CHANGE!! I HATE CHANGE!!

posted 7 months ago

Oh golly. Panic in the streets. The colony in turmoil. Everything is changing, or so it seems. Did you ever poke at an ant colory, and watch as their peaceful purposeful activity becomes a boiling roil of aggitation and alarm?

The new lower age limits for Eons membership has gotten us all riled up. We are fleeing as for our lives. YOUNG people are coming. YOUNG people are coming. Sound the alarm! Raise the drawbridge! Call out the army!

Boy, I love the drama. Drama is what lets us know we are alive. It makes our adrenalin spike, wakes us up, gives us purpose.

Change is the only constant. Without change, we molder, collapse in on ourselves, become petrified. So while I don't quite relish this particular change that has happened, I can't really get all upset, either. I want to see what will happen. It could be good. I might actually benefit from it.

Young people keep you young, keep you thinking young, or at least thinking in new directions, new dimensions. I can always use another dimension.

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1. 7 months ago slyver wrote:

*tipping my hat to you*

Ah, a voice in the wilderness. Lady, I want to know you. I blogged last night on the same topic. Yours is funny, though. I'm jealous. ;-)

2. 7 months ago GypsyRay wrote:

Now isn't that just like a woman. Oh sure, let the kids in. Next thing you know, you will be wanting a house with more bedrooms just in case they decide to move back home.

What can you be thinking???!!! Teenagers in an old folks home! Gads!.

3. 7 months ago Debirae wrote:

Great post - Young people what is this world coming to - how will we deal with it, will we survive the change, or will we all be knocked out of our rockers and left to lay on the floor alone?

Love it, love it, love it!

4. 7 months ago island602 wrote:

Good job. Not only is it a bit sad how people dislike change but some of the comments about what people think they are owed from a free site is very strange. If getting older means getting afraid and stagnant I'm calling Dr. K.

5. 7 months ago aarped wrote:

Personally, if I was interested in a site that caters to teenagers I would have joined one. I chose Eons BECAUSE it catered to OUR age group and the issues surrounding that. Go to My Space...go to photobucket and see the images there that the teens think are appropriate. I have 5 grown childrenfrom 21 to 32, and two grandchildren whom I see and interact with; I don't need or want it on a site for people over 50.
I saw my own son's My Space profile and asked him if using f--- was appropriate— and that if he wouldn’t SAY in front of me what makes it okay to send me a link to VIEW it. Trust me his isn't the only profile like that. I've seen much worse. I just don't think we need that here at Eons. If I want to interact online with teens then I'll join a teen site! Free or paid isn't the issue here. Hopefully we'll bore them to death with our talk of caring for aging parents, or spouses with Alzheimer’s, our various ‘old-age ailments, or the joys of the latest flavor of frozen yogurt and they'll take the hint and go back to their teen groups!

6. 7 months ago MartiInMexico wrote:

I love all your comments. I have to say that so far, I am not seeing any big influx of young people posting anywhere. Or maybe that's because most of the groups have gone private and there is nowhere to post. Guess I should check to see if there are any new groups that have sprung up for the youth of our site.

7. 7 months ago nannihe wrote:

Cute as always. I had second thoughts also. I want us to be merlin and they to be the apprentices. I love bossing and limiting their change. ha.

8. 7 months ago BlueeyesEV wrote:

Great blog. Love it. My only concern about that there are younger women are coming...and our chances to meet available men in our age bracket are dwindling...

9. 7 months ago MartiInMexico wrote:

Younger women are everywhere in this world. And Eons is not primarily a dating site. For that, I suggest one of the 7 or more free senior online dating sites.

There is no guarantee that a guy you meet here on Eons is any more of a prince, or any less a frog than the ones you meet on a dating site.

Not every guy wants a young bimbette. Some of them actually prefer someone in their age bracket. Go figure!

10. 6 months ago Caprillia wrote:

I'll have to say I liked your article. Letting the young people into the Eons site isn't something I look forward to if they are like many I've seen in other sites, but I have to agree that young people do have the capacity to keep you thinking and feeling young, and that isn't a bad thing. I'm retiring next month and we are buying a house in a country neighborhood with families on each side of us and a basketball hoop in the street, similar to where we are moving from. So as the change comes to Eons, I'll see how it works out before making a decision to take off for other sites. Incidentally,we have the largest Senior population in NJ in this area where I live. Many of the schools have teenagers who visit the Senior villages and homes where they are welcomed and celebrated by the Seniors for the help and happiness they bring. Just a thought for those of you who are too cantankerous to have an open mind. :-)