loss of patience

[Libby]

I so agree with you Libby!!! Me first, me first!!! Did you know that not all cars have turn signals; only people who care about others have them!! LOL

To be honest and risk sounding selfish, I signal not only b/c its the law but b/c I want the other impatient idiots out there to know where I'm planning to go so that makes them have to think about me when they try to find a way to cut me off.

Hey now!

Now now, Russ, be patient...

Ha!

[max915]

I have lost some (maybe alot) of my patience...but then I just got to the point of being tired of biting my tongue. I used to just smile and say that's ok...not anymore...DH's family would do things that just bugged the crap out of me but I never said anything..got tired of that and I just tell them now if it bugs me..less stress that way...don't have to get it bottled up..

[CrazyCat]

I think the lack of patience is because we've gotten to the point we've "seen it all"~and "heard all the excuses"~

the ONE good thing about getting older is..people expect you to say things without thinking~so you have an excuse@!

[max915]

Me again...so today I have loss my patience...there is a guy that sits at a desk close to me that has the MOST annoying cough, it sounds like a squeze toy gone bad...I think he doesn't even know that he is doing...well most days I can ignore it but today for some reason I just want to go and shove something in his mouth and yell at him to stop it...but can't do that because I know that I have some annoying habits...and I am not sure he would get it if I did that....I have known him since he was a small kid...he and my oldest went to school together and this is a very small town so everyone knows each and if I lost my cool it would get around real fast ..."oh man that Max has lost and she thinks she is so cool..yeah right"...anyway thanks for letting me vent can't do it here at work...
I have a pic here at work of the Maxine character that says
I'm out of bed and I made it to the keyboard. What more do you want? boy that fits me today..

[Russ]

Got a chuckle out of that because I can completely see myself thinking the same way!

[227melissa]

Yep it comes with age especially with men my dh used to be so patience, but now not so much I just give him a kiss and he seems ok after that lol. Me on the other hand used to be very impatient and now nothing ruffles my feathers of course I have a little help its called a hormone patch !!!!

[Incognito]

I think as we age, we do have more physical and mental stress upon us, just coping with daily living and with life's problems. We also have many years of experience about matters too, so are in a better position to develop wisdom.
Having said that, maybe we all get to the point where we realize that sometimes it's just not worth it to be confrontational, or reactive; yet at other times, we feel it is important to make our voices heard, and express our true feelings.

Maybe the weeds are bugging a person, and it's a hint that it's time to downsize the flower bed so you don't have to be everlasting at it.
Maybe the dog should shut up already; "Stop barking, Barkley"; can't the neighbours train it?
And why should those reckless drivers endanger everybody; where's the notepad and pen to take down their license plate number and report them?

The other day, somebody drove through a stop sign in our little town, at a busy 4-way intersection. I was in the middle of the crosswalk with my medical walker, struggling to keep from getting hit. So I just called out: "You have a stop sign there, and pointed to it, and I also said...Don't you have any brains?"
Call me rude, because usually I'd never say anything, only try to keep from getting hit by their car, but this time I just felt like saying what I was thinking.

A few weeks ago, my townhouse neighbour decides to party out on our front lawn till the wee hours of the morning. Big, booming voice, screeching laughter, on and on and on. Finally, at 1 AM, I called out the window to stop that noise, it's 1 in the morning, and some of us want to sleep so we can get up for work. Result was that they quieted down immediately, and I finally got some sleep. The time was when I would have handled that little situation by tossing, turning, fuming, fussing, ear-plugs, closing windows, and being thankful at 4:30 AM that they'd finally quit partying. Now, no more of that!

I just can't see any good reason to take guff anymore!!!

[dcompton]

I think it's mixed. In a lot of ways I am more patient because a lot of things just don't matter as much as they used to when I was younger. To show how dated I am, I've "chilled."

On the other hand, where I become more and more impatient is with people who are inconsiderate of others, clearly acting under the delusion that they are the center of known

So though age may be partly to blame, I don't think that's entirely true. We all reflect, to greater or lesser degree, our culture and we live in an increasingly wound up, fast paced world where we more and more think "instant" is just the way things are, and when they aren't, that they should be. And moving that that pace, with those expectations, keeps us all on edge and impatient. So I blame the world we live in more than just age.