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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.

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JenniferYellowHat1980 · 21/02/2017 19:24

Such bollocks though re current degrees being the equivalent of A levels back on the day.

SilentlyScreamingAgain · 21/02/2017 19:28

I've just bought a lovely zip up cardi from M&S.

The80sweregreat · 21/02/2017 19:32

Nothing wrong with a nice cardi

Notonyournellly · 21/02/2017 19:35

Any pics of this zip up cardi?

rubs thighs

The80sweregreat · 21/02/2017 19:37

Love a zip up. Easier than buttons

PutTheBunnyBackInTheBox · 21/02/2017 19:39

The80sweregreat
Put( me too)
Runs off to name change

Nooooo! Let's be flappy and proud Grin

No you're right, NC it is.

The80sweregreat · 21/02/2017 19:41

Hmm, its sad but a sign of old age.

MadisonAvenue · 21/02/2017 19:47

I have more cardis in my wardrobe than anything else.

Heyheyheygoodbye · 21/02/2017 19:51

When I scroll through to see the dresses from awards shows and I don't recognise anyone. I'm 35 Confused

DH complains that a toe he once broke now aches when it's cold. He's 33 Grin

LumelaMme · 21/02/2017 20:00

Cardis. Chin hairs.

Bitching loudly about the appalling cups of tea served in places like bloody Starbucks, which I usually shun because the tea is so effing awful. Have they not heard of boiling water? I don't actually complain, of course: I'm far too British.

Wearing specs when eating so I can see my food properly.

I went through a phase of going 'oof' but the physio has fixed that for now

The biggest indignity is the thinning pubes. No one warned me that this would be a side-effect of the bloody menopause,

Lambbone · 21/02/2017 20:18

I need glasses both for distance and for reading. What's that about?

And neither pair enables me to see my own toenails well enough to cut them with any precision. I just lunge and guess.

WhispersOnTheWind · 21/02/2017 20:28

Heyheyhey I scroll through the award show dresses too and to be fair I don't recognise anyone because I'm focusing on the shoes thinking "Bet her feet are bloody killing her in those heels."

The80sweregreat · 21/02/2017 20:30

I cant wear heels. Never could. nice now im old as it doesnt matter!
There is always an up side.

donajimena · 21/02/2017 20:31

I broke toenail clippers. My toenails have the density of rhino horn

The80sweregreat · 21/02/2017 20:33

Best soften up those nails in the bath!
Only thing that works for me.
Hair, nails all get tougher and brittle.
It has its down side..lol

ssd · 21/02/2017 20:35

yes to every bloody thing here!!!

Heyheyheygoodbye · 21/02/2017 20:35

Whispers Grin or 'won't she get a chill with that split all the way up to her chuff?'

Littlebatcalledlucille · 21/02/2017 20:37

Pics of the kitchen aid!!!! or its a lie!

ohh what i would give!!!!!

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SquarePegRoundHole · 21/02/2017 20:51

Here you go little Grin

Signs you're getting old...............
The80sweregreat · 21/02/2017 20:51

You start looking at the catalogues in sunday papers and tv guides.

Anasnake · 21/02/2017 20:53

My face isn't doing too bad but my neck ??!! Where the hell did that turkey neck come from ?? I'm wearing polo necks forever

user1484603141 · 21/02/2017 20:53

I have a "mallen streak" in my hair and its just sitting at thr front of my hair, little bugger.

TeenageCentaurMortificado · 21/02/2017 20:54

Going to the fucking doctor with AILMENTS!!!

Not visited gp for about 15 years outside of routine smears and this friggin year I've been 4 times, got sent from gp to A&E, had 3 ecgs and having to keep having blood tests to feed the vampires

Fucks sake I'm 36!

Grown like an old lady Grin

The80sweregreat · 21/02/2017 20:55

I get the streak thing.
Its scary, till my hairdresser gets her foils out.

spidey66 · 21/02/2017 20:57

Knees are gone, eyesight's going, uterus has gone, memory's getting worse.
Having to ask the (young enough to be my daughter) admin at work to resolve an iPhone problem
Not knowing stuff that's in the charts
Coppers and doctors have been looking young for years!
Only liking quiet pubs where I can sit down. 30 years ago I loved packed pubs!