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

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CleverLemonCat · 27/04/2024 15:07

Young neighbours have just moved in next door. This morning (wasn't eavesdropping, honest) heard a relative ask if they had met any of their neighbours, oh yes they replied...there is a nice old woman next door. Old? I'M ONLY 63!!

This got me wondering if I was giving off 'old lady' vibes.

Possible indications:

I occasionally glance in a shop mirror and wonder why my mum is there dressed in my clothes.
My pubic hair is disappearing, and seems to be making it's way to my chin
Last week I bought 3 lovely geraniums
Last year I bought and planted a hydrangea in my garden
After a couple of tiny accidents, am wondering if I should buy some tena lady knickers.
Caught myself wondering if I should crochet a bed jacket ...it can be chilly in bed whilst reading a book!
Am having actual conversations with my cat
My box room is stuffed with wool ' just in case'
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.
Jumped - in my motor-car - and bought 3 more geraniums

Indications I am not old:

Ermm, I am young in my head!

I am not being unreasonable, you are in your prime!
I am unreasonable. You are heading into old biddy territory!

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hibeat · 28/04/2024 05:15

Thanks for the lovely thread Op.

VeryHappyBunny · 28/04/2024 04:54

Depending which record label they are on, some Jim Reeves albums can be worth a few quid, not hundreds, but enough that they are worth selling if in good condition. Check them out.

Bahhhhhumbug · 28/04/2024 03:45

DH came home really angry one day ,he'd had a run in with a younger male driver and been told to 'fuck off you old twat'
It wasnt the 'fuck off' or the 'twat' that bothered him it was the 'old'. He was furious lol. We are mid sixties, l am still waiting for my first 'old' prefix.

Somepeoplearesnippy · 28/04/2024 03:00

Sadly it's true. We are old. I'm slim, fit and wrinkle free (thanks to Botox). I exercise most days and can do the splits.
But I'm 62, I have my old persons Oyster Card (best thing ever). I wear hearing aids. I avoid high heels. I hate bars with loud music and love to be in bed by 9pm. I am properly elderly.

Being healthy, flexible, financially secure and old is wonderful. Possibly the best phase of my life - so far.

sunshinestar1986 · 28/04/2024 01:20

My daughter calls me old and I'm not even 40 yet lol
Honestly at 63 you sound lively and young,
many people will have already had age related diseases at that age
So congrats without disease and ill health age is indeed but a number

caringcarer · 28/04/2024 01:14

EmilyTheCriminal · 27/04/2024 15:11

Your post is so funny OP. 😁

Nothing wrong with a geranium!

I love geraniums. I didn't realise that made me 'old'. I am old though.

NoisySnail · 28/04/2024 00:53

I read a survey that concluded the average age people said they were first identified as old, was 62 years old.

MrsClatterbuck · 28/04/2024 00:45

SabreIsMyFave · 27/04/2024 15:16

Or your Jim Reeves Greatest Hits cassette. Shock 😆

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Clearing out a relatives house a month ago there were a considerable number of Jim Reeves singles plus a couple of lp's the titles have left me atm case of senior brain
Remember them being played in the sixties.
One I remembered wasn't there it was called
"The day I gave my wedding dress away"
Oh and not forgetting the Val Doonigan singles

tolerable · 28/04/2024 00:37

my teen son had "ADULT"cousins. I heard "Hey-av you seen yer ma on facebook?she USED to be banging" ....old woulda been easier to take

MumOfHals · 28/04/2024 00:36

63 is PRIME.

P.s I'm 27 and could do with a crochet cardigan for bed!

PandorasBoxers · 28/04/2024 00:27

As a 38 year old I look around and worry about all the teen mums (women my actual age) 😉

I am too young to have responsibility

MegsNaiceJam · 28/04/2024 00:23

When I was 17 and in sixth form, we had a 23 year old business studies teacher who had spiky hair and wore doc martens. We used to think he was tragic for trying to cling on to his youth 🤣

MenoBabe · 28/04/2024 00:07

ByUmberViewer · 27/04/2024 15:13

You are old. 63 is old. I'm approaching that age myself.

Is being old a problem?

Haven't read the rest of the thread yet. I'm 60. I am definitely no longer middle aged. But am I old? My mother is 92, obviously she is old. I don't feel old, just not sure where I sit. Young old?

ODFOx · 28/04/2024 00:06

If you were actually old you would know that there are many songs in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, not just one.

Roomination · 27/04/2024 23:55

Im the same age as you OP. To anyone under 30, we probably look like Otzi the iceman. On the plus side your hearing is still sharp enough to hear your new neighbours calling you an old gimmer, so try focus on the positive.

Roastiesarethebestbit · 27/04/2024 23:49

Im 20 years younger than you and everything you have written applies to me equally.

Marblessolveeverything · 27/04/2024 23:48

I hear you @CleverLemonCat . I come from a long line of women who don't get the age not mapping to their brain ,😂

Interestingly we all live/lived with cats, hmm. I am 48 and every time I have to calculate that my brain says "does not compute". I have had moments in work where someone has given their dob and I have to control my horror that this fully functional human is younger than some of my jeans.

Hoping your feline housemate forgives you. All the best OP I know in 20 years I will be posting the same message, I would love of you could advise then that it is still the same,

Tangwystl · 27/04/2024 23:44

I’m going by the WHO definition. They should know… 😂

OMG, am mortified/horrified and shocked...........
KrisTheGardener · 27/04/2024 23:39

63 isn't old but it is to a 20-something year old. I thought 40 was old at that age. I'm not sure when old begins but I don't think before 70 at least. You've got a few years yet. You're not young though.

BeaLola · 27/04/2024 23:35

My lovely Dad told me the other day he'd been helping "the elderly gentleman over the road" - hate to think how old he is as my DF is 92

MustWeDoThis · 27/04/2024 23:35

Summerhillsquare · 27/04/2024 15:12

Embrace it and wear purple around them.

Purple is my favourite colour and I'm 38 😭😭😭

Thanks.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

maudelovesharold · 27/04/2024 23:35

ByUmberViewer · 27/04/2024 15:13

You are old. 63 is old. I'm approaching that age myself.

Is being old a problem?

No problem in the cultures where age is venerated. Here, you’re either invisible or a bloody nuisance 😕

neilyoungismyhero · 27/04/2024 23:33

A medical person told me when I was 67 that I wasn't an old person. Might be now though.

Sunshineandrainbows23 · 27/04/2024 23:33

You are as young as your shoe size. Which is what I keep telling myself when I kick up autumn leaves and jump in puddles :)

OP I used to think anything over 25 had one foot in the grave. 😂

Shityshitybangbang · 27/04/2024 23:28

I remember me and my two sisters painting my front gate. This old man walked past and said to me, great you have your two kids helping you!! Cheeky pig, it was my twin and my younger sister. I thought I looked young then lol 😂

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