Elderly people have feelings too
12-May-2008
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Elderly people have feelings too

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How many of you look at the older person as a pain? Come on they move at a pace that comes close to a snail and when your behind them you are delayed for your own busy lifestyle.

Old Folks Crossing

They’re always making buses late trying to count out their change for their concessionary fare. The queue in the chemist is always out of the door on pension day, just at that time when you are in a major rush and need to pay that bill that has been bothering you for ages!

Now lets try and imagine we are in their shoes.  We work all our lives trying to make the world a nicer place for our children to grow up in.  We were children once who ran about furiously thinking that if we didn’t rush we would be out of time.  We all met our true loves and married and helped the population by having our beloved children, experienced the heart break and the pain of losing loved ones and friends.  Our grandchildren look up to us and realise that we are wise and know the answers to everything.

Why not just take some time out of your busy lifestyles to see that we do not grow old gracefully, we lose respect, our looks, our figures. This is something that we are brave enough to accept and understand. We try not to be angry with those who laugh at us and make remarks, but there is only so much we can take.

We are people with feelings and minds too

One day YOU will grow old and understand what I am saying. Until then please just try and understand that we are people with feelings and minds too and treat us with some consideration.

Thong, hongs

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I agree 100% The elder have been here much longer than we have. They are the ones who created the world we live in today, I Respect that.
*xoxo marie  24-Apr-2008 16:49

 
I will have to agree with the writers on "Elderly poeple have feelings too". I am writing a paper on elderly people and how they are being disrespected in the society. I have almost thesame pont like the writer does and this little information here realy helped to make my point clear. I think elderly people really deserve more than what is being offered to them. especially the young people, they need to look back and think, or wear thesame shoes.
*santos  21-Apr-2008 04:37

 
old people can't just be stereotyped into one comment, because they are not all the same. They have variety, too, like everyone else. Some are horrible old hags who have goes at kids for stuff, like that witch down my road, and some, like my nana, are very kind and considerate.
*glITch  12-Mar-2008 13:04

 
For me, these old people need respect and caring just as we do. Just imagine that you and I will reach that age too, we also want to be treated well. So do unto others what you want others to do unto you.
*maggie_23  22-Jan-2008 05:41

 
Having read all the comments on this gripe and all the other gripes regarding the elderly, I have come to the conclusion that the most disrespectful,and bigotted comments come from, younastycheapskateyou.He is obviously full of his own importance as well as hot air and showes no respect whatsoever for his own parents,he must have an ego the size of his head.
Get a life,live and let live..
*Handyman  11-Dec-2007 22:29

 
Oh god this is a bit hard!! I think we shouldn’t label them as the “Elderly” because everyone is different and if we just see them as group of people…. we would think them same about every single one of them.
Some of them are quiet rude, some are very slow, some think we owe them things, some of them are quiet chatty and some are very nice and kind. But again we are all different and some young people could have these in them too. So please… please… and again please don’t think of them as a groups of people see them as individuals…
*sara  26-Nov-2007 23:34

 
Some people do not think of elderly people as anything other than another ordinary person walking down the road.
But if you imagine that they were your relation, whether it be your Nan, Grandad or Aunt, it would totally change your opinion of them.

Just think, even though it is not your elderly relation holding you up in the bus queue, it is someone elses!
*Sez-  14-Nov-2007 19:29

 
I do respect old pepole and will try to get along with them,because I hope I will be treat like this

when I get old in the future.
*Zohreh  05-Nov-2007 05:58

 
the elderly people are sources of history we should treat them as better as we can
*desert man  03-Nov-2007 20:34

 
I'm conducting a small research to show how elderly people live in retirement homes in my city. I think they deserve to be treated with respect and hopefully the results I get will help other people realise how little we value them.
*Mina - Argentina  12-Sep-2007 19:52

 
old people are absolute LEGENDS love them!!!! yea so dont really have much more to say lol!!!!
I would love a nan like NANA MOON off eastenders!!!!!!
*sambuca  07-Sep-2007 14:06

 
And half of them get shoved into an old folks home where they have little to look forward to except death. Get a clue.
*Frstsg  21-Aug-2007 21:46


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