Age lowers your tolerance for pain - mental pain specially. Old people get irritated easily and would like to be free of unwanted chores, assignments and social obligations. Even a visit to the doctor can be a mental torture of a kind. They have done that a million times. They are tired of people telling them what to do; they are tired of constant chatter surrounding them. They like their families and friends but only on their own terms. They also get scared easily. They have discovered quite a few health issues in their bodies, you see. The curtain will draw soon on their play on the stage of the world and they are aware of that !!
Jack Lemon illustrates that well in the movie 'That's Life' . He is 60 and seems to be falling apart. His wife is very patient but she has her own problems. But this being America, they have to be involved in extra-marital affairs on the side. And our hero, Jack L, gets STD because of that !! Everybody in the movie seems to be self absorbed and doing their expected routines.
I recently saw this movie on Amazon Prime and was reminded how 'real' those old actors like Jack Lemon appeared on the screen.
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