Grumpy old people and AS

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I see a fair bit of grumpy old people walking around town. That's got me thinking. Those people might not be acting that way, on purpose. They might have undiagnosed AS, and all of their older friends have all passed away. They might not like their peers and people who are younger and that's why they're grumpy. That's my theory. What's yours?

Either that, or they have not bumped
into anyone that they get on well with,
autistic or not, that is younger than
they are.

That is only my guess,
zorry if it is a lame one.

There are some similarities between AS and being old and some between AS and being young... After watching the movie Up a couple of times I was pretty sure that old guy had it.

I'm AS and grumpy, but I was grumpy as a teenager, too.

Leave me alone! I have to do it my way! Get out of my room! Stop touching my stuff! If you can't spell it correctly, use a different word! People suck! You're sitting in my spot!

They could be having a bad day, or the are exhausted. They might be sad they are old now and they can't do things they used to when they are young. They see all these young people and they remember when they were that young, how they could still ski, drive, do hiking, etc.

We've always refured to my father as the "grumpy old man". Even before I was born, it's been a family joke to refur to him as "Oscar the Grouch". He's not mean or abusive. If he ever were to intentonaly harm me, it would be because he made me laugh to death. He's just grumpier than the averege person. I always suspected he has undiagnosed AS. I still love him anyway.

That's me as well. I was grumy even as a child. My parents say I was a mean baby if you took it personal. I can't stand people touching my things. People who lived with me learned the hard way to ask if they could touch something. I am a misanthrope.

Now that I think about it, my dad is always telling me to get out of his chair and if he's out of the room my mom will remind me that I am in his chair. He's always complaning about how bad people are and constantaly agreeing with me when I say I don't like people. If things don't have to go my way, they must fo his way. Yes, I definatly think my dad has AS. I know what you're thinking. I probably inherited his AS traits. Nope. I was adopted.

Last edited by PunkyKat on 20 Feb 2010, 4:41 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Are you sure we aren't related? I am not quite as bad as I used to be, but I still get aggravated at times. I absolutely hate it when people move my stuff I have laying around. It drives me nuts because I can't find anything when I go to look for it.

I have always gotten along with grumpy old people better than I ever did my 'peers'.

Wait til you start aging, it's effing depressing. It's no mystery to me why some folks are in a bad mood about it.

I am 36 and I am already a grumpy old woman!

So maybe I have proven your argument

Mics

get off my lawn! turn down that 'music'! don't make your voice go up at the end of a sentance unless it is a question! damned kids!

I think it is a need to have some control in their lives, being old is like having AS, it can really suck sometimes.

I know I complain a lot as to think I have some control in mine.

Merle

Me to my mom: Look at these kids, what the hell are they wearing? The guys look like girls, the girls look like prostitutes and that music! Gah, I tell you, in my day things weren't like this!
My mom to me: Don't have a heartattack grandpa.

I've been a grumpy young person since adolescence.

I think they're just grumpy because old age isn't for sissies.

Many elderly people are living with chronic pain - which is enough to make anyone grumpy. Almost anyone.

After all, they've had many years in which to acquire injuries, and injuries are cumulative in the sense that as you get older, even long-ago injuries tend to come back to cause more pain (even if it was so long ago that the original injury has been forgotten). Older people are usually more fragile, physically, than when they were younger. Thus they tend to be more cautious about acquiring more injuries, which takes concentration.

Everything takes more of an effort than it used to when you get old - even walking down the street. Getting short of breath, back hurts, leg hurts, nerve pain, pain in the ankle you broke at the age of ten ... these are not particularly happy-making situations.

Very possibly, when they are at home or someplace comfortable, they don't look as grumpy as when they're out exerting themselves. It takes much more effort (as a rule) for an older person to do a physical activity.

Going beyond the physical - as someone said (OP?) many of their friends have died, and all the others their age will die before long, including themselves. Some die quickly and others, bit by agonizing bit. No one really knows in advance which it's going to be ... slow deterioration and decline, or boom! drop dead heart attack.

The lucky ones die of a heart attack, you mean. I talk to elderly people all day long at my work, and some complain and some do not. \

Merle

I loved the old guy in "Up".....

Grumpy old broad. Hmm. Well, my feet hurt a lot. Sometimes my back hurts. Sometimes I'm just tired of dealing with people - idiots, insensitives, obnoxious people who are doing the same schtick I've seen hundreds of times over the years. A lot of the time I'm just tired and tired of the BS that floats around. I do what I'm supposed to do, I play by the rules. It is annoying to see people who think the rules don't apply to them. It does not make me smile.

The kid who drives the Rice Rocket with the loud bass? I don't need to hear his music (which is pretty untalented) through my closed windows and doors. I've heard plenty of bad music over the years, and I came home to somewhere that is supposed to be quiet so I can relax a bit. The kids who skateboard by my window - yeah, they can do what they want. I'm about to send the bill for the repairs to their parents and they can explain to their parents that they can do what they want....

I wonder where I can buy that many balloons. A nice air trip sounds lovely.
Have to be sure to stock up on cat food first, though.

i was grumpy from the first time i $#!+ in my diapers and got rash.