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Oh god... I think I'm "that" cow from number X

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ImThatCow · 12/09/2021 20:20

3 older teens hanging about outside my house, very quiet street and not the norm so I asked them what they were doing and asked them to move on.

16 year old me is cringing somewhere deep inside of me. They were doing no harm whatsoever and probably had no intention of doing so but I got my knickers all in a twist with a "not outside my house" attitude.

I'm now drinking wine to try and make myself feel less old and miserable 😬 think I should head to the shop so I can trade my wine for some MD20/20, Buckfast or Lambrini!!

Please share your own old lady moment with me to make me feel better...

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coastergirl · 12/09/2021 21:26

Seeing young people going on nights out in skimpy clothes and thinking they really need a big coat and proper shoes. It's really not that long ago that I used to go out every Saturday night without fail in tiny dresses and very high heels, even in the snow.

SisterMonicaJoansHabit · 12/09/2021 21:29

I was born 'old lady'.

There's enough folk out there who could write some interesting "that fucking miserable cow of a neighbour at number blahblah" threads about me in the past...

But a lot of stuff bugs me, some I need to suck up and some aren't unreasonable.

SpikeyFloof · 12/09/2021 21:32

I saw a young goth girl walking through town today. She looked awesome with all her gear on, but she had huge black biker boots with the laces left undone and flapping around her feet. I was incredibly worried about her falling over and had to stop myself from making her stand still while I tied her laces like she was one of my dc.

HollowTalk · 12/09/2021 21:36

@SpikeyFloof

I saw a young goth girl walking through town today. She looked awesome with all her gear on, but she had huge black biker boots with the laces left undone and flapping around her feet. I was incredibly worried about her falling over and had to stop myself from making her stand still while I tied her laces like she was one of my dc.
That reminds me of my mum who sewed up my sister's ripped jeans and gave her some money for new clothes 😀
drspouse · 12/09/2021 21:39

I was also born old but I have been a teacher and a Guider and I use my teacher voice way too often...

Ifonlyiweretaller · 12/09/2021 21:41

My mum can't accept the fact that we can do a half tuck of a shift/ top into jeans. Tells me it looks like I've forgotten to tuck myself In Properly when I've been to the loo 🤣

Bluntness100 · 12/09/2021 21:41

Actually that’s not ok and not funny. It seems they weren’t on your property. You don’t own the road and can’t dictate who is allowed on it

It’s not an old lady moment it’s an unreasonable and unacceptable one.

UndeadSlut · 12/09/2021 21:45

Coming home from a meal out with DP earlier in the week I came across a man relieving himself against the wheelie bins. He muttered "Sorry love" and let me tell you I didn't even recognise myself when I said "well I should certainly think so, how revolting!"
To be fair he was thirty seconds walk from several bars with perfectly functioning toilets...but still.

JazzerMcCreary · 12/09/2021 21:45

I’ve realised that Radio 1 is no longer for me and I don’t know the music.

Radio 2 plays the stuff I remember/actually want to hear.

I’m not even 30 yet!! Thankfully I mostly prefer Radio 4 or even 3 😂

GoodnightGrandma · 12/09/2021 21:46

I’d had my first baby and DH was away. I also live on a quiet street, but the local kids had decided to hang out opposite my house and scream.
They kept doing it, woke baby up and I couldn’t settle her.
I had been on my own with her all day and was desperate for a sit down, but it wasn’t happening so I went out and asked very nicely for them to move down the road, explaining why. They looked at me like I was a loony and proceeded to scream louder.
I learned that day to say nothing as they move on quicker that way.

romdowa · 12/09/2021 21:47

I see young people going on nights out and all I can think is "look at them, they haven't even brought a jacket, they'll catch their death" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

HunkyPunk · 12/09/2021 21:58

I came across a man relieving himself against the wheelie bins. He muttered "Sorry love" and let me tell you I didn't even recognise myself when I said "well I should certainly think so, how revolting!"

I’m picturing you as Fanny, Lady Button from Ghosts, saying that, with that face she does Grin

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Queenoftheashes · 12/09/2021 22:02

Yeah you were just a dick. It doesn’t sound like they were doing anything. You aren’t boss of the street.

elephantoverthehill · 12/09/2021 22:09

I am quite old, 56, but I find it weird when men apologise for swearing in front of me, not at me, just in front of me. Do they think I was born yesterday?Grin

ThePlumVan · 12/09/2021 22:09

I confiscate all the balls that land in my garden and make kids come and apologise at the front door.
I hate myself but there you go.

blacksax · 12/09/2021 22:41

Good old MN, you can always rely on one or two people turning up to put the boot in.

shakeitoffshakeacocktail · 12/09/2021 22:45

DD (8) and her friends were in my house always jumping on the sofa don't normally mind. But it was 7pm and I had done the last tidy before bedtime routine, they all came in and I said SIT on the sofa no jumping. Good thing I did as one of the friends had a large amount of dog shit right down his leg! Didn't know I could make such indignant screeching noises when I banished him from the house back to his own mother!!
They've been back since they are like cousins in and out of each other's houses playing and feeding them etc

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billy1966 · 12/09/2021 23:17

I think you were very rude to ask teenagers that were minding their own business to move on.

tickledtiger · 12/09/2021 23:23

I had a “suddenly realised I’m old” moment at work when a kid explained to me what TikTok is.

VictoriaBun · 12/09/2021 23:30

I know I'm getting old because I like a good old nose out of the window when my neighbours have a delivery of something large enough for a 2 man delivery , and I like to give my dh a running commentary on it . " Ooh look No 6 are having a new fridge from Currys , oh hang on it might be a fridge freezer " 😏

Excitedforxmas · 12/09/2021 23:35

My mum used to moan at me for going out with no tights on . I’ve now turned into my mother doing the exact same to my girls

AmDillDandin · 12/09/2021 23:44

Aye... it's one thing to worry about the young folks getting a chill on their kidneys, or falling over their laces.

But whinging at them to move along just because they're there makes one a dick.

FlatteredFool · 13/09/2021 07:10

I've perfected my "Do you mind" accompanied by a Paddington hard stare for teens that swear in parks or on public transport in front of young ds. I also worry about untied shoelaces

FlatteredFool · 13/09/2021 07:11

And lights left on in the house: "it's like Blackpool illuminations in here!" I've turned into my parents.

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