Is there a point when you realise you're too old for .......

I used to love all the 'dangerous ' rides at fair grounds. I recently went on a chairoplane with GD1. I was terrified. One for her safety and two for my own. I was so so relieved when we were back on solid ground Never again

Direne3 that made me chuckle.

Sitting on one of those low, sloping roundabouts at the children's playground with my dgd. I fell off sideways and cracked my ribs!
Now I'm much more careful and dgd always checks which is my bad knee

Climbing through the soft sand of the sand dunes to get off Harlech Beach. Adore Harlech beach but now need walking poles, or a kind SiL to get me up.

I only want this because I am too old to do many of the things I previously could, I would like ====
To be young again BUT
Knowing what I know now of course

I have always dreamed of going to Australia to see the boxing day ashes. My children do not like cricket so have never wanted to go. Now I wonder if I will ever go At Christmas I like to cook up a feast for all the family to enjoy and I enjoy doing it. This year with the cheating fiasco I wonder if I will ever do it or not. Even though my sons have grown up now they still live at home and I can't imagine leaving them to fend for themselves over Christmas even though they can both cook a roast.

My home is a modest three bed dormer house semi detached. I would like the same house in a small plot on it's own in the country.

marionjean54 Thank you for your suggestion, we’ll look into it.

I used to love lying on our lawn and watching the clouds - I worry now that my (nice) neighbours would be ringing for an ambulance.

tubbygran I know exactly how you feel. Our lovely little dog was euthanased just after Christmas. I'm too old now to have another. The house is empty without a dog though.
I always wanted to travel the world, most of Europe will have to suffice, I'm too old now to be off around Asia and the Americas with a backpack!

I used to fancy a nice speedy convertible car, speeding around the country with the wind in my hair. Then I thought a large, comfortable SUV would be ideal for going to visit my grandchildren. Now? I'd settle for a small automatic with air conditioning, like a Smart Car. And hopefully no more speeding tickets.

Try the Cinnamon Trust Tubbygran

I've lived in the country most of my life and now want to escape to the town where there are bus stops, and things going on I can get to if I can't drive at some point. ...Oh and no gardening!

PS please feel free to dm me if you know of such a dog.

We have had a dog since we married 48 years ago. Unfortunately, our lovely Labrador died last October.
I feel too old to take on a puppy and the dogs in rescue homes all appear to have problems. If only we knew of someone who was unable to continue looking after their dog for genuine reasons.

MawBroon hahaha I still scrub up quite well, was out with dd last week, she said ye gods mum you’re flirting with him, he’s half your age, omg he’s flirting back!!

I'd like to catch up on all the travelling that I didn't do when I was younger. Not too old yet, and in reasonable health. I suppose when I had the money I didn't have the time, OR spent it on other things eg the house. Now that I'm retired, I've got the time but not enough spare money unless I borrow. And DH is still working. Must start doing the lottery!

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I love cooking - when I was younger I wished I could afford genuine Le Creuset pots & pans - now the children are grown up and gone and I could afford to buy them, my poor old hands and wrists can't lift the d**n heavy things

Never to old to look. However thats as far as it goes.

When the lottery first started I remember an rather elderly couple won and the first thing she was going to buy was a decent set of teeth for her husband at the time I thought what a waste BUT now I kind of understand she was content with life and that's all she needed to buy!
But yes I too have dreamed of the big house lots of money so no to the big house but I would like a smallish one where I didn't have neighbours so close by the sea would be nice......

I always had two dreams. One was a cottage in the country and the other was a holiday home in France.
I partially achieved the first one, except that it's a Park Home instead of a cottage. The second one I honestly think I'm now too old for. Not sure I could be bothered with setting up a new home and all that entails. Instead I would travel the world staying in nice hotels and being waited on.

Er...'two of hers'? I should have mentioned they belong to a friend.

I do have my dream home, four bed rectory with a view of the church. An acre of manageable garden. We have recently completely gutted the house and made it very user friendly and uncluttered so that we can continue to enjoy it for a while longer.
We are currently making more gravelled parking area to cut back on garden maintenance and have requested very raised raised beds for flowers and veg.
We have decided that one car is enough now that we’ve retired and have gone for a Skoda yeti so that I can get in and out without bending. Marvellous.
So hopefully we can continue to entertain family and friends for another ten years or so before looking at retirement homes.
By the way, my physiotherapist friend says that moving to a bungalow too soon is not wise, she treats lots of what she calls bungalow knee.

To Welshwife: you're describing my home! I sold my big suburban house, much to the concern of my children (I"d lived there 30+ years) and that's exactly what I have, with a park, a cinema and an arts centre on my doorstep-and a supermarket-and a JL ten minutes away.
I think I'm too old for running, though. Tried it last week, to catch a bus, and could hardly lift my feet of the ground. And what a sight I must have looked! sedate walk from now on.