maybe a little grumpy

charlespretzer · Nov 27, 2014

Done feeding,now we have to pack up & drive 60 miles to famiy gathering. Don't get me wrong I love my brother, sisters, their cooking & their kids,,well most of them,, but I'd rather spend the day playing in my shop. Am I just getting old or what? I seem to like my own company more & more as I get older.I like my jokes better , I have some very interesting conversations and fewer aurguments if there's no one bothering me!!.

DeltaRed · Nov 27, 2014

Yep,I agree!But I am going to look at an SMTA in a few minutes. Hope to buy it for $400. Then a quiet meal with some close friends. Happy Thanksgiving to all!

JD Seller · Nov 27, 2014

I am getting more anti-social as I get older too. LOL Some days I can barely stand myself!!!!

SDE · Nov 27, 2014

Same here. I only need to talk to about three family members and the rest I could care less about. My sister told us that she would not host this years Thanksgiving and I am good with that.
SDE

lee little · Nov 27, 2014

I hope you get the SMTA DeltaRed! I have one sitting in my shop I need to get back in service.

DoubleR · Nov 27, 2014

Must just be the way we all get when we get older. I'm the same way. I enjoy my own company, my time spent down to the barn, going on road trips for parts, auctions, or whatever.
My wife worries about me, says I need more of a social life. My family can't figure out way I don't quit playing farmer and sit back and do nothing like the rest of them have done in retirement.
I'm doing now exactly what I dreamed of doing when I was working 60 hours a week and running my small farm. Just playing farmer and enjoying life doing what I want to do, when I want to do it.

John B. · Nov 27, 2014

My sister feels if no one else does it she has to. She hasn't realized we all have kids in college and are glad to have dinner with them when they are home. She has two children but they are both out of college but live close by. When I was growing up we always had thanksgiving with just our parents and siblings didn't visit other relatives. Guess I'm getting older and more anti social too.

paul · Nov 27, 2014

Wife's mom got a little excited yesterday about the crew coming to visit and isn't feeling well. So we postponed Thanksgiving.

Didnt take too long for wife and I to admit we are really going to enjoy a day off, no deadlines, no plans, just sit around.

Slick roads from yesterday's snow and minus 14 degrees this morning, won't spend any time in the shop, just sitting around this cold day snuggled up with a blanket and eating ham and turkey sandwitches and dozing in front of a football game sounds good.

Paul

37chief · Nov 27, 2014

I know how you feel. I am happy just doing my own thing, by myself. The family is coming to our place, so I don't have to drive. Stan

SweetFeet · Nov 27, 2014

LOL!

Depending on your age... my husband may be your twin brother from whom you were separated at birth.

He's in the shop by himself now... but we'll go bug him later.

Billy Shafer · Nov 27, 2014

Since my wife and son are both dead. Don't feel like much around the holidays. Rather be by myself. Brother and his wife feel the same way. Just want to sit home and relax.

Got a truck at work that needs the water pump changed out. But boss said he would fire me if I show up today. With the way things have been going lately. I believe he would.

Dick2 · Nov 27, 2014

Brother & SIL will be here in about an hour. He's the only brother that I have left that I'll associate with; I stay as far away from my other living brother as I can (We never got along as kids and it hasn't gotten any better over all the years).

Only have 3 friends left in the area - and all 3 have serious health problems that prevent them from visiting. I've outlived most of my friends, which leaves kind of a lonely feeling.

We'll have the usual Thanksgiving dinner and play cards this afternoon.

OleDawg · Nov 27, 2014

Ya, know how you guy's feel. Some mornings I wake up grumpy then other mornings I just let her sleep in.

Mark - IN. · Nov 27, 2014

I bet that you would think differently if you were a turkey riding in the back of a cold truck hundreds or even thousands of miles just to be eaten today. Just trying to put things into perspective.

Now go put on your suit and tie, comb your hair and brush your teeth, go be nice for one day, and be glad that you're not Tom today.

Mark

farmboy48 · Nov 27, 2014

Have to agree with you DoubleR I am doing the exact same thing since I retired 6 years ago, playing on my 500 acres and going fishing when I want to. Help the boys when I want to, and collecting junk, (treasures). Boys and wife think I am working harder than before, boy do I have them fooled.

Fergienewbee · Nov 27, 2014

I have always enjoyed my own company. I have different interests than most. I can spend several minutes examining a tiny patch of little blue stem growing on the power line. There's an awe in things that grow wild. Wife and kids don't understand that. We have an in-law get together next week. Bring a dish and a generic $15.00 gift for guy/girl. We'll play some stupid game where you get to take someone's gift. What can you get for $15.00 and how many flashlights, gloves, socks,screwdriver sets do we need? I'd just as soon dispense with the gifts altogether. How's that go, " you can pick your friends, but you're stuck with your relatives."

Larry

01gentdc · Nov 27, 2014

Ohh ,.. That's Bad ! ,,. Hey , I RESEMble that remark .... LOL

Adirondack case guy · Nov 27, 2014

I just came in from my shop to grab a bite to eat. I'm going back out in a few, to continue fabing a cab for one of my tractors. Two of our kids live out of state, and the one who lives near us is working today. He and his wife work in a WalMart food distribution center. They are putting in a lot of OT lately. The wifey and I are doing nothing special today, and haveing leftover mac and cheese for supper. HeHe
Loren

fixerupper · Nov 27, 2014

I'm just the opposite. The older I get the more I want to be with people. Go figure!

JMS/.MN · Nov 27, 2014

We had to unplan Thanksgiving- In Sept I was scheduled for a heart ablation to be done yesterday at the MPLS VA, and would be in the hospital yet today. So we told family we wouldn"t be around, and they made plans with their in-laws.

Recently got a call that I was bumped til Jan 22, since another Vet was more urgent. I told the nurse I was expecting to get another hip replaced this winter, after ablation, and that would push it into planting season. She said I could plant my "garden" in May/June! That"s when I blew up. I plant fields, not gardens!

So we planned a quiet day today, but last night our youngest son invited us to join them and his in-laws. Loooong trip- half a mile.

Nebraska Cowman · Nov 27, 2014

I've found that since I had that surgery in 2006 I don't do as well alone as I used to. I do like to get together with friends and visit. Tractor shows in the summer are the highlight of my year. But this time of year when it's cold and I have chores to do I mostly stay home. I made no plans for today except to haul hay. One day is the same as the next to me. I'll take another day off to visit.

John_PA · Nov 27, 2014

I've always been a recluse so I completely understand what you mean.

It does seem to get worse with age. It's not that I think people purposely bug me, but, people bug me when they are too close for too long.

DeltaRed · Nov 27, 2014

Got it. $400. Wide front,3 point.perfect tin,converted to 12v. one bad rear tire,stuck engine.Another 'project'!

retired farmer · Nov 27, 2014

Ya, but just think, It ran when it was parked.

bock · Nov 27, 2014

sure stole that one

IH2444 · Nov 27, 2014

spend time with em while you can. None of us is around forever.

kj(seil) · Nov 27, 2014

feel about same way wife gone not interestsed in much of anything this year. just as soon be left alone.

Billy Shafer · Nov 27, 2014

Got three friends. Me,Myself and I. Pain in the butt most of the time.

Fatamus · Nov 27, 2014

(quoted from post at 08:30:08 11/27/14) Done feeding,now we have to pack up & drive 60 miles to famiy gathering. Don't get me wrong I love my brother, sisters, their cooking & their kids,,well most of them,, but I'd rather spend the day playing in my shop. Am I just getting old or what? I seem to like my own company more & more as I get older.I like my jokes better , I have some very interesting conversations and fewer aurguments if there's no one bothering me!!.

You preach brother, lick my fingers, and I'll turn the pages!

Wemedeeres · Nov 28, 2014

Sad isn't it?,...Im in my mid 30's, I used to enjoy being around people but over the last few years I'd rather be alone too. I work for a small municipality, I am the only one in this division so I work alone,....when people who live in the community want to talk to me all they do is complain so I avoid as many of them as I can, it's almost like the job has made me this way. My wife gets upset when I don't give her ideas on what I want for supper, she gets even madder when I don't tell her where I'm going or when I'll be back. I guess I have just gotten used to being alone so much at work I don't think about it. When I'm by myself I only need to worry about myself, when I'm hungry, if I'm too cold or too warm, what time I need to be somewhere. Sometimes I guess it's easier this way!

rusty6 · Nov 28, 2014

Well I am glad to hear I am not the only "recluse" on this forum. Some think it would be terrible to live out in the sticks on a farm all alone but to me it is where I want to be and I'm content.

oldtanker · Nov 28, 2014

I hate crowds! Yesterday was bad. 21 people in a house that is crowded with 10. Add in back and knee problems and no decent chairs. Plus my BIL who I can talk too was busy playing host. Another BIL who isn't a bad guy but you have to get a couple of drinks in him before he relaxes and will talk. MIL's gatherings are booze free. Son was there but chasing after the 2 grand daughters, SIL too was busy with his daughter. The 3 nephews were there but trying to talk to them will convince you what I've known all along, that side of the family is from Mars.....wish I had a heated shop. I'd have stayed home and gotten something done. And that's my big problem. I'm bored at family gatherings and keep thinking of things I could be getting done.

Kids talked me into setting up a facebook page. I'm still trying to figure out why and anti social person such as myself would join a social networking site????

Wife keeps telling me I should socialize more with the other locals. The guys I get along with have jobs or farm. Most have little time to socialize. The out of work ones I avoid because they could get jobs but it's too easy to get handouts.

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