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Signs you're getting old...............

307 replies

Littlebatcalledlucille · 21/02/2017 15:45

Or turning into a aul hag..............

So today I decided the Eyebrows needed a good pluck (I've got a great little Ikea lamp that shows all the strays)

Anyway, I found 3.
THREE big curly black hairs! at an inch long! just sat, growing there (smug bastards) from my chin and neck. (Neck wtf?)
And I'm going grey!

Do you have any signs, ???

Lighthearted.

OP posts:
catarinapovre5 · 22/02/2017 15:55

adverts in local paper for coach trips seeming strangely tempting.Blush

atheistmantis · 22/02/2017 16:02

When you go to the GP and she tells you that it's part and parcel of getting older and how nothing can be done

The80sweregreat · 22/02/2017 16:05

The doctor just nod sagely when i say ' i put it down to the peri menopause, getting on abit spiel'
i do their job for them really.

rightsofwomen · 22/02/2017 16:13

3 pairs of glasses.

I need varifocals. I told the optician I wasn't ready for such a thing, they just nodded in a "she'll be back within a year" sort of way.

I can't do jigsaws sitting on the floor anymore, I have to sit or stand at a table just like my Mum did and there is no way I can be that old

Rugbyplayersarehot · 22/02/2017 16:19

Rubbing deep heat into each other! 30 years ago it was squirts cream.

Outcomesthebunnyofdeath · 22/02/2017 16:20

I was wondering if I could have a new sofa for my birthday.

Touchmybum · 22/02/2017 16:41

What's wrong with you people? lol! I have no grey hair. I have no stray hair. I'm no more rotund than I ever was - in fact probably less so. Waved periods goodbye about 9+ years ago (am 53). I do still like chart music although, even though I no longer know all the lyrics or who is singing what. I hardly ever wear a coat and I am still clinging to my heels.... even though they have to be secure on top of my feet (ruling out court shoes...!) I do have aches and pains all over though and it takes half an hour at least to straighten my body out of a morning....

The80sweregreat · 22/02/2017 17:10

My friends mum is amazing, she still wears stilletoe shoes in her 70s and looks fab.
I would love to be able to wear heels. I couldnt in my teens and i cant now!

Libitina · 22/02/2017 17:28

I work in a hospital.The junior doctors are children!

Had one a few weeks ago. They're a CONSULTANT!! Since when were 12 year olds allowed to be consultant Drs? old gimmer Shock

58NotBothered · 22/02/2017 17:36

I have become very intolerant of anyone under 50, who cannot speak the language properly and only uses cliches. Any language as I operate internationally.

LumelaMme · 22/02/2017 17:59

I read an obituary this morning. When I was in my 20s any given obit would always include about his (it was almost always a he) service in World War II - 'Won the MC at El Alamein, rose to the rank of major in the Buffs etc etc'). And this obit was of someone who was really quite old who wasn't even BORN until 1940.

This sort of thing alerts me to just how much time has passed since I first started thinking I was a grown up and keeping up with the news.

innocentinfamy · 22/02/2017 23:57

Katedotness1963 I see your hot water bottle and fan in bed combo and raise you one pair of earmuffs. Grin

Dixiestamp · 23/02/2017 00:25

I looked in the mirror yesterday and I swear it was my mother looking back at me. I wouldn't mind, but she's 66!

Graphista · 23/02/2017 01:00

olling through the list to tick your age off online and it seems to go on and on forever! same with year box - back, back back on the scroll bar.
im not that old.. yes i am.

Also ALL my friends my age that had the Brits inflicted on them tonight by teen dc have put comments on fb like

'Who is that? So scruffy'

'It's just NOISE what happened to real music'

'Now I know how my parents felt'

GrinGrinGrin

Sadly their younger fb friends made the mistake of answering 'who is that' one friend responded simply I DON'T CARE Grin

BlackeyedSusan · 23/02/2017 02:28

my grandmother was a victorian. ffs. she lost her fiance in WW1my mother remembers the war (ww2) clearly.

police officers have been young for a long while. .

ILikeyourHairyHands · 23/02/2017 03:03

I don't understand why you all seem so joyous to run toward the grave. It's not a badge of honour how decrepit we can be. We should rejoice in our physicality, our bodies and our abilities.

We're all a long time dead.

My 70 year old Dad and I had a handstand competition tonight. He won. But I beat him at an arm wrestle.

There was no oofing.

FV45 · 23/02/2017 06:27

Ermmm I think we're having a giggle.....surely a very good way to limit the signs of ageing.

Graphista · 23/02/2017 06:29

We're not 'joyous to run to the grave' we're taking a lighthearted look and comparing notes humorously in a way that fuels a feeling of camaraderie

LarrytheCucumber · 23/02/2017 06:52

Blackeyedsusan two of my grandparents were born in the 1880s, two in the 1890s. I don't mention it very often Wink

user1485166589 · 23/02/2017 11:24

I'm in the same boat! New hairs sprouting on different areas of my face - chin, upper lip, and the sides of my face.

But, I'm using this great tool that a friend recommended that removes the hairs instantly and with no pain. It's called The Hollywood Browzer. It's like a little comb that you just swipe against the skin and voila - the hair(s) come right off!

I've attached a photo so you can guys can see. It's like nothing I had seen or tried before.

Signs you're getting old...............
atheistmantis · 23/02/2017 11:30

we're not going to stop getting older so we might as well have a laugh about it, a good laugh can cure many 'ills'

Rugbyplayersarehot · 23/02/2017 11:35

Oy yes the awards last night!

I thought grime was just dirt. Nope.
Who were they all? I only recognised Bowie and he's dead.

Any mention of the I cloud and I can't help looking up.

The80sweregreat · 23/02/2017 11:40

I;ve heard of Grime , but i watch people just do nothing and find it funny. Not that i know anything about that scene mind.

my son preceded to play me a few of Stormyz's other 'songs' but after a few seconds i had to tell him to 'turn it down'. I dont understand the lyrics mostly. would have to look them up! its been around for years apparently, all news to me of course. He seems a nice enough lad though.

cricketballs · 23/02/2017 11:47

we're not going to stop getting older so we might as well have a laugh about it, a good laugh can cure many 'ills'

As long as we are wearing tena lady Grin

atheistmantis · 23/02/2017 12:06

Hahaha, yes that goes without saying doesn't it?!