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Growing Old Disgracefully For the gracefully disgraceful, offering inspiration, support, guidance and fun

Food for thought 🤔
14/03/2026

Food for thought 🤔

13/03/2026

Never too old to find things like this funny 😂😂😂

Phew😂😂😂
12/03/2026

Phew😂😂😂

The spirit is willing most days but not all 😂
11/03/2026

The spirit is willing most days but not all 😂

These are the slightly mischievous faces behind Growing Old Disgracefully.We’re Carole and Ed and we live in the beautif...
11/03/2026

These are the slightly mischievous faces behind Growing Old Disgracefully.

We’re Carole and Ed and we live in the beautiful Lake District in Cumbria UK

Some days we feel wise and mature.☺️

Other days we’re making chip moustaches and wondering why our knees sound like bubble wrap.🤪

Somewhere along the way we realised that getting older doesn’t mean we have to get boring…

So we’ve decided to grow old disgracefully instead.

If you’re also navigating midlife with humour, curiosity and the occasional creaky joint…

👇 say hello and tell us something ridiculous about getting older that’s happened to you recently.

I now own about six pairs of glasses…Driving glasses.Reading glasses.Computer glasses.And yet somehow…I’m still wanderin...
10/03/2026

I now own about six pairs of glasses…

Driving glasses.
Reading glasses.
Computer glasses.

And yet somehow…
I’m still wandering around the house squinting because I can’t find any of them.

👇 Be honest…

Where’s the strangest place you’ve found your glasses?

(Also feel free to tag the friend who’s always saying “Has anyone seen my glasses?”)😂

Never 😂😘
10/03/2026

Never 😂😘

👋 Welcome to Growing Old DisgracefullyWe’re Carole and Ed, a couple navigating midlife with humour, curiosity, and the o...
09/03/2026

👋 Welcome to Growing Old Disgracefully

We’re Carole and Ed, a couple navigating midlife with humour, curiosity, and the occasional creaky joint.

At some point we realised something important…

Getting older is a lot easier when you can laugh about it.

So this page is for people who:

• make strange noises when they stand up• lose their glasses while wearing them• walk into rooms and forget why• and have decided they might as well age disgracefully rather than quietly

If that sounds like you… you’re definitely our kind of people.

👇 Tell us where you’re joining from and say hello!

Growing Old Disgracefully 🤔Confession time…Nobody warned us that getting older would involve so many strange noises.Ever...
09/03/2026

Growing Old Disgracefully 🤔

Confession time…

Nobody warned us that getting older would involve so many strange noises.

Every time I stand up:
crack

Every time I sit down:
groan

Every time I bend over:
a full sound effects orchestra.

I’m not even sure if it’s my knees, my back, or the house settling.

👇 Be honest…

What’s the biggest sign you’ve noticed that you’re getting older?

(And please tell me we are not the only ones making sound effects when I stand up.)

When we are young, we want to look older.And when we are old, we want to look younger.And there is a window in the middl...
26/02/2026

When we are young, we want to look older.

And when we are old, we want to look younger.

And there is a window in the middle of it all when we’re supposed to look as we wish.

But we waste that time wishing we were taller or thinner or curvier, our hair was longer or shinier, curlier, parts of our body were firmer and perkier and we’d started to use anti-wrinkle cream earlier.

And by the time we realize we were perfect just as we were, the window has closed. It's too late.

Too late to realize that all those things never really mattered in the first place.

But it’s never too late to start letting go.

To stop wanting, stop wishing.

It’s never too late to accept yourself.

To look in the mirror and realize that all along, you never needed to look older or younger or anything else.

You just needed to look like you.

Exactly how it happened 😂😂😂
07/02/2026

Exactly how it happened 😂😂😂

👵Written by a 90 year old!!❤️🤙42 lessons life taught me 💖It is something we should all read at least once a week! Make s...
05/11/2025

👵Written by a 90 year old!!❤️
🤙42 lessons life taught me 💖
It is something we should all read at least once a week! Make sure you read to the end!
Written by Regina Brett, 90 years old, of the Plain Dealer, Cleveland, Ohio.
"To celebrate growing older, I once wrote the 42 lessons life taught me. It is the most requested column I've ever written. My odometer rolled over to 90 in August, so here is the column once more:

1. Life isn't fair, but it's still good.
2. When in doubt, just take the next small step.
3. Life is too short – enjoy it..
4. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and family will.
5. Pay off your credit cards every month.
6. You don't have to win every argument. Stay true to yourself.
7. Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.
8. Save for retirement starting with your first pay check.
9. When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.
10. Make peace with your past so it won't screw up the present.
11. It's OK to let your children see you cry.
12. Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
13. If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it...
14 Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.
15. Get rid of anything that isn't useful. Clutter weighs you down in many ways.
16. Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.
17. It's never too late to be happy. But it’s all up to you and no one else.
18. When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.
19. Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.
20. Over prepare, then go with the flow.
21. Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.💖
22. The most important s*x organ is the brain.
23. No one is in charge of your happiness but you.
24. Frame every so-called disaster with these words 'In five years, will this matter?'
25. Always choose life.
26. Forgive but don’t forget.
27. What other people think of you is none of your business.
28. Time heals almost everything. Give time time.
29. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
30. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does..
31. Believe in miracles.
32. Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.
33. Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.
34. Your children get only one childhood.
35. All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.
36. Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere. (I love this one)
37. If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.
38. Envy is a waste of time. Accept what you already have not what you need.
39. The best is yet to come...
40. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
41. Yield.
42. Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.
❤️❤️❤️

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