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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:
SeriousCreativeBlock · 23/02/2017 12:10

I've got arthritis and make noises when I get up from sitting. Also found a grey hair. I'm mid twenties. Motherhood has ruined me Grin

Andrewofgg · 23/02/2017 13:17

DW and I are not getting older. It's just longer since we were born.

ginorwine · 23/02/2017 13:20

Nose hair
Chin
Hair lip
Hair
Long eyebrows !!!
Eyes seem to have got smaller n nose bigger
Feeling that I put too much make up on but if I don't I feel like I've disappeared !
Still enjoy going out dancing tho .
How to get dammed nose hair out ? Hate it .

The80sweregreat · 23/02/2017 13:55

ginorwine , buy a nose hair trimmer - argos do them or robert dyas type shops. they are really good for stray eyebrows too.

Willow2016 · 23/02/2017 14:22

I am not rushing to get old either, just some things change whether we want them to or not Smile

I fully intend to grow old disgracefully.

ginorwine · 23/02/2017 15:53

Thanks the 80s ! That's one mystery solved !

BeIIatrixLeStrange · 23/02/2017 16:03

To look at any one under the age of 25 and think I am old enough to be their Mother

The80sweregreat · 23/02/2017 16:13

no problem - they are good though.

i also do this ' i can be their mum' thing. sadly its very true for all the hot guys on TV.

straightflush · 23/02/2017 16:22

Get them lasered before they turn white! Laser treatment doesn't work on white hairs!! Shock

atheistmantis · 23/02/2017 16:30

bellatrix that's nothing, wait until you think the same with the under 35s. My eldest child should be 30 this year, the same age as my boss.

FV45 · 23/02/2017 16:34

How come lasers don't work on white hairs? That makes no sense to me. I thought it was all about the follicles, not the pigment (or lack of) in the hair.

Archimandrite · 23/02/2017 18:43

FV45 I have no idea why lasers don't touch the white hairs. But they absolutely don't. So if you have dark hairs and are thinking about laser, do it while they are still your normal colour of hair.

Gingernaut · 23/02/2017 20:16

I've just tried popping a spot.

Out popped a big black (BLACK) inch long hair. ON MY CHIN!!!

Dear Lord. That's been growing there for at least three days.

Three days growth = 1 inch.

JustDanceAddict · 23/02/2017 20:20

Watching The Real Marigold Hotel instead of The Brits!

ohtheholidays · 23/02/2017 20:30

The fact that I'd now rather potter about at home and enjoy some gardening than go out drinking and dancing with friends.

The fact that I have a loyalty card for a gardening center and I look forward to getting my special offers through the post and that I love that I get 2 free hot drinks a month.

I'm so rock n roll these days Grin

ohtheholidays · 23/02/2017 20:57

Greenmidgetgems

Being unsure what age I am and having to do a bit of mental arithmetic to work it out.

June 2016 minus 1975, yeah I'm 41.

Yes this is me,May 1975 I was born and my poor DH usually has to remind me how old I am,I keep adding a year on for some reason.

ginorwine · 25/02/2017 15:22

I have underwear older than some of my colleagues !

ILikeyourHairyHands · 25/02/2017 21:14

I know there's humour, it just depresses me when 20-odd year olds post on threads like these with a list of their ailments.

It just strikes me as cynicism rather than optimism about the future.

And I'm the least humourless person you'll ever meet.

(Probably).

AndShesGone · 25/02/2017 21:22

A 70 year old in a HANDSTAND competition Shock

I'm 46, I couldn't do a handstand without actually breaking my neck or a hip! Bloody hell

MyOtherNameIsTaken · 25/02/2017 21:26

I feel 16.
My chin hairs and grey hairs lie about my age. I don't want to be old - but my love is 64 and I don't believe in numbers because we laugh and joke as if we were 10. Never want to grow old (but thermal underwear is a godsend!) Grin

Ricekrispiesquare · 25/02/2017 21:30

The sounds I usually make during sex are now the sounds I make when I stand up

Ricekrispiesquare · 25/02/2017 21:30

Hmmm that came out very wrong.

Oysterbabe · 25/02/2017 21:34

I have an electric blanket and I love it so much. Going to bed feels like slipping into a hot bath.

PigeonPie · 25/02/2017 22:23

I don't have a problem remembering my age - my children seem to be able to remind me with monotonous regularity and glee!

It was a relief, though, when I met DS1's current teacher and realised we must be about the same age (despite the fact that her children are much older). However, I had left home and had been working for some considerable time and had met DH before DS2's current teacher was born - which he happily told her!

On a different note, there comes a time in the evening when you know you really need to go to bed, but you can't face climbing the stairs so stay down for a while longer!

TheIncredibleBookEatingManchot · 25/02/2017 23:26

At home I always wear my dressing gown over my clothes.

About 75% of my clothes are cardigans.

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