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What do you find yourself avoiding more as you get older?

198 replies

PunnyBeaker · Yesterday 19:00

People

OP posts:
Zanatdy · Yesterday 19:44

Going out in the evenings. Give me a matinee / pub lunch anytime over evening things. My sleep is terrible and I want to go to bed early. I am starting to say no more now, I always dread it when I have plans!

Loulou4022 · Yesterday 19:44

People!

tsmainsqueeze · Yesterday 19:47

People and crowds in noisy places , going 'out out' in general , i have gone from never in to not very often at all out.
Shopping malls and generic shops ,but i do love a nice interiors/candles etc shop , book shop , garden centre when in the mood.
Clothes shops .
Late nights when i do have a rare night out ,ideally home by 9 at the latest.
Any holiday longer than 4 days , i love my comfortable home and bed more.
Supermarkets.
Other peoples dramas.

ProjectsGalore · Yesterday 19:49

Late nights
Men
Drama

Nomdemare · Yesterday 19:49
  • People
  • Doing the heavy lifting of community events and volunteering (I’m done with compensating for others)
  • People pleasing
  • Doing nothing when others take advantage (I’m striking back now litigiously)
Notmycircusnotmyotter · Yesterday 19:49

Men

crazeekat · Yesterday 19:50

People and more people. Did I mention people? The only people I do like tho are cats.

AlloftheTime · Yesterday 19:50

FuckoffeeBeforeCoffee · Yesterday 19:01

People.

Beat me !!!

user7463246787 · Yesterday 19:50

Nickyknackered · Yesterday 19:01

Getting down on the floor

I’m late 40’s. I sat on the floor a while back and it was hard work getting up. Realised I hadn’t done that much since the kids were little - they’re early 20’s now. I used to watch tv sat on the floor for most of my teens.
so I’ve made a conscious effort to sit on the floor for a bit every day - after a couple if weeks I could spring up good as new! Give it a try! Use if or loose it.

Otherwise, people, loud places, driving at night.

unicornpower · Yesterday 19:51

People
alcohol
places with no parking

Jaichangecentfoisdenom · Yesterday 19:56

grrrlatrix · Yesterday 19:43

Socialising. Just don’t enjoy it. I actively avoid making friends.

I’m feeling like that too. Including my husband, I used to quite like him but I’m bored now. (Equally, I’m sure I’m a bore too, but I don’t care.)

Netcurtainnelly · Yesterday 19:58

Night driving even as a passenger.
Long Journeys.

Loreli1983 · Yesterday 19:58

Toffee

NeverendingRabbitHole · Yesterday 20:00

Loreli1983 · Yesterday 19:58

Toffee

Oh yes!

Whatever you do, never attempt a Reisen 😂

godmum56 · Yesterday 20:02

CeeceeBloomingdale · Yesterday 19:04

Things I don't want to do. I'd rather just say no than suffer to be polite.

pretty much nails it. I mostly say no nicely.

EndorsingPRActice · Yesterday 20:03

Smart clothing with proper waistbands and shoes without memory foam
Work social events - please may I never have to do another darts / crazy golf / arcade games / table tennis evening / eat the crap pizzas and nibbles that come with them. Quite happy to socialise for a drink / proper restaurant but it just doesn’t happen anymore….
Sales of anything
Train stations full of tourists, fellow commuters are OK

godmum56 · Yesterday 20:03

Nomdemare · Yesterday 19:49

  • People
  • Doing the heavy lifting of community events and volunteering (I’m done with compensating for others)
  • People pleasing
  • Doing nothing when others take advantage (I’m striking back now litigiously)

do you actually mean you are taking people to court over it? wow massive props to you

TerryCallierLookAtMeNowNsoul · Yesterday 20:04

NeverendingRabbitHole · Yesterday 20:00

Oh yes!

Whatever you do, never attempt a Reisen 😂

Denture welding material .

5128gap · Yesterday 20:04

Discomfort. Whether its the exhaustion of an early flight, packed transport where I have to stand, or an event where there's nowhere to sit if I feel like it.

MyOliveStork · Yesterday 20:05

People.
family (not my immediate family just everyone else)
Talking to people I don’t know very well.
going abroad.
politics

JacknDiane · Yesterday 20:06

People who have annoyed me. Ive got the shortest fuse ever now.

SurleyTurnip · Yesterday 20:06

Nothing really different to any age really, what I am up for depends on my mood.

FlatErica · Yesterday 20:06

People.

IWaffleAlot · Yesterday 20:07

JacknDiane · Yesterday 20:06

People who have annoyed me. Ive got the shortest fuse ever now.

Edited

Same 🤣 I have just zero tolerance for anyone annoying, too many issues, too full on and basically anything that irritates me

Ohdearanotherone · Yesterday 20:07

Also people

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