Why do a mid 50 person talk about philosophy and life all the time?

Question:I've recently paid a visit to my beloved aunty, she is a retiree in China living with her husband, she spends most of her day by herself as her husband goes to work. She is normally a very pleasant person, however i found her talking about life and philosophy alot, any conversation would be turned into a reflection of life, e.g i said this food is yummy, she would say 'yes, thats right, its just like life, life is like food .bla bla bla' it was really annoying, she seems to be thinking alot as well, is that a problem with her ?

Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: I've recently paid a visit to my beloved aunty, she is a retiree in China living with her husband, she spends most of her day by herself as her husband goes to work. She is normally a very pleasant person, however i found her talking about life and philosophy alot, any conversation would be turned into a reflection of life, e.g i said this food is yummy, she would say 'yes, thats right, its just like life, life is like food .bla bla bla' it was really annoying, she seems to be thinking alot as well, is that a problem with her ?

no, she is just wise and thoughtful. However she isn't at the level of wisdom when she will understand when to share her knowledge and when to restrain it.

she is getting older, and that will turn a persons mind to the bleakness of their own mortality. You should listen and you may learn, but it sounds as if you are either too young or too rude to give the lady the respect her experience has earned her, next time send your travel tickets and visa and passport to me, she sounds wonderful and full of knowledge and is living far away from America........you have an opportunity and you are wasting it.

with death on its way its logical that she may be in a reflective state at this point in her life. alot of alone time leads to alot of thinking. a long life leads to alot to think about. let her do what she needs to do to find peace with her life and the fact that maybe it wasnt all she hoped for. and now its to late to change that. or maybe shes just a deep *** old lady.

My gosh the woman is in her mid fifties not 89 or something. Most people I know that age are very active average people. Not crusty old people who sit all day and reflect about everything.

That just because your aunt is doing that doesn't mean it has anything to do with her age. Many people go through periods like this in life. Maybe there has been some sort of life changing event in her life you don't know about. Forgive me if I sound rude here but I'm thinking maybe you are just to young to appreciate any of what she might have to say anyway.

Also who knows if she's losing her mind? Maybe she's gone off the deep end or maybe she's showing early signs of altzheimers(sp?). Who knows. Maybe you should just listen a bit more and you might find out where she's coming from and why.

she has grown wisdom, but you do not have to be old to talk about these subjects, just have a mind that wants to know the impossible

I think because so much time is spent talking about non important things when we are young that by the time we get old enough to appreciate wisdom etc and we actually have it to talk about, it becomes extraordinarily interesting. Its like a puzzle in which the solution is correct depending on whose solving it.

What else does she have to talk about? XD

cuz by age 50 death is no longer something distant.
Each day it becomes more and more tangible with definable features.
One's friends die off, one or both parents have gone.
cuz by age 50 one realizes that he/she is closer to the end than the beginning....and they begin to think about....'stuff'.
They....philosophize.

After years of living people tend to reflect in these ways .