Older Men's Tricks

This is meant for older men to read. Though I will make this as innocuous as possible this is about ways to make life easier for surviving past 45 or 50 if you are a man.

Okay. As you move past 45 or 50 the first thing you will notice usually is that you just cannot read the fine print anymore like you used to and those street signs that you used to be able to read a block away you can't anymore. So, don't freak out this is perfectly normal starting about 45 or 50 years of age. At first I used to get a little plastic thing about the same size as a business card that I kept in my wallet when I needed to read fine print on a bottle or something. But then that wasn't enough eventually and I went with a $17.95 pair of magifying glasses at 1.0 power. Well, now I'm 64 and any of those I have now are 2.5 power magnifyers. And if you are really serious you can get prescription glasses made somewhere. It is up to you. I recently paid about $1500 for three pairs of prescription glasses but I don't wear them much because I cannot walk while wearing them or I will fall down. But sometimes I wear my progressive sunglasses in the car which allows me to read license plates and street signs better as long as I don't try to walk anywhere while wearing them. So mostly I just use them for driving.

Also, don't try to walk down stairs while wearing magnifiers or reading glasses unless you are holding a hand rail unless you want to break something. And the worst of all is just socks and reading glasses. At first I literally almost killed myself several times wearing both at the wrong time and falling down a flight of stairs into my garage twice before I got over doing this. Luckily, I know how to fall because I trained myself to do this young so I wouldn't get seriously injured. But I did still get a couple of bad black and blue places. But hopefully you will survive and learn as I did.

And in regard to hearing, if you get to the place where you constantly are asking, "What?" then it is time to go to a hearing specialist to get your hearing checked. This is important because not doing this increases the likelihood of two things, hearing loss and dementia because for a man both are related. As you ask "What" less because it is embarrassing you tend to isolate off into your own world more and this is not good for your brain or your life or mind. So, get your hearing checked and get hearing aids if you can afford them and keep your hearing and your brain working together.

The other thing I realized lately is that I don't have to put up with cold water in the toilet bowl waking me up when I sit on the toilet suddenly at night. (If you are a man over 45 or 50 you will know what I mean). So, when my daughter's boyfriend was joking with me about this I suddenly had a great idea. I realized if I was doing number 1 rather than number 2 I could not pull my underwear down when I sat on the john and just use the front flap instead. Eureka! It's amazing how the little things sometimes mean the most. Welcome to the older man's world! Good Luck!

Also, as you get up into your 50s and 60s your prostate affects your flow so some days almost anything can happen. So, some times it is better to stand up for number 1 and sometimes its not. Just remember whatever you do you have to clean it up unless you have a dutiful wife and I don't think she will be happy sometimes. So, if you think ahead it can be useful to harmony in your marriage.

I'm one of the lucky ones at 64 that has never had to use Viagra. Of course my philosophy is that if you start using it when you are younger you might not be able to function without it. Just remember the main sexual organ in men and women is their mind so if your fantasy life is working there is no reason everything else won't be too. So, everyone must figure these things out for themselves. We are all unique individuals in the end. So, once again Good Luck with older men's tricks for a happier less frustrating time while the years go by.