Things that make you realise you’re not the spring chicken you thought you were

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I had a shock recently re-watching Mamma Mia, I always identified with Sophie’s character age-wise, but realise I am now Donna’s age, assuming Donna is in her early 40s..
Anyone else go straight from being in their twenties to their forties without noticing? I swear I’ve lost a whole decade somewhere!

I now purposely grit my teeth and make no sound at all when sitting in or rising from low chairs. I'm almost 49 and will. Not. Succumb. To. The. Oof.

My cohort at work are now the senior managers and about to become the head honchos. Slight tinge of fear: where have the proper adults who knew what they were doing gone! Surely we shouldn't be left in charge!

My knees make noises walking up stairs

Discussing INXS with a similarly aged colleague, another colleague didn't know who they were and assumed they were a K pop band . . .

When my GC sent me a selfie yesterday having nicked her mother's phone. First I was stunned that she's old enough to know how to do this (and inwardly tutting about it) swiftly followed by the realisation that I'm old enough myself to a) be this child's grandmother and b) to still be shocked by children knowing how to use a mobile

Seeing Tony Blair on the cover of one of my children's school history textbooks, and that must have been 15 years ago.
At work, calling a patient with a date of birth in the 1970s and having someone with grey hair and wrinkles come into the room.
During the early days of the pandemic thinking, "I'm too young to be high risk," and DH saying, "You realise over-50s are high risk. That's us."

Reading glasses. I can’t manage without them now. DS showed me something on his phone earlier and I couldn’t read it properly😂

And lower back pain/stiff joints. Suddenly started a couple of years ago and as arthritis runs in my family, I’m guessing I’m going to get it. ☹️

Realising I'm three years older than the mother of someone who posted on this thread

I teach history and one of the units I teach at A Level goes up to 2004, which for me feels about three years ago.

We had my stepkids in the car a few months back and I mentioned how my first car had a choke. They were clueless.

Good Lord chips, a choke! Hadn't even thought about those for donkey's years. The car i learned to drive in had one. Heavens.

My stepkids were also aghast that we used to rent phones and televisions (remember Rediffusion??). That we only had 3 TV channels to choose from and that they didn't run 24 hours a day.

When my teenagers were talking about someone they knew who already had a criminal conviction. I told them that I also had a police record - it's Walking on the Moon! I collapsed laughing thinking I had made a hilarious joke, they responded with blank faces. Brought home to me the generation gap while I explained about vinyl records and band names.

Every time I see posts from my university friends on Facebook. I look at these photos of people with grey hair and wrinkles and think - how could we be the same age? Then I look in the mirror...

We want you, we want you, we want you as the new recruit.
Loved that song. Including the video! Did I just say video? ….

When I was invited to a wedding as a friend of the bride's parents instead of a friend/cousin of the bride or groom.

My friends from school becoming grandparents.

Doing anything with my youngest child whose friends parents are mostly 10+ years older than me.

10+ years younger than me that should say!

DH's cousins are early 30s and I've always got on well with them, thinking the age gap isn't that great, lots to talk about etc.

Not sure they feel the same way now, as they gave me a bottle of sherry for my birthday

We're mid 50s

When me and DH bumped into one of his old friends who we hadn't seen for about 30 years and asked him how he was......... he told us in great detail about his diabetes, his stroke, his hospital visits , his appointments etc. He used to be really fit and all the girls fancied him ( me included!!) He is about 55.

Going backstage at a gig and the musicians being excruciatingly polite to me, like I was the queen at the royal variety show or something.

Similar to the Mamma Mia reveal, realising I was Bart's age when the Simpsons started and am now older than Marge and Homer.

Loads of the above but my 60 year old DH has a really telling one that’s an eye-opener for him. In recent years he’s noticed that young women in customer facing roles are much friendlier to him and that more young women ask him directions and things like that out and about. He’s now “safe”. Just a tiny insight for him into how most women are constantly vigilant around men.

My 56 year ex who looks like a melting Tory Boy would still think a friendly 23 year old pharmacist fancied him though. He’s such a dick.

”Going backstage at a gig and the musicians being excruciatingly polite to me, like I was the queen at the royal variety show or something.”

😂

I took great pleasure in pointing out to my bloke’s niece that she’s now reached the age we were when she referred to us as “the antiquities”. Her face was an absolute picture.

I finally caved and actually bought a magnifying glass last week, cos I'm sick of not being able to read the tiny little writing on food packaging!

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