# I am now a Grumpy Old Man **URL:** \ **Category:** Everyday living\ **Created:** [9 December 2014 15:30 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060 "2014-12-09T15:30:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![hoppity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hoppity](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/hoppity)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2014 15:30 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/1 "2014-12-09T15:30:37Z")
I have been depressed I am now way past depressed. I am becoming my Dad and he died fifty years ago. Everything is to expensive to loud to bright and I dont like it. I dont like stuff on principle. [http://disableddon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/old-age-i-have-become-grumpy-old-man-at.html](http://disableddon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/12/old-age-i-have-become-grumpy-old-man-at.html) Don ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2014 15:58 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/2 "2014-12-09T15:58:33Z")
hi don love your blog! i’m on the way to being a grumpy old bag (woman) myself. christmas is just a pain in the bum. i dont like other people doing their christmas shopping because they clog up the roads! don’t like all the extra noise. don’t like too many twinkly lights. my neuro calls this sensory overload and i don’t like that either!! anyway from one sourpuss to another "happy humbug" carole x ---
**Author:** ![Ben](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/ben/32/799_2.png) [@Ben](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Ben)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2014 16:05 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/3 "2014-12-09T16:05:39Z")
Well done hoppity Don, you’ve turned your grumpiness into an art form. I’m with you on pounds, shillings and pence; also feet and inches. Now,what about American spellings? They make me **rage**. Happy moaning. Ben ---
**Author:** ![Paolo\_Smythe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a587f6/32.png) [@Paolo\_Smythe](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Paolo_Smythe)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2014 16:31 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/4 "2014-12-09T16:31:00Z")
this will cheer you up then… it is spelt ‘too’ ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2014 16:44 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/5 "2014-12-09T16:44:39Z")
Don’t worry Don. I’m 58 and I can fully empathise with your latest blog Me and my husband call each other Victor and Margaret after ‘one foot in the grave’ Of course my husband moans more than me you know I can safely diagnose you as being normal ---
**Author:** ![alison100](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/mssociety/user_avatar/forum.mssociety.org.uk/alison100/32/1019_2.png) [@alison100](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/alison100)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2014 16:50 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/6 "2014-12-09T16:50:11Z")
" **I am now a Grumpy Old Man’** What took you so long, Don? Alison ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2014 16:54 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/7 "2014-12-09T16:54:19Z")
As I said to my wife when I reached the age of 72, “I am now entitled to be cantankerous and obstreperous and I am going to be cantankerous and obstreperous.” To which my wife replied, “Oh, I see … no change then.” Regards Rob ---
**Author:** ![hoppity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hoppity](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/hoppity)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2014 17:18 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/8 "2014-12-09T17:18:49Z")
Thanks folks so I am normal then. Bah blooming Humbug ---
**Author:** ![DoctorGeoff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b5e925/32.png) [@DoctorGeoff](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/DoctorGeoff)\ **Post date:** [9 December 2014 17:43 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/9 "2014-12-09T17:43:53Z")
Rising sixty? A mere stripling! The youth of today have no stamina. Geoff ---
**Author:** ![chocorange](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/41988e/32.png) [@chocorange](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/chocorange)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2014 09:45 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/10 "2014-12-10T09:45:58Z")
hiya anon some have got it all… but what have they got?! for me i am having christmas dinner on 23rd cos i have nobody to help me on 25th. what i do have is 4 fab kids who dont demand anything of me other than my company when i am able to do so… on 25th we are not going to wash or dress but eat toast and sweets and watch tv and play board games. no stress for any of us! all the money in the world couldnt buy that ‘day’ oh sometimes i think i am a grumpy old git but i like to think its more assertive re saying what i do/dont want! ellie ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2014 10:05 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/11 "2014-12-10T10:05:22Z")
Wow ellie, sounds like my perfect Christmas, can I come?!!! Have a choc orange on me!!! ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2014 10:10 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/12 "2014-12-10T10:10:09Z")
Hi Don, all i can say is, so what!, you be as grumpy as you want hun. The Grumpy old …? series on tv was hysterical and only told the truth as far as i’m concerned! ---
**Author:** ![hoppity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8e8cbc/32.png) [@hoppity](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/hoppity)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2014 14:53 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/13 "2014-12-10T14:53:46Z")
Heee Heeee I am home alone for a while so I came on here to see how everyone else is doing. Does life get better than this I am watching re runs of the Big Bang Theory and swigging orange squash to help the pain killers go down. I am sure this headache will go and the sun will stop shining just as I feel well enough to go out ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2014 15:47 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/14 "2014-12-10T15:47:57Z")
Has anyone here ever tried HBOT? ---
**Author:** ![liamsquash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@liamsquash](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/liamsquash)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2014 17:08 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/15 "2014-12-10T17:08:23Z")
Robrob, HBOT has been mentioned by some before, but this thread isn’t the correct place to ask (…this much of a change of subject may be thought of as ‘hi-jacking’ the thread. Therefore, may I respectfully suggest you start another thread. Regards, ---
**Author:** ![Inactive\_User](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3e96dc/32.png) [@Inactive\_User](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/Inactive_User)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2014 18:31 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/16 "2014-12-10T18:31:23Z")
That’s a cheeky little bottom Dom ---
**Author:** ![liamsquash](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/50afbb/32.png) [@liamsquash](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/u/liamsquash)\ **Post date:** [10 December 2014 18:56 UTC](https://forum.mssociety.org.uk/t/i-am-now-a-grumpy-old-man/7060/17 "2014-12-10T18:56:01Z")
Thank you for saying ‘little’, Blossom And I’ve just pulled RobRob up for going off-topic, and now I’m doing exactly the same Sorry everyone !! Dom