You know you're getting old

[BobhopeNohope]

When you get excited by mundane things.

I'm getting a new fridge tomorrow nd i can't wait.
I've told everyone and their bored of hearing it 😐

Am nodding at SO many of these

Not really, but I got very lazy at some point, which is something I would not recommend. It’s not exactly use it or lose it at that point but it gets harder the longer you leave it.

If you are unfit, Lucy Wyndham Read is a good starting point. Fitness Blender is good for starting with dumbbells. 3-4 kg to begin with and work your way up.

For stiffness, try stretching - every day. Have a look at Livinleggings and Yoga with Kassandra.

I’ve been to the theatre tonight and got talking to the woman sitting next to me. I told her that my Son was picking me up. For some reason that made me feel really old. It’s the realisation that I have a grown up Son. He’s 18 and has just passed his driving test

Sharing my friend's excitement about getting a new front door. To the point that she sent me a link for the website and I designed my own even though I wasn't getting one and we thoroughly enjoyed comparing them 🙈

Looking forward to going to bed and also being offered an alcoholic drink but thinking I'd rather have a nice hot chocolate!

I have an app on my phone to idenify the calls of the birds in my garden...

correction to my earlier post….

I do the Bowflex 3-minute PLANK every single day.

(highly recommended - planks strengthen the core, which in turn makes everything else sooooo much easier…)

I now know I’m getting old because I made a beeline for this thread and I can relate to all your comments
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When someone in their early 20s told me that I remind them of their mum (I was about 36!).

I ordered a new fridge this morning. I have a food fridge in the kitchen and a 'beer' fridge in the living room which has died.

I've ordered a proper 'drinks fridge' and I'm so excited. It has a can dispenser.

It's this one https://subcold.com/collections/table-top-beer-fridges/products/cave-60-beer-fridge-black

OP Should we form a fridge appreciation club?

I get excited about my chickens.

buying a candle in aldi

buying logs and coal.

telling younger folks at work i did nothing on the weekend. They ask enthusiastically “did anything exciting?” Like what? Skydive? I don’t do anything apart from washing clothes, watching football and going to the gym. I don’t WANT to do anything else

I got a fridge on my 50th from DH. Its what i asked for.

and it has a water dispenser!!

I rescued a tiny dried up clematis from outside Aldi last year … I’m obsessed with it this year and put it on the family WhatsApp 🤣

I'm willing if you are
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when not just the players but football managers look young

I found it too hard to reach my feet to cut my toenails. I've had a podiatrist for the last three years, my feet look lovely and they feel fantastic.

We paid £425 but also had new skirting boards in the hallway and lounge. This price included materials. Fixing the stairs only took a few hours.

Well it's arrived and I'm beyond excited to start using it.
But it has ti settle for 4 whole hours.
What will I do

Yes but it drives my 2 cats nuts, which also makes me smile

That would definitely interest me. That all sounds lovely. I do like your username.

There is an app, Merlin Bird ID from Cornel Lab. You record birdsong and it identifies the bird from its song.

When garden centres become your favourite shops, and a top day out with a friend involves wandering around National Trust gardens commenting on (and being able to name) the plants.

Thanks. Its more tired and stiff for me; I'm not super unfit. I'm not sure where its come from as I keep the same fitness routine as ever. My muscle tone seems not affected - its more just the non-visible feelings!

Yes! I only ever had excitement over domestic appliances when moving into my first home.

For me, it’s a liking for a wonderful view (any holiday accommodation has to have a ‘view’) and the desire to visit cathedrals. Oh, and I seem to have entered my second childhood with a fondness for colouring books and jigsaws!

...when people (specifically my kids) are talking about 1990 as though it was donkey's years ago - remembering where I was and what I was doing and where I was living, and then realising that it was THIRTY FIVE FUCKING YEARS AGO and most of my kids weren't even born then!

Also going to a museum and walking around the domestic exhibit saying 'oooh, we had one of those!' about every second thing.

My DH offered me the last bottle of beer in the fridge the other night. I took it out, then on thinking of all the ways alcohol no longer 'agrees with me' (age 40), put it back and had a nice chilled glass of water. Not worth the bother these days.