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Is it just me or have I become more emotional with age..........the slightest thing seems to set me off........for example I seen an act of kindness today and it made me weep.........maybe I have become a big girls blouse but I have really noticed over the last couple of years my emotions are more obvious......maybe the male menopause?:confused:
 
Best not watch DIY SOS on iPlayer. That sometimes set me off.
 
archangel said:
Is it just me or have I become more emotional with age..........the slightest thing seems to set me off........for example I seen an act of kindness today and it made me weep.........maybe I have become a big girls blouse but I have really noticed over the last couple of years my emotions are more obvious......maybe the male menopause?:confused:
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Dunno about acts of kindness but some of the posts in this oof of late make me wanna cry :D Can people not purchase something as simple as a 6inch nail without asking for opinions on it?
 
u8myufo said:
Dunno about acts of kindness but some of the posts in this oof of late make me wanna cry :D Can people not purchase something as simple as a 6inch nail without asking for opinions on it?
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I feel similarly when folks post links without giving a clue as to where they lead.
 
archangel said:
Is it just me or have I become more emotional with age..........the slightest thing seems to set me off........for example I seen an act of kindness today and it made me weep.........maybe I have become a big girls blouse but I have really noticed over the last couple of years my emotions are more obvious......maybe the male menopause?:confused:
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you're a big girls blouse ;)

(joking aside it can be a sign of depression - but probably not in this context)

Personally i've probably become harder and more calous with age - I cried when my friend died recently, but I can't remember the last time I cried over anying inconsequential.
 
archangel said:
Is it just me or have I become more emotional with age..........the slightest thing seems to set me off........for example I seen an act of kindness today and it made me weep.........maybe I have become a big girls blouse but I have really noticed over the last couple of years my emotions are more obvious......maybe the male menopause?:confused:
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Im in my early sixties now, and yes I have become more emotional than I use to be, it does not take much to set me off, I do not
suffer with depression or at least I do not think I do :) I have given thought to the reasons why, it could due to the fact I have survived
two Pulmonary Embolism's in the last four years which have changed my outlook on life or just getting older, Im not sure which, I just know that something has changed inside of me.

My confidence is not what it use to be either, especially when it comes to driving, will go out of my way to avoid the rush hour, which never use to bother me in the least, yet when im actually in the car driving I have no confidence issues at all, its just the thought of driving in heavy traffic I find off putting before setting off on a journey.
 
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Mikechappers said:
Im in my early sixties now, and yes I have become more emotional than I use to be, it does not take much to set me off, I do not
suffer with depression or at least I do not think I do :) I have given thought to the reasons why, it could due to the fact I have survived
two Pulmonary Embolism's in the last four years which have changed my outlook on life or just getting older, Im not sure which, I just know that something has changed inside of me.

My confidence is not what it use to be either, especially when it comes to driving, will go out of my way to avoid the rush hour, which never use to bother me in the least, yet when im actually in the car driving I have no confidence issues at all, its just the thought of driving in heavy traffic I find off putting before setting off on a journey.
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Funny you mention driving, I also avoid traffic and in fact driving the car where possible now.....don't think I am depressed (I have seen depression first hand and deff don't have the symptoms)......it's little things that make me truly thankful and as a result emotions come to the surface..... And I try to avoid all tv shows that are doing a good turn for someone (@iandj)......
 
I think ive become more emotional since I became a Dad, and have found myself getting a little upset at things that wouldnt normally bother me.
 
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I think ive become more emotional since I became a Dad, and have found myself getting a little upset at things that wouldnt normally bother me.
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Many years ago when we had our kids, I too, noticed a change in emotion then. Maybe my emotions have just kept changing right through to becoming a grandpa and beyond.....
 
archangel said:
Funny you mention driving, I also avoid traffic and in fact driving the car where possible now.....don't think I am depressed (I have seen depression first hand and deff don't have the symptoms)......it's little things that make me truly thankful and as a result emotions come to the surface..... And I try to avoid all tv shows that are doing a good turn for someone (@iandj)......
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Yep, know exactly where your coming from Mike, still its better to be the way we are than to be an unfeeling cold hearted SOB.
 
The longer we live the more we've been hammered. It some ways we become resilient, in others more fragile. Major events can hurt us badly and we're never the same.

For many years I never shed a tear, then my special grandmother died, my wife had breast cancer, my father dementia. A few years later he died and the following year my wife died from melanoma.

I'm not needing sympathy and I know there are members here who have similarly suffered one way or another. We're more likely to be emotional now, probably fighting off depression. But we fight on and wring good stuff out of life where we can.
:)
 
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The longer we live the more we've been hammered. It some ways we become resilient, in others more fragile. Major events can hurt us badly and we're never the same.

For many years I never shed a tear, then my special grandmother died, my wife had breast cancer, my father dementia. A few years later he died and the following year my wife died from melanoma.

I'm not needing sympathy and I know there are members here who have similarly suffered one way or another. We're more likely to be emotional now, probably fighting off depression. But we fight on and wring good stuff out of life where we can.
:)
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Very well put Sam, life can kick the s--t out of us
 
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