Is Senager the new trend in retirement?

Introduction: what is a senager?

Have you seen your parent or children well over retirement age but acting like a teenager? Or doing things which you think only youngsters will do, enjoying life, touring as if there is no tomorrow? Or playing games, spending money and time which most of us will find incomprehensible? What is happening, you may ask?

Your parent and others could qualify as “senagers.” Literally, the word senager means “senior teenager.” They are people of retirement age, senior citizens we may call, but still, act like teenagers. 

Senagers all have those hang-ups and dispositions usually found among seniors and teenagers, but much more: they have the hang-up of both. How do senagers differ from the usual seniors and teenagers?

Before the differences, let us talk about the similarities. Senagers are your usual seniors in terms of age, health, physique, and disposition. They do not differ from other seniors, and their attitudes are similar to those of the same age.

But in some, senagers are different from other seniors, and senagers are much like teenagers in behaviour and actions. This statement, however, is in great need of clarification.

It simply means that they want what most teenagers want. It means that they move and act younger than their age. But does it mean that they are immature and all have the negative hang-ups associated with teenagers? Definitely not, but a senager is different from both a senior citizen and teenagers, in more ways than one.

Behaviour: How do senagers behave?

It is never too late to learn or do anything. 

Senagers never feel like their age, and they do not feel old.  Some think they act with reckless abandon and move and act carefree, if not carelessly. Some do feel concerned about them because of this. Some think that it is not appropriate that they are acting “out of age.”

Most of them do things they had never done when they were teenagers. Maybe because of inherent difficulties when they were young: financial difficulties, cultural and social prohibitions when they were young. All things that were present or absent precluded them from doing things and enjoying life to the fullest when they were young.

We can say that senagers make up for the lost time. Those things they have not done, which they can do now, they do with so much excitement and enthusiasm. Most people think they were deprived before. Whatever the case, senagers think that they can do what they have never done before at present.

Acting like one, of course, is different from being one. These are primarily senior citizens, people with tons of experience in their lives. They are knowledgeable about how things work, in fact, more knowledgeable than most of us. They know the consequences of their actions and how to deal with them.

A senager, though he may be acting like teenagers and youngsters, is well aware of the consequences of what he is doing. Unlike teenagers, a senager knows the ins and outs of many things and can act accordingly. Senagers are different from teenagers because they have a whole life behind them and have learned from it.

You can be of a certain age and feel young.

Consider partying, for instance. A teenager may not know how we advise them or how dangerous it is to drink then drive, which is second nature to senagers. Decades of experience give them knowledge, first hand and otherwise, how dangerous it is for anyone to drink and then drive.

A senager, though he feels like a youngster, does not necessarily mean he is so careless, though the actions and habits may show otherwise. Senagers are more aware of the dangers and risks lurking due to being older than most teenagers and youngsters, and they are more responsive and more responsible.

And being older, they know how fulfilling it is to realize your dreams and do those things not done, even at a later stage in their lives.

Relationships With Parents: How does the relationship between a senager and their parents change?

It would seem awkward for most parents who have children nearing sixty all of the sudden act and have those hang-ups of the younger generation. It seems to have grandchildren for children. At first, this seems to be the case, a senager would feel alienated from the parents at first instance, but this should not be the case in the long run.

Senagers would be farther in terms of culture, actions, and dispositions from parents who are well past their old age. The generational gap between parents and children could be exacerbated when children begin acting as senagers.

Parents have expectations of children, and to them to act “out of their age” may catch most parents off guard. It could lead to minor misunderstandings. But parents will realize that all of us never stop dreaming.

No gap is unbridgeable with understanding and love.

They will never stop dreaming for their kids, despite the children nearing seniority. Love and understanding could easily bridge the gap brought about by children acting as senagers.

As parents, they should be the first to experience and realize the frustrations of their children. Whether they had succeeded in doing everything or not when they were young, parents are in the best position to know what their children missed as they grow old and go on with their lives.

Relationship with Friends: How does the relationship between a senager and their friends change?

To have your friend suddenly acting “out of their age” would be surprising indeed, whether they are senagers or not. But for your friend to be senager is a change for the better, and it means that nothing is holding back your friend from enjoying everything that life has to offer.

It means that he wants to have the best, experience what he has not experienced, and apply all the wisdom he has learned in his life. Being of advanced age, a hindrance to some is genuinely nothing but a number that does not influence his ability to enjoy life.

If you are younger, you can accompany your senager friend in enjoying what he has not previously experienced, only, you can enjoy both his wisdom and intellect. If you are older, better appreciate your friend, and help him in his desire to accomplish those things.

Whatever the case may be, to be a senager is to adopt a healthy attitude towards life and living. Only positive things for friendship will ever come out if a friend decides to be a senager, for it means living the dream and enjoying life to the fullest.

Friends must be supportive of each other’s endeavors.

Conclusion: What is the future for senagers?

Before, to be older and past prime precludes one from many possibilities, and such is no longer the case today. Advances in medicine, science, and technology allow everyone to enjoy what modern life offers.

We can travel and go anywhere because we can be genuinely healthy and avail of modern transportation. We can still study because of advancements in internet technology, and we can still work because of legislation prohibiting discrimination against people of a certain age, diversity, and cultures.

People who are senagers can take advantage of all of these. The future then, for all senagers is bright. There are fewer physical and social restrictions, and people today are no longer discriminating towards others who want to fulfill their dreams and potential.