To be hacked off with my daughter this evening?

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She's just said "Hey Mom!" and as soon as I looked up dropped to the floor in the splits.

I used to be able to do that. I used to be all fit and bendy and flexible.

I'm not any more. I'm old.

It's not fair!

Yeah I can do lots of things she can't Coolas. Washing. Cooking. Cleaning. Picking up dirty undies from the bedroom floor. Putting glasses in the dishwasher.

Oh gosh, that came across as really rude! Sorry Coolas! It was meant to be humourous, not horrible to you!

I've never been able to do the splits .

But I do have some grey hairs. And I now say all the things I said I wouldn't "get your feet off the table", "because I said so"...

There are very few positions my DD can get into that I can't-but then I have done yoga for 30 years.

I'm booking yoga classes!

I used to go to the gym regularly and do pilates. The gym toned, pilates was so relaxing but at the same time felt empowering.

Then time, money, work, distance, all those things took over. Gah!

Kleine, I'm beginning to say all the things I said I never would too. I sound like my mother!

I knew my DD was going to be like that when she was a baby and went from flat to sitting using only her stomach muscles. I looked at my own saggy , gelatinous , pound of tripe in an egg cup belly and ..

Now she cartwheels and handstands down the garden

I used to be able to get my feet behind my neck feck knows why though

:) Coolas

DD isn't far off the buying alcohol stage. I will soon have a daughter who's my legal equal and who can do the splits. Hmm. I don't think I like this.

70 I could do that too. I don't know why I did it either but it felt good!

My best friend, who's around 6 foot tall, tells DD of when I used to kick my foot up to rest on his shoulder. No, I don't know why I did that either, and no, DD doesn't believe him.

Perhaps I should go back to washing and cleaning. :(

I could never do the splits. But I used to be able to do that Russian dancing thing - where you are in a squatting position and kick your legs out while twirling round and round.

Tried to demonstrate to DD many years ago and discovered it was a skill I no longer had.....

I used to spend whole playtimes at school upside down, doing handstands against the wall, and cartwheels etc. I could even lie on my back and push into a 'bridge' position.
Now I can barely get off the floor without rolling on to my knees and using both hands to pull myself up...

I'm beginning to feel comforted that I'm not alone!

I used to be able to pick a coin up off the floor with my mouth, without touching the floor with anything other than my feet.

I don't know why I could do this, or how I discovered I could.

But I no longer can.

The correct response to that, as per my grandmother, is not to look up, but say, 'You'll get splinters in your particulars' in a dark northern tone.

Disclaimer: it was my sister who could do the splits, not me. My particulars were safe.

use it or lose it!
sadly flexibility tends to decline unless you keep up some sort of stretching practise (and that will apply to your daughter too of course) you could regain at least some of it if you too up yoga or something like that?

wildfig, I'm going to try that. Hold on a moment and I'll give you the response.

Disclaimer: You may need to ensure that there are no children in the vicinity and, if you're of a sensitive disposition, cover your ears.

OK. I tried it.

I got a prod with a foot and "Eh? It's not even a wooden floor!"

I remember bragging to my DSD about my brilliant cartwheels and then failing miserably and humiliatingly to do one on a beach in a France.
I also remember eyeing my DGM when I was 6 and she was saying she couldn't jump elastics and thinking she was just being lazy. I told her there was no such word as 'can't' and shouted 'jump, jump.' I bet she's enjoying my comeuppance now from the afterlife.