As a senior citizen asking questions, how many young people feel the need to answer?
Sometimes the need to answer a question is because of the memories the person asking brings back. Being in poor health, I sit at my computer a little more than I should, but it is a place to come and sit and enjoy Q and A. Sometimes people have good advice, and I hope that sometimes the advice I give is good. In the health section, a woman was suffering a painful condition and I identified it immediatly and told her to get to the emergency room immediatly and she did, e mailing me later that she was told in the ER that she was lucky she got to the hospital as soon as she did or her colon would have ruptured. (I was in the hospital 11 days with similar infection) Knowing she got helped made me feel happy. So I guess that sums it all up. What we get and return to others in seniors and other forums perks our interests and it seems kind of family like in an odd sort of way.
I answer if it is a good question, if I know an accurate answer or if it makes me laugh. There are some pretty strange questions posted, (the psychiatrist’s in here must love it) and the anonymity of the Internet gives vent to some pretty distasteful and vulgar comments, but it is just a bit of fun, not to be taken as seriously as some seem to do.
At age 56, I am on the cusp of representation f/ the senior community. I think that although I’m not as young as I was, I’m still very young at heart. I take solace absorbing the many accurate details f/ those w/ more maturity. I also know that my questions reach a more compassionate, understanding group of ppl that are “senior” oriented.
