With Age comes Humor

Have you ever thought about the aging process and harboring depressive thoughts? If you look at the older people around you, most have a great sense of humor, with the exception of my mother, sure hope I don't take after her (ha...just kidding). Although, there are those that tend to have a crabby nature, or at least it seems so with my mother, (which sets me off on my own crabby adventure). It is not good to be continuously around crabby people...it rubs off on you.

I really do love my mother. My dad passed away almost 9 years ago and now my mother has decided that she no longer wants to live alone, she very recently moved in with me. Have you ever heard the adage "The most admired is free of toil while the least is fully laden." Maybe I just made that one up due to the fact that I am least with my mother...my two brothers hold the highest honors, (why does she want to live with me?...some things are unexplainable). For now she is a source of humor for us...especially my youngest son. He likes to play with her mind, even during her crabby times.

Some of the amusements of senior citizens are the faces they make, you can always tell when they are displeased about something. It almost kills me to hold back...."Okay, what's brought the sour face this time...Who stirred your lemons...What do you have to be upset about?" I do this with anyone showing a displeasing emotion, not only senior citizens. I want them to speak up in front of everyone...don't hold back...I don't...Everyone knows I am going to speak out if I am not happy. If you don't want anyone to know you are upset, then bluff...don't let me see it, because I will make it known to everyone present. I guess I am too blatant, my husband says I need to control myself, (which he is referring to my mouth). He has got to understand, I have to do this! I cannot stand someone making faces without a known reason.

Another amusement is movement. A lot of older people will move extremely slow until it benefits them. A note of preparation; if you have an elderly person move into your home, have a restroom especially for them. In our home, we have too many people (friends and family) in and out all day, every day. And when you have one person taking up at least 10 minutes or more in one of the restrooms, even during the night, you definitely need more than two. What kills me is when they are just standing there looking at themselves in the mirror, trying to figure out what to do next! Am I impatient or what!!!! Maybe it's my nerves, or maybe I have to many traumatic experiences.

I hope with age, I can keep a sense of humor, I want people to look at me and smile, to laugh with me. I want people to see me as the person I am now. I want to move with grace, without slowing everyone around me down.

I want to age with funny stories to tell. The two most humorous stages in life are in childhood and senior years. These stages also make the best jokes.

An elderly couple, Ray and Bessie, are “snowbirds” in Texas. Ray has always wanted a pair of authentic cowboy boots.Seeing some on sale one day, he buys them and wears them home, walking proudly. He saunters into the house and says to his wife, “Notice anything different about me?”

Bessie looks him over and says, “Nope.”

Frustrated, Ray storms off into the bathroom, undresses, and walks back into the room, completely naked except for the boots. Again he asks, a little louder this time, “Notice anything DIFFERENT NOW?”

Bessie looks up and says, “Ray, what’s different?It’s hanging down today, it was hanging down yesterday, it’ll be hanging down again tomorrow.

Furious, Ray yells, “AND DO YOU KNOW WHY IT’S HANGING DOWN, BESSIE?? IT’S HANGING DOWN BECAUSE IT’S LOOKING AT MY NEW BOOTS!!!!!”

To which Bessie replies, “Shoulda bought a hat, Ray. Shoulda bought a hat.”