Old Ladies of GBCN Come in

[fivechickens]

I turn 50 in April and I am already starting to get flooded with AARP (🖕🏽) membership requests.

Did you join? Why or why not?

[underwaterrhymes]

I’m 47 and am always mildly shocked when AARP reaches out but everyone I’ve talked to who is older than I am is like, “JOIN! SO MANY BENEFITS!”

So I will.

[Deleted]

I have a year to go, but my parents RAVED about AARP and different discounts and promos others can't access. I'll definitely join. I think there's a negative stigma with AARP in terms of aging - and sure, it's geared towards a certain age population. But there ae travel and insurance benefits that I'm sure I'll want to take part in.

[wise_rita]

I got an invite in the mail to join them...before I turned 30.

WTF!

[fivechickens]

Mar 3, 2022 8:19:06 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

I’m 47 and am always mildly shocked when AARP reaches out but everyone I’ve talked to who is older than I am is like, “JOIN! SO MANY BENEFITS!”

So I will.

This is what my aunt says and then they are drawing me in with a trunk organizer. So maybe? I don’t know.

[fivechickens]

Mar 3, 2022 8:48:23 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

I got an invite in the mail to join them...before I turned 30.

WTF!

Weird.

My BFF is 52 and he swore he has never gotten one.

[gummybear]

I've been getting AARP invites for years! I'm almost 45. I also get "active adult" community advertisements and burial plot mailers all the time.
I plan on joining AARP when I can.

[Deleted]

Did you know that there is actually no minimum age to join AARP? It's definitely known as being only for those who have reached a certain stage in life, but in reality, you can join at any time.

[tacokick]

There’s no minimum age to join AARP! I know people are younger and are members so they can take advantage of their eye care and dental insurance rates.

[tacokick]

Mar 3, 2022 9:05:30 GMT -5 @sameoldstory said:

Did you know that there is actually no minimum age to join AARP? It's definitely known as being only for those who have reached a certain stage in life, but in reality, you can join at any time.

Poke poke you owe me a coke!

[mrsukyankee]

I wish they had it in the UK! I'm 53. (and I got mail from them in my early 30s in the US)

[macmars45]

Mar 3, 2022 8:48:23 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

I got an invite in the mail to join them...before I turned 30.

WTF!

I've been getting the invites on & off for the past decade. I'm 36.

ETA: I didn't know there wasn't a minimum age to join until right now.

[pumpkin]

Mar 3, 2022 8:48:23 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

I got an invite in the mail to join them...before I turned 30.

WTF!

I’ll be 45 this year, but I got stuff from them all the time in high school and college.

[mcsangel2]

I got my first invite in January, I turn 50 in May.

What are some of the better benefits?

[HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan]

Fuck no.

[notreal]

Mar 3, 2022 8:48:37 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Mar 3, 2022 8:19:06 GMT -5 underwaterrhymes said:

I’m 47 and am always mildly shocked when AARP reaches out but everyone I’ve talked to who is older than I am is like, “JOIN! SO MANY BENEFITS!”

So I will.

This is what my aunt says and then they are drawing me in with a trunk organizer. So maybe? I don’t know.

As a fellow old, I've got to say, if you find the trunk organizer enticing, you're probably their prime demographic. 



I like to think of my self as an Older folk who's got their 'ish together and doesn't give a crap what other people think but I'm closer to, gee that Alfred Dunner shirt is cute.  So I know I'm prime AARP but I have not joined.

[underwaterrhymes]

I’ve now googled and seen that they have some predatory practices and that they lobby heavily, so I’m going to amend my response to “must do some further research to make sure they’re not right wing assholes first.”

[mags]

My H and I have both be getting the last few year. I always throw them in the garbage. I never even thought to investigate. In my mind I've always thought it to be scammy. Not trying to rip you off scammy, more like why waste your money you can do all that stuff without it.

[bex1973]

Mar 3, 2022 9:06:35 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Mar 3, 2022 9:05:30 GMT -5 @sameoldstory said:

Did you know that there is actually no minimum age to join AARP? It's definitely known as being only for those who have reached a certain stage in life, but in reality, you can join at any time.

Poke poke you owe me a coke!

Off topic but is this another regional thing?!?! We say pinch poke!

[foundmylazybum]

One of my running coaches was on the cover of their magazine right after she won the Masters section of Iron Man Hawaii.

They did a really good article about women pursuing high level fitness into their 50s and to be honest I've never really seen another magazine cover the topic as well.

There is a lot of ageism in sport and it was great to see an organization like AARP working to dispel those myths.

[tacokick]

Mar 3, 2022 9:57:54 GMT -5 bex1973 said:

Mar 3, 2022 9:06:35 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Poke poke you owe me a coke!

Off topic but is this another regional thing?!?! We say pinch poke!

I think it must be! I actually never heard it before I saw it on 21 Jump Street as an adult 😳 it was Johnny Depp and Peter Deluise in the poker playing Valentine’s Day episode.

Growing up we just said jinx but this is much cuter.

[sillygoosegirl]

Mar 3, 2022 9:27:04 GMT -5 macmars45 said:

Mar 3, 2022 8:48:23 GMT -5 wise_rita said:

I got an invite in the mail to join them...before I turned 30.

WTF!

I've been getting the invites on & off for the past decade. I'm 36.

ETA: I didn't know there wasn't a minimum age to join until right now.

They called me when I was 22 and had just opened my first 401k. I haven't heard from them very often since though.

[fivechickens]

Mar 3, 2022 9:57:54 GMT -5 bex1973 said:

Mar 3, 2022 9:06:35 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Poke poke you owe me a coke!

Off topic but is this another regional thing?!?! We say pinch poke!

Maybe? We say ‘jinx buy me a coke’. I am in Michigan, never heard either the ‘pinch poke’ or ‘poke poke’.

underwaterrhymes Ohhhh I didn’t even think about that. Yeah I don’t want to support them if they support that. Yeesh. I will have to look into it too.

notreal your comment is cracking me up. I can just see my 20something self rolling at my eyes about the trunk organizer.

[omglol]

ballotpedia.org/AARP

[bittybomb]

I just turned 44, and for years I have been receiving mail regarding Medicare Advantage plans, AARP, hearing aides, all of it.  My 2 year older husband thinks its hilarious. 

[Deleted]

Mar 3, 2022 9:57:54 GMT -5 bex1973 said:

Mar 3, 2022 9:06:35 GMT -5 tacokick said:

Poke poke you owe me a coke!

Off topic but is this another regional thing?!?! We say pinch poke!

We say "jinx you owe me a coke" Yet another thing I had no idea was #regional LOL

[flex]

I did subscribe to AARP but I never utilized the discounts or even open the magazine so I didn't renew.

[bex1973]

Mar 3, 2022 10:10:05 GMT -5 fivechickens said:

Mar 3, 2022 9:57:54 GMT -5 bex1973 said:

Off topic but is this another regional thing?!?! We say pinch poke!

Maybe? We say ‘jinx buy me a coke’. I am in Michigan, never heard either the ‘pinch poke’ or ‘poke poke’.

underwaterrhymes Ohhhh I didn’t even think about that. Yeah I don’t want to support them if they support that. Yeesh. I will have to look into it too.

notreal your comment is cracking me up. I can just see my 20something self rolling at my eyes about the trunk organizer.

Uhhh must be regional even in the same state because I've lived in MI my whole life LOL.  We say both jinx or pinch poke but not combined like you wrote. Weird!

[HRH Queen Dick I, Orphan]

I got an advert in the mail for a burial plot when I was mid-40s.

[jamie.1022]

Mar 3, 2022 10:14:14 GMT -5 @sameoldstory said:

Mar 3, 2022 9:57:54 GMT -5 bex1973 said:

Off topic but is this another regional thing?!?! We say pinch poke!

We say "jinx you owe me a coke" Yet another thing I had no idea was #regional LOL

Same here but I’m in the same state as tacokick