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

[ImThatCow]

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...

@FlatteredFool

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

I cringe at myself whenever I hear this coming out my mouth.Not helped by the fact DP isn't English and has absolutely no idea what Blackpool illuminations are

I cringe at myself whenever I hear this coming out my mouth.Not helped by the fact DP isn't English and has absolutely no idea what Blackpool illuminations are

I wouldn’t worry. The first rule of referring to Blackpool illuminations In relation to house lighting is that the person that you are speaking to must have absolutely no idea what you are talking about. Especially teenage offspring

I was going out yesterday leaving dog downstairs - teens were upstairs. Neighbours visitor walking back and forth I’m front on my house talking very loudly into her phone. The path isn’t far from the living room window. I thought to myself I do ask her not to as it will make him bark anc then I thought feck it I’m off. As I got into car she walked past the window talking very fast and loud in Romanian into her phone. Dog jumps up and barks his head off poor woman almost shat herself jumped in the air and scuttled off. Why couldn’t she stand in front of her daughters house, they know we have a dog. He doesn’t usually bark but I think her being on the phone so loudly didn’t help. He usually watches me go.
I drove off chuckling to myself tbh

@YouTubeAddict

Rushing outside to hand back junk mail to whichever poor sod has just posted it through the letter box…We Have A Sign Don’t You Know 🤷‍♀️ 😂

Oh that's so mean

I did tell dd her skirt was a bit short the other day. Got a look like .

@VictoriaBun

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 " 😏

Laughing my head off because I recognise myself. Used to hate it when my parents did it and would mutter something like get a life. Was shocked to realise I was sitting at the window waiting to see who was getting a new wren kitchen the other day. Why do I care??

Whenever watching TV and it shows a living room with a white carpet and/or sofa I mutter "how ridiculously impractical - that will just get filthy". My husband has started pre-empting it with "I know what you are going to say.."

Whenever watching TV and it shows a living room with a white carpet and/or sofa I mutter "how ridiculously impractical - that will just get filthy"

Yes to this a million times. I stupidly bought a cream rug. My house renovation has seen that into the skip.

The dust is EVERYWHERE no matter how much I sweep.

Telling someone to pick up their rubbish. Not necessarily an old lady moment but wouldn't have done it in my younger days.

Making Radio 4 my channel of choice.

Another Blackpool illuminations person here.

Being apologised to by someone swearing.

Saying to DC it's rude to eat while walking (in town). Met with a "why's that rude?" Something that was frowned upon years ago...

Saying it's a good drying day.

Seeing the local High School girls with their teeny short skirts I started to tut to myself, when my best friend reminded me how, back in the late 60s (yes, i’m THAT old), I was sent home from High School because my skirt was shorter than my blazer, so it looked from the back as if I wasn’t wearing one. I no longer tut at the girls.

@Bluesheep8

I don’t really know, it just made me feel old. I’m the only one with kids going tonight so I guess that contributes, and I used to be the one who would just pick things up from the shop for a snack until I moved out of my parents and into our home. I think I just personally associate that with me feeling old - I didn’t realise there was a right or wrong answer here

@Bluntness100

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.

She's knows it's unreasonable hence referring to herself as 'that cow' Do you want her to flog herself or something

I've started emailing the council about potholes in our street.
I've turned into my dad. (It's the sort of thing he'd do. Mum wouldn't say anything).

Have written emails of complaint to my local newspaper, the BBC and the BBFC about various content.

@MyMabel

*@Bluesheep8

I don’t really know, it just made me feel old. I’m the only one with kids going tonight so I guess that contributes, and I used to be the one who would just pick things up from the shop for a snack until I moved out of my parents and into our home. I think I just personally associate that with me feeling old - I didn’t realise there was a right or wrong answer here*

Not saying there's a right or wrong answer, hope I didn't offend - I just wouldn't associate being late and taking homemade food to a get together with being old. But I am old, so that's probably why!

We were going on holiday and my car is my office so it needed a clean.

I paid a fortune to get it professionally cleaned and had my 'oh god, I'm old' moment when I looked for my checked picnic blanket for the back seat to save it from crumbs n stuff.

@Bluesheep8 didn’t offend - I panicked that I’d offended you

@MyMabel

Bluesheep8didn’t offend - I panicked that I’d offended you

Not at all

The climate change advert with the smug kids.

Just this weekend I overheard the following when I was in the garden.

Teenage girl 1 - Is that your cat?
Teenage girl 2 - No, he belongs to the old woman at number X and he's not very friendly.
So I am officially the old woman at number X 🤣

@ThePlumVan

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.

If the ball come into my garden and the dog gets to it before I do then that's not my problem

I was privy to a conversation last week where a younger chap had been caught in a compromising position with a "granny, definitely about 50 or 55"

When some teenage girls came into a lovely local cafe I was in, ordered just one of those ridiculous "freak milkshakes" between them all and then spent 30 minutes taking photos of themselves in various group combinations in front of said milkshake posing with tilted heads, pouty lips and peace signs. Then they walked back out leaving the milkshake basically untouched.

I felt old then.

@Shallwegoforawalk

My lactose intolerance finds this acceptable. There are some milkshake places around here that look glorious but I know I’d be keeping over if I actually drank one. - however the rest of me cringes at the whole ordeal you experienced.

If a ball comes into my garden I am not going to risk over balancing to pick it up. It stays there until my nephew comes down then he throws it into the street. Its up to who ever it belongs to to claim it before someone else does. Not our problem.