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 hear you! I have pairs of the magnifying glasses in every room, in the car, all my handbags and down in the shed.

On occasion I've had to use the glasses AND a magnifying glass to read leaflets and labels etc.

I used to be a typesetter when first in the print industry and 6pt type size was the lowest we could ever go. I'm pretty sure a lot of the type today is less than that.

Also, the ridiculous colours of labels. White writing on light blue or light grey background being one stupid example. Just do black writing on a white background for instructions, it does make it a lot easier and safer for everyone to read.

I thought of something else ... I was describing to my DDs (early 20s) what a massive treat the tin of travel sweets was, given to us before heading off on a school trip. Boiled sweets in a tin covered in a dusty powder, presumably icing sugar. They looked at me as though I was mad!

I recently posted some photos of my home town taken in my youth on a "memories" group!

I used my magnifying glass today, it's got a light on it and is bloody brilliant! Money well spent 😁

And I totally agree, the amount of text that is pale or on stupid, unreadable colours, is so annoying!

When your mole hairs turn white and you scare small children.

When I realise I find it annoying in our rented house that the glass sided stairs on one side doesn't have a banister /hand rail on the other

I had a similar experience watching Denmark play in an international game. The commentators kept referring to a goalie called Schmeichel. I was like, surely Schmeichel has retired by now. You've guessed it, it was the son of Peter Schmeichel - Kasper .

When your DD spots some old tops from the '90s in the charity shop bag and asks if she can wear them, describing them as vintage. Even if I wanted to keep them, they'd be like belly tops on me now .

@Taytocrisps yes I recently had the experience of lending a jacket to my adult daughter (it had started raining and she didn't have one with her). I said I thought she might want a different one, but apparently the first one I found was ok as it has now come back into fashion!