It's official - I'm ancient

[rockywilderness]

Buying a bottle of cider in Lidl (the nice vintage one, I promise) and the checkout guy said to me, with a wink, "Well, young lady, I'm going to need to see some ID" and then laughed as he scanned it. I'm 45.

I'm now in the age category where it's hilarious to even suggest I might be under age.

Any other examples that I need to brace myself for?

This made me laugh out loud.

I went to the doctor a couple of years ago because I had backache that wouldn't go away.

The first question: "Have you had a fall?"😡😯

I actually laughed, and said of course I hadn't. And then asked at what point was it that doctors started calling it 'had a fall" rather than tripped, or twisted yourself, or simply fallen arse over tip. She couldn't answer.

@SOBplus out of interest why do you have to put hair colour when renewing a passport? Surely people can just dye their hair whenever and not update it each time or are they asking for natural colour?

As another one I had a student ask me how I got the silver tinsel in my hair as it looked really nice, "age" wasn't quite the answer they were after

In A&E a doctor who looked about 12 said "I'll assume you're retired as you are over 60" and then launched into a frailty review in a tone that assumed I was decrepit and lacked capacity. I was about two weeks beyond my 60th birthday and like everyone nowadays the statutory retirement age is 66+. It was discriminatory as well as ageist. So much fkr equality in the NHS.

The car salesman who addressed me as "Miss" when I was about 57. He really needed to dry behind his ears.

When young colleagues in their 30s ask me if they can help with my rucksack. No thank you.

I think I'm a pretty youthful 63 and many people are shocked when I give my age.

I was on a night out with my friend. The first in absolutely ages. It was raining and so we both had our heads down and hair in front of our faces to protect makeup. The bouncer says “‘xcuse girls, I’ll need your ID”. We both look up and reach for our bags when he gets a proper look at our faces and says “oh never mind, in you go ladies”. We were 31!

I did buy a bottle of wine at Tesco a few months ago as part of a small top-up shop but still clearly a boring adult shop (think like washing up liquid, cheese, wholemeal bread, hummus and wine). The woman on self checkout gets the challenge 25 and has a look at my odd and boring shop, weighs up the toddler and my haggard look and I jokingly said if she needed to see my ID I’d be more than happy to provide it. She humoured me and asked for my ID but barely glanced at it and said I don’t need to read the full DOB as my year of birth started with a 19 and was so clearly over 18!

I have been offered a seat on the tube twice and both times it was young guys. I'm 53 and like to think I reminded them of their Mum and they wouldn't want her standing up - rather than them thinking I'm old!

Both times I took the seat - not because I wanted to but they were so polite I felt like I was doing them the favour.

Christ - it seems like 50 is the official turning point. It's all ahead of me still!

You can dye your hair, but mine is all grey and the form asks for current hair colour.

I had this and worse the person offering looked older than me in my eyes anyways. Also happened to DH in Austria though tbh at least in his case they were most definitely much younger.

@WearyAuldWumman

I'm Scottish and I got my bowel testing kit in the post on my 50th birthday 😂

I recently had to navigate two under 5s on their bikes on the pavement. Their mother apologised and I heard her say to them as I walked away "Guys, you must watch out for the old people."

I saw William Morris tea cosies advertised on Instagram and thought how lovely they are. So I'm old, British and middle class.

The same happened to me at the same age Another2Cats and I absolutely relate to your response of it shaking your preception of yourself. I was devastated! I am under no illusion that I look young, but I thought I did look like the healthy, fit, active, hiking, wild camping, yoga-practising middle-aged person I am - not like an elderly person who couldn't stand up on a train for a few minutes! It was a real shock. Of course I realise the seat offerer was being kind and polite, but the impact on my self perception was enormous.

I just bought a vintage Mercedes. That is termed an 'antique in the industry. It is from 1980 and I am older than it!

This is brilliant!

This made me laugh. How old are you?? I’d have been GUTTED

It gets worse, I keep getting emails from Direct Cremations!

I can remember my mum going to the cinema when she was early/mid 60s, and being asked if she wanted the senior citizen discount... She refused and rang me when she got back absolutely fuming 🤣
She's 73 now and I think she only started using it a couple of years ago!

With regards to the ID thing, I can remember being at the supermarket in the pandemic, and someone asking for my ID - I pulled my mask down, and she said "oh yeah, ok" I was LIVID 😂

Any other examples that I need to brace myself for?

The BIG one... when you look in the mirror and your mother stares back at you

Good for those lads. Lovely to hear hat manners are not completely lost.,

Trust me @TheDowdyQueen, it's worse when it's your Dad! 🤣

A friend of mine, who at the time was a 48 year old ultramarathoner, extremely fit and rather vain, was absolutely gutted when someone in Homebase or some other DIY store asked him if he was aware of the OAP discount on Thursdays.

No - not vintage - classic 😂😎

HRTFT - When they don't ask you if there's any chance you might be pregnant before an x-ray...

I actually like seeing my mum in the mirror, she died when I was 30 and I miss her. (I am 46).