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To wonder how you recognise you're getting older

264 replies

clearlyaplasticgnome · 29/04/2015 13:40

I hate having to go out in the evenings
I love listening to Radio 4
I dream of retirement and moving to a nice village beside the sea (never going to happen!)

OP posts:
AWholeLottaNosy · 29/04/2015 23:24

I bloody love being 50! I know who I am, don't have to deal with fuckwit young men, know what suits me and didn't grow up in an era that is obsessed with porn and fake body images. Also I've gone grey so ( natural brunette ), can legitimately be the blonde I always wanted to be!

KnitFastDieWarm · 30/04/2015 01:27

"when a hangover is no longer so much a mild inconvenience the next morning, as a week-long existential and physical crisis." - My dad, aged 56 1/2 Grin

WyrdByrd · 30/04/2015 07:20

Sharing a joke about something nostalgic with a colleague & having to explain it to the younger members of the team who don't remember the 80's.

This is happening a lot at work lately.

stevienickstophat · 30/04/2015 08:30

My hairdresser expressed disbelief that Kylie Minogue was ever in Neighbours.

I died a little that day.

FretYeNotAllIsShiny · 30/04/2015 08:46

Losing the desire to get drunk, I'm quite happy to not drink these days.

Kneeling down takes a minute or so and getting back up is horrendous.

Having to explain to a 20 year old co-worker what a 'clothes horse' is.

ThumbWitchesAbroad · 30/04/2015 09:00

Having to explain who the Beatles are; worse, who Duran Duran are!

OTheHugeManatee · 30/04/2015 10:11

Also I had a guy in the house the other day hanging radiators who looked about 12. How can people BORN IN THE 1990s have actual jobs now? Shock The 90s was just yesterday, ffs Hmm

honeyroar · 30/04/2015 10:24

When you start nodding at 90% of the posts on this thread!

It all seems to have rushed up on me in the last year or so. I'm 45.

balletnotlacrosse · 30/04/2015 11:31

When friends who only yesterday were arriving everywhere with baby wipes and changing bags and dishes of pureed fruit are now talking about their kids' university choices and gap year plans.

When you meet an old school friend pushing a buggy and it's her first grandchild!

balletnotlacrosse · 30/04/2015 11:32

Oh and when you stop pitying people who are retiring because their life is over, and start envying them because they're getting their life back.

SDTGisAnEvilWolefGenius · 30/04/2015 11:36

When your eldest is sitting his university finals exams, and looking for post-graduate jobs, and your youngest has his 18th birthday (today).

Poledra · 30/04/2015 11:52

When the end of a holiday means looking forward to getting back to your own bed. I used to be able to sleep anywhere (and often did... Wink); now, it takes me a couple of nights to be able to sleep in a 'strange' bed and I fall back into my own bed with such gratitude.

StellaAlpina · 30/04/2015 11:57

My body has decided to age 10 years in the last year Confused
I got married last year and in my wedding photos I look so young, now I look my age and things creak.

On the plus side it's made me panic and start exercising reguarly and caring about my diet.

Guiltypleasures001 · 30/04/2015 11:59

As a nod towards ballet up thread using the word crockery when asking teen for his empties

Using the phrase in my day, sigh
When I have to fill out an on line form and use the little wheel for my date of birth, take ages to spin to my birth year ffs.

Large freckles on backs of hands and crepe skin.

I'm depressed now

ghostyslovesheep · 30/04/2015 12:04

white pubes/eyebrows

wrinkles

needing more sports massage because everything hurt when I run

people not say 'no your not - really?' when you tell them your age

moving down a tick box on questionnaires

wanting to stay in and watch BBC4 on a Sat night

working with teenagers (who have thought of me as old since I was 26 - now they ask me when I'm retiring - I'm 45!!!)

ninawish · 30/04/2015 12:08

marking place for when I get in bed - early

SunnyBaudelaire · 30/04/2015 12:11

Greying pubes and a cataract were a bit of a giveaway.
oh and not wanting to finish a bottle of ale.

cozietoesie · 30/04/2015 12:18

...On the plus side it's made me panic and start exercising reguarly and caring about my diet....

When you actually do this and someone very close to you says - with genuine interest - 'What's the point?' Sad

That's stuck in my mind for several months.

grimbletart · 30/04/2015 12:29

Loads of what everyone above says. Plus

Discussing with my daughter whether her symptoms could be peri-menopause!

Having two middle-aged daughters anyway.

When I bend down wondering what else I can do while I am still in that position.

Appointment with specialist re possible knee replacement (obviously I still see myself as a an 8st gym bunny. Ha ha.

Orrery · 30/04/2015 12:29

Not feeling the slightest need to be cool, or popular, or trendy (not sure I ever was any of those things anyway) - gotta say, it's a huge relief and I'm much happier now :)

BreakingDad77 · 30/04/2015 12:35

Agreed with radio 4 lol especially on long drives.

Just find things take longer to heal, sports need to be careful as seems so easy to injure and takes ages to get back.

Agree with the 'they cant be old enough'

Ataraxy · 30/04/2015 12:41

Having to buy a pair of reading glasses. FFS

When your Dentist is trying to have a serious conversation with you and all you can think about is how he can't be an actual Dentist as he looks about 18 years old.

Definitely sitting down to put your socks on.

Getting the names of you children mixed up. Or accidentally calling DS1(9) by the cat's name (like I did this morning). Blush

balletnotlacrosse · 30/04/2015 12:43

I frequently find myself looking askance at young girls heading into town for the evening and thinking "they'll catch their death in that"

fulltothebrim · 30/04/2015 12:46

Meeting my best friend from school and hearing she is a great grandmother.

HellKitty · 30/04/2015 13:01

How all modern music sounds the same.

The retro band tees in Primark? You saw them live and had the LPs.

You paint your toenails and wonder what else you can do while you're down there.

Taking the clean washing upstairs then having a little sit on the bed before heading down again.

If watching a film, checking it finishes before 10pm.

A nightcap is now a naice cup of tea.

Not understanding how young men want Grizzly Adams beards.

DP getting up for a wee in the night and waking you. So you decide to go too - just in case..

Tweezers are not just for eyebrows Confused