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

185 replies

Wereongunoil · 27/04/2023 10:11

You have to scroll back miles on a date of birth form to find your year of birth🤪

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seashaken · 27/04/2023 14:46

When checkout assistants talk to you in a very slow sing-songy voice and call you sweetheart.

DustyLee123 · 27/04/2023 14:47

Looking forward to a day at home, rather than a day out !

DustyLee123 · 27/04/2023 14:49

Remember when night clubs closed at 2am.

DustyLee123 · 27/04/2023 14:51

When I realised that the babies I had delivered were old enough to be having their own babies !

SirenSays · 27/04/2023 14:58

I just got excited about new tea towels. That has to be on the list

caringcarer · 27/04/2023 15:05

When people offer you a seat on the bus.

Verv · 27/04/2023 15:13

Varifocals - both needing them AND declaring them to be "life changing"

eddiemairswife · 27/04/2023 15:14

remembering the War .Leading in from that.........using the rubber buttons from my old liberty bodice to rub out at school.

BiliousOhGod · 27/04/2023 15:24

You no longer have a "left" and "right" knee; you have a "good" and "bad". Then "bad" and "worse".

MidgeHardcastle · 27/04/2023 15:36

You compare cataract ops

Theoldcuriosityshop · 27/04/2023 15:46

When your child has their 50th birthday, I think I win Grin

EustaceTheMonk · 27/04/2023 15:57

MrsDanversGlidesAgain · 27/04/2023 12:17

There is (or was pre-covid) a shop in London that sells it and I demonstrated to a friend using actual coins how it worked. 'This is a sixpence, two of them in a shilling. This is a shilling, two of them in a florin. This is a florin....'

I can still add up in it, as well. Subtraction's a bit more iffy.

There was a pub in North Wales that was using pre-decimal prices until the late 70s/early 80s. Landlady would NOT change.

Orangebadger · 27/04/2023 16:16

ErrolTheDragon · 27/04/2023 13:15

And the smell of them 🤮

The stale smoke... urgh.

The piss!!

9outof10cats · 27/04/2023 16:29

When you have a coughing fit and a bit of wee comes out.

When you have to start pulling hairs out of your chin

ImAnAlienAndImHere · 27/04/2023 16:31

Riapia · 27/04/2023 13:30

When you no longer fall over.
You now “have a fall”.

Ha spot on! 😂

SiobhanSharpe · 27/04/2023 16:36

On a sombre note, of course it's terrible when your parents die but if you're in your sixties it's more or less expected -- but when your friends, your contemporaries go you're suddenly aware of the shadow of the grim reaper. It's awful to lose them but also awful to know they were the same age as you.
And it's also clear that you have far more years behind you than lie ahead.
Sorry, as you were.
I remember lovely old cars. We had a Wolseley 444 in the 50s.

SiobhanSharpe · 27/04/2023 16:38

9outof10cats · 27/04/2023 16:29

When you have a coughing fit and a bit of wee comes out.

When you have to start pulling hairs out of your chin

Actually, I've been tweezing my chin since my 30s. And I am (or was, ahem) blonde and not at all hairy anywhere else other than my head.

ALongHardWinter · 27/04/2023 17:10

The Prime Minister is younger than you. The first time this happened was when David Cameron became PM. I felt my age also when I stopped recognising groups and songs that were on the radio. This happened around the year 2010.

ScottBakula · 27/04/2023 17:43

We are obviously a different age , I remember getting our 1st electric hover , we had a U-bank before! 😂

uncomfortablydumb53 · 27/04/2023 17:45

The trainers I wore in my 20's are now described as vintage

MissMarplesGoddaughter · 27/04/2023 18:26

Looking up telephone numbers in the books in the telephone box

Always4Brenner · 27/04/2023 19:24

MidgeHardcastle · 27/04/2023 15:36

You compare cataract ops

Yes though my first was at 34.

SouthCountryGirl · 27/04/2023 20:46

You look at the music charts and don't recognise any of the names. And can't remember the last time you did.

Londre · 27/04/2023 20:49

You have favourite cleaning products, you’re grateful for rain as the grass really needs it & going to bed at 8pm

RuthTopp · 27/04/2023 20:59

When your having sex and your dh gets his ed and you are secretly relieved and say never mind .
When you dont go out for meals at night after 8pm because you know it will give you indigestion.
when you start thinking a toasted teacake with your cup of tea in a cafe is a treat.

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