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You know you're getting old when ......... ?

128 replies

KittyCatsby · 07/07/2022 18:02

Today I've plucked whiskers from my chin and pulled hair out of my nose !

OP posts:
iklboo · 07/07/2022 18:05

You go to bed smelling of Deep Heat instead of Chanel No 5.

Justmuddlingalong · 07/07/2022 18:09

You poke the insoles to see how cushioned they are when shoe shopping.

Daftasabroom · 07/07/2022 18:10

Life is like a toilet roll, you tear off one sheet at a time but the closer you get to the end the faster it spins.

FamilyGredunza · 07/07/2022 18:11

Making noises when bending down to pick something up or getting up out of a chair.

AuntMargo · 07/07/2022 18:12

When filling in a form your age range is almost at the bottom of the list.

MissMaple82 · 07/07/2022 18:13

You start wearing non wired bras

MissMaple82 · 07/07/2022 18:14

And you begin to prefer comfort over fashion

Threetulips · 07/07/2022 18:16

Elasticated waist bands!

MrsAshleyWilkes · 07/07/2022 18:16

MissMaple82 · 07/07/2022 18:13

You start wearing non wired bras

I just read that as 'non-ironed bras'... is not seeing without your reading glasses another sign of age? 🙈

stillsmilingtoday · 07/07/2022 18:16

You have to turn the music off to read and understand something OR you have to shut your eyes to listen properly. WTAF! Those days of multitasking are long gone

caz198917 · 07/07/2022 18:18

iklboo · 07/07/2022 18:05

You go to bed smelling of Deep Heat instead of Chanel No 5.

This made me lol

caz198917 · 07/07/2022 18:19

Justmuddlingalong · 07/07/2022 18:09

You poke the insoles to see how cushioned they are when shoe shopping.

🤣🤣🤣

Isittimef0rbedyet · 07/07/2022 18:20

The child you used to babysit is now your childs teacher

Riapia · 07/07/2022 18:20

When you don’t fall down.

You have a fall.

Tilda77 · 07/07/2022 18:28

When you think that someone born in the nineties is a teenager but they could be 30+

topcat2014 · 07/07/2022 18:28

You turn down the car stereo at complicated junctions

stayathomer · 07/07/2022 18:29

You can’t play duck duck goose with the kids because you can’t get up!

Garysparrowsthirdwife · 07/07/2022 18:30

The kids you used to nanny for,are now proud grandparents

when you see the postman,in deepest winter,wearing shorts and your first thought is ‘god,I bet he’s cold’

you can’t stand up without making noises

you refer to your knees as ‘the good one’ and ‘the bad one’

you find your first grey pube

you mention same thing that happened a few years ago (at work) and are met with blank looks-it takes a minute for the penny to drop that they where not even thought of at that point,let alone born

your dds boyfriend says he loves ‘vintage’ music and you find out he means take that

you start asking teenagers if they are ‘courting’ yet

MissMaple82 · 07/07/2022 18:31

I love these kind of threads 🤣

audacityofpoo · 07/07/2022 18:34

You walk along your road and feeling envious of the house with a fancy new roof and solar panels.

mnahmnah · 07/07/2022 18:35

You mention Madonna to a classroom of teenagers and none of them know who she is …

TigerRag · 07/07/2022 18:37

When people talk about others being 20. They were born in 2001/02 and aren't old enough to remember things like 9/11 and 7/7

Pixies74 · 07/07/2022 18:37

You find out that the lady who does your nails who "loves being a grandma" is the same age as you.

The music in the piercing studio is so loud that you have to ask the piercer to repeat himself.

HereIGoAgainAndAgainAndAgain · 07/07/2022 18:40

You get what we call the Squashed Boob letter

Motherofplants · 07/07/2022 18:41

Your other half places a very advanced request for nose/ear hair trimmers for Christmas 😶