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To have found the new landmark for aging

185 replies

BumpowderSneezeonAndSnot · 16/04/2018 14:17

When you notice you're no longer checking out the hot son on a tv programme or film but the hot dad instead

What other landmarks have you reached?

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MrsJayy · 16/04/2018 15:22

True! Don't get me wrong I love Kylie but jeezo FIFTY

LoisWilkersonsLastNerve · 16/04/2018 15:26

I'm not even 40 yet and a lot of this is wringing trueConfused I work with a lot of under 25's and I feel like an alien. Look like one too next to themGrin

movinonup · 16/04/2018 15:27

@DontDrinkDontSmoke That actually makes me feel much better :)

LakieLady · 16/04/2018 15:28

When new graduates starting at your place of work are old enough to be your grandchildren... and you're still in the same job when they hit 30.

NoodlesLivesHere · 16/04/2018 15:33

The realisation that I'm not a computer whizz anymore, I used to be the person people approached for help "Noodles how do you..." was a sentence I heard at least 8 or 9 times a day.

These days it's me silently uttering every curse and swearword known to womankind plus some I made up 8 or 9 times a day because I'm too stubborn to admit I can't keep pace with the tech anymore and ask for help Sad

Sadly I think I may need to become a manager so I can direct people's efforts rather than be someone that creates the amazing stuff.

PercyPigAddict · 16/04/2018 15:35

It was quite a moment for me when I watched Back to the future and instead of fancying Marty (because Michael J Fox was my childhood pin up) I started noticnig that the doc was really quite an attractive man...

Bluelady · 16/04/2018 15:37

Kylie's had loads of work, good on her but anyone can look young if they throw enough money at it.

Campfire · 16/04/2018 15:41

For me it's when I ask acquaintances how their once-small children are, and get updated on careers and young families. I was so sure they would still be at school...

clumsyduck · 16/04/2018 15:44

To be fair am looking at the 20 something sons and the 50 something dads Blush

I didn't get handed a club flyer well both me and my friend didn't on a recent night out . We are only early 30s . Gutted :(

MrsJayy · 16/04/2018 15:48

Oh recentlt the make up woman in Debenhams didn't offer me a free sampleof foundation I guess she thought nah there is no hope

SomeKnobend · 16/04/2018 15:51

You know who I noticed has got mildly sexy recently? Captain fucking Birdseye! Tell me it's not just me!

Jordan4531 · 16/04/2018 15:55

I'm only 26 and already think half the police and doctors I see look about 12...

GreenRut · 16/04/2018 15:57

I knew when I rocked up to work in my Christmas party outfit and one of the many twenty year olds innocently asked me what time I was thinking of getting changed. I had to give up the ghost there and then.

OCSockOrphanage · 16/04/2018 16:04

When the sales assistant at TKMaxx asked if I was shopping for my grandson; I was 48, and DS was almost 5! It's all been downhill since then. I am now officially old, although not yet getting my state pension thanks to the crunch on women born in the 1950s.

GirlsBlouse17 · 16/04/2018 20:45

I felt sad when no one at work had heard of Buddy Holly ☹

clumsyduck · 16/04/2018 21:58

some nah he's sexy now they've changed the guy recently I think Grin

isseywithcats · 16/04/2018 22:01

when the pop or rock dreamboat of your teen years has a landmark birthday as in 60 or 70 and you think god hes only a few years older than me, oops im that age then you realise your getting older (im 61)

Queenoftheblitz · 16/04/2018 22:06

I've started watching re runs of Dynasty. Back in the 1980s when I was in my 20s i thought Blake Carrington was an old fart. Now I'm looking at him with dirty thoughts.
Yep I'm middle aged.

Tinkobell · 16/04/2018 22:07

Grey hairs on your head......plus collars & cuffs!!!! 😩

SomeKnobend · 16/04/2018 22:09

clumsyduck thank fuck for that!

HildaZelda · 16/04/2018 22:10

I was always into much older men so I don't notice anything different there.
My brother joined the police at 19 though so I felt old in my early twenties Grin

clumsyduck · 16/04/2018 22:16

some just had a quick google he's 56 and has caused quite a stir so not just us ! Wink

PositivelyPERF · 16/04/2018 22:16

I was going over the list of things I anted the vet to check, when my wee dog was under sedation.

Hair cut, number 1
Ears cleaned and treated for earmites
Eyes checked (they are bulbous and I wanted the pressure checked)
Teeth checked and cleaned
Anal glands checked and dealt with, if needed
CUDDLY TOY!

She looked blank. Blush

Even the vet laughed.

clumsyduck · 16/04/2018 22:16

And also Italian 😍

Tinkobell · 16/04/2018 22:16

For a man it's when they start humming tuneless tunes or rat pack hits whilst jingling small change in the trouser pockets.

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