Subreddit: AskOldPeople

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created by Major_Square on 19/01/2023 at 07:36 UTC - 322 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

Do you still sleep with your partner or in a different room?

created by Vixyless on 06/02/2025 at 15:10 UTC - 174 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

Do the things that bothered you as a young adult still bother you, or do we eventually move past them? What things don't we ever outgrow?

created by Otherwise-Aerie2241 on 06/02/2025 at 16:04 UTC - 22 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

64 comments

Interesting ways to keep fit when you cant go outside?

created by hippysol3 on 06/02/2025 at 18:17 UTC - 11 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

42 comments

How did you cope with the fear of dementia?

created by TraditionalDepth6924 on 06/02/2025 at 17:52 UTC - 7 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

69 comments

Adventurous eaters, when is the last time you tried a new food?

created by madamchrist on 06/02/2025 at 15:15 UTC - 8 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

69 comments

For those who grew up in the last decades of the Cold War, the 70s and 80s, how scared were you of nuclear war? Did your family/school/communities prepare for what would happen like so many did in the 40s and 50s?

created by 95kh on 06/02/2025 at 06:23 UTC - 40 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

195 comments

Living with no Retirement money

created by GManium on 05/02/2025 at 22:32 UTC - 167 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

414 comments

Hard-and-fast rules

created by pyratestan on 06/02/2025 at 14:15 UTC - 7 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

86 comments

Record albums that were in every suburban house

created by helpmegetthrough1 on 06/02/2025 at 04:52 UTC - 24 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

144 comments

What was the start of home movie entertainment like?

created by GenGanges on 06/02/2025 at 06:26 UTC - 13 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

84 comments

Are you *really* anonymous here?

created by GeekyGrannyTexas on 05/02/2025 at 17:39 UTC - 117 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

404 comments

Did local phone calls sound better or worse after early 1970s?

created by Monoshirt on 06/02/2025 at 19:32 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

1 comments

How did you deal with the loss of a loved-one?

created by stonebridge0 on 06/02/2025 at 19:11 UTC - 1 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

11 comments

Why are you still on Reddit?

created by Rainwillis on 05/02/2025 at 08:10 UTC - 383 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

1445 comments

what is your favorite item in your house? and why?

created by SnooPies6666 on 05/02/2025 at 19:08 UTC - 42 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

113 comments

Older people of Reddit, have you been apologizing more or less over the years? Why?

created by paz2023 on 05/02/2025 at 15:54 UTC - 43 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

233 comments

What font size are you using when you use your computer? I just went up to 150 from 125.

created by DivineDante on 05/02/2025 at 14:55 UTC - 20 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

51 comments

Did the 1950s housewives in America during the 50s entered or re-entered the workforce after their kids or the era changed?

created by lj0zh123 on 05/02/2025 at 18:32 UTC - 10 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

126 comments

What was a meal you were guaranteed to have for dinner at least once a week growing up? Do you still crave it?

created by Odd-Run-9666 on 04/02/2025 at 21:56 UTC - 334 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

1469 comments

Older people who have siblings, what is your relationship like with them?

created by HoosierDaddyIam on 05/02/2025 at 01:30 UTC - 172 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

882 comments

What do you wish you did more of when you were in your 20’s?

created by objecttime on 05/02/2025 at 04:24 UTC* - 33 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

158 comments

What was that little booklet the cashiers would flip through when someone was paying with a credit card?

created by ncconch on 05/02/2025 at 01:10 UTC - 45 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

48 comments

What Was One Thing That Was Said To You That Changed Your View On Life And Affected the Decisions You Made?

created by FattestNeek69420 on 05/02/2025 at 00:40 UTC - 32 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

188 comments

What old fashioned practices from schools in the past would you bring back?

created by ShockingHair63 on 04/02/2025 at 22:35 UTC - 24 upvotes (https, www.reddit.com)

87 comments