They say that men use love to get sex, and women use sex to get love.
At our age, we use coupons to get pizza.

(Mmmmm, pizza)

Funny. I’m dealing with parents who have severe memory issues and it is not amusing.

Lighten up. I amuse myself.
It's funny.
Just curious, how old are you?

Two guys sitting , watching TV while wives are in the kitchen
Bob - "I need a beer"
Jim - "I could use one myself"
Bob - " What's those songs they sing around Christmas time?
Jim - "Carols"
Bob - "That's it. CAROL, get me a beer."

seriously

…stereotyping jokes about old people.

Ageism is alive and well. It's rarely called out. If you look at the rules for being alerted on, ageism is never mentioned in the list of not allowed discriminations.

I think as we get older, and I am, I joke about my own forgetfulness and am not offended by jokes.
My uncle died from Alzheimer and my dad had dementia and it was very difficult to care for him for several years so I am familiar with what I might face. Still old fart jokes are OK with me and I try to lighten up as I get older.

Us of the age that this cartoon is relevant need to laugh at our diminishing abilities. To do otherwise would be a descent into despair.

Wow that came out kinda profound...a little tip...marijuana helps a lot too!

So this is the one place on DU where old pepole can make jokes about themselves.

……missed that (ironic LOL) because it appeared on DU's home page under "Trending Now".

of single issue "groups", you can exclude them from "my account". I did that a long time ago and have been much more satisfied with DU since then. You can then include those groups you do wish to read.

but right now for us a day doesn’t go by that doesn’t resemble that cartoon. It is a daily reality for us and we can either cry or laugh, right now we are laughing, keeping our fingers crossed on the future.

"I'm too old to cry; I must laugh."

Getting old is not for the weak. Once you begin to lose control of your sphincters, you can laugh or cry but it’s unlikely to get better.

Pfft!

and I can say it's not getting better at 65...

A good friend of mine (about the same age), says he has CRS: Can't Remember Shit. I realize I have it too!

The way I look at it, we can only store so much info in our heads. Eventually it starts to get a bit clogged with useless stuff. A good vacation, a respite, or some other intervention tends to clear the logjam.

Now, I'm not experiencing Alzheimers (I hope) but I do notice that names and such that I used to be able to recall quickly now take a while to resurface. That and walking into a room and having no clue what it was I wanted to retrieve or do. Sometimes I fight that by repeating to myself several times why I'm getting up and going into another room. Sometimes that even works! LOL.

I'll bet both of those geezer Patriots fans can still tell you the name of the quarterback who replaced Brady for the rest of the season.

Stealing for FB.

I saw a special with Jerry Lewis where he told a version of that joke. I'm starting to live that too!