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Tell me about a time when you felt old

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Newbie8918 · 15/02/2026 13:11

This is absolutely ‘just for fun’ on a wet Sunday, so please take this in the spirit that it’s intended!

I was at an 18th birthday party a few weeks ago. I went to the buffet and there was hot and cold food (think curry and sandwiches) so I had a plate of both. A lovely young man behind me, asked where I was sitting and whether I needed help, carrying one of the plates back.

Im able bodied and 44 😆 but appreciated the sentiment

Your turn!

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EwwSprouts · 16/02/2026 22:15

AdaDex · 16/02/2026 17:29

Adam Ants Prince Charming costume is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Something from my childhood is now in a museum.....😕

Oh yes. Even worse, a Laura Ashley dress that I had worn in my 20's was in a museum!

chunkychoos · 16/02/2026 18:28

66babe · 15/02/2026 14:09

I recently changed job and on my last day 4 seperate people asked me if I was retiring .
I’m 58.
I was gutted 😩

This happened to me recently - I’m 51!

AdaDex · 16/02/2026 17:29

Adam Ants Prince Charming costume is in the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Something from my childhood is now in a museum.....😕

Vivianebrooksmatsumoto · 16/02/2026 16:11

Buying paracetamol in Sainsbury's on the self service tills. The cashier who looked like they were in their early 20s didn't even so much as look at me and approved it. I thought to myself, "I'm on a hiding to nothing, aren't I?" Change this to 45 not 30 and pretty much...!

Tell me about a time when you felt old
beethecrackon24995 · 16/02/2026 14:58

Waiting to pay for my eye examination last week only to be told I no longer have to pay for them 😐

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Newbie8918 · 16/02/2026 14:53

LadyDanburysHat · 16/02/2026 13:57

When I was at a 21st birthday party and one of the youngsters asked me if I had any Gaviscon.

I think that says more about them than you my darling 😂

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ForAmusedHazelQuoter · 16/02/2026 14:00

It’s only happened once, I was in Greece and was doing a Greek dance. The organisers picked me and older lady to go in the middle of the circle and then join back in with the circle. Then two other ladies were picked and then two others and so on until it was the turn of two little girls. It was only about halfway through the dance I realised we were being picked in order of age and I was one of the first two dancers to be picked.

LadyDanburysHat · 16/02/2026 13:57

When I was at a 21st birthday party and one of the youngsters asked me if I had any Gaviscon.

Squirrelchops1 · 16/02/2026 13:53

Going on a new job induction day and being not only the oldest there but literally could have birthed them. We had to give a brief synopsis of our work history and after I spoke I realised I'd started in my career before they'd been born.

lizziebuck · 16/02/2026 13:42

When it dawned on me that it was a mere 15 years after the 2nd WW that I was born. WW2 is ancient history to me. Yet 15 years is a blink. 😭

SuziLikeSuziQ · 16/02/2026 13:34

I'm 44. Two examples, both from sessions I was teaching to postgraduate students at a uni.

  1. We were talking about Banbury and I mentioned the rhyme 'Ride a cockhorse to Banbury Cross' and they all looked at me blankly. I realised it's not really a thing people might come across anymore!
  2. We were talking about birth years and I realised I was probably the only person there who was born in the 1900s. Or certainly the only one who can remember it. 😬
thenightsky · 16/02/2026 13:33

Snakebite61 · 16/02/2026 13:28

I found out baby spice turned 50 in January.
Made me feel ancient.

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SunshineOnARainyLeith · 16/02/2026 13:30

When people give up their seat for me on the bus....

Snakebite61 · 16/02/2026 13:28

Newbie8918 · 15/02/2026 13:11

This is absolutely ‘just for fun’ on a wet Sunday, so please take this in the spirit that it’s intended!

I was at an 18th birthday party a few weeks ago. I went to the buffet and there was hot and cold food (think curry and sandwiches) so I had a plate of both. A lovely young man behind me, asked where I was sitting and whether I needed help, carrying one of the plates back.

Im able bodied and 44 😆 but appreciated the sentiment

Your turn!

I found out baby spice turned 50 in January.
Made me feel ancient.

pocketpairs · 16/02/2026 13:18

At the garage one of the young mechanics said "uncle so do you want your tyres done too? "

SparklyGlitterballs · 16/02/2026 13:11

When you have to enter your DOB on a website and have to spend forever scrolling back on the year of birth to find the pre-dinosaur era.

Teaandwater · 16/02/2026 12:45

I was 34 and a new girl started in my job who was 20. We both attended the same school and she said you probably know my Mam she went there too. I asked how old her Mam was... 48! She had form for being bitchy though as we later found out.

At playgroup with my nephew. One of the "grannys" asked me how many grandchildren I have. I was 44.

trainedopossum · 16/02/2026 12:31

When we’re at my mum’s DH and I often visit a local attraction where you drive in and pay admission at a little kiosk, but if someone in your party is over 62 admission is waived for all of you.

The (mostly middle aged) staff usually ask some variation on “Is there anyone in the car who qualifies for free admission? I only ask because I can’t see into your car” as they try to avoid looking too closely at my face 😀

I’m 58 and DH is 56 so fair enough I guess. They do try to be gentle about it.

Poobs2022 · 16/02/2026 11:40

Yesterday my friends 8 year old asked me "what's a Wii?" 🫠

beguilingeyes · 16/02/2026 11:29

A close friend died suddenly on Friday night. She was 62. This is a reminder to do all the things. The time is always now.
Getting old is better than the alternative...

everhopeful22 · 16/02/2026 11:14

I guess I am old, 71, but don't feel it .On looking at my blood tests results on NHS app ( all clear), I saw my frailty score which stated ' slightly frail, maybe in need of some help ' . I didn't know wether to laugh or order Wiltshire meals 😅

tommyhoundmum · 16/02/2026 10:59

I refuse to feel old.

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Newbie8918 · 16/02/2026 10:57

I’ve loved reading all of these. I cried laughing yesterday.

I remembered another one. We were at a Paulo Nutini gig and got talking to the girls next to us. I asked them what song they hoped he’d play and they said that all his songs reminded them of being babies because theirs mums used to play his music when they were small……..his first album was 2006. I was 25 😆

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Etiennethemad · 16/02/2026 10:44

Explaining to someone that an Acoustic Coupler was an early digital communication device, not a noisy partner.

beguilingeyes · 16/02/2026 06:52

Nosejobnelly · 15/02/2026 21:04

I know pretty much nothing about current music. Probably started to lose touch about 10/12 years ago but now I’m hopeless! I know some names but really could t tell you their songs etc.
I’m mid-50s.
No way could I stand at a gig now - it’s seats all the way … even if I stood up first if the concert at least I can sit down during the slow numbers!

We do a pub quiz every couple of weeks and it's the music questions that trip us up (me been to a couple of thousand gigs, first one Queen in 1977), I'm ok up until the 90s, but fairly clueless after that.