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?

On my bedside table
glass of water
balm balm serum
skin food cream
glasses
stack of books
im 51

Well I'm just 73 so pretty old! Until recently I was quite impressed with my figure,but I'm getting a bit of a tummy now and look a bit shrunken and have to remember to stand up straight. I do love an elasticated waist and comfy shoes but then I never cared for very high heels.

I've had several spectacular falls and trips. I still work part time and am a good walker but sometimes my legs feel a bit unsteady! I can still run for the bus though.

My partner is 9 years younger than me but I think we're pretty equal on the aches and pains. We think we are still pretty 'cool' but I expect we are completely deluded!

I don't have a bedside table,though there is one on the cat's side ( my partner and I don't live together) I put my cup of tea on the floor,under the bed. Whatever I'm reading and my glasses on the bed,between the cat and myself.

That's so annoying,takes me forever to get to 1949. I think I timed out whatever it was for twice.

I sat on the floor today. Getting up took a while

When someone in their 20s or early 30s does something really brilliant, career wise (like write an acclaimed book, make an amazing speech, brilliant sporting achievement), I now feel proud of and happy for them. Not so long ago I’d see them as competition.

Pretty much all technology makes me feel old. Including the TV and it’s 18,428 remote controls.

Hearing myself say things to my DC like “there’s a dictionary right there, why are you using your phone??”.

Simply cannot sit on a beanbag any more. Or, can’t get out of a beanbag (without help) any more.

Probably controversially, looking at young women (like, teens and early 20s) with one or two kids and worrying they’re wasting the best years of their lives (I know they may not be, I know).

Comfy shoes. I can’t bear wearing uncomfortable shoes any more - no matter how gorgeous they are.

I feel the cold in my knee.

I no longer have periods, my waistline has disappeared, I have an intermittent dodgy knee and long hairs grow out of my nostrils. I am definitely on the road to being a senior citizen 🙄

I’m 39 and I’ve started watching gardening programmes 😫

I stumbled on my crockery set at an anique mall. I bought it new, when i got married VINTAGE!

When DH and I began taking our slippers with us when visiting other people’s houses. I am 38...

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What is it about trampolines that does that to the bladder?

When I thought platty joobs was a new hip n young saying for saggy boobs- not sure why I thought the youth of today specifically needed a new way of saying saggy boobs though, took me a couple of days to get with the program 😣

I can so identify with most of these, glad it's not just me.
Mine was when I went in for an internal scan and the guy doing it looked younger than my sons, not only was it a lightbulb moment, it made me feel so embarrassed.

Oh and the enlightenment moment for myself and my husband was at a festival and we never got searched for drugs, they looked at us and sent us through, that really made me sad.......for about 2 minutes!

My bedside table has pillow spray, my earbuds, a glass of water currently. I have the foot creams, glasses, the vitamins etc, I just have drawers in my bedside table 😁

That’s normal and nothing to do with age!!

(i think)

Yes, I've always had the optician lift my eyelids like that, it's not something they've started doing as I get older.

Im nodding in agreement at lots of these but remember the alternative to getting older is not getting older and who wants that...

Crying when I saw the Queen on Thursday 😭

oh these are all making me laugh, I’m agreeing with every everything and realised I’ve been ‘old’ for a while now. I do ooff a lot!

this year I moved on from ticking the age 45-55 box 😐, which was a sobering moment, I also love TCM channel and recently commented that Robert Mitchum was actually quite handsome (as opposed to some old actor). Young handsome actors are now ‘sweet’.

my bedside table is okay as I tidied it up yesterday, just tissues in a nice tissue holder, echo show, which tells me what the weather is going to be each day, a holder for my phone and a coaster for drinks (the statins, hrt and other pills and potions are in the bathroom cabinet).

I am currently scrolling MN on my iPad (I can’t read things well on my phone) propped up on a lovely bed tray from Costco, wearing my bedroom reading glasses (a pair in every room), with my 4.5 tog quilt on as it gets very hot in bed these days (I have 3 quilts of various tog rating - the 1.5 tog will be going on soon). Oh, and I’m propped up on a v-shape pillow, wearing what can only be described as a bed jacket. 😭

I completely concur with most of these, but I’m going to be that twat…

in my 30s, I used to look like The Evolution of Man as I got out of a chair and shuffled across the living room, straightening up as I went. I had a knee that locked if it stayed in one position too long, lower back pain and couldn’t touch my knees, let alone my toes.

I discovered exercise in my 40s, and all the physical symptoms that I thought were inevitable parts of ageing are gone. Please don’t suffer with aches and pains if you don’t have to.

I realise there are certain conditions that can’t be exercised away, but if it’s ‘just’ ageing, why not give it a go? I can’t believe how much better I feel.

I have one of those JML cushions you sleep with in between your boobs to minimise overnight squashing risk… I saw the infomercial and was on speed dial forthwith.

im 44