Is it normal to feel sad for old people?

I really don't know!! But it makes me happy that some1 has the same feelings as me!! I feel so stupid sometimes, b/c i get kinda depressed and my friends or the other people just don't give a fuck..

As a child I always felt sorry for old people, but that was because when you're a child you don't think of adults as older versions of you, they're an entirely different species.

Now I simply see someone who's still here, and don't feel sad. Instead I think, "lucky you" :)

I do that too. They just always seem so depressed. Fortunately, though, all of the elderly I've met turn out to be happy and bright people, so I suppose that's not true of all of them.

lol i feel that way sometimes too your normal

you are an angel! old people would be thankfully to hear this from you

Same( srry)

Sane

I love old people! Well most of them anyway. I feel sad for them too but then I think of how it must be to have lived thru so much. The depression, world wars, all the technological advances, seeing the progression of things like vehicles and all that. I wonder what the first phone they ever used looked like and the fact that they used an ice box and when they first saw tv. They probably miss they way things were. I deal with a lot of oldies and they are so sweet

Old people (those twice or three times your age) are not what they appear to be. Take you for instance. Say your 20 years old (in college). You've experienced twice as many things as a 10 year old, but you wouldn't say you are only twice as wise would you?
No you would say you are many times smarter than a 10 year old, because wisdom doesn't increase linearly. Instead it increases greatly with specific experiences.
Learning to read for example may have opened many door
Learning the way of the internet
Learning to walk
Learning that you like sex
learning that you can get the opposite sex to do what you want
Having kids
Aging
Living through disasters, death,
Seeing patterns in people, places, and events

ALL these things and many more contribute to wisdom and all these things come with the horrible thing called aging.

Thus when you reach a certain wisdom level (I'll call it) and thus a certain age you will look at those who are not nearly as wise as you, and you won't necessarily envy them.

It is more likely that you will see them as less, or stuck, or lost, or something but it won't be, "I wish I had there complexion".

Evolutionarily, youth is for procreation and thus attraction. But so much in this world is greater than "bumping uglies".

I suppose my point is, those old people that you see are not necessarily looking onto you in the way you think they are.

You should come live in Miami. That will change instantly.

Hey - someone with a heart! You'd probably feel even better going and striking up a small conversation.

Your sweet!!!!!

I feel the same way too.

I agree with you!

Everytime I see old people I like to imagine what they were doin when they were my age and it makes me laugh lol