OMG, am mortified/horrified and shocked...........

Have you got any nasturtiums? If not, you're not old :)

When I was a teen I thought my parents were old. They were 43😮

Now I am 5 years younger than OP - have a child in college and a brightly coloured sports car. Not yet retired but quite frankly my decent probable pension will be more than my current salary (struggling to get a better paid job again due to age discrimination) so I may as well retire. But I am not old. Really I am not!

But the talking to cats - I have a problem in my household. I can't get a word in edgeways. Siamese - who would have them!!

I am 61, not far off 62,and I would be horrified to hear myself described as an old lady! However, several of your comments resonate.

My pubic hair is disappearing, and seems to be making it's way to my chin
Pubes still there but for several years now I have found I don't need to pluck my eyebrows. The chin though, that's a different story.

Last year I bought and planted a hydrangea in my garden
Check. In fact since retiring in 2021 I have planted a whole shrubbery

After a couple of tiny accidents, am wondering if I should buy some tena lady knickers.
Not quite that bad but if I am walking along and feel a big sneeze coming on I definitely have to stand still until it's over, just to make sure. TBF in the last decade or so I have become prone to sudden, enormous sneezes.

Caught myself wondering if I should crochet a bed jacket ...it can be chilly in bed whilst reading a book!
I crochet a lot but that has been going on since I was about 20. The most recent garment I completed was described on the pattern as a kimono top but, in all honesty, once completed, bed jacket would sum it up.

Am having actual conversations with my cat
I don't have a cat but I frequently talk encouragingly to the plants in my shrubbery and any creatures I see in my wildlife pond. (Another post retirement project.)

My box room is stuffed with wool ' just in case'
And? Is this not normal? Again, been doing this for years. Every so often I decide to use up some of the stash by crocheting another blanket. But then I usually have to buy more wool to finish it off so I end up with a stash at least the same size.

This morning, completely out of the blue found myself singing the song from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD.
Always singing random crap that just pops in to my head and won't pop out. We were passing through Paris the other day on our way home from holiday and I found I kept singing the line "Oh Champs-Elysees" over and over.

Funnily enough I was having a conversation recently with DH when we both agreed that when we were young, the people who were the age we are now (he is 66) genuinely were old. But we aren't!!!

I voted YABU due to your list although it was very humorous 😅especially about your pubes going to your chin. Thanks for making me chuckle

I've always talked to my cats!!

People are always offering me seats on the tram. I’m in my 30s but suffer from bloating 😬 the first couple of times I wanted to cry, now I just say thank you and enjoy sitting down 😂 x

i am pretty sure that all the posters saying yes, 63 is old , will change their tune when they are in their 60s!

60 is the new 50

I was told once by a young hip new colleague that I gave off "teacher vibes". I knew what she meant and that I looked "old".

It would be rude not to talk to your cat!

The shopping trolley is making a come-back:

https://www.theguardian.com/money/2024/apr/20/wheelie-bag-nanna-glamour-shopping-trolley#:~:text=You%20might%20associate%20shopping%20trolleys,vogue%20for%20“nanna%20glamour”.

😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 hilarious. I Think they need to hear you playing Taylor Swift lol... that'll get them well confused.

In Glasgow in the 1980s you would have been old. In the south of England in 2024 I know at least one man who became a Dad for the first time at your age. I have no idea what age is any more.

Crochet is wildly popular amongst the yoof of today.

I recently hosted four teens from Nigeria for two weeks and they all crocheted and they all wanted to buy wool while they were over here.

So I don't think that makes you old...

I wanna be you when I grow up! 💛

Signed--an 70-year-old without your many talents and skills.😬

😂excellent post.

As someone 30 years younger than you, I get called old by people in their 20s who think life stops at my age

Being old both is and isn’t a problem; 63 isn’t necessarily old, varies from person to person. Demographically it is.

My team is younger than me, the youngest has kindly told me I’m not ‘old like our boss’ (boss is 3 years older than me). I am aware I’m no spring chicken, I don’t think I look my age but am old enough that I don’t care. Will continue to occasionally wear purple, talk to myself in the supermarket and talk to my cats, along with being an embarrassment to my now adult kids.

To be fair anyone under 25 is simply classed as “infant” to me now. I’m 48. I’m amazed when I see “infants” unaccompanied in pubs.

Just remember:

With age comes wisdom. With wisdom comes the knowledge that one can be "old" at 36 and "young" at 72.

oh dear, I have been buying geraniums for years ! and now i am only 63 :)

and as for talking to the cat, well...

I have 3

About 80% of your post applies to me and I'm ONLY 56 😂
I thought talking to cats was mandatory!

Bed jackets are sue a comeback in the energy-conserving times. Hydrangeas are lovely. That's all I've got. 🤷🏼‍♀️

I was fanatical about buying plants & yarn in my twenties. Maybe I've always been old.