Quote Originally Posted by Taz_Zoee View Post
Thank you. Yes, I always try to be myself and if I feed off his negativity then I'm just as bad as him, right?


You are so right about how elderly men are. The owner of the company I work for is 75 and sometimes he reminds me so much of my dad. Even though my dad is 5 years younger.

I knew my pet talk family would understand.
My Dad never got cranky, and he lived to be 83. He never lost his basic demeanor, he might have a bad moment now and then, when he'd err on the side of honesty rather than being polite, but that was usually when he was very sick, and dealing with daft folks.

In general, i have found that old age tends to distill a person's basic personality in many cases - they become more extreme examples of what they always were.