stuff that makes you feel old

[ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba]

• the first time my DS1 could reach higher up than me
• when DS1 turned 18
• grunting when getting out of bed or armchair
• you need to add year of birth on an online form and the damn counter is just spinning and spinning

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When I said 'oh no Bobby Ball has died' in work and was met with a wall of blank faces

suckingonchillidogs

When I said 'oh no Bobby Ball has died' in work and was met with a wall of blank faces“

Surprising: he was great in Not Going Out.

Not seeing Queen Victoria on pennies anymore.

@MrsSkylerWhite maybe I confused the issue by tugging my imaginary braces and going "you know, Rock on Tommy??"

@JorisBonson

I can't just get straight up from sitting on the floor any more. It's about an 8 point manoeuvre, complete with noises and sometimes swearing.

🤣 I definitely do this

The Pandora ads.

The women they've picked to advertise the bits of tat are completely unknown to me.

The Brilliance Collection ads where the women talk to camera - who are they?? We're clearly meant to know them

www.myimperfectlife.com/news/pandora-sustainable-diamond-collection

And the ad with multiple people, all wearing Pandora their way - their names flash on the screen, but I have absolutely no clue who they are

Telling a 25 year old team member I got my first (work) mobile phone in the year she was born, and other than workmates I had no one to call as none of my friends had one. The look on her face!

Reminiscing with friends the other night about childhoods of winceyette pyjamas, no central heating, hot water bottles for bed, 'putting another jumper on' and not getting too close to the 2 bar heater - which presumably had no guard and was dangerous for 1970's polyester fabrics!

@MedusasBadHairDay

When I went on a website selling vintage fashion and it had clothes from the 90's for sale

Yes, I always thought vintage was like 1930s or something....

Looking at my reflection.
That I rarely go 'out out'. I do lots of low key things instead.
Not having an iPhone and being clueless about most tech.
Realising that I am likely well over halfway through my life.

One of the 20 somethings at work not knowing who Charles Dance is.

Watching Who Do You Think You Are tonight and wondering who Pixie Lott is. I mean, I’ve heard the name, but no idea what she does.

All of a sudden. I can’t bounce up from a chair. I need glasses for reading nearly everything. In the past year my previously hairy legs have become virtually hair free.

When I look in the mirror I see my mother staring back.

Strange aches and pains assail me. Things hurt for no reason , or don’t work as they should.

I get tired much more easily. I find other people exhaust me quite quickly . I just have no tolerance for bullshit.

I feel like going to bed early to read . I can’t be bothered with fireworks anymore.

When the (adult) kids say, 'I prefer the original' and won't accept that their original is an inferior cover of the REAL original.

Although the first time I ever felt 'old' I was 13 and babysitting for the next door neighbour's children. This was about 1968 and we were watching TOTP.

The 7 year old said 'Who is Elvis Presley?'

I felt ancient.

When I had major eye surgery two years ago I’ve been a patient for 22 years now, one of the nurses said when I first walked into the hospital she was 2 now that did make me feel old.

Hey @ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba 👋🏻👋🏻

New colleague started at work recently and heard a noise coming from the corner of the room. I said casually "ah just ignore that, it's XYZ service sending over a fax". Their face was a picture and they replied "can I have a look at it please? I've never seen a fax machine before!" 😳😳😳

To be fair, I can't understand why this service insist on using fax opposed to emailing! But hey ho!

When I went to a wedding as a "friend of the bride's parents" rather than friend or cousin of the bride or groom.

When one of the girls from my year at school announced they were going to be a Granny

When I read somewhere that I've been too old to donate my eggs for the last 4 years.

Reading the OP's name, wondering how her baby is and realising that @ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba 's baby is actually 7! Same as my "baby" but for some reason I always forget that other people's children grow up as well as mine .

My 2 teenagers remind me that I'm old on a daily basis despite the fact that I had them when I was 24 and 25 and the plan was to be a young mum and much cooler than my parents.

DS2 has read this over my shoulder and admitted that I am very slightly cooler than my own parents. I'm taking that as a win

Realising that 80's music is from 40 years ago.

Poor grammar and general writing from younger colleagues and students AND no one seems to care.

When new colleagues starting were born the year I graduated.

TikTok

Love Island

@elliejjtiny

who are you???
You must PM me!!

@TheCategoryIs

Poor grammar and general writing from younger colleagues and students AND no one seems to care.

When new colleagues starting were born the year I graduated.

TikTok

Love Island

Yes poor grammar and no ability to write properly seems to have become the norm. Along with multiple spelling mistakes.

@elliejjtiny!

got your pm, for some reason I can't post back, when I press "send from Zing...." I get a message "mumsnet.com says OK" but then it bounces off🤣

yes, Tiniest Zing is Elijah and I do now remember you and your boy too! Amazing memory you have!
huge congrats on your tiniest boy, hope you are doing well and your DH gets better soon.
So very nice to bump into you!❤

@ZingDramaQueenOfSheeba @elliejjtiny
How lovely!

Poor grammar and general writing from younger colleagues and students AND no one seems to care.

Happily for me, my employer cares. I have a lovely synergistic relationship with a young colleague. I help her with grammar and writing, and she helps me with tech.