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?

That's hilarious!

YY to this - and as I’m still having periods at the ridiculously old age of 55 I have to fight the urge to shout ‘I could actually still be pregnant you know’.

Moving up an age bracket on forms hit me hard this year - I’m now in the officially old category.

When people who I think don’t look much younger than me say things like ‘oh my mum says that too’

When I tell people my age and no-one says that I look much younger than I do as they used to

My dad's got a beard as well. It ain't looking good 😂

I was asked for my number at work. I told him I dont give my private number out to strangers.
His answer: Im Daniel, 24 years old and I live in xxx. Not a stranger anymore now..
My answer: Well Im 36, married with 2 kids.
His friend fell to the ground laughing and kept repeating: Shes old man! Shes so old!

Honestly it’s like I’m on The Wheel of Fortune when I choose my DOB on those spinning years

😂Brilliant. Properly made me laugh out loud that did.

I'm 55 and Ive started to get the funeral plan, assisted living furniture and care home letters coming through my letter box, not to mention the younger staff at work saying "ask Stone, she's been here for ever and knows everything!" Being called 'young lady' by people as a joke.

It's funny when you mention someone who was very famous ' in your day ' and the very young person goes ' who?' and looks puzzled.

I used to have several pairs of stilettos and would often end up walking home from a night out barefoot carrying said shoes in my hand. I still like the look of said shoes but just looking at them now brings on a blister, but I realised recently, that I've passed the point of no return age wise, when I found myself looking at a pair of wide leather sandals in a catalogue and thought Mmmm they look comfy.
COMFY omg shoot me now 😢

I adore my slippers. Slippers are the best things ever

When builders call you "dear" instead of "love"

I’m so old I don’t even get this.

I was appalled when I got given the covid vaccination leaflet for older people. Rude.

And sadly I am now eligible for saga holidays and over 50s life cover 😩😩😩😩

@Retiredearly61

yep - year of birth & you have to scroll for a fortnight straight.

Too many things these days 😂😂😂

I also got told off by my optician for putting my glasses on top of my head as I'd stretch the arms. She suggested a glasses chain/cord. 😳 Ummm not ready for that quite yet. I've just got my head around the fact that I now need varifocals!

😂😂😂😂😂

Oh god yes! And when you catch yourself in a window or mirror outside and think "who is that overweight middle-aged woman? Oh wait.....

😂😂😂😂😂😂

Ahwig
I see you sandals but I’m going to raise you slippers- googling comfy types of slippers and dreaming of buying expensive ones is my new favourite hobby😅

I'm much younger than you and would love to have an unremarkable anus. Well done you, you should give yourself a pat on the back (or anus).

Geriatric mother starts at 30.

Bloody depressing.

During the first lockdown the Asda delivery man said it was a good thing that we had chosen delivery and not gone to the store as "it's ok for us young people but for old people like you, well..." then he did a long drawn in breath and shook his head sadly.

I was with my DD in Sainsbury's buying wine and the checkout lad asked for iD. I started fishing it out, feeling rather good, when he stopped me and said, "not you, I can see you're old. It's your friend I need to check is over 18"

He could have played along and made my day! 😩

I'll give you worse.

When you're a teacher and you realise that one of the kids in front of you is the grandchild of a former pupil.

In secondary school.

Worse, I now see my granny.

When your son starts to make sure that you are always on the inside of the footpath when walking down the road together. 🤣🤣