To insist things are true despite overwhelming evidence to the contrary.

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That 1996 was ten years ago.

Food eaten standing up doesn't count.

If size 12 jeans from Next fit me, I am a size 12.

If something I want is reduced in the sale it is an unmissable bargain.

Gin and slimline tonic has zero calories.

I'm sure I'm not the only one with amazing powers of self delusion. What are yours?

I left school last year in 1996.

I left school last year in 1996.

Me too it was definitely not more than 10 years ago.

Diets don't exsist between 1800 Friday and 0730 Monday

That when I'm out with my 18 year old daughter people must think I'm her older sister.

Putting gym clothes on in the morning means I should have lost a pound when I weigh the next day.

Carrot cake is one of your five a day. Two if there's sultanas in it.

Home made cake is definitely good for you since there's no preservatives or E numbers in it (studiously ignoring the fact it's full of butter and sugar)

I own an exercise bike, therefore I am fit. I bought some vitamin pills, therefore I am getting my daily requirements. Wearing trainers is the same as exercising :)

That I'll go clean in five minutes.

Any food eaten on a night shift has no calories.

I'm still as attractive as I was when I was younger and slimmer.

Chocolate is a vegetable so is one of your 5 a day (it's made from cocoa beans, right?)

^^ this

and: if you buy chocolate / biscuits / cakes in a BOGOF offer, you can eat the free one and it will have no calories (if you haven't paid for it, it can't possibly have any calories)

That's if I don't read the calorie content in a packet it is ok to eat in whatever quantities I like. It's just a meal or part of one.

Hmm
Read op, thought 'there's a typo, she meant to write "wasn't ten years ago" ' as obviously 1996 was exactly ten years ago.

Reread

Realised 1996 was actually 20 years ago and that I had proved the point of the thread without even trying.

If someone says 'about 30 years ago' it's automatically the 70's

Marmelised it took me a while to realise what the OP was talking about too! I genuinely couldn't work it out because 1996 was 10 years ago.

All my colleagues have the same musical/TV/pop culture references as me, because we're all roughly the same age (I'm twenty years older than some of them).

Walking the two miles home from work after having salad for lunch means I will have lost 3-4lbs when I get on the scales tomorrow morning.

Any food consumed on Fridays, weekends, nights out, holidays or while watching Bake Off has no calories.

Of course the 70s were 30 years ago! When else?!

Anybody born in the 90s having a baby needs support by SS as they obviously have been taking advantage of, poor things

I'm glad we're all on the same page re. 1996 being 10 years ago.

That after a few drinks I am pretty much a professional dancer.

That it's still almost entirely possible that one of these days someone may ask me for proof of my age like they did in my 20's. (I'm almost 50 )

Unfortunately my baby DS was born in 1996 and will be 20 years old tomorrow so I have a reminder that I am indeed an old bag :(

If I am wearing sunglasses then no-one can recognise me 😎

If I am in my car, no one can see me singing, talking to myself or picking my nose...

That my messiness and lack of organisation is just a temporary blip, and I will definitely be living a proper adulty life at some point in the near future.

My son is not going to be 12 on Thursday. He is still a little boy.

I took CSEs and O Levels about 10 years back. 1984