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You know your getting old when...

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PH03b3 · 25/04/2019 17:23

You walk past bonmarche and see some shorts think how nice they are think I bet they are really comfortable and happily go buy them.

Im early 30s.

Anybody else had a getting old moment recently?

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girlywhirly · 26/04/2019 13:37

When your handbag is full of items for every eventuality. One of DIL’s friends commented on mine, “that’s such a Mum bag” which amused me greatly.

When you have a comprehensive list of items to take on holiday, and cannot pack light.

When you’ve seen various fashion trends come round several times in your lifetime, e.g. mini skirts, maxi dresses, flared trousers/jeans, platform and wedge soled shoes.

origamiunicorn · 26/04/2019 13:54

I've thought of another.

When you take pics with the outward facing camera on your mobile rather than the selfie one.

I went to the coast with some workmates over Easter and I was taking pics of the scenery and everyone else was taking selfies, you couldn't even tell where they were in pics 🤣 I felt 100 years old!

When you call it a mobile and not a phone ☺️😆

longearedbat · 26/04/2019 14:13

OP, if you liked Bonnemarche, try Roman. I always used to ignore Roman when I was younger, but wandered in recently and though 'Ooh, nice!' The last time I went in Bonnemarche was the first day of a sale, there we all were, ladies of a certain age, frantically rummaging through the stock while a group of husbands stood morosely outside.
I do several exercise classes, specifically for mature people. One involves floor exercises. We all have to get up again in stages, an it can involve moaning, groaning and even some farting. It comforting to know I am not alone in my lack of suppleness, mobility and continence.

willowmelangell · 26/04/2019 16:37

I thrill at having a coupon in my purse.
A tissue up my sleeve? Of course.
Staying in with my cats is my new going out.
No jeans in my wardrobe.
Underwear got comfortable.
I talk to my neighbour over the hedge.
I wonder at the fashions, rips in jeans, didn't I see that before?
Phones got so complicated.

tardyheart · 26/04/2019 16:51

Daily checks for rogue chin hairs that sprout overnight from a mole

Going out for drinks, but making sure there is somewhere to sit down.

Going to garden centers, and enjoying the tea room.

When you can remember your mum and dad at the age you are now, and remember thinking how old they seemed.

My friends young daughter saying that old people shouldn't wear Gazelle trainers, I asked what old was and she said 35. I'm 38 Blush and unknown to her have just bought a pair for summer. I feel like getting a bum bag and tinted visor for the full Florida retirement home look.

Pinkruler · 26/04/2019 16:56

When your barrister is young enough to be your son.

longearedbat · 26/04/2019 18:54

I remember when Sergeant Pepper came out and I said to my father that I was going to sing 'When I'm 64' to him, when he reached that age. He said 'we'll that's a long way away', he was 41 at the time. My father is dead, and I will be 64 on Sunday. Should I sing it to myself?
Where do the bloody years go?

FiremanKing · 26/04/2019 19:00

I remember seeing a Fax machine on Tomorrow’s World and thinking it was impossible and must be an April Fools!

Myimaginarycathasfleas · 26/04/2019 19:28

You fart noisily and unexpectedly! Blush

MrsTommyBanks · 26/04/2019 19:32

You make an involuntary "oooof" sound when you get up from the sofa.

Your eyebrows relocate to your chin, and start a commune.

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PH03b3 · 26/04/2019 21:47

@longearedbat i found Roman before my 30th!
Agree with so many of these!!

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Stravapalava · 26/04/2019 21:50

1 - you buy a tea tray
2 - you wear crop top type contraptions instead of underwired bras
3 - all the famous people are much much younger than you

I'm in my 30s....

InMyOwnParticularIdiom · 26/04/2019 23:30

I fart when I cough like my Nanna used to.

But I'm only 36...

I also know what my grandad meant when he used to grumble at the tv news, 'he's too young to be an expert!'

Ezzie29 · 27/04/2019 00:18

Was feeling quite smug about not identifying with anything, at a sprightly 31, then I saw the bit about Cha Cha Slide being NINETEEN YEARS OLD??? What the actual heck. That’s actually messed with my brain a bit!

Graphista · 27/04/2019 00:21

Grinsorry

MrsPlesWearsAFez · 27/04/2019 00:35

When people hear you approaching before they can see you, due to the 'click, click, click' of your joints.

AngeloMysterioso · 27/04/2019 01:22

Before you’ve even got out of bed in the morning you’re already looking forward to going to bed that night.

FiremanKing · 27/04/2019 07:51

I’ve posted on the Phwoar thread and there is only about three blokes I’ve heard of!

QueenOfTheCroneAge · 27/04/2019 09:53

@longearedbat Same re Sgt Pepper! loved that album when it came out and now I AM 64. Erk.

QueenOfTheCroneAge · 27/04/2019 09:56

Your eyebrows relocate to your chin, and start a commune

@MrsTommyBanks Fabulous line and can relate!

scarecrowhead · 27/04/2019 11:16

I know the actions and all the words to Superman by Black Lace

Restingbitchface01 · 27/04/2019 11:57

When it's a bad idea to take a laxative and a sleeping tablet in the same night !!

Mysterian · 27/04/2019 12:12

A child I used to look after in a nursery has just posted her baby scan on Facebook. Sad for me feeling old but (smile) for her.

saganorenscarandcoat · 27/04/2019 12:43

When you drink tea and make an 'ahhhhhh' noise after a sip to show your appreciation of the brew.

When you get up from a chair and make an 'oooof' noise as of it was the most effort ever.

When getting a new pair of pyjamas is the best night ever.

Enjoying that canal programme with Timothy West and Prunella.

Looking at the Viking River. Those ads and thinking how much fun they look.

Wearing flat shoes because heels are ridiculous.

saganorenscarandcoat · 27/04/2019 12:44

Viking River Cruise not Those

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