You can tell you're in your 40s when

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You're walking around B&M and a worker tells you your jeggings are inside out and there is a white tag sticking out of your arse and you thank her for telling you and give zero fucks.
This happened this morning and 10,20 years ago I would have been embarrassed and scarpered.

Are these the glory years?

You start chatting about the mad cow disease scandal and half of the kids your talking to don’t have a clue what your talking about as they where not born by then

ditto me talking about being 13 and having a crush on chesney hawkes
i got a lot of blank looks and ‘who?’

you get excited over a new washing up sponge/air fryer/fabric conditioner

Thank you for this thread I am turning 40 tomorrow

Moisturisers become a lot more complicated and expensive.

Just thought of another.

When you're chatting to your hairdresser and mention a nightclub from a while ago "oh yes my mum said she used to go there" was the reply

Going for comfort over looks - for ek anyway!

You look at a new housing estate and say “I remember when this was all fields”
Youre looking forward to the new Robbie Williams album.
You listen to radio 2.
You say “Where’s the Jiff, Ciff, whatever they call it now?”

For me that was meant to say!

I've completely banned Spanx from my life and also heels.

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I didn't pay retail!

40 in January but I’m pretty sure I’ve been 45 in mind for about 5 years 😆
when a (much younger) friend suggests a night out in town for your birthday and it’s like your worst nightmare idea for your birthday! Happy with the local pub and a quiet night 😫

Definitely this! I love going out for lunch and a glass of wine, and being back home in my pyjamas watching telly by 7pm! 😂

You use a pillow under your hips so you don't ache the next day, not because it makes the sex feel good.

I do feel I have finally aged into myself. I was clearly never eant to be in my 20's or 30's, but 40's and 50's are much more me. I got super excited about tea towels this week. They had autumn leaves and hedgehogs on! 16 year old me would be so ashamed. Shame I don't want pets, I think I would make a great crazy cat lady

"Ok Google, what's the weather like?"

Then make your outfit and laundry plans.

When you have your birthday dinner wearing PJ's and dressing gown.

When the current fashions look outdated because you associate them with the 80s.

You get piles after passing a solid number two but this is a minor issue as you feel so much thinner as a result.

You can't find a hair band so you use a thong instead and forget to take it out for the school run. And you don't care.

You try to open your front door by zapping it with your car key.

I'm 37 and send my emails via my boss as he says I have a tendency to be "hot headed"
This is mostly because I asked someone not to email me directly. So she just added me to CC. I had to be stopped from replying that CC still counts as emailing me

I have one! I use it for the food shopping and absolutely love it! I was 26 when I got it hahaha.

My daughter went on a school trip, no tech allowed but they were allowed disposable cameras.

Having to explain to an 11 year old how to use a camera where you couldn't see the image before or after you took it, you had to wind on the camera, wait for the flash, look through a wee hole and couldn't take selfies and could only take 24 photos with no deletions was soul destroying.

You went to bed at 9, now you’ve woken up again because you’re bloody boiling 🥵

I never thought I’d write this, but I often wear trousers with elasticated waists. And they are so much more comfortable and save time in the bathroom.

My legs are really stiff. I can sit on the floor, but need plenty of space to get up again.

I have no idea who sings most of the songs on the radio, apart from Kate Bush.

Yes big knickers and elasticated waists have crept in as has the habit of taking off the bra and putting on pyjamas and a dressing gown if I know that I'm home for the rest of the day. I also check the weather before confirming plans for the rest of the day, strange how that happened.

You leave your knickers off in the hot weather and don’t care.

When we were talking about the Queen’s funeral at work, it hit me that most of my team were all too young to remember Diana’s funeral or 9-11. That made me feel really old.