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

[KittyCatsby]

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

When you declare innocently 'These Haribos are moorish!' and the teenagers guffaw and let you know that only extremely old people would ever say that.

My children are now late 20s/early 30s, and all of a sudden they aren't laughing at me quite as much. It's a revelation and I'm loving it!

There’s a very funny song by Fred Wedlock called “The Oldest Swinger in Town”.
Lines include:
“It takes you all night to do what you used to do all night”
“You rub on Vick where you used to splash Brut” etc
Now that I’m in my 60s, it strikes a painful chord!

When you make more noise getting in and out of your chair than you do during sex.

I've become a Friend of my local theatre today and am already a member of the National Trust. Culture whereas once i was perfectly happy to just get pissed in the pub at the weekend. Speaking of going out, dinners out have become lunches out so can get home at a reasonable time.

Kill me now.

Oh no. I bought my first ever one today. What have I done? 😱

Yes lunches instead of dinners out for sure!

When you realise you sound just like your mother, saying the things you'd vow you'd never say.

Saying 'when I was young' every sentence to my adult kids.

Not understanding the latest technology...I was so proud of being able to programme a vhs machine to record programmes over a week 😫

You don't know what your missing, best invention ever.

Just had another thought, trees how you appreciate their beauty, listening to the owl with a smile on my face, when I am awake at silly o clock in the very early hours, thanks menopause!

When you know nobody in magazines or on reality tv shows and then find out some of them are children of celebrities you do know! And also when you comment on what they’re wearing while watching the weather. I never thought I’d get here!

I was talking about a ‘blouse’ the other day and my DDs (early 20s) looked at me like I was nuts … they’d never heard of the word 😳🤣

On seeing a colleague in a new pair of shoes your first thought is "ooh they look nice and supportive"

Which insoles do you recommend ? Seriously, I mean..

This is the only thread of interest when scanning through the ‘active’ list.

Ohhh yes. To all three.

When you move into the next category in the drop down box for ‘age’ in questionnaires. I heard two girls describe nineties clothes as vintage on the bus a couple of years ago, I wanted to knock their heads together! The cheek of it. When you hear someone in the supermarket say to their young child ‘mind out, the Lady is looking at that’. Then you realise that ‘the Lady’ is you 😬 WTF!! I ain’t no lady When you get excited when it tips down because you don’t have to spend money on using the hose to water the garden (we’re on a meter) When the B&Q garden centre counts as a good hour or so out.

I could go on but I sound sad enough as it is 😆

When you're driving through the outskirts of town and find yourself saying 'this was all fields when I was young'.

Getting quite excited about a trip to the garden centre !

When your class ask you if you know you Eminem is.

When you remember the words to every David Cassidy song but not what you walked upstairs for.

When you refuse to go to a gig unless you have a seat.

So many of these I did while still young😳

You can get bifocal contact lenses. Although you can't get bifocal torics so may no help.

For me students who I have taught saying

Miss did you pretend your phone was a calculator when you were at school? Nope, not been invented then, and I only got a calculator when I was 14.

Miss what GCSEs did you get? Y
They hadn't been invented.

When you remember log tables and slide rules.
Wen you remember teachers used to be able to hit children with sticks.

When you feel disbelief on realising someone with a post Y2k birthdate is now in their 20s.

You look forward to harvesting lavender for scented cushions and clothes

You have stashes of soap in various cupboards and drawers

You use a floral rinse for your hair on a regular basis

Your toenails thicken

You perspire without smelling (deodorant is no longer a must)

You've seen the current fashions already...maybe twice and younger family members compliment you on the pattern/material/cut

Natural pure floral scents are your favourites, e.g. rose/ lavender/ Lilly/ eucalyptus etc

You take routes whilst walking or cycling to admire the flowers in gardens

You know which places have good clean loos and tailor your days out by these places (love you Roald Dahl Museum in Bucks!)

You donate classic books for free and no longer want to hoard all classics