Results: How do you feel about aging?
Published on 02/12/2016
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What do you like LEAST about getting older? Trouble concentrating and remembering things
13%
245 votes
Loss of former physical abilities and mobility
36%
668 votes
Change in appearance (wrinkles, weight gain, etc.)
28%
534 votes
Losing longtime friends and family
20%
368 votes
Other (please specify)
3%
61 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
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0.69% | 13 | |
n/a | 0.32% | 6 |
na | 0.32% | 6 |
all of the above | 0.32% | 6 |
nothing | 0.11% | 2 |
All of the above. | 0.11% | 2 |
what if none of these have to effect us, awesome aging link this is a social joke. | 0.05% | 1 |
ILLNESS | 0.05% | 1 |
none | 0.05% | 1 |
#'s 1 and 3 | 0.05% | 1 |
Responsibility | 0.05% | 1 |
I was young once so I don't have any reason to complain. | 0.05% | 1 |
harder to get employment | 0.05% | 1 |
loss of good health | 0.05% | 1 |
getting closer to death | 0.05% | 1 |
getting shorter | 0.05% | 1 |
knowing your are getting closer to death | 0.05% | 1 |
my hearing | 0.05% | 1 |
none of those are happening. | 0.05% | 1 |
all of the constant problems and stresses of life | 0.05% | 1 |
Gray hair | 0.05% | 1 |
were all gonna be old so i say live it to the fullest :) | 0.05% | 1 |
not a thing | 0.05% | 1 |
all the above | 0.05% | 1 |
pain | 0.05% | 1 |
all of the above and then some! | 0.05% | 1 |
getting older :) | 0.05% | 1 |
the pain i can not control | 0.05% | 1 |
other | 0.05% | 1 |
aches and pains | 0.05% | 1 |
Yes | 0.05% | 1 |
Getting gray n menopause | 0.05% | 1 |
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What do you like MOST about getting older? Being stable and financially secure
16%
303 votes
Having acquired wisdom to live more effectively
28%
519 votes
Enjoying the shared history of longtime friends
10%
187 votes
Not caring as much about what other people think
42%
789 votes
Other (please specify)
4%
78 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
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1.01% | 19 | |
NOTHING | 0.64% | 12 |
n/a | 0.48% | 9 |
Na | 0.21% | 4 |
none | 0.11% | 2 |
being old enough to say what i think and get away with it | 0.05% | 1 |
grandbabies | 0.05% | 1 |
i dont have any of that | 0.05% | 1 |
all of the above | 0.05% | 1 |
tracing my family tree | 0.05% | 1 |
watching ur family grow | 0.05% | 1 |
getting all the tattoos I want | 0.05% | 1 |
not working | 0.05% | 1 |
all of the above and not having to choose one | 0.05% | 1 |
The not working & having time for hobbies, life! | 0.05% | 1 |
Not getting up to go to work | 0.05% | 1 |
being retired | 0.05% | 1 |
getting closer to my death | 0.05% | 1 |
make your own schedule and go where you want, when you want | 0.05% | 1 |
again all of the above | 0.05% | 1 |
All above | 0.05% | 1 |
I still care about everything about me | 0.05% | 1 |
G | 0.05% | 1 |
Not sureq | 0.05% | 1 |
senior discounts | 0.05% | 1 |
kids are raised and doing good and house is paid off early | 0.05% | 1 |
Being alive | 0.05% | 1 |
other | 0.05% | 1 |
medicare | 0.05% | 1 |
nothing at all | 0.05% | 1 |
don't like anything | 0.05% | 1 |
im not that old yet | 0.05% | 1 |
Being able to call my time my own | 0.05% | 1 |
watching my kids grow up | 0.05% | 1 |
not being dead | 0.05% | 1 |
menopause | 0.05% | 1 |
grandkids | 0.05% | 1 |
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3.
Overall, are you more happy or sad about aging? Dislike it, wish I could be young again
34%
629 votes
Enjoy it, so glad to get beyond the past
25%
470 votes
N/A, don't really care much either way
39%
737 votes
Other (please specify)
2%
40 votes
Other Answers | Percentage | Votes |
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0.64% | 12 | |
n/a | 0.11% | 2 |
definitely appreciate everything more than I did | 0.05% | 1 |
Accepting. | 0.05% | 1 |
a little of both | 0.05% | 1 |
Mixed thoughts | 0.05% | 1 |
I decided to accept it but not act old. | 0.05% | 1 |
I like to have the energy that you lose when you get older. | 0.05% | 1 |
LETS GET IT OVER WITH. | 0.05% | 1 |
Younger but have the wisdom that I have now. | 0.05% | 1 |
mixture of enjoying and disliking | 0.05% | 1 |
It is what it is | 0.05% | 1 |
I'm blessed to still be alive. | 0.05% | 1 |
Live in the Present, Every day is a gift. | 0.05% | 1 |
dislike it to some extent | 0.05% | 1 |
It's a bitter sweet moment | 0.05% | 1 |
single again at 56 sucks/my love& most good friends dead | 0.05% | 1 |
undecided | 0.05% | 1 |
There's no point worrying about what you can't control. | 0.05% | 1 |
It can be an inconvenience but it beats the alternative | 0.05% | 1 |
im smart | 0.05% | 1 |
In the middle | 0.05% | 1 |
im not old so i really can not reply | 0.05% | 1 |
I'm happy with who I am now but that's not to see wouldn't go for a few do overs | 0.05% | 1 |
i am more content then i have ever been but the pain controls what i do daily. | 0.05% | 1 |
I enjoy aging because the alternative is death. | 0.05% | 1 |
Enjoy it. Period. | 0.05% | 1 |
A bit sad | 0.05% | 1 |
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