My bedside table looks like it belongs to a senior citizen.

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My once minimalist bedside table now looks like it belongs to a much older person.

It is now taken up with - a box of tissues, allergy eye drops, ibuprofen gel, specs, extra strength hand and foot cream, bottle of water and paracetamol.

It has now become obvious to me , I am no longer "young and hip!"

when and what was the moment you realised you were not so young anymore?

I buy reading glasses 2 for £6 from Amazon and genuinely considered buying a chain so I could have them round my neck at all times.

I think of teenagers as kids now and feel maternal towards them.

If someone suggested going out drinking at 10pm like I used to (or even any time actually if it was unplanned) I would think they were out of their minds.

I buy reading glasses 2 for £6 from Amazon and genuinely considered buying a chain so I could have them round my neck at all times.

Before my eye surgery, I kept a pair in every room, bag and pocket. I still come across the odd pair!

When I spent unexpected extra cash on an air-fryer rather than on clothes, shoes or a night on the tiles.

Also, when an evening of drinking ended with a nice cup of tea rather than shots.

Upon realising that I was consistently complaining that the music was too loud to be able to have conversations on a night out.

My feet don’t move quickly enough to be able to keep up with my beloved Y Plan video (80s aerobics).

The week my optician told me I needed varifocals, my dentist told me I needed a bridge and my hairdresser told me I had grey hair coming through! I was 46.

When the skin on my eyelids began crinkling up when I apply eyeshadow! 🤣🤣🤣

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When we were splitting the bill in a restaurant and everyone else got out their phones to pay their share. I’d taken cash and apparently that was “so retro”

I have a whole range of cardigans in a variety of colours.

I’m nearly 63 and still just think “he’s hot” in those circumstances 😀 My knees seize up if I sit too long though 😮

My 12 year old just had to tie my shoe lace for me while we were shopping as I couldn't bend down. I am am 41!

But it’s replaced by hair on the chin, upper lip and eventually, a few on the cheeks (face)!

Loving the Chelsea Flower show on TV!!

When the optician’s checking the fitting of my contacts (which I only wear when I’m out out so that’s maybe once a year if that). He asks me to look down and he has to lift my eye lid back up like I’m fucking Churchill!

When I had to start wearing glasses

So many things already mentioned but especially having to whip my reading glasses on/off whilst following a recipe and cooking. Bedside table/drawer filled with HRT, various creams, glasses and bottle of water. Someone suggesting meeting for dinner at 8pm and feeling horrified at such a late start! Went to a mini local festival this weekend where several bands were playing and initially thought ‘wish they could turn it down a bit’. Grey pubes plus the fact the texture changes and everything thins there….that’s made me feel really old!!

To my absolute disgust I got 'auto id'd' at a self check out today while buying beer! Even the blinking robots think I look old!!!!

You know you’re old when you no longer “fall over”.
You “have a fall”.

When I realised snap, crackle and pop was my life's theme tune and not simply referring to breakfast cereal

Did cheerleading experience day as part of a hen night and landing on knees, I was in agony and had to grit teeth to bear doing it again. Was then all staggery and creaky for a good hour.

God, it’s so depressing doing this ! North

I’ve found that in my mid forties I now stop to read those planning notices you sometimes see stuck on lampposts. Whereas in my younger days I couldn’t have cared less about number 15s extension, or what’s being built on that random patch of grass.

Also, when it was really windy a few months ago I mentioned the Great Storm of 1987 to my younger colleagues. Then realised most of them were barely born then and I must’ve sounded like so very ancient.

Haha, I did this!

I got my car valeted and then got the checked picnic blanket out the linen cupboard to put on the back seat to protect the clean.

It took about two days to actually realise what I'd done.

😂 😂 😂

Shouldn’t really laugh at this but it’s true. I’m only in my late 20s so luckily I just fall over but why is it if someone is a certain age they’ve ‘had a fall.’

Chatting to the new lad at work, he's 22 and had never heard of back to the future. I could have died right there.

The future in back to the future was 7 years ago now. Fuck.