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I know I’m getting old because ….

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chunkyBoo · 06/02/2026 17:24

I’m watching Star Trek the next generation because I’m off sick from work (long term) and I have started watching old things unused to watch back in the day …. I told myself earlier that I must be getting old because I’m looking at Jean Luc Picard, thinking he’s looking quite foxy … it always used to be the younger men back in the early 1990’s 🤣

anyone found them telling themselves that they’re getting old , and why?

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flossie79 · 06/02/2026 23:00

When DH tried to show me an email he’d received the other day and I said “well I can’t see that without my glasses” at the ripe old age of 46 😂🤦‍♀️

SplendidUtterly · 06/02/2026 23:08

AgentPidge · 06/02/2026 22:00

Mine asked me the other day when I'm going to get rid of all the crockery, books etc so clearing the house when I die won't be a pain!

I say silly things like that to my mum and she just threatens to buy even more things (she does!) We laugh about it though 🙂

Clevs · 06/02/2026 23:10

The students we are having at work weren’t even born when I started the job!

TheSpidermanIsHavingMeForDinnerTonight · 07/02/2026 01:00

I've just bought an epilator because I can't see the hairs on my chin to pluck them out.

StarlightLady · 07/02/2026 07:42

I had sex with my glasses on 🤓.

chunkyBoo · 07/02/2026 08:58

StarlightLady · 07/02/2026 07:42

I had sex with my glasses on 🤓.

🤣

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chunkyBoo · 07/02/2026 08:59

Morepositivemum · 06/02/2026 22:58

On sitcoms they’re all talking about being old and they’re younger than me (last one was modern family!!)

lol - but modern family is awesome!!

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chunkyBoo · 07/02/2026 09:03

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Sadly I have a combination of conditions which cause pain in my joints, muscles and tendons. I can’t sit or stand very long so spend much time laying on the sofa .. it’s all crept up over a few years and about 2 years ago I ended up in rheumatology and have been diagnosed with psoriatic arthritis/disease, tenosynovitis/tendonitis and fibromyalgia - currently applying for ill health retirement

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PrioritisePleasure24 · 07/02/2026 09:06

Working with student nurses that were born after i started in the Nhs 21 years ago!

Take that documentary with footage from OVER 30 years ago

chunkyBoo · 07/02/2026 09:09

Nevermind17 · 06/02/2026 22:32

I was in hospital this week and a nurse came over and began to ask me questions about whether I’d had a fall in the last twelve months, was I at risk of falls in the home etc. I must have looked a bit puzzled and she said “Wait, how old are you?” I told her that I had just turned 50, and she said “Oh sorry, that’s okay then. I only need to ask these questions to the geriatric patients”.

Cheeky nurse lol
saying that, they used to call older mums geriatric in hospital when pregnant 😵

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PrioritisePleasure24 · 07/02/2026 09:22

BlueEyedBogWitch · 06/02/2026 22:00

I’m a teacher. Over the past couple of years I’ve been floored by meeting students who have never heard of:

  1. The Beatles
  2. Kylie Minogue
  3. Magazines
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How can they not have heard of magazines? You can still buy them. I regularly see small children i work with getting them.

Vicliz24 · 07/02/2026 09:23

My grandson came out of school the other day and said they’d been doing lessons about “your time” . What was that I asked.? World War One was the reply- ouch 😂😂

ABeerInTheSunshineMakesMeHappy · 07/02/2026 09:24

ASometimeThing · 06/02/2026 17:53

I have children in their 20s, the eldest of whom says things like ‘you’ll be dead soon’. I’m 53. 🥴

Whilst I imagine this is a family joke, I think this is an awful thing for them to say. I can’t imagine my DC joking about something like that.

EndofDaze · 07/02/2026 09:47

When I go away my toiletries bag has more packets of tablets than actual toiletries in it.

TrickyD · 07/02/2026 09:53

Looking in a mirror and finding Miriam Margolys staring back at me.

CelticSilver · 07/02/2026 10:04

chunkyBoo · 07/02/2026 09:09

Cheeky nurse lol
saying that, they used to call older mums geriatric in hospital when pregnant 😵

I had my last baby at 47. I think I was described as archaeological!

Wasteddaysanddays · 07/02/2026 10:11

When I find myself doing Aquafit to the songs I used to dance to in the clubs.

Icequeen01 · 07/02/2026 10:33

Having recently semi-retired (a little early I hasten to add) I now find I have acquired quite a collection of loyalty cards for all the local garden centres!

chunkyBoo · 07/02/2026 11:55

EndofDaze · 07/02/2026 09:47

When I go away my toiletries bag has more packets of tablets than actual toiletries in it.

🤣🤣🤣 I have a pills bag for travelling 😵‍💫🤣

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chunkyBoo · 07/02/2026 11:56

CelticSilver · 07/02/2026 10:04

I had my last baby at 47. I think I was described as archaeological!

🤣🤣🤣 .. I actually think they would have killed me, 40 was late enough for me

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Gribouille · 07/02/2026 16:10

Allseeingallknowing · 06/02/2026 22:06

Some noises are not just joints creaking…

Why, whatever could y'all mean, Missy @Allseeingallknowing ...?!

☺️💨

Gribouille · 07/02/2026 18:06

flossie79 · Yesterday 23:00
When DH tried to show me an email he’d received the other day and I said “well I can’t see that without my glasses” at the ripe old age of 46 😂🤦‍♀️

@StarlightLady , is that what led to this?

StarlightLady · Today 07:42
I had sex with my glasses on 🤓.

😁

StarlightLady · 07/02/2026 19:53

Gribouille · 07/02/2026 18:06

flossie79 · Yesterday 23:00
When DH tried to show me an email he’d received the other day and I said “well I can’t see that without my glasses” at the ripe old age of 46 😂🤦‍♀️

@StarlightLady , is that what led to this?

StarlightLady · Today 07:42
I had sex with my glasses on 🤓.

😁

It’s nice to know who you are with 😀

YelramBob · 07/02/2026 20:07

Notdanishsusan · 06/02/2026 17:35

I got in a taxi and the driver turned off the dance music and put Smooth radio on.

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I complained about the music at the gym today. In my defence, they were playing what sounded like Kanye West's greatest hits (after Kanye went mad). I asked for some clubby music and they put on some banging 90s tunes.... the guy definitely clocked my age 🤣

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