r/AskOldPeople • u/PickleJuiceRabbler • 1d ago
Events Memories?
What is your favorite event of the past that people don't often do anymore?
r/AskOldPeople • u/Major_Square • Jan 19 '23
Hi.
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r/AskOldPeople • u/kalayna • Feb 02 '26
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r/AskOldPeople • u/PickleJuiceRabbler • 1d ago
What is your favorite event of the past that people don't often do anymore?
r/AskOldPeople • u/SatisfactionSenior65 • 1d ago
r/AskOldPeople • u/Ok-Score7886 • 1d ago
How easy was it to find a husband/wife/ long term partner in your dating years?
r/AskOldPeople • u/jefuchs • 3d ago
My father was born in the 1930s. His name was Sherrill. At his funeral, his sister gave a eulogy and told us about the time she first met a girl named Cheryl. She said "that's a boy's name!"
Later, I knew an older man named Tracy. Also a boy's name in his day.
r/AskOldPeople • u/clx94 • 3d ago
I have 3 very close friends, one has a 5 y.o., the other one has a pregnant wife. The third one just told us yesterday his wife is also pregnant. I'm single and don't want to have kids. I love those guys and am very happy for them, but I feel that, with time, we gonna naturally drift apart...
r/AskOldPeople • u/Every-Carpenter-9316 • 4d ago
And how does it compare to the modern South?
r/AskOldPeople • u/OriEri • 3d ago
Has anyone else noticed the grays start to appear preferentially on one side?
Happened in my beard and the pattern repeats in my mustache. It never looked weird where one side goes completely white while the other is just starting...just more on one side
r/AskOldPeople • u/spudleego • 4d ago
I’m getting older and the specific meals I enjoy have slimmed way down. Does everyone go through this?
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r/AskOldPeople • u/thisnextchapter • 6d ago
One of the great stars is shining in Heaven tonight ✨️ I'd love to hear any memories anyone would like to share about how you first came to know her or what she has meant in your life - spanning across the decades we were blessed with her talent and life
r/AskOldPeople • u/oneislandgirl • 7d ago
I know a lot of people move to one level homes when they get older because it is easier without stairs. But, I have an upstairs and go up and down several times per day. I've got to think that gives me stronger leg muscles, more cardiac exertion and in general reduces my frailty. What do you think?
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r/AskOldPeople • u/No-Blueberry-1823 • 7d ago
Feeling lucky is an interesting thing. Sometimes it is for things you've had in your past, sometimes it is for how your present is going. Sometimes luck is the silver lining when you find something to be grateful for even when things aren't going that well.
r/AskOldPeople • u/BelleReveWasLost • 7d ago
I remember my brothers and I having to put snow chains on our mom’s 1955 Ford station wagon whenever snow was in the forecast. My parents then had studded snow tires in the ‘60s.
r/AskOldPeople • u/Fluffy-Warthog-2709 • 8d ago
This is kind of a morbid question but I've always been curious as to whether lobotomies were a normal part of healthcare or something scary - or maybe they weren't talked about because attitudes about mental illness were different. What was your perspective growing up?
edit: just wanted to thank everyone! this is all really interesting (in a super messed up way)
r/AskOldPeople • u/jhsu802701 • 8d ago
I'm old enough to remember when Holiday Inns everywhere had the iconic Great Sign, but I was a child back then. I marveled at those beacons in the night, but I can understand why they were phased out. If you have the inside scoop, please post what it took to keep them going.
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r/AskOldPeople • u/ThrowRAGlobeVase • 9d ago
I was watching a war movie, and the captain - maybe 50 years old - was saying he’s fine if he died… he feels he’s lived… but all these kids haven’t gotten a chance. Made me think. What experiences make you feel like you’ve lived or had a chance of a full life?
r/AskOldPeople • u/Free_Name_756 • 9d ago
How did you navigate your children growing up and leaving home? At what age did they leave? Was it gradual or sudden? How did it feel for you? How did you get used to them not living with you?
r/AskOldPeople • u/saga_of_a_star_world • 9d ago
I'm watching a Thin Man marathon. Between those movies and the 1950s noir genre, it seems that that's all that people did for amusement. They went to smoky nightclubs with shady hosts and singers that promised nothing but trouble. Was it as glamorous and swanky as it looked?
r/AskOldPeople • u/harm_less • 10d ago
If you never had children - or no longer have space for grown children in your home, how do you use the bedroom spaces in your house?
My house is small and I still feel odd having these largely unused spaces. Are we all just cleaning dusty, rarely used guest rooms?