"Read Book Stupid Things I Won't Do When I Get Old: A Highly Judgmental, Unapologetically Honest Accounting of All the Things Our Elders Are Doing Wrong
For fans of David Sedaris and Nora Ephron, a humorous, irreverent, and poignant look at the gifts, stereotypes, and inevitable challenges of aging, based on awardwinning journalist Steven Petrows wildly popular New York Times essay, Things Ill Do Differently When I Get Old.Soon after his 50th birthday, Petrow began assembling a list ofthings I wont do when I get old 8221 8212mostly a catalog of all the things he thought his then 70something year old parents were doing wrong. That list, which includedYou wont have to shout at me that Im deaf, 8221 andI wont blame the family dog for my incontinence, 8221 became the basis of this rousing collection of dos and donts, wills and wonts that is equal parts hilarious, honest, and practical.The fact is, we dont want to age the way previous generations did.Old people 8221 hoard. They bore relatives 8212and strangers alike 8212with tales of their aches and pains. They insist on driving long after theyve become a danger to others (and
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