To have found the new landmark for aging

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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?

When you forget how old you are

Watching my son taking his son to school on his first day.
Having a son who will be 40 in a couple of years time
My nephews little girl calling me great aunty
The ticket seller not asking for id when I bought a senior ticket the day after I was 60
Girls I taught as infants telling me what to do when I turn up as a supply teacher at the schools they are now working in. One even called me " love" the other day!

Oh and another one. In muy first 2 years of teaching in the 70's I taught at a secondary school with a sixth form. My first A level pupil whom I regularly see around town is now aged 58!

RussellTheLoveMuscle I've just lived the same year twice because of that

Getting excited about going to Spec Savers

Space, are you saying there's a Dynasty remake?

I was thinking yesterday that I'm getting old because I no longer fancy footballers, I fancy the managers. Just like my mum did.

Ooh lots of things happening recently that can confirm my oldness.
Fancying what I would have considered ‘old men’ previously.
Not quite giving a fuck if I’m fashionable or not.
Wearing fit flops and eying up Vionic shoes.
My hairdresser refers to his mum being like me.
My daughter refers to ‘retro’ clothes and I think they’re just normal

I asked a work colleague if she was cold in her dress

When I was excited at the news that a very large, food only Marks and Spencer's was opening near to my home.

When you chat with your friends about everyone's imminent retirement .

My doctor looks like a 12 year old!! I'm only 39...

Oh God, this! Except it wasn't my doctor but my mother's. And he didn't really look 12 but about my own age. And there I was standing in an intensive care unit thinking to myself 'this person and I are roughly the same age - he's a physician and I'm an engineer, but he doesn't sound any more experienced or generally competent than I am myself at what I do'.

Naked panic at that point. I'm 36, by the way.

As see now I wouldn't put stretchy waistbands and flat shoes in the old category necessarily.

What about all the bright young things in leggings and trainers?

I'm definitely not old (despite feeling it sometimes) at 27 but I love elastic waistbands, flat shoes big knickers and cardigans. This tends to manifest as leggings, ballet flats and tea dresses with cardigans though

Agree with hotter shoes though.

Hush puppies are just as comfy and much more stylish.

Oh also I bought a bumbag the other week. My friend tried to stop me, but I have no regrets.

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So I'm older than Captain Birdseye! I feel really ancient now!

Oh zaph they have changed him for a younger model tho so I wouldn't worry !

I recently had a "friendly lecture " as in they didn't mean any harm , on how things were different back when I was younger with social media and other stuff etc which they were , however this person talked about it in such a way that she clearly thought me from the Victorian era . She is tops 7 years younger than me

Me and my mates all 'know a good ...person' now. As in someone will ask 'anyone know a good solicitor for conveyancing?', 'anyone know someone who can replace guttering?', 'anyone know someone who can alter clothes?' and one of us will.

Me and my sister walked past one of those shops that sell walking aids, high back chairs etc and she said 'those chairs look so comfy'. I'm only 38 but I thought 'yes, they do'.

My nephews and neice refer to me as 'old' not 'old, old' apparently but most certainly not young! They ask if I've ever listened to The Bends!

When you look at the gorgeous, young, rebellious hero of a film/tv show/novel and you just think 'What an immature little boy'. Seems to happen to me frequently these days!

A very middle aged pharmacist pointed out that he shared the same birth date as me recently, I was gobsmacked as he was clearly much older than me. Then I got home and looked in the mirror...

I can now sort of see what my Grandma meant when she used to say what an attractive man Mikhail Gorbachev was We used to laugh hysterically when she said this.

My old music teacher was convicted of something awful recently. When I read the news report, I was stunned to learn that he is currently 55. I was absolutely positive he was in his 50s when he taught me in the early 90s! 'Old' is a very relative thing.

I was stunned to learn that he is currently 55. I was absolutely positive he was in his 50s when he taught me in the early 90s!

Same here! The woman who taught me English for my GCSEs has finally retired.

I'd had her down as 'ancient' 20 years ago. But then, maybe that's because she also taught classics.

When you start getting all het up about people calling people your age old

I'm 29 and cheerfully call myself old still, because I've dropped a fair few youthful habits. (No doubt I'll eat these words when I'm 47 insisting that I'm not middle aged...)

The people saying 'arrrrrrrrrrgh 113 is no age' - yep, you're old, sorry!

sophisticatedsarcasm that one made me laugh! Even my good knee these days is on the fritz. I found myself browsing the shelves of muscle rub in the supermarket over the weekend with great interest

When you still think the 80s was 20 years ago.

Dh rubbing his hands last Saturday as able to do the first lawn cut of the year

Sitting down and saying ‘ah’ getting up and saying ‘oh’

Being called Nannie and gramps by grandchildren

Not understanding the difference between snap chat, what’s app face book or twitter despite my teenagers explaining many many times.

Oh dh buying active waist band trousers where clearly they mean adjustable as he’s not active enough