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?

I remember ordering off a Golden Oldies special lunch menu along with my parents when I was early 50s - and wasn't sure whether to be pleased to get the discount or annoyed that they thought I qualified.

When my equine vets and hospital staff no longer ask me if there is any chance I may be pregnant when they take x-rays.

A few months ago just after my 60th birthday,the cashier in Iceland scanned my shopping then said 'You can get a 10% discount as you're over 60'. When we left the shop,I said to my DD how could she tell I'm over 60 just by looking at me? 😂 DD enlightened me saying 'It comes up on your Iceland bonus card that you're now 60'. I mean,I'm not saying I look younger than 60,but personally,I always err on the side of caution where people's ages are concerned.

That sounds like he had a strange fetish.....

I've never heard of Pogs, Tazo's or Shinies. I must be truly ancient, they must be a more recent thing?!

I walk past one of those over 55 blocks of flats on my way to the bus stop and it struck me the other day that I'll be old enough on my next birthday 🧓🏻

@feelinhopeful Yep! I had that at 30! I was pregnant at 29 and when I turned 30, 'Geriatric primigravida' appeared on my notes (paper maternity notes still existed back then!)

I've been called madam in shops a couple of times lately.
I also tweaked my back recently, putting my socks on before I'd warmed up properly....

@GoodVibesHere I'm late 30s. POGs (milk caps in the US) were big in schools in the 90s, basically cardboard discs with pictures on, you piled them up face down and then hit your competitors pile with a Slammer (plastic disc or metal if you were lucky) and any that you flipped over you got to keep - it caused no end of issues in the playground. Shinies were well Shiny and highly sought after. Tazos were Walkers versions often with Looney Toons characters on them you got in bags of crisps.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milk_caps_(game)

Worse still if you have 'a bit of a fall' 😂

This is brilliant, it me laugh out loud. I’d probably have said the same in your position. 😁

I was sweating a couple of weeks ago when I went to by a bottle of wine as a gift and realised I didn't have my driving licence on me in case I got ID'd... I'm 39 🤣 think I'm kidding myself on at this stage.

This really made me laugh! My mum is a very sprightly and very 'young' 79 (much, much fitter than me or anyone I know my age) and she gets deeply affronted at the Shannan stairlift leaflets. Then again she does have a bungalow

Moier ! 😂
It's the sort of thing that I would say..

Out of 4 sisters, I am the one who looks most like our darling departed Mum.
My best friend bought me a coaster that says,
Mirror mirror on the wall, I am my Mother after all.😀

Kids at school have done it to me and I take it as a massive compliment (easier because it just feels not quite as bad as the other kids liking me because I remind them of their Grandma) - what's scary is when their Mums say they're so glad I'm there because it feels like having an Auntie in the school.

For them, not their children.

My DD is 40,and keeps getting asked for age ID in her local Asda and Iceland!

Wow, I've never heard of any of them! I'm late 40's though.

When you realise you are the target demographic for a Saga holiday…

@ComeOnThenFanny I recently saw a game/app/whatever on Facebook that puts your face on other people. One of them was a man. The result was my dad. Scary.

I knew I was officially old, middle class, and badly dressed when my National Trust membership arrived.

The guy who fitted my washing machine explaining the child lock feature for any grandchildren I may have- I'm 47 FFS, he was about 12.
It is the closest I have ever come to hitting anyone- very freshly divorced.....

When you realise you are old enough to be most of your DC's teachers' mother!

@WeDeserveBetter I'm your age and lots of people I was at school with have several grandchildren. I still have a child at primary school and most women my age picking up kids are grandma, the mums are typically mid twenties to thirties. I was also asked if I'm mum or grandma when I was up at the hospital with DS. I think I've aged a lot in a couple of years as I was being ID'd for alcohol until after the lockdowns. Not anymore.

I am old but rather pride myself of how young,fashionable and fit I am.I was involved in a car accident before Christmas,the police called my son out to it and I heard the about 12 years old policeman say to him multiple times, “in view of your mothers age!”