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?

Just been out to co-op for milk and thought of this thread. The only milk left was right on the bottom shelf at more or less foot leveltowards the back of the fridge I was about to bend down and get it when this bloke probably early 20s said "I'll grab that for you love you don't want to be bending down that far at your age"

I'm 48 - I mean I've had a pretty shitty few days but surely I've not aged that much since this morning 😂

Still it was sweet of him.. miss the days when guys used to chat me up rather than mollycoddle the sweet old lady

I was in town earlier in the week and passed a building site. Had to wait while a crane dropped something onto the pavement in front of me

I said to one of the builders- what are you building.

He answered 'flats for the elderly. The over 50s'.

I could've throttled him. I'm 52.

DH is always being told he looks years younger than he is, but he was looking forward to trying out his new senior travel pass. When he got on the bus and the driver told him sorry mate, I can’t accept that, he was preening away, assuming the driver thought he was under pension age. Till he continued “you can’t use it before 9.30”.

I've just thought of another one. DP works at a theme park and most of his colleagues are a lot younger. He's 49 but he's had grey hair for a good few years, so he's always mistaken for older. One of them said the other day - "you really remind me of someone - have you ever seen Grandpa In My Pocket?"
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It's when they don't even laugh about it, just sign it off, then you know you've hit peak invisibility. Quite liberating actually!!

What wallops me is choosing my birth year from a drop-down list and thinking it will stop before it gets there. I HATE being called 'young lady' and usually respond with, 'Yes, grandad.'

That is minor.....😁!!

I was an older mum, so am now a 60 year old mother of mid-teens. I suppose I am a but frumpy but do dye my (very few) grey hairs and am slim and reasonably fit. But I know I look jowly and wrinkly......

I was in the supermarket a few years back and the chap I always talk to at the butcher counter said ' not got the grandchildren today then'?

I know that's not an unreasonable assumption to make - but he could have just said kids?

I also took DD to the doctors recently and the nurse chap said 'are you Mum or Nan?'. Again, I get it - but why wouldn't you just say 'are you Mum?' and wait for Nan to be chuffed to bits?

Getting old is grim! I know the alternative is a lot worse, but a bit of tact here and there might be nice.......😂

Oh God yes, this! Our local village church magazine advertises a social club called Autumn Leaves - for the over 50s!

WTAF????

As I said earlier in the thread, anyone calling someone clearly over 60 'young lady' or 'young man' is a patronising tw@t! 😆

I fucking HATE it. See also 'Ethel here is 91 years YOUNG!!!!!!!!' Stop! Just STOP!

For context, we're off to a Rod Stewart tribute band next Saturday (OK that does age us.....😁), sleeping in the estate car for 2 nights at my friend's 60th the weekend after, and spending all day at a cider festival just after that. Don't really feel ready for the zimmer frame just yet.......

Yep. My first 'Auntie' moment was at the hairdressers when the owner's daughter said, 'Auntie, would you like a cup of tea?' I nearly died. I was 'only' 44.

What pisses me off is when (for example) insurance companies, funeral plan companies, and people building sheltered housing etc, advertise things for people over 55, and put a picture of a couple who look like this on their advert.

Why are the photos of people on 'over 55 things' never of people who are 56? They are always at least 75! Often well into their 80s! I think this puts an idea into (some) people heads that over 55 = old!!! It's not! It's not YOUNG but it's not bloody old! And it's years away from being elderly!

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I had to attend a clinic and the nice young nurse going through the pre appointment checklist paused, said “Sorry, I have to ask all these, I know it may seem a bit silly” before asking if there was any possibility I might be pregnant.

It definitely cured me of casually dropping into conversation that I was 53, thinking people would be surprised

I spoke to a young lad from ee on the phone. He started off saying in a very greasy way
"..and I can see that you're 51..and may i just say you certainly don't sound it"
I said absolutely nothing 😂
Good job I have a sense of humour, what on earth did he think a 51 year old sounds like?
I imagined he got off the phone and thought "Ahh I bet I made that old dear's day"

Eeew that was very restrained of you @AliceKyteler

(goes off to practice saying “I’ll get you my pretty - and your little dog too!)

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It's probably the same lad who was in this particular phone shop, who asked my friend's 44 y.o. DH - (when he was with their teenage son,) if he had ever used a mobile phone ... He was 44, and it was 2019! What 44 year old would never have used a mobile phone in 2019?! 😬

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Omg, that’s priceless.

About 10 years ago I was buying cigarettes from a Spar. The man behind the counter asked for ID, so I went to get it out of my purse and he said, "No, no - it's a compliment for you ma'am!"

I was in my twenties and felt absolutely gutted!

That’s funny. Can hear that cringe

I’m sorry I’m crying at this 😂😂 what did you say! 🙈🤣🤣

I've just scared one of the cats I laughed so loud.

😂😂 omg is that the show with James Bolam! 🤣

@Teenagehorrorbag Oh God yes, this! Our local village church magazine advertises a social club called Autumn Leaves - for the over 50s! ok so David Tennant could join this club, I mean come on! 😭