How does one become a crotchety old man?

[transformer_99]

When all else fails, lower your expectations, you'll never be disappointed. A frontal lobotomy helps too.

 

[Thedrewbert]

The curse of the most intelligent. Few very intelligent people are REALLY happy. Like you pointed out earlier, on another thread--thinking too much ultimately leads to despair in some form. Sometimes you have to stop thinking about shit. But the most intelligent CAN'T stop thinking. I suspect your brains are your source, rather than true crotchety-ness.

If that is true than I'm the love child of Einstein and Hawking. I have been "miserable" my entire life with absolutely no good reason to be.

 

[Thedrewbert]

When all else fails, lower your expectations, you'll never be disappointed. A frontal lobotomy helps too.

Being a cynic has the advantage that you're always either being proven right or you're being pleasantly surprised.

 

[viking1]

Being a cynic has the advantage that you're always either being proven right or you're being pleasantly surprised.

I'm seldom ever pleasantly surprised...

 

[SpoiledPrincess]

At what stage of crotchety old manhood do guys start thinking 'mm a nice checked cardigan will be cool and I'm going to get me some of those comfy elastic waisted jeans to go with it?'