Rules for Aging: A Wry and Witty Guide to Life Paperback – November 1, 2001

As an official old geezer (who keeps dreaming he was young and healthy again) I experience the same problems and health issues most old people do; however, I try to keep my spirits high even while using my walker. I have read numerous humorous books on aging lately but this one (Rules for aging: Resist normal impulses live longer attain perfection by Roger Rosenblatt) has become my favorite book on the subject.This wonderful and insightful book has 58 practical and realistic tips for anyone who has luckily achieved the status of now being called an old man (or woman). If you have lived long enough to be an old geezer you probably do not need this book, but for a lot of laughs, as well as practical advice, this is a book you will want to read.Like a lot of readers you will have your favorite tips and you may not agree with all of them; nevertheless, this book will make you think and possibly review, some of the things you presently may believe about aging. Some of these tips include the following:“It doesn’t matter, nobody is thinking about you (I loved this one), let bad enough alone (great advice), boo yourself off the stage, yes you did, after the age of 30, it is unseemly to blame one’s parent’s for one’s life, if something is boring you, it is probably you, swine rules” (so true about swine) and many other great gems of wisdom.If you are an old geezer who refuses to grow old and adjust to your new “brave” and arthritic way of life, you need to read this book. For all others who are under 60 you need to read this book to find out what is ahead in your life, if you live that long.Rating: 5 Stars. Joseph J. Truncale (Author: The Samurai Soul: An old warrior’s poetic tribute)

Follow Rosenblatt's rules and how you age will be a gift to those you care about most. The are simply and amusingly illustrated. I turn seventy this year. Aging is not the main thing about me anymore because I found my passion in writing and learned to create legacy through that passion. Aging is a subplot in my life, though. Growing old is always there, hauntingly revealing the gradual decline and suggesting the prospect of that suddenly-one-moment incident that change everything. These inevitable truths overwhelmed me once, but no more. I'm living life full out until the end—riding them all the way to a good goodbye. "Rules for Aging" has been a contributor to that perspective. I loved the "It Doesn't Matter" and "Nobody is Thinking of You" chapters, which remind me to make my life crazy wonderful for my own sake. Then others will revel in my delight. My buoyant frame of mind is a gift to those who care about me. I create legacy for them and future generations by how I choose to live the final years of my life. How important is that? I particularly like Rosenblatt's suggestions that if you are bored, you are probably boring. I've noticed among my friends that those who have no passion, who have nothing going on, tell the same old stories over and over. They are creating no new ones. You can only do so much of that before boring everyone into oblivion. I wish those people could read this book. It is a virtual wealth of fresh and inspiring thoughts on how to live life full out. I highly recommend Rules for Aging book to anyone over fifty and those who care about them. What a gift it would be to give such a book to an older person who is not aging with bravado or to someone just entering the third trimester of their life. The message in this book is don't waste all those years.

I thought this would be a funny gift for a friend's 50th birthday. It was a hit! He told me that I should have given it to him 30 years ago! Yep. It is witty and clever, but insightful and filled with life wisdom for anyone entering their twenties, thirties, forties, fifties, and those who have yet to learn what these pages share. I'll be buying it again and again and again! Love it!

A quick, fun read. Good advice, but like most advice, difficult to follow. But it’s ok, because, “ it just doesn’t matter”. Enjoy the ride.

I'm not sure how many copies of "Rules for Aging" I've bought over the years. It's a lighthearted compendium of practical wisdom for those of us past a certain age. I keep an extra copy on hand as an impromptu gift for newly retired friends or those simply growing old. It's alway a hit, and it becomes a quoted reference guide to survival in the Golden Years.

The book has flashes of humor but, for the most part was depressingand didn't relate to the title. Perhaps I'm too old.

I enjoyed the book. I am actually looking more a more scholarly study to help me understand improve my "aging life". To be truthful I could easily have written this short book myself-and you could too !Nice to be Rogerand a professor. Doesn't seem too difficult of a life to me. I mean it isn't rocket science. I retired after 35 years as a high school teacher, counselor, principal, and superintendent. In reality they were hard jobs, but intellectually my grandmother could have handle these jobs better than me. I wish I had been a doctor or in some position that only a few could master.

Rosenblatt writes with a witty and subversive style. His rules are all well thought out and, when you think he's wrong....you realize he is right.

The book is pithy and concise in terms of style, and wryly apropos in terms of content. Read it just for the pure joy of it. You might even pick up a pointer or two!

A fun little book full of wit and some truths about what we decide after years practicing this journey of life. A light read if you need something to pull you away from heavier things in life.

Read the title, that is what it is. Intrigued? Then read it.Apparently I need 8 more words for this...

A small easy to read book. It is amusing but entirely irrelevant and not to be taken seriously. It's pleasure lies precisely in the fact that it is a collection of tongue in cheek pieces of advice. As to its relevance to its title; don't take that too seriously. Just enjoy the read, the wit and smile with the author.

Well tested by one with a life well lived. Reminders for the mature and advice to live by for the maturing and fun to read to boot,