To ask what’s made you think “I’m getting old” recently?

My husband carrying a full basket of wet laundry outside to hang it. The sun has come out and it's rather bright.

"Now where are my sunglasses?" looks at me

I'm staring at him.

"I'm wearing them, aren't I?"

I start smiling.

They're either on his head or he's looking through them. This time he was looking through them 😂

I’ve done that! 😆😆

In the last few weeks, I’ve been experiencing pain in my arm / shoulder when I put my arm behind my back and try to raise it high enough to do or undo my bra strap. Another ache to add to all my post- menopausal pains.

Then I clicked I could do my bra the way described and felt so proud of myself for my innovation.

Now I can see you’ve been doing it that way for years - so much for me being innovative! 😆

Yesterday. Get to the gym and start doing my warm-up on the treadmill. Think to myself that my feet don't feel right. Look down and horror. I've still got my slippers on! Luckily there was only one other person there so I was able to sneak them into my locker and then pretend I was doing a bare foot workout. Was painful walking across the car park back to the car though.

The worst thing is, my DM is only 54!

Could you not play Mozart loudly until the twits got the message? 😅

On the train this morning, person immediately in front (on a group of 4 seats) was watching tiktoks or reels (no headphones) person behind them had some annoying music on (i couldn't see if they had no headphones or shit "leaky" headphones) person on adjacent seat was having a conversation on speakerphone, and person
behind had a whingy toddler.I'd almost lost the will to live by the time I got to work! The only saving grace was no one loudly tapping on a keyboard
Tbf the toddler was by far the least annoying, and was cute.

So true! Tolerance for lectures given by men who know less than you is now zero. I used to at least pretend to find them interesting if I fancied them.

Walking through town today with DH and a group of 3 youths were behind us, guffawing really loudly about some random youth speak stuff. I had to tell DH to go a different way as I couldn’t stand the noise. He told me I was turning into my mother. Then we went into M&S to “look at the bedding”.

The absolute lack of patience I have with most adult men, particularly the mansplainers! I have several close male friends, the rest can pretty much go fuck themselves at this stage in my life!

Yes re noise it's so weird, we were told we'd get deafer. I on the other hand find noises more intrusive. I had to leave a bar once when the band for Friday night started up. The base firing up gave me palpitations.

I’m currently reading this with my glasses pushed up on my head so I can read the text.
I have aching joints.
I no longer have a child in primary school.
I’m 48 on Sunday

I've always liked cats but now I really really like cats! I have two and they are my constant companions. I no longer have any interest in men, just cats.

I need the "big light" on in the front room to do anything other than watch TV.

I'd much rather listen to the birds than music. Hate noisy restaurants and bars.

Rarely out past 8pm!

I'm embracing it. I enjoyed my youth, did my share of "wild" things. Peace is nice.

My fingers are no longer straight, I now have knobbly knuckles, and can point round corners. Just like my Nan's fingers used to be.

I get really stressed with passwords and log ons. I'll never change banks because I can't cope with figuring out a new log on process.

Ha! I know the feeling. I am genuinely shocked when I see myself sometimes, especially when I first get up in the morning!

I was a visitor yesterday at one of those places where you sign in on a touchscreen and it takes your picture for the badge. When I looked at the camera, I was startled to realise it was my Dad staring back at me.

Just my face every time I look in the mirror lol

Why do varifocals scare you? I have bifocals and they changed my life very much for the better.

@overstimulatedhermit

Can totally relate to this. I have "my seat" and I also have a little table beside it. I also keep my handbag beside my seat just like my Grandmother did. If kids are looking for something I tell them it's in the press beside my seat or its where my handbag is. They know instantly where to look.

Perimenopause. I was fine up until a couple of years ago, once that hit i was like "fuck I'm getting old".

I have a list of things I need to get, on there are exciting things like a draining rack and a shower screen. 5 years ago it would have been jeans and shoes.

how come if I want to take a screen shot, it's like the launch process for a NASA mission, yet, when my phone starts screeching at me to delete extraneous images etc, I will find dozens of screenshots of my home screen taken completely unconsciously. What's that about?

Yes, what is that about? I end up with millions of random screen shots in my gallery that I haven't taken, but when I want/need to take a screenshot it takes forever getting it to work.

McDonald’s app is very good and useful!

I'm old but a big a fan of touch screen ordering. For a start, anything that avoids me having to speak to a human being is always a plus point for me. If I can do something online or send a text/WhatsApp rather than phone I always will. But with food orders , McDonald's in particular, I have found since the touch screens came in, I get what I actually ordered far more often. I hate mayonnaise, ketchup etc and in the days when you had to ask I regularly got burgers with it still on but since the screens came in, never. My DS who has allergies likes things like this too as he can see the info himself and knows exactly what he is ordering. Anything that removes the number of links in the chain of communication is good in our book!

I have reading glasses scattered all over the house, and recently tried putting one pair on top of the ones I was already wearing 🫣