Why do I think there are so many wonderful benefits of old age? Well, first of all, I can say and do almost anything I want and no one will think about it.

I can make a risqué comment and no one will think it’s provocative. No wife will think that I am trying to seduce her husband and no man will feel intimidated or take as encouragement that I am looking for sex. At my age, everyone will smile tolerantly and think that I must have good memories.

At my age I can say all kinds of things and no one will look askance at me. They will even let me win arguments that perhaps a few decades ago they would have defended over and over again.

Old age allows you to go anywhere and expect to be treated well. They probably look at me and think to themselves that I can’t live forever, so they let me have what I want because I won’t be around much longer.

At my age, it would be useless for people to expect me to live up to their expectations. If I didn’t when I was younger, I certainly won’t now that I’m older.

People often make the mistake of thinking that old age confers wisdom. It doesn’t. It’s just a reminder of how many years you’ve lived. These are the same observations I made when I was twenty, and I doubt I have gained any wisdom over the years. But now when I say something like this, I’m suddenly this wise old lady.

It’s wonderful to be old. You have no idea how liberating that is. Most people want to get old; they just don’t want to be old. Well, apart from the health problems that appear more in the elderly than in the young, but today, people are becoming more educated about their health and how to live better and stay healthier.

Jimmy Durante, a famous comedian, said, “If I’d known I was going to live this long, I would have taken better care of myself” and Redd Fox, another famous comedian, said, “Health nuts are going to feel stupid.” one day, thrown in hospitals dying of nothing”.

My advice to anyone past retirement age… now is the time to do all the things you always wanted to do but didn’t have the time or courage to do. You’ll find that you have fewer, if any, obstacles to overcome after you pass retirement age, so you might as well do everything on your wish list now.