Is it normal to wonder what older people were like when they were younger?

I think about that quite a lot actually. I wish I could go back in time and see people when they were younger to compare to now! I have spent quite a lot of time talking to a few aged people that are close to me, just asking questions and having them tell me their life story. It is absolutely fascinating! You wouldn't believe half the stuff you can find out!

I wonder the same thing all the time. lol Everyones grandmaws always love me cause i'm always asking to see old pictures and albums. And it is so weird watching how someone ages. Makes you really start thinking about life. One of my friends grandmaws was just so beautiful i couldnt stop stareing at the black and white pic. her eyes lit up when she got to tell me about her past and how she used to be a ballerina. Its amazing how happy older people get when someone asks about their past. Its almost like their reliving it for a few min. :)

I'm the same way! Actually, I love it in obotuaries where an old photo and a current photo are included. So intriguing:)

I am 53 and I can tell you how it is but I can't speak for older people than myself though. I am still very active as I was when I was a kid. I love to swim, run, ride my new razor scooter, quad skating, and as for my personality, it is still mine. I have a tendency to reject the majority, still defiant, and still wild and crazy. As for my peers who are now on walkers, do what old people do like cooking, house decorating, etc, I do look at them and I want to ask..how did you get here? I have noticed subtle changes though in some of my habits. I used to drive like a bat out of hell, but now I am really careful but I think that comes from experience and seeing horrible accidents and realize, yes if I don't pay attention and be cautious, I too will be in an accident. I used to like sexy clothing and loved to entice men in, but now is like hey I could care less. I am going to wear what I want that is comfortable and no more thoughts of enticing men..blah, they are all the same from the 1st to the last, it isn't worth my time. I used to like funny and romance movies but gradually over time I like watching suspensful movies now. The funny and romantic movies bore me to tears. My patience has wanned..it seems like this is nothing new under the sun and I get bored. I hear young people and see young people who think they are the coolest ever..haha, then I think that is how I used to be..I thought I was so cool in what I wore and my attitude. I just shake my head now as being it all being so stupid now. I used to tune in to what the young people were into but now I am in tune watching older people and their lives. My Mom passed in December and it was then I really started to get into some kind of respective thought about life..how did they get there and how fast it has gone since I got here.

i know what theye where like.. theye where gay

They were pretty similar to they're younger self. People don't change at base. They may act different but thats all it is, an act. The way you think at 20 or so when you've stopped mentally growing is the way you'll always think.

We are all born with potential; potential to grow, potential to change and potential to bloom. The butterfly, one of nature’s most beautiful creatures, is the final result of a life spent shifting, readjusting, and improving. Known for the complex iridescent patterns upon their wings, and their other worldly flutter; butterflies enter the world as nothing more than a soft egg, clinging to the underside of a leaf. To see a butterfly in motion is beautiful, to understand, to understand the tumultuous journey it has taken, is to be inspired.

yes sometimes i pertend that i can see their life as a young person, but sometimes I feel bad and feel realy sad

I've wondered that too. How did they used to be and at what point did they start to change in all aspects of life.