Without tomatoes (in any form other than baby plums and I'm not peeling those tiny blighters), pasta, rice, flour . . . and pretty much anything I usually use. Not being a natural cook (stews are now becoming a staple) and rather resentful of kitchen time when I could be reading or gardening or anything else really - anyone found any interesting combinations with ingredients I can actually get?

Anybody out there?

Hey guys and gals. 48m US here. Just checking to see if anyone's around. Would love to find people more my age, also, to chat, text whatever. Anyway. Have as awesome day wherever you are.

I am physically and mentally fit fully

I have been sexually active since my teens but not like everyday. There have been some years in fact of no partner and no sexual intercourse. I can't say that I have (or we, a previous partner) tried and most relationships didn't become serious or last long enough. There may be other factors that I don't want to mention openly on this post. I have a gf but she is not into sex or sex with me. I don't mind saying that because i am confident in my pleasing abilities, and perhaps its just a case of the "chemistry" not matching up. How do I even, if I'm not doing it with the right person? As in someone that wants a family, and wants to give birth and wants to love me and each other.

The Saturday before Thanksgiving, while going through the cabinets to figure out whether we have what we'll need for the meal...

Discovering all the stuff that has expired! Wait, best by Sept 2016?!

The temperature's dropping and the days are getting shorter, and my waistline is getting wider.

And, in my mid-50s (no excuse), my legs are getting stiffer.

I'm thinking about getting an exercise bicycle, but the stereotype is that they get used for two weeks and then become a cluttering clothesrack.

And I haven't been a hard-core exercise enthusiast. I know better than to get a Peloton or whatever. My naive budget is maybe $300, based on walking through Sears the other day.

So...

• Do you have an exercise bicycle?

• Is it... [googling furiously]... upright or recumbent?

• Do you use it regularly? How regularly?

• What do you do while you use it? (e.g. watch TV, listen to podcasts, read a book...)

• If you feel like it, roughly how much did it cost?

• Think it's worth trying to buy one used off of Craigslist/Facebook?

Thanks.

It would appear this is a stagnant sub? Or did all of those 40+ pass away? I'm 2 weeks from 50 and felt like I wanted to explore speaking with others my age. But its kinda quiet for more than 30 days?

Did you attend high school? Did you want to? What kinds of subjects did you study? What kind of homework did you have? What was your cultural background? What were the traditions that your family celebrated? How did your cultural background influence you? What was your family life like during your teenage years? What were the expectations for teenagers with their relationships with their family (e.g., mother, father, siblings, grandparents)? Did you work as an adolescent? If yes, where did you work? How many hours a week? Did you contribute to the family income? Did you want to work? What kind of clothes did you wear? What were the "in" styles at that time? Were you concerned about fashion? Who were your friends? How did you and your friends spend your free time? What were the popular teen "hangouts?” Were you allowed to date? What were romantic relationships like? What were the problems you confronted as a teenager? What do you think are the critical issues that distinguish teenagers today from teens during your time? What do you think of today's teens?

Hey old dudes. I’m back on the weights again and hope to keep it up. It’s hard to add bulk or definition in late 50s so I’m looking for a few suggestions. On diet, w out routines, training styles etc. I need to avoid going too heavy, it tends to tear things in my shoulders.

I've seen five second marriages in the last ten years of people I know pretty well -- 3 cousins, an uncle, and a close friend.

All five of them seem pretty successful and happy.

All five of them had first marriages that ended in a pretty tough way (one spouse was an abusive alcoholic, one was a lazy alcoholic, one was an abuser with mental health issues, one was supposedly home-schooling the kids but they weren't learning much of anything, and my aunt had five years of physically healthy dementia before she passed away). Yes, I realize I'm hearing about their first marriages only from one side. But in any case, each of my relatives/friends had a tough time when the first marriage ended.

For background, they're a mixed bunch. They're from five different parts of the States. Two are born-again Christians, one's lapsed religiously, one's moderate, and one's a hard-core atheist. Two were in their 40s, two were in their 50s, and my uncle was in his late 70s when they re-married.

Here's what I recently found out: they all met their new spouses online.

Maybe that shouldn't be a shock. This is the 21st century, after all.

But none of them is particularly tech-savvy or comfortable with technology, to my knowledge. I guess I had a little bias against online dating as being unnatural, never having tried it myself. I would have thought it was more for those 20-somethings with their Tinders and Bumbles and IG and whatnot, who live primarily through their phones anyway.

Yet I guess it makes sense. You're in your 40s or later. You're either settled into a community that knows of you as married to your ex, or in a new community. How do you meet people? How do you meet... grownups, who've been through some stuff, and who hopefully aren't going to waste your time with idle chat.

Also, you've had at least one horrible experience, which might have taken the edge off of the whole "I'm going to wait right here to be romanced by my one true love, it's fate!" idea.

TL;DR -- I guess I had a little bit of a bias against online dating, but I've seen successful second marriages come out of it among several people I know in their 40s, 50s, and older.

20 days since last post?

C'mon guys, it is only the 40's, not the end of the world!

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From my experience of reddit I get something I dont seem to get from other places. Specific areas of interest are covered here on one site. Looking for links to mystical fan edits, this is the place to come. Theres some fairly complex humour here that sits well with me. Ive not come across anything truly offensive, silly or particularly immature (Ive not expected to, its just that ive read that I would) Anyway my main issue is that my age bracket is around 10% of the userbase here with over 50% being under 25 (from what ive read) I just feel really uncomfortable being a 40 year old guy in the 10% userbase like that old fella in the club. God I cant go back to twitter...

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I'm writing this here because I think over-40s in the US are maybe most likely to be using 529 plans to pay for their kids' expenses...

If you use a 529 for non-qualifying expenses, not only does that make the earnings of that 529 taxable, but there's also a 10% tax penalty on the total amount used!

I'm not a 529 expert but I prepare taxes, and this past tax season I saw several different clients use their 529s for something that didn't count as Qualifying Higher Educational Expenses:

• Using a 529 for some online classes for their high school kid. Not "Higher Education".

• Using a 529 to pay off some of their kids' student loans. Doesn't qualify.

• Using a 529 to pay for the apartment of their kid who was going to community college. Check the college's website for something like "Cost of Attendance and Determining Need" -- only the amount that the college says is necessary (in this case, $4,000) can be paid for tax-free by a 529. All 529 disbursement for room and board above that $4,000 was taxed.

• Using a 529 to pay for a non-accredited school. A lot of schools can be paid for out of a 529, but some can't, and it's not always the "better" schools that can be paid for.

In every one of these cases, my client got an unpleasant surprise because of the cost of using a 529 for a non-qualifying expense.

Advice: check it out before you do it. This is just touching the tip of the 529 iceberg...

Mid-1980s? Yup, that was before he was born...

Not seeking romance or sex. I'm having a hard time right now but I remember that texting or PMing people from reddit helped me before. My messages might not be that long at first. I'm recovering from a few months of depression so if you've 'been there' I would be especially pleased to hear from you.

So AARP allows you to join when you are age fifty.

I could potentially join AARP with my grand parents.

I think I am scarred for life

Bear with me as I type this in my phone... while sitting in a Ben & Jerry's...

Just had a minor epiphany.

I had the last meeting of a class this evening, a class I took for work. There were a couple people I'd meant to give my card to, to say let's stay connected via LinkedIn or whatever, but it didn't work out because we all left at different times. No biggie. But because I realized I wouldn't see them again, I thought about friends I'd met up with lately -- and realized that the last times I saw any of my friends was early September!

Holy crap! How'd that happen?

I've seen plenty of my wife's friends, and her friends' husbands are all nice and all... but I somehow went 3 months without seeing my own friends. Unreal. Not good.

Yeah, I'm busy... but that's inexcusable. And it's not my wife's fault. This is on me.

I love each of you Redditors... but it's not the same.

(Joking aside, I don't think Reddit is the reason, or even a reason, for why I've fallen away from my friends. I could just as easily be watching TV, or playing a computer game, or drinking heavily.)

So... (1) my New Year's resolution is to see my good friends every month in 2018, at a minimum... and (2) what do you do to stay in touch with your friends?

Monthly poker? Fantasy football? Sports or other activities? (Unfortunately church isn't an option in my case.)

Just had another thought -- what kind of an example am I setting for my kids??

Early/mid 50s, I'm already struggling a little to get down low (knees) and grasp things firmly (thumbs). Anyone have any suggestions for things they've tried, to get joints flexible and non-painful?

(I realize I should be getting up and exercising more, rather than sitting 12+ hours a day...)

Today marks two weeks men. Looking forward to hitting 90