100% FREE ONLINE DATING
sponsored links
Previous
| Topic: Older=wiser? | |
|---|---|
|
|
|
I dont understand why older people use this term. Yes as most of you are older than i am, do we not learn from each other? Being older and being wise do not always go hand in hand. I do agree that as you age you gain more life experiences, but as advanced as the world is now younger people are starting to learn at a college level by the 7th grade. The wealth of knowledge is out there. I dont know maybe i think too much, but i am a capricorn. I tend to over process and over analyze things. So answer me this does older equal wiser?
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Not necessarily, it seems the older we get the more we believe there is a perfect man/woman out there for us.That is despite getting our romantic fingers burnt for like 70,000 times.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
you can be young, yet wise and old, yet ignorant and vice versa. i don't think there's a correlation really. it depends on the person and their experiences, this is one time i will actually agree with that worn out expression, "age is just a number."
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
you can be young, yet wise and old, yet ignorant and vice versa. i don't think there's a correlation really. it depends on the person and their experiences, this is one time i will actually agree with that worn out expression, "age is just a number." I like to consider myself young, wise, and naive. I have some of the greatest knowledge about life so far, yet i still can be gullible about the world the surrounds me. Peers have an influence on me everyday whether i follow the influence or lead others in another direction gives me the choice on which of lifes paths to take. But most days i usually just dance to the beat of my own drum. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Im not so sure about wiser but we become more guarded. We no longer believe the fairytales and ideals of when we were younger. And our priorities change.....for most of us.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I think it comes from the idea that "wisdom" is understanding through experience. The older you are... the more experience. Of course, there are some truly foolish older people who never learn from their experiences.
Younger people might be considered "wise beyond their years" meaning that they have the ability to distill understanding from the experience of others. Or, they simply might be astute and need fewer experiences to learn from than others. 
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I don't think older is wiser. It can be, but not usually. Most of the older people I know are stubbern, closed minded and stuck in their ways. They don't want to know anything new. I think it's sad.
However, I do feel I am wiser than I was 20 years ago. I have a much clearer understnading of how things get done. I find most things easy to accomplish. I no longer waste time on things that are not working out. I'd rather be happy than rich. I won't work for someone I don't like. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I don't think older is wiser. It can be, but not usually. Most of the older people I know are stubbern, closed minded and stuck in their ways. They don't want to know anything new. I think it's sad. However, I do feel I am wiser than I was 20 years ago. I have a much clearer understnading of how things get done. I find most things easy to accomplish. I no longer waste time on things that are not working out. I'd rather be happy than rich. I won't work for someone I don't like. Closeminded, Stubborn - I find that explains the older folks in my family. There advise is valuable, however, some of their viewpoints are very ridiciolous and would not fly in today's everyday situations. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I don't think older is wiser. It can be, but not usually. Most of the older people I know are stubbern, closed minded and stuck in their ways. They don't want to know anything new. I think it's sad. However, I do feel I am wiser than I was 20 years ago. I have a much clearer understnading of how things get done. I find most things easy to accomplish. I no longer waste time on things that are not working out. I'd rather be happy than rich. I won't work for someone I don't like. Still being one of the youngest here that continually post in the forum, even in the past 5 years since graduating high school i have grown and become wiser. I was very sheltered towards the world. I didnt work until i was 18 and i dont think i gained any work ethic until i was 22 i presently hold the job i have been in for nearly 2 years now. (Wow where did this year go?) I have learned that bills come first then saving then play. That was a big struggle. I have also learned that jumping into a relationship usually ends in disappointment. I have started looking at people in a different light and realizing that i am not the only one with feelings. Growing up is hard, but i must say it is a great experience that i wouldnt take back for the world! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I don't think older is wiser. It can be, but not usually. Most of the older people I know are stubbern, closed minded and stuck in their ways. They don't want to know anything new. I think it's sad. However, I do feel I am wiser than I was 20 years ago. I have a much clearer understnading of how things get done. I find most things easy to accomplish. I no longer waste time on things that are not working out. I'd rather be happy than rich. I won't work for someone I don't like. Still being one of the youngest here that continually post in the forum, even in the past 5 years since graduating high school i have grown and become wiser. I was very sheltered towards the world. I didnt work until i was 18 and i dont think i gained any work ethic until i was 22 i presently hold the job i have been in for nearly 2 years now. (Wow where did this year go?) I have learned that bills come first then saving then play. That was a big struggle. I have also learned that jumping into a relationship usually ends in disappointment. I have started looking at people in a different light and realizing that i am not the only one with feelings. Growing up is hard, but i must say it is a great experience that i wouldnt take back for the world! 
|
|
|
|
|
|
Edited by
earthytaurus76
on
Wed 08/26/09 12:34 AM
|
|
no, not more intelligent either.
I was the care taker up until recently to a 94 year old man who didnt know **** about life. he was horrible,and severely abusive, and I just wondered to myself.. what can this mans purpose be? It was obvious he could never have been a nice, caring, loving individual, and posessed no skills whatsoever in dealing with others. he was never nice, even by accident. and it was all by choice. He was miserable with his life 100% of the time, and totally lacked all skills to make himself thrive. He could walk.. cook, do his own laundry.. if he wanted to. he was just old and mean. So yes, I know what you mean about old, and wise, but honestly, Ive never heard the expression that old=wise in my life. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wise was when you put the pillow over his......never mind.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Wise was when you put the pillow over his......never mind. OMG thats fabulous.. You dont know what I was GOING to put but didnt lol.. Ill just say.. im positive.. his family is just on the edge of their seat waiting for him to die. *shakes head* I know it sounds terrible, but man.. this guy was just some kind of screwed up. Thank you good God, and sweet Jesus I dont have to deal with that horrible man.. I would close the door, and have all kinds of talks with God.. negotiations even. No, all old, and older people are NOT sweet. lol |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Most have some form of dementia at that age......consider that.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I think there's a certain age where wisdom begins to deteriorate, along with everything else.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I think there's a certain age where wisdom begins to deteriorate, along with everything else. could be... |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Older means not as stupid as before (and even then) not exactly wiser in my book.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
I dont understand why older people use this term. Yes as most of you are older than i am, do we not learn from each other? Being older and being wise do not always go hand in hand. I do agree that as you age you gain more life experiences, but as advanced as the world is now younger people are starting to learn at a college level by the 7th grade. The wealth of knowledge is out there. I dont know maybe i think too much, but i am a capricorn. I tend to over process and over analyze things. So answer me this does older equal wiser? It depends on how you use the experiences... book smarts and wisdom are not the same thing. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
i'm 61--have some good ideas and some not so good--- can see where i was not so smart when i was young- and where i was smart-- Things don't change that much---HOWEVER!!!--I DON'T VOTE FOR THE SAME GUY/GAL BECAUSE HE'S/SHE'S AN ""INCUMBENT"" !!!! thats not a wize thing--just for you young people out there!!!---sorry, have a thing about lier's and there power. (that was just a rant-was looking at the senate voting record last night)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
what it means is
all the stuff you're gonna do and face and accomplish over the next twenty or so years and the lessons that you'll learn from your mistakes and your triumphs we already did. AND we could tell you. but you wont listen. they never do. cause we are "old" and don't know shiit about what it's like to be a young person. they seem to think that we've always been old and don't know anything about being young |
|
|
|
|
