While the benefits and joys of retiring are numerous, there are also a few negatives you should know about. Based on a meridian-street survey of the seven retired people we know, here are the top ten downsides.

You can’t understand lyrics. The Super Bowl halftime show is a perfect example. And who the hell is Kendrick Lamar? And in my day it would be Lamar Kendrick! What’s with the feud between him and a male duck?

AARP ads do not stop coming even if you are a member. So, don’t get your hopes up. And just how many of those collapsible trunk holder things do you need?

LinkedIn is forever too unless you can find time in your busy schedule to figure out how to get rid of it. If you do, you’ll be a hero at the Senior Center.

Pop-Up-Ads are now for cemetery plots and vacations you can’t afford.

People begin whispering and mumbling around you for some reason. It’s just rude.

Being out of sync with society. President Biden seemed perfectly fine to you.

Aging out of colonoscopies. While this seems good, it’s because at your age if they find something, well, what’s the point?

Funerals. You look forward to funerals so you can catch up with your remaining friends.

Everyone has heard your jokes but you tell them again anyway hoping that maybe this might be the one family member who you missed.

Paying for a landline phone that you rarely use, and only sales people call because that’s your phone number and you’re not giving it up no matter how much it costs.

Grandchildren guilt. You’re happy when they arrive for a visit and just as happy when they leave.

These are minor issues, so go for retirement.