As you get older, a big risk you run is having too few friends or family around and getting lonely or isolated. To fight back against that, many older people get pets to keep them company—and this man is certainly no exception! This picture was originally posted on Twitter by user @JessAmante4 and got incredible feedback (as you can see from the screenshot). Just look at his face: have you ever seen somebody look so happy?

Do you remember how adventurous and free you were when you were younger? As children, many of us would run around the yard without a care in the world, acting as crazily as we wanted to. We got another taste of that in college, where making questionable decisions was a point of pride. In adulthood, we mostly calm down and follow the rules. Fortunately, as this picture shows, we get another chance to be wild again when we get older—who wouldn’t want to do this?

It’s important when you’re young to plan for the future, take care of your body and make sure you’re making responsible decisions. Still, getting old enough means that you’ve already done most of what life has to offer… and you can start to do a little bit more of what you want. As you can tell from this picture below, you start to get a sense of humor about life, death and staying healthy when you’re 100 years old!

Let’s face it: having a good sense of humor is pretty important to longevity and to having a positive outlook on life. If you have a husband or a wife, you probably know just how silly the two of you can get when you’re on your own. As it turns out, that sense of humor never goes away—just check out this picture below for proof! How long do you think it took her to realize what was going on?

We’ve all seen those novelty t-shirts that require two people wearing them to make a complete joke. Although a lot of them are rude and crude, some of them are simply functional. Take the picture below, for example. You never want to lose your best friend in a crowd, after all. This is the kind of resourcefulness you learn in your old age!

Just because we get old doesn’t mean we lose our eye for when the young cuties are around. Although it’s hard to show interest or make ourselves available when we’re young and shy, getting old gives us a whole new confidence. The confidence, let’s say, to throw yourself into the arms of a younger man! You go, grandma!

While many of us are immature and overly emotional in our youth, sometimes old age gives us wisdom, patience and a kind of elderly respectability. Then again… sometimes it doesn’t! If you were competitive when you were young, you’ll probably still be competitive when you’re older. Take this picture as proof!

Men spend so much time proving to themselves and to other men just how manly and strong they are. Its things like drinking beer, watching football, never crying and all that other masculine stuff that starts to take a toll over the years. Why can’t we all just loosen up a little bit? As it turns out, this grandpa has no problem at all rocking a flower on his head when he’s hanging out with his granddaughters—and we definitely approve.

If we don’t stay in good shape, our backs are one of the first things to go as we get older. For those that don’t know, having back problems can easily lead to all kinds of other problems as well. Though it can def lead to bad posture and other muscle aches, it can also lead to the inability to give your grandkids piggyback rides! Fortunately, the gentleman in this picture has none of those problems.

Though keeping your relationship exciting and alive is a challenge for anyone of any age, we can always take inspiration from those that are significantly older than we are. As this picture shows perfectly, our sense of romance and adventure never has to get old—no matter how old we ourselves get.

We don’t all like getting our picture taken. Still, those of us who do get the pleasure of hamming it up whenever someone pulls out a camera. In the case of the couple below, we’ve never seen anybody that takes so well to being photographed—and you can tell just how much fun they’re having while doing it!

What kinds of things do you have on your bucket list? For some of us, it’s traveling. For others, it’s trying new kinds of foods and experiences. One of the scariest and most exciting is the experience of skydiving, an experience only for the most adventurous among us. Still, that spirit of adventure never gets weaker as one gets older. In some cases, like the one below, it may get even stronger!

Like we said before, being brave and seeking out new experiences is an important part of staying young in spirit. Even if you’re not necessarily up for skydiving, there are other adventures to be had in the same vein. As this picture shows, even if you’ve never been ziplining before in your life, you’re never too old to try it out for the first time. Bombs away!

As you get older, you learn your own boundaries better and you stop taking any guff from anyone. If someone steps to you, you’re ready to defend yourself by any means necessary. Just ask this gun-toting grandma. Even though she’s using a walker, she’s also packing heat and she knows how to use it. Maybe now you’ll answer her calls!

Exercise is important to staying in shape and having a long life. No matter how intimidating it can be to get into heavy lifting, our bodies will definitely thank us for our commitment to a workout regimen. Though there’s plenty of fitspo on Instagram and all over the internet, we can’t think of anything better than this woman’s workout regime. Just look at that form!

As you get older, you have a lot more time to do crafts and come up with creative ways to solve problems. In the same vein, you also have more time to think of interesting and unique ways to embarrass your grandchildren. If you can do both at once, that’s a home run—and that’s definitely what happened to the unlucky grandson in this photo. Sure, this device will definitely keep your nose warm… but at what cost?

We’ve all likely experienced the learning curve that comes with a new piece of technology. Switching from Apple to Android, for example, is full of unique difficulties. Still, when it comes to a problem like, say, making sure your cell phone displays the right time, many of us can probably handle that issue. Though many of our grandparents are still learning and keeping themselves young well into old age, not all of them can solve problems like these (as this picture so elegantly shows).

When you’ve experienced as much life as the average elderly person has, you don’t have to apologize to anyone. You’ve gathered enough strength and wisdom to be a role model to your own family and to your community. In many ways, you become a small-scale superhero, someone tasked with showing the younger generation the way. To make this comparison all the more literal, consider this man posing with Spiderman. I don’t know about you, but I know who I would want in my corner.

Although we tend to take our things for granted as more and more new technology comes out, elderly people are used to having things progress at a slower rate. Because of that, they may be more likely to take care of each and every one of their things… no matter how uncool it may look. In the case of this cell phone, using the box that it comes in as a phone case isn’t the smoothest thing we’ve ever seen. Still, it’s the thought that counts, right?

Look, we get it. Getting older as the world changes around you is a tough challenge for anyone. Google didn’t exist until relatively recently and it takes some time to get used to. Still, one thing that never changes is the need to be kind and polite to other people—and sometimes to other things, depending on what the case may be. As this man’s search history shows, convenience of technology will never replace his sense of respect for others!

No matter how kind and respectful we are, we can’t all be nice all the time. In some situations, being nice is actually a disadvantage. Let’s say, for example. that you were kidnapped by someone and you were going along with all their instructions and making things too easy for them. They would probably keep you for a long time and get their way, right? Fortunately, one grandma knew how to handle that situation perfectly. We’re going to try this technique ourselves the next time we get taken somewhere that we don’t want to go!

As youth culture goes off into weirder and weirder directions, it’s understandable that our grandparents might not keep up with it. Values change and people don’t always change along with them. Though it’s great to keep an open mind, sometimes it’s better to stick to what you know—and to speak out against what you don’t. In the case of this older woman, it’s pretty obvious to see what she stands for!

Entering yourself into any kind of long run is a big accomplishment, no matter what your age is. Aside from the athleticism of it, there’s also the element of self-consciousness that comes when we don’t love something about ourselves or how we look. In those cases, it’s best to find the confidence to continue in any way that you can—even if it means being a little bit confrontational. For anyone who needs tips on how to do this, just check this guy out!

Although you might have a little bit more trouble moving around and being active than you used to, being old doesn’t mean you have to stop being engaged with life. If you keep a positive attitude, even the hardest activities can suddenly become easy again. For example: we bet you didn’t think you could take up fencing if you and your opponent were both using a walker. As this picture shows, nothing could be further from the truth. En garde!

There are a lot of stereotypes about old folks. Some people say that they’re out of touch, others say that they’re grumpy and others say that they don’t have the best fashion sense. Let’s be clear: much of the time, those stereotypes simply aren’t true. On the other hand, sometimes they hit a little too close to home… and the only thing to do about it is to have a sense of humor. Just take a look at the picture to see what we mean!

Staying young and relevant can be a challenge for anybody, no matter what age. Usually, we think that our grandparents have no hope of staying current with us. If you want proof that you’re completely wrong, check out this grandma spinning the wheels of steel. As if her DJ skills weren’t good enough, look at her outfit! We don’t want to ever hear again that grandparents can’t be just as cool as we are.

When we’re young, we put a lot of importance on defining ourselves and presenting ourselves as cool to the rest of the world. We care about what we look like and what other people think of us. When we get older, we’re comfortable with who we are and we don’t feel the need to impress anyone else. We might also feel the need to make fun of other people who do care about those things. But hey, we all have to learn somehow, right?

When you really stop to think about it, are you really all that different from your grandparents? People tend to be a lot more alike than they like to think. We all like new experiences, good food and life’s simple pleasures. With the rise of the internet, one of life’s most obvious pleasures is cat pictures. As it turns out, our grandparents have been hip to that trend for a long, long time.

Though we all crave new experiences, those get harder and harder to come by as we get older. After all, there are only so many things you can do on Earth, and by the time we reach 70 or 80 years old, we’ve probably done most of them. Still, one thing most of us have never done is worn a giant knitted rainbow sweater big enough to hold us and our girlfriend. As this couple shows perfectly, it’s never too late to start!

The simple truth of it is: as we get older, life gets weirder. No matter how much we think we know about the world or ourselves, the world always brings us something new with each passing day. Sometimes it’s a new person, sometimes it’s a new experience and sometimes it’s a new idea. And sometimes it’s… a baby monkey? We’ll be honest, we’re not even sure what’s going on in this photo. What’s clear is that this woman is having a great time, and for that, we salute her.