now, and usually only one drink, never more than two.

I am absolutely with you on this

A woman after my own heart. Bed is my favourite place. Quite happy to read in bed all day.

I no longer like New Years bloody Eve, parties,television,fashion,clothes shopping or buying loads of expensive make up. I have a face full of make up. That is enough.

Life, tbh.