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30 Things Young People Don’t Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group

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There’s a saying that goes like “aging like fine wine,” meaning that certain things get better as they age. But what is the inverse of that? Are there things that get better and more approachable as you age?

For example, I hated raisins like most other kids, but now, about 14 years later, I’m a certified raisin fan! I’m not sure why I’m so enthusiastic about that.

But anyway, this article is about the things that people have become more fond of as they’ve aged. Check them out!

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#1

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group I’m 73. Yes, I know what Reddit is. I love - retirement. Playing tennis with friends, then complaining about s**t over coffee and a donut.
Tinkering with stuff until I break it, then calling a qualified technician. ( gives my wife something to b***h about) Playing WoW when you snot-nosed kids are in school so I don’t get [unalived] trying to complete a quest. Skiing mid week at senior rates when the slopes are empty. That’s just for starters.

Theoldelf , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

146points

K W 1 year ago

The senior menu is great too. I'm not old enough for it, I'm just envious.

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#2

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Oldie here... I worked for a Canadian clothing store called Marks. I used to point our new arrivals to my daughter to see if she liked them, and she would say "Ugh. Those are old people clothes!" One day she came in, looked around and said "You guys are starting to get some pretty good stuff." I laughed because nothing had really changed, and watched the expression on her face change as it slowly dawned on her.

seaforcinnamon , Sam Lion Report

Final score:

143points

Mrs. Dearly Regret 1 year ago

Yes, that's the beginning

19points

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#3

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group I’ve reached the tipping point. I love my hedge and some drunk kid fell in it. Big hole. Will take four years to grow back. This ‘get off my lawn’ moment awakened the old in me.

Ok-Computer-1033 , Anastasia Shuraeva Report

Final score:

101points

Xandra 1 year ago

I would hope the picture does not illustrate the "drunk kid"...

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#4

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group In my country (Brazil), old people sit in front of their houses and do absolutely nothing for hours, just watching people and cars go by. This is more common for lower social class, for instance my grandma and her friends gather everyday at someone's door and just sit there until the night comes (they are retired).

genipapaya , Streetwindy Report

Final score:

94points

Xandra 1 year ago

When I visit places on vacation I like to sometimes just sit at a cafe with a drink and absorb what goes on around. Doing nothing can be pleasant sometimes.

52points

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#5

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Now that I'm old, I just like to travel to places to look at the scenery. 20 year old me would not understand the point of that at all.

Bergenia1 , Simon English Report

Final score:

89points

Lil Miss Hobbit 1 year ago

20 year old me would love this.

32points

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#6

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group I'm a window cleaner and have a lot of elderly customers. Over the years I've found they LOVE to be the first one to tell me one of the neighbours has died. To the point where if I say 'yeah, Thelma already let me know', they look genuinely disappointed and annoyed that they weren't the one to break the news to me.

r3tr0gam3r83 , Brett Sayles Report

Final score:

81points

Cara 1 year ago

Make them happy and act surprised every time!

46points

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#7

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Oh my god, just sitting down in my recliner is glorious. Younger people may think I’m nuts but I have so much stuff going on, it’s nice to just sit down and relax

OldnBorin , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

76points

Hugh Cookson 1 year ago

My two favourite hobbies, sitting and relaxing.

9points

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#8

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group There is this weird type of traditional Vietnamese music my parents said that only old people like and they could not stand it either. A decade later and apparently they enjoy it. I await my turn in fear.

Edit: for those asking, it is Cải lương.

Metom_Xeez , Dương Nhân Report

Final score:

69points

Vermonta 1 year ago

Thanks for sharing. I looked it up. At first I thought Opera, because I watched Cải lương . Next I watched a couple on the sidebar and thought A Play. To call it just a musical doesn't do it justice. The ones I looked at must have been comedies because the audience laughed a lot.

16points

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#9

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group I'm in my mid 40's. I'll be the ghost of Christmas future to some of you. Ready? i had many of these same complaints in my teenage years. Things like music, life gets weird when music you listen to in your youth ends up on the oldies station.

Many of these things will happen to you, but you won't believe me for another 20 years minimum.

SuperstitiousPigeon5 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

68points

DPNY 53 1 year ago

I wish my mother were alive so that I can tell her "now I understand.". I'm 66 y.o

30points

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#10

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Waking up early. Grandma you are RETIRED. WHY WOULD YOU NOT SLEEP IN EVERYDAY???????

Quirky_Phase5960 , Skiathos Greece Report

Final score:

66points

K W 1 year ago

You can't. Your body doesn't let you. And it's not from a lifetime of work/school schedules getting you up in the morning, it's because reaching a certain age turns you into a rooster.

96points

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#11

When I was a kid, all the adults around me loved black licorice. I hated it and thought I would rather eat my own shoes than eat black licorice. I figured that it was a grown up thing and that I would start to like it when I grew up. Grew up and would still rather eat my shoes.

CaptainMarrow Report

Final score:

62points

SeaLouse 1 year ago

I'm Danish, so yeah, if it isn't black, then it isn't licorice. I like mine with ammonium chloride too.

24points

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#12

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Telling anyone who will listen about their various ailments. Look, I'm 57, so I'm ancient by reddit standards. But I vowed early on that I will not become one of these over-sharing old people.

sirdigbykittencaesar , Zszen John Report

Final score:

55points

Robert T 1 year ago (edited)

How long have you got? My list of ailments is long and plentiful, unlike my hair.

25points

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#13

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Fine china and silverware. It's pretty in the way anything made in bulk can be, it's expensive, has very little resale value, fragile as f**k, and virtually useless unless you're trying to impress another old person.

Personal opinion, no hate

neutrino_flavored , Jean van der Meulen Report

Final score:

49points

James016 1 year ago

My wife and I have been building up a fancy dinner set for the last 14 years. Getting it a bit at a time when pieces go on sale.

13points

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#14

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Facebook - adding your own name to a comment like “great photos, love Mum and John”. I f*****g know it’s you Maureen, it shows me your when you comment.

No_Sweet7026 , Kaboompics .com Report

Final score:

42points

PunnyPanda 1 year ago

My mom still signs off on all her texts... My dad (older than most of my peers grandparents) would literally say "full stop" as if he was transcribing a telegraph when he left me voicemails on my cell phone. To be fair, he was a communications officer in the navy for WW2 and Korea. Wish I still had a recording of it, very endearing ❤️

27points

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#15

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Asking people when they’re getting married and having kids… I’m 27 and it’s incessant from my grandparents and mother.

AFucking12Gaug3 , Ivan Samkov Report

Final score:

40points

Hugh Cookson 1 year ago

I stopped that easily by telling them that until I found a job that would allow me a decent work / life balance that allowed me to earn as good a salary that I was earning at that point in time when I was 35 or so (I was Head Chef in a very good - read Michelin - Restaurant at the time), I would be perfectly happy knowing that I wouldn't be bringing another human being into the World with a father who was absent most of the time. That and I knew I'd have been a rubbish father as I have absolutely no paternal instincts at all plus I don't really like children until they are 18 and I can take them for a beer and have a sensible chat. Worked out well though as I'm Godfather to 4, who I spoil and love to pieces, and before you think it, no, I didn't have any accidents over the years and am happily, deliriously childless, which means if I want, I can go to the pub instead of babysitting the grandkids ..... yay, go me !!

25points

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#16

Keeping the room really, really warm. 🥵

thisbitbytes Report

Final score:

35points

LK 1 year ago

Some older people find their bodies are not as efficient at keeping them warm. They can also be less mobile, and so are not generating the same amount of heat. They need the heating to be on at a higher level than younger people.

27points

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#17

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Watching the news constantly

IllustriousDirta , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

Final score:

32points

Ms.GB 1 year ago

The news depresses me

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#18

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Working way over your scheduled hours for no pay. To show that you are a good hard working person.

Lava-Chicken , cottonbro studio Report

Final score:

30points

Hugh Cookson 1 year ago

F**k that. Nowadays I only work my allotted hours, nothing more unless I'm paid at least double time.

24points

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#19

Blaming the youth for the problems that their generation created.

jeanlucpitre Report

Final score:

30points

Hugh Cookson 1 year ago

It has never been the fault of a 'generation', it has ALWAYS been the fault of the bloody politicians who were in power in that generation whose policies shaped the financial / political and social outlook of the following generation (s) .....

53points

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#20

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Obsessed with the weather. My partner’s grandmother house sat while we were away for a trip and made sure to record the weather details for us of every day we were gone.

shikaru808 , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

29points

Cara 1 year ago

Brit here. Talking about the weather is a national obsession, we get so much of it!

26points

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#21

I'm 60 and my brother just told me I'm too nostalgic and need to quit complaining about the cost of things and glorifying the "old days". He is absolutely right. :)

pixiedoo22 Report

Final score:

29points

Bgray450 1 year ago

My classic story is walking home from downtown in 1961. I had a quarter and I bought a comic book, a soda, and a piece of candy. And had change in my pocket.

14points

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#22

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Going 35mph on the highway. Just stay off the damn highway Margaret you’re actually making everything worse for everyone and clearly you’re in no rush

CuntPuntAficionado , Xan Griffin Report

Final score:

23points

Robert T 1 year ago (edited)

My dad will be 85 next month. He drives to the speed limit. Not all oldies are slow or bad drivers.

26points

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#23

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Two spaces after periods when typing.

gokartmozart89 Report

Final score:

21points

Kristie French 1 year ago

I still do this. I even do it when I send text messages. I was unaware it was incorrect.

29points

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#24

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group They love to refuse to learn new things insisting that they just can't.

SuvenPan , Tima Miroshnichenko Report

Final score:

20points

Hugh Cookson 1 year ago

I have a couple of older friends (older than my 65 years) who are currently learning 3 new languages between them so that when they go travelling again, they'll be able to chat to the locals.

37points

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#25

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group B****ing about everything on the Nextdoor app

read-it-on-reddit , Andrea Piacquadio Report

Final score:

18points

R.A. Haley 1 year ago (edited)

In CA I had a great time on Nextdoor. It helped me get rid of my stuff before moving and was a great way to know the neighbors. Since I moved to AL Nextdoor is a wasteland with nothing but ads for public utility companies, dogs for sale and one lady perpetually crying for donations to her poor family (that's been going on for a year now, so I doubt it's real).

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#26

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Everyone who learned to drive before GPS still love having in-depth conversations about alternative routes, even if they now use their phone’s maps and can see all the different options and about how long each would take.

SpaceAgeFader , Brecht Denil Report

Final score:

18points

Squirrelly Panda 1 year ago

It's best to combine both Google maps/waze/GPS and old fashioned map looking. Locally there is a several mile section of the freeway that often bogs down. By looking at the map I found a pleasant alternate route. Close to the same milage, about the same time as stop and go traffic, but much more pleasant. GPS never sends me on the alternate, but it does give a heads up on when the freeway is slow in that section.

11points

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#27

Watching TV. I’m 28 years old and I feel like there’s nothing for people my age on TV. It’s boring AF.

Gandalfette94 Report

Final score:

18points

Susan Atkinson 1 year ago

I'm 65 and you're absolutely right. 199 channels and nothings on. Lol

37points

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#28

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group They love asking me what I'm doing with my life 😁

Arkjump , Tatiana Zanon Report

Final score:

13points

Huddo's sister 1 year ago

Um, it's called small talk. They don't need/want to know your life story or ten year plan, they just want to know if you are happy. In fact my grandad despised the answer 'good' to the question 'how are you?'. He would always follow up with 'but are you well?'

15points

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#29

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Touching stranger's babies

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12points

Nikki Sevven 1 year ago

Never. The most I'll do is play peekaboo. Babies love peekaboo.

20points

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#30

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Being assisted by young children means the world to them for some reason

Kill_zebras , Josh Appel Report

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12points

Jude Corrigan 1 year ago

A young child is innocent and without prejudice. They will help someone older out of kindness and without ulterior motive.

22points

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#31

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Walking around naked in the gym locker room

rockhavenrick , Allan Mas Report

Final score:

4points

K W 1 year ago

I did a lot more of this in my teens and 20's because I grew up with gym classes or several sports where there were no seperate dressing stalls. Even the local pool where we did swim team didn't have dressing stalls with curtains or showers with curtains inside the individual locker rooms. Now it's become a sort of no no to be naked in front of people in these situations. But feelings around nudity vary a lot by region and culture so I wonder if the old people in this poster's situation experienced a culture change (like I did), think nudity taboos are dumb, or are just no longer self conscious.

5points

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#32

Soap operas. I get bored after 30 mins how does someone watch 500 episodes.

I_love_pillows Report

Final score:

4points

CT 1 year ago

I had been caught by a soap years ago. It wasn't good, nor particularly interesting, but soaps have a hook principle: each episode ends on a crazy cliffhanger, so we watch the next episode to see what happens. In fact, it was nothing, the tension falls and the episode is not more interesting than that, until the end: cliffhanger. And we start again. In the long run, we begin to get attached to the characters, we want to know what will happen to them, even if the story (the production, the actors, the sets, etc.) sucks.

5points

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#33

QVC

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3points

Cerridwn d'Wyse 1 year ago

Hey before amazon it was what we had

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#34

Being so nosy and concerned with how other people are living their lives when it has absolutely no effect on the quality of their own.

Melbonie Report

Final score:

3points

El Cucuy 1 year ago

Many people who don't qualify as old do this too. Not an aged-restricted thing.

29points

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#35

Andre Rieu

Final score:

0points

Hey! 1 year ago

I love Andre Rieu; what's your problem with him? He does great music for everyone's preferences.

3points

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#36

Hard candies.

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0points

PunnyPanda 1 year ago

Recently lead an ice breaker exercise with a group of 20-somethings. They had to randomly draw one of like, 60 cards with an innocuous question to answer about themselves. One guy got the card "What's your old person habit"? When it was his turn, he read the question, then without saying a word, he pulled a hand full of Werther's Originals out of his sweater pocket and put them on the table. It was absolutely legendary.

26points

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#37

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Sitting hours behind those slot machines

KenzoAtreides , Pavel Danilyuk Report

Final score:

-2points

K W 1 year ago

I love how this picture matches the old people description lol.

25points

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#38

30 Things Young People Don't Find Enjoyable But Older Folks Do, As Shared In This Online Group Televangelists.

EngagementBacon , Ismael Paramo Report

Final score:

-2points

Hugh Cookson 1 year ago

Televangelists = brainwashers / charlatans.

13points

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#39

To leave their shopping carts in the middle of the parking lot and then call Millennials lazy.

Final score:

-6points

Sleestak 1 year ago

I see far fewer older folks leaving work for others than I do young ones, unless you want to bring the economy into it.

13points

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Larsas Jaseliūnas

I started as a writer, but time came when I wanted more, so I learned how to do the visuals for my articles too, with the help of my wonderful colleagues. When I had the chance to become an editor, I jumped at the opportunity, because I know that it will be the best way for me to learn more and help out my wonderful colleagues in return.

I started as a writer, but time came when I wanted more, so I learned how to do the visuals for my articles too, with the help of my wonderful colleagues. When I had the chance to become an editor, I jumped at the opportunity, because I know that it will be the best way for me to learn more and help out my wonderful colleagues in return.

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I am a visual editor here. In my free time I enjoy the vibrant worlds of art galleries, exhibitions, and soulful concerts. Yet, amidst life's hustle and bustle, I find solace in nature's embrace, cherishing tranquil moments with beloved friends. Deep within, I hold a dream close - to embark on a global journey in an RV, accompanied by my faithful canine companion. Together, we'll wander through diverse cultures, weaving precious memories under the starry night sky, fulfilling the wanderlust that stirs my soul.

I am a visual editor here. In my free time I enjoy the vibrant worlds of art galleries, exhibitions, and soulful concerts. Yet, amidst life's hustle and bustle, I find solace in nature's embrace, cherishing tranquil moments with beloved friends. Deep within, I hold a dream close - to embark on a global journey in an RV, accompanied by my faithful canine companion. Together, we'll wander through diverse cultures, weaving precious memories under the starry night sky, fulfilling the wanderlust that stirs my soul.

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Hey! 1 year ago

This list is ridiculous; it doesn't pertain specifically to the older generations.

8points

Powerful Katrinka 1 year ago

I was just going to say that. Some of these just seemed judgmental and mean-spirited.

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Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago (edited)

"39 Things Old People Never Expected to Enjoy When They Were Young, and Young People Don't Realize They're Going to Enjoy When They Get Old." There. Fixed It.

3points

Thor Haugen 1 year ago

PBS pledge drives. Nothing even close to their regular programming. PBS wants to be left in the will.

1point

Bec 1 year ago

Paying with cash and checks. I'm mid-40s and use my card for pretty much everything (responsibly pay it off and get Cashback). I took my dad out and was visiting with some regulars there, 60s-70s. Had to explain that I pay all my bills online, rarely use cash, haven't kept a paper checkbook for years but check my account a few times per month.

0points

Mike Fitzpatrick 1 year ago (edited)

I have to keep my checkbook because my puppy groomer and yard guy only do cash/check. I haven't carried cash in 20 years. I'm 66, btw.

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Hey! 1 year ago

This list is ridiculous; it doesn't pertain specifically to the older generations.

8points

Powerful Katrinka 1 year ago

I was just going to say that. Some of these just seemed judgmental and mean-spirited.

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Kathryn Baylis 1 year ago (edited)

"39 Things Old People Never Expected to Enjoy When They Were Young, and Young People Don't Realize They're Going to Enjoy When They Get Old." There. Fixed It.

3points

Thor Haugen 1 year ago

PBS pledge drives. Nothing even close to their regular programming. PBS wants to be left in the will.

1point

Bec 1 year ago

Paying with cash and checks. I'm mid-40s and use my card for pretty much everything (responsibly pay it off and get Cashback). I took my dad out and was visiting with some regulars there, 60s-70s. Had to explain that I pay all my bills online, rarely use cash, haven't kept a paper checkbook for years but check my account a few times per month.

0points

Mike Fitzpatrick 1 year ago (edited)

I have to keep my checkbook because my puppy groomer and yard guy only do cash/check. I haven't carried cash in 20 years. I'm 66, btw.

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