Worst thing about being in 50s

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StillHotPants9@reddit

The fact that I need to keep adding more exercise, more supplements to feel sort of close to how I felt 15 years ago, just rolling out of bed. And that I pay for it if I stay up as late as I used to! The maintenance is definitely a thing.

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Luggage-of-Rincewind@reddit

At 42 I was in the best shape of my life, now in my mid 50s, I’m just a shape (pear).

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StillHotPants9@reddit

It is never too late to get back on the exercise horse! 🐎 I have fallen off, gotten back on, repeat, still worth it. It is frustrating that it isn’t as easy as it was at age 42, though, right?? My goal is to never ever have to ask for someone to help me put my own clothes on for me because I can’t! Or not get stuck when bending over to pick something up, just a big nope .

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Luggage-of-Rincewind@reddit

You’re right. I must get back to it. At 43, I was benching 315lbs - 3 sets of 12. Last time I was there I struggled with 135lbs with the same sets.

My knees won’t let me run like I did even a year ago (10k a day on a running machine). Slippers and one of those zip up body blankets is next for me! 🤣

big65@reddit

Hypertension put me in the er right now, 240/130.

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AppointmentMountain8@reddit

Yikes!!! Glad your still with us. Speedy recovery 🙏🏾

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txterryo@reddit

Hope you’re out soon!!

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Tell us you're terrified of aging without telling us you're terrified of aging... Suck it up buttercup we all get there

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I am with you! I do not feel this old, what are so many GenX just allowing this?

Mariacakes99@reddit

It triggered a shingles outbreak for me. I started having outbreak in my mid 30's. Prolonged stressful situations trigger it for me. I don't know if that has something to do with why the vaccine doesn't appear to have worked for me.

Maureengill6@reddit

I found generic Diclofenac sodium is OTC and works great for a few hours. It also works immediately.

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whatsupgrizzlyadams@reddit

Subzero is menthol with all sorts of natural ingredients. It works on contact for me. Check it out.

Rebelbeka@reddit

The convenience of losing 2020 vision and growing random hairs that you can feel but not see…

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Breakfastclub1991@reddit

I can see the end.

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SlyFrog@reddit

I was going to post my own, but this basically covers it.

Nothing is super wrong. But I can feel the aging for the first time. I'm not quite as fast. Not quite as quick mentally. I can feel my knees - they don't hurt, but I never even noticed them in the past. Now I do. I can feel how I process foods and drinks changing.

rideboards13@reddit

I'm 49M but close enough. Even though I'm not gaining any weight, I'm developing one hell of a turkey chin.

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OnlyTrim

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Sweet_Traffic4545@reddit

I lost some of my teeth in martial arts competitions over several years. Ironically I have shoulder length hair at 59!

I just couldn't face going home

oh my hell

it took me way too long to realize, no. you are not growing ass hair out of your ears

SO MUCH THIS!

And don’t think heavy weights mean those big metal plates you see guys loading on a bar. Start with what’s reasonably heavy for you, whatever that means, 5, 10 lbs, doesn’t matter. Just do it 3 times a week.

ConfusionHelpful4667@reddit

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Charming-Insurance@reddit

Luck!

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FlyBuy3@reddit

How long it takes to recover from yard work. I have to plan on recovery days after tidying outside.

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Ruffcyx61@reddit

I partially tore my Rotator Cuff grabbing the Crock Pot off the top shelf in my kitchen cabinets.

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kellymig@reddit

I had my derm prescribe Vaniqua. It’s a chin hair reducer. It’s a cream you apply daily. It takes time but it does work. Your dr will have to have it compounded because it’s no longer manufactured. For me it’s worth it.

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304libco@reddit

I can’t imagine how long it would take to do all my chin hairs with electrolysis I’ve started shaving

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Timely-Youth-9074@reddit

I pluck because my hairs are mostly dark and my skin is light.

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efflexor@reddit

I do too but I feel like the pores on my chin are getting thicker to start accommodating thicker hairs so I’d like to try to do something

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Timely-Youth-9074@reddit

Mine grow so fast, I’m constantly digging in there to pluck them out, that my chin is constantly irritated.

I’m not very hairy otherwise so my thick beard is a surprise!

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I can't see. I had perfect vision all my life and now I can't. Fucking. See. (Yes I wear contacts now but goddamnit, I can't see)

Also years of going to see shows without ear plugs in the early 90s has done a number on my hearing. My husband and I are always saying "what? I didn't hear what you said"inside of our own house which is not very big. Ridiculous.

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Careless-Site1002@reddit

Tesla 1992, ruined my hearing forever. I have had hearing aids for about 3 years, 57.

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Cmorethecat@reddit

Leaning on the stacks at Soundgarden roughly the same year. Man, the 90's were the tits.

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Careless-Site1002@reddit

Jeff Keith’s voice was sooo squelchy it was painful. I imagine Cornell was 100x louder.

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Cmorethecat@reddit

❤️❤️❤️❤️

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Getting old suuuucks.

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maleficently@reddit

Being 50- old enough to be considered “senior” but not old enough for senior citizen discounts

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GalianoGirl@reddit

I just had my 60th birthday.

The beginning of my fifth decade I went back to university after a horrific traumatizing divorce.

Overall my 50’s were good.

It was scary to have people my age and younger die in that decade.

I decided to downsize this year. I am also starting work in a new industry in the community where I will eventually retire.

Dad just died in his late 90’s, mum is the most incredibly active 90 something you will ever meet.

I am not sure that I will have another 30 years, but I plan to make the most of what I have.

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MusicUpbeat2510@reddit

My dad is 93.

Parents/In-Law parents reverting to children. So far this year I have two fall and break hips - which requires 2-3 weeks of personal care , one new hip for pain relief, + 2 new knee last winter, one dementia, eye surgery, endless appointments, minor car crashes. It seems like every weekend is sitting in hostiptals, attending appointments, washing cleaning, transporting. All with the added pleasure of bad tempered, grumpy, 80 year old children lecturing me about what I should be doing better and how Reform are great, whilst worrying who is going to do all this for me in the future (no kids) .

This while taking a few cancerous hits as I run 'snipers alley' myself. (That period from 55-65 where heart disease, cancer, strokes are highest risk)

Today’s my last day in my 50s. Haven’t been able to sleep. It’s 4:30am and I’m wide awake thinking, which feels very on brand for this decade. Thank goodness for the holiday. Maybe I’ll sleep in.

It’s been a heck of a stretch and I’m feeling some mileage. Not so much old. Just aware and tired.

I think I need this day to pass lol. I’ll kick off 60 with a small party and maybe a fresh perspective.

I don’t even know what I’m trying to say except thanks for posting this thread tonight. I may not know any of you, but we’ve all been here together and made it this far. That’s comforting.

Forgetting words. So many words o used to know. And names? You know, that guy??

Seeing my face start to “fall”. I’m not conceited and never thought I was particularly pretty, but damn those jowls coming in are killer. I recently lost weight and I’m at a healthy weight now but my face still looks round, not to mention saggy.

Didn’t even know I had arthritis til I turned 49. I’m now 54 and I’ve had a hip and knee replaced, and my hands and shoulders are something to be constantly managed. I’m healthy and active and life is really good right now, but managing chronic pain is a drag.

I want to go out and have a night of fun like in my 20s but then my brain thinks about all the sensible shit like how much it will cost to uber an hour home, how expensive drinks are now, how I will feel the next day and how hard it would be to pull my friends away from their grandkid shit cos it’s more important their kids still get to go out.

I give up, have a relaxing smoke and spend the evening nodding at my husband as he moans and groans about his aches and pains and what specialist appointment is next.

I miss being single in the 90s.

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Picmover@reddit

My wife and I went to a concert a couple months ago. Long show with the third act being who I wanted to see. My wife's first concert in years. I spoke with the band before the concert (I'd met them before, but not my wife) and then stayed after to chat again. From start to finish our nite was almost six hours. My wife was miserable and furious which made me furious and miserable.

Gout at 48 currently. Pay tell, ye elders.

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Just get a nose hair trimmer. Stick it in your nostrils, then blow your nose. Easy peasy.

Having to take care of your parents AND your teenagers, who refuse to associate with each other.

Taking time for yourself (at least to scream into the void) without being made to feel guilty about it.

qriousqestioner@reddit

Agree. I'm like, "yes we can" when someone is like we can't do that. They don't even know we're here!

Viperlite@reddit

I’m mid-50s and take no medicine. My doctor occasionally suggests something, but I see no need to rush down that path. I feel no pain as of yet and enjoy not dealing with the drug interactions and side effects. I suppose one day, I’ll have no choice, but I’m enjoying the now.

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Sea-Soil-1479@reddit

"I take so much medication I no longer need to eat..."

Iknewsomeracists@reddit

My back. It’s all sorts of fucked up. It makes me depressed. I cant do things i want to do. I feel lazy but i physically cant do many things I love.

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prudent__sound@reddit

Really sorry. For me it's my damn foot and knee (plus a bunch of lesser aches). Yeah, there are things I want to do, but I may never be able to. I feel kinda cheated tbh, since I had some chronic health problems as a young person, but I guess that's just the hands I was dealt in this incarnation.

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aarkwilde@reddit

I feel your pain. My great accomplishments for the day was taking a shower, a short trip to the grocery store, and making dinner. I am in my 50's and walk with a damned cane.

It's not fun, and astounding how small my world has become.

Yes. Yes it is.

I told my 23 yr old son sitting beside me in my quiet home, with only white noise and a ticking quartz clock, that for each tick and tock we hear, it's one second forever and ever gone, underused, wasted.. as we both approach our inevitable yet timely deaths.

Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock...

He said my comment woke him up and realized how fragile and unknown life really is.

My sister has a friend with a long, sad medical history. He would call every 3 days, days divisible by 3 3, 6, 9, etc.) just to check in that he was ok. He missed a call, she called him repeatedly for 24 hours. I convinced her on the 2nd day to call the police for a welfare check. He was ok; his phone died and he'd had a cold and was napping on and off.

It happened again a year later and he...wasn't ok. But because of the calls it didn't take long to find him.

So what I'm saying is make a plan with a friend, stick to the plan. Even if it's just a text every few days saying good morning, make a plan.

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AK_Sole@reddit

Within the span of a week I got carded for alcohol and then a few days later was asked if I’d be taking the senior discount at the ticket booth…

Slept in wrong position? Nerve pinch with excruciating pain.

Immune to weight loss diets

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pdiddleysquat@reddit

Back pain.

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Appropriate-Issue-73@reddit

Just turned 60. Bald, pudgy, arthritis almost everywhere, gout everywhere else, readers, neuropathy, "that" dysfunction, and recent prostate cancer.....

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Grouchy_Vet@reddit

If your insurance will cover Zepbound, talk to your doctor. I started taking it for weight loss but it’s a freaking miracle drug. No more arthritis pain. No more swollen joints. No more high blood pressure. No more inflammation. No more sleep apnea. No asthma attacks. I went from needing 14 prescriptions to taking 2. And one of those is for cholesterol- which has been steadily decreasing.

I’m telling you that this drug is a life saver for me. It’s worth it even if you have to pay out of pocket or get a compounded version online.

I was just telling my 15 y/o that for Halloween this year I’m going as “Pain Bot” from Teen Titans Go. I’m going to have his song playing from my phone as well. It’s a banger called, “All I Know is Pain!” who he duets with Cyborg.

hotblueglue@reddit

I love that you tell yourself “maybe I’ll make myself a coffee”. I find that so fucking wholesome.

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Puzzleheaded_Use_566@reddit

Thank you! You made my night!

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Apprehensive_Cry5877@reddit

Starting to hate your job while being in a field with few opportunities at mid-career level, and while not yet having enough saved to retire early.

… Even though your 401k plan has the “Rule of 55” allowance for early withdrawals penalty/free.

Really? That's quite interesting.

Also, I heard something about a correlation between nose hair plucking and dementia.

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human-aftera11@reddit

Makes it easier for infections to get to the brain.

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Negative-Appeal9892@reddit

I can predict the weather with my knee.

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Majestic-Farm1534@reddit

Our legs actually look and sound like the original Barbie legs with that shit wire inside...

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Longjumping-Air1489@reddit

Everything hurts for no reason.

Not even going with any of the personal care stuff. It was when I realized I had to stop telling people (at work) what my age was. Ageism is very real. As a consultant, people want experience without extra years.

I'm very limber, exercise, sit on the floor, stretch, the same I was at 20.

Making a heaving sighing sound whenever I sit

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ConsequenceFeeling96@reddit

Or prepare to stand. If I sigh for any other reason in the evenings, the dogs all hop off the sofa thinking I’m about to get up! 🤣

fastballcdm2019@reddit

I got a hemorrhoid and my wife is taking stool softeners to get more regular. We are both so sexy right now…

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foxorhedgehog@reddit

I just asked my boyfriend for tweezers so I (female) could pull out a wiry mustache hair. Sigh….

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Dutch1inAZ@reddit

I still have two years to enjoy my 40s so I don’t want to think about it yet

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thejohnykat@reddit

I’m 50 in December. I’m still trying to not think about it.

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dtoddh@reddit

Thar's more of an annoyance. Check your ear hairs too. Either are easily solved.

My husband is turning 50 the end of July. Thankfully I’m still young and fall under the Millennial age group and I’m in good health. I will say, in the past year my husband has physically aged and time and his work has taken a toll on his body and mental health. He’s worked construction jobs his whole life and has depended on physical labor for his income for the majority of his life now. He is finding out the hard way that being in construction and depending on one’s physical capabilities to survive these days will NOT cut it in the job market. I keep telling him physical labor (mixed with some small health problems of his) will only cause him bigger problems in the future. His work is aging him and he needs to consider a different career path at this point. He is smart and has every ability to get his own Construction License in a lot of different categories due to his work experience. He could then run his own business and have the younger generation do the physical labor while he manages from behind. He is stubborn and refuses to do so because he “doesn’t want to be stuck behind a desk all day and “hates doing paperwork”.

Get a trimmer. Don't pluck

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Overall_Matter_2520@reddit

Eye sight. Entire life 20/20 and now I can see shit. If I lose my readers….

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emsleezy@reddit

Fuuuuck. I had to get cataract surgery early (I’ll be 50 this year). Now my vision is so fucked up. I can NEVER see.

Back pain, joint paint, neck pain.

That right there. I thought with the kids out of the house I would have more time. Now it's the kids asking for help with there stuff/ homes. Then the parents are calling for help as well. It sucks that the guy that taught you how to do all of things you know how to do can't do it. Nobody warned me about this at all. I hate to say I didn't see it coming.

Btw, I'm not complaining I just expected this time inyblife to be different.

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Northwestwood@reddit

Always looking for my readers.

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PizzaWhole9323@reddit

When I get up from any chair my back sounds like a bag of microwave popcorn going off.

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Motherfuckers best try to ride out the 50's with a little style ;cause the 60's are gonna kick you right up yer asshole.

(also PLEASE get your colonoscopy scheduled ASAP)

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true_blue72@reddit

I was diagnosed with colon cancer in January, last colonoscopy was 5 years ago. Doing 6 months of chemo now, halfway done. 💪 just get that colonoscopy so it isn’t too late to treat any problems.

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When I tried that kind of clipper, I got infected ingrown hairs. Shearing them off at nostril level with a beard trimmer doesn't cause that. For me.

YMMV, but it makes me hesitant to recommend that kind of clipper.

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Team503@reddit

I don't understand how it caused ingrown hairs. Those are trimmers that cut the nose hairs, not pull them out of your nostril. Were you literally taking the trimmer and rubbing it against your nose on the inside? You're not supposed to do that - just put it in and move it around a bit.

I'm looking at that this year.

sighs depressingly

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humble_cyrus@reddit

Pain. Not being able to do a 10k run without pre-gaming with 800mg of Advil, bio freeze and a post run corona.

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Acceptable_Stop2361@reddit

A 10K?????? Really? As in actual kilometers?

FriendRaven1@reddit

Peeing. There's a lot going on.

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Wow, in addition to being anti inflammatory it also looks like it lowers risk of colorectal cancer (CRC).

Persons reporting use of glucosamine+chondroitin on 4+ days/week for 3+ years had a non-statistically significant 45% lower CRC risk than non-users.

https://youtu.be/91XTZ92zs2w?si=YKCHmyFqSyVgkUkn

Hopefully two.

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Then stop doing that

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Electronic-Bake-4381@reddit

Am I just old or is there a problem?

Biff2019@reddit

I've got 2 or 3 randos on the tip of my nose. The tip... I mean really.....GMAFB..

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Dead-Lazlo@reddit

For sure - OP should check those ears, too!

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Sierra-Powderhound@reddit

I love my 50s. I retired early, love my wife and kids are in college. Best decade yet!

Ikr? Pulled one out a few weeks ago, only to have a small, beneath the surface pimple emerge in its place on the inside of my nostril - WTH is that about!? Hurt like HELL and no way to get at it.

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No I'm saying that to OP. As an option like, don't pull them out. But for OP it was more just you know, if you constantly receive infections then don't pull them out maybe?

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Ok_Push2550@reddit

Graduating to two maintenance medications. Blood pressure and cholesterol. One step closer to the pill box for every day.

More stuff to do in the morning before I leave the bathroom. Hair cream, under eye cream, afore mentioned medication, spf moisturizer for my face. Wish I could travel with just a toothbrush and contacts again .

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Pip_Helix@reddit

I’d much rather take my pills than be dead. I happily take them every day.

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Ok_Push2550@reddit

True. That's why I do. But man, I wish I still felt invincible.

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AdGold205@reddit

I’m grateful for the pharmaceuticals but DAMN. I’m on so many of them.

HoosierLarry@reddit

Yeah, you’ve got to trim those and not pull them.

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Severe-Reality5546@reddit

Sleep is my big one. Starting a few years ago, I almost always wake up between 5 and 5:30am, regardless of what time I go to bed. Even with coffee I feel like a sleep-deprived zombie.

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WHY then,,,, are you pulling them out? Use a trimmer or wax them.

Also, consider using a saline nasal gel. Look into it. I recommend the Ayr brand. I use it every night before bed.

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GrayMalchin@reddit

I don’t remember pulling my shoulder when I upvoted this post.