I miss the good ole days

[Dancelady63]

Why does the world have to be so complicated and cruel? I never adjusted really to the digital world and it makes me feel left behind. I miss the simple days , where you just cooked, cleaned , sew , bake etc. neurotypical people see their lives as an adventure . I embraced life oftentimes as an ongoing challenge and torture. Sorry for ranting , I just feel so out of place.

[kenster1]

I`m the same life seemed more normal without all these technology advances.

[Dancelady63 in reply to kenster1]

When I was a kid and I am sure you can relate to this, we just played outside, rode our bikes, played hop scotch in the streets etc. these were the good ole days.

[kenster1 in reply to Dancelady63]

yes it was football/soccer for me bike rides the lot kids these days including mine have far much less enjoyable times I think due to being stuck on gaming machines,

[Stippler]

I can relate very much. The world is so much different than the farm where I grew up. I used to want so bad to leave but now I wish I could go back. Life was so much simpler there.

[kenster1 in reply to Stippler]

yeah I`d love to live on a farm tough these days over here but back in the day just about every farmer earned a good living.

[Dancelady63 in reply to Stippler]

I have days where I just miss my deceased family so much . They showed me life’s simplicities but now I just feel lonely and I ask myself often why do I need to go on like this?

[Gillyflower18]

I feel the same way often. You are not alone. The simple ways are always better i think. You have the right to live the way you want. Living simply leaves you more free to help others and do the things you really enjoy. I know a lot of neurotypicals who feel the same way you do.

[Pizzacat1]

While I am pretty good with certain electronics (means not everything) I appreciate technology. However I think it has done both good and bad for our world.

Born in the early 1960’s I tell everyone I could go back to the 60’s without today’s technology. Life was simpler. We certainly survived with what we had. I know I last felt happy until I was 10 years old.

As kids we could play outside all day without our parents worrying. I remember being given a limit to where I could ride my bike Of course I went beyond it and I’m still here. My mother didn’t worry - she wanted us outdoors enjoying life

It makes me wonder what has gone wrong with the world that it has changed so much that life is no longer simple Kids today don’t have the freedoms we had. We played outside all day, had to be home by 5:00pm when Dad got home from work Had to be in when the street lights turned on. We could walk all around town without adult supervision.

I think a combination of a much larger world population and technology has a lot to do with this. There are events and things that today are common that we never heard about back then.

I enjoyed the 60’s. If I could time travel I would but my entire family would have to be there too.

[Arymretep]

I agree, every thing is SO difficult these days from getting a Doctors appointment to visiting a local bank , as someone born in 48, a NHS baby actually, I remember being able to visit a Dr almost 24/7, or they would visit you! And actually being able to speak to a bank manager to sort any problem out, Or someone to repair your boiler, now it’s hours on the phone, hoping you get someone who you can understand and them you, no wonder we are all so stressed😳

[Mountainlover57]

You're not alone. I feel the same way even though I enjoyed technology years ago and it was simpler. You had a username and a simple password. Now you have to have a God knows how long password and a code that they send your cell phone. I also feel that technology is used when you call customer service anywhere, It's hard to get a human being on the phone anymore. I feel that technology is being overused and I missed the days where I could call and talk to a human being to resolve problems.

[Midori]

Oh boy do I understand that. I hate smart Tech! My son has to bail me out with everything, even my phone! I'm the last person who needs a phone like this, and the darned thing keeps bleeping at me, telling me to put it online. One word, NO! It does all I want it to do, Calls, Texts, Photos. I don't have a TV any more, I just stream, and even that comes with it's own set of squirrelly rules!

On my pc, I use Facebook, and watch things on Youtube, attend to my email, watch streaming services. I used to do a lot more, but I'm finding it such a thief of time!

As a child, I was outside 80% of the time, because I couldn't stand my parents' smoking, or I studied in my room (undiagnosed asthmatic). I would take the dog for long walks, sometimes in summer, at dawn when nobody else was out except cop cars! Once a week I went to the local town, to look at the shops and maybe buy something. The first thing I saw on TV, was Queen Elizabeth's Coronation. the screen was tiny and we had to have the curtains drawn to see the picture!Once or twice a week I might watch a TV programme, We only had one channel back then, then it became 2, and eventually the many we have now. Yet I still miss the early morning walks with the dog. Indoor phones were only for the rich, we lesser mortals had to make do with a trek to the nearest phone box. Eventually we got a house phone. The radio played a far bigger part in our lives then, it was on practically all day. I didn't need all the stuff there is today, I could make my own entertainment, watching wildlife and birds.

Once a week, I went riding, at a local riding school. Food was simple, and still rationed. Games we played in the school playground, Were Tag, Hopscotch, the boys were into footie or wrestling. or, Knights where one would ride on the back of another and wrestle from there, aim being to unhorse your opponent.

Holidays were Camping, in Cornwall or Wales.

I miss those simple times.

Cheers, Midori

[Arymretep]

I so remember the Queens Coronation, 1953.? I was five, On a tiny black and white box , the first one in the street, and all my friends came in to watch it.

[Hidden in reply to Arymretep]

I remember the Kennedy assasination in 1963. Everything in black & white back then. It was truly upsetting to children - I thought it was the end of the world. Only 3 stations back then, and you really looked forward to your favorite shows.

[Hidden]

I don't know why anyone would prefer today's tech over yesterday's simplicity. Kids get no life experience when hunched over their cell phones or gaming . Business is impossible - banks - doctors, etc. can't even get an appointment or ever talk to a real human. People getting killed every day over driving & texting, not to mention horror stories of being ripped off, or worse, online. Facebook is the worst. Nothing but competetive showoffs trying to outdo, and make others jealous with their phony happenings. I'm not alone in thinking this.

[Dancelady63 in reply to Hidden]

You are so right about everything. Don’t I want the simple days back when everything was easy to understand. Older people like me in my early 60s have a hard time enough to keep up with technology (honestly I miss the flip phone)

[Hidden]

I know people of all ages who don't like this. Everyone on their smartphones, endangering people everywhere. And it;s rarely an important call, just gaming or friends saying nothing important.