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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?

OP posts:
Lweji · 17/04/2018 11:51

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

I had that conversation yesterday with a friend.

... 30 years ago.
No, surely it was 20.

No, actually 30.

Both: Shock

Mydoghatesthebath · 17/04/2018 11:56
Grin
clumsyduck · 17/04/2018 12:24

Oh this just reminded me My old primary teacher from reception class is my cousins dds teacher at the same school !! Worked out she must only actually be mid 50s now which would have only put her in her 20s then but she seemed about in her 50s to me back then !!

SomeKnobend · 17/04/2018 12:49

Roomba YES! Absolutely. I saw Top Gun the other week and Tom Cruise was ridiculous, too young, silly, immature, and clearly mistakenly thought he was a proper grown up. Yuck, no thank you. I'll have Captain Birdseye over that any day of the week, haha!

YreneTowers · 17/04/2018 12:50

Watching the remake of Macgyver and wondering how Mac had time to become an expert at whatever it is he does and be in the army defusing bombs for a few years. Surely he was supposed to be doing homework or something?

Pebble21uk · 17/04/2018 13:06

When a new colleague starts at your workplace doing the same job at the same level and you realise you're old enough to be their mother!

catinapoolofsunshine · 17/04/2018 15:28

I'm retraining and it wasn't the fact that some of the people on my course could theoretically be young enough, biologically, to be my children; it was when one of them mentioned his mum's age and it was only a couple of years older than me! I had my first child at 30, which leads me to forget that I could have birthed a 23 year old without being a teen mum (just)!

Paradoxically spending two days a week studying with people mostly in their mid 20s more often makes me forget how ancient I am and feel as if I'm closer to their age...

morningconstitutional2017 · 17/04/2018 15:35

Nice cardigan.

Queenoftheblitz · 17/04/2018 15:37

My sister is 54 this year and having erratic periods and hot flushes. She said she was going to have a new mirena fitted (she doesn't have a partner). I said "do you really think there's any chance of getting pregnant at your age?". The look on her face was her ageing landmark.

BananasAreTheSourceOfEvil · 17/04/2018 16:42

I had a crush on Sean Connery in 'Entrapment seen I was a teenager. Blush

mpe1967 · 17/04/2018 17:47

When washing your face you catch yourself in the mirror and think it's your mum looking at you - scary. 😀

Thirtyrock39 · 17/04/2018 17:56

For me a key age was switching from radio 1 to radio 2 ...although I have recently switched back now my oldest is at secondary and wants modern music in the car

TheFirstMrsOsmond · 17/04/2018 18:55

For me a key moment was when for the first time the Prime Minister was younger than me.

It was David Cameron.

CaptainCallisto · 17/04/2018 18:58

When you're at work on a nice day and instead of regretfully thinking 'I wish I was in a beer garden with a pint' you're thinking 'I could have had all the bedding and towels out and dry'

When the child your best mate went into labour with during your English Lit GCSE sits his GCSE's

Mydoghatesthebath · 17/04/2018 19:02

To enjoy gardening programmes

To call dh grandad and not dad to the dog. Grin

To not give w crap what anyone thinks of me

Plastictattoo · 17/04/2018 19:02

When a work colleague hadn't heard of the Hacienda. I was working in the Manchester office FFS!

Shockers · 17/04/2018 19:16

I can now afford the convertible I always wanted when I was younger, but I’m wondering whether my almost permanently stiff neck (which goes with my arthritic hip) could cope.

SaltyPeanut · 17/04/2018 19:29

When you first experience remembering something "retro" from it's first incarnation.
The second time you experience the same "retro" something and remember it's first and second incarnations.

isthistoonosy · 17/04/2018 19:30

Adults at work (22/23 yr olds) refering to how things were different in my time - I'm 38 but apparently must look or act a fair bit older!

SaltyPeanut · 17/04/2018 19:37

Oh, and the appearance of "chinny whacklers", as DH has termed them.

Sprouty little chin whiskers to you and me.

(Whackles is a local colloquialism for hair knots, at least I think that's where he got it from)

Peanutbuttercups21 · 17/04/2018 19:40

Thirtyrock, or how about when you refer to modern music as modern music Grin

Nobody under 40 would use the phrase "modern music" Wink "hey mum, let's listen to some modern music". I reckon using the word modern is now oldfashioned

I claimed the other day that the 90s were only a few years ago, but DS said deadpan "more like 20-30 years ago actually" Shock am still doing the maths on that one, is he really right?!

StandardPoodle · 17/04/2018 19:54

When you are so looking forward to a sit down with a nice cup of tea.
When the phone rings on a Saturday night and you hope it's NOT for you.

KT63 · 17/04/2018 19:57

When DD asked to meet her favourite footballer and it occurred to me I’m old enough to be his Mum! (He was very kind to DD)

Lweji · 17/04/2018 20:07

This reminds me of the time a well known current footballer visited DS's club. Not only I couldn't recognise him, as he has the same name as another player from my time. Possibly named after him.

Averyyounggrandmaofsix · 17/04/2018 20:09

I have started watching gardening programmes and suddenly Alan Titchmarsh is looking strangely attractive.
However I must be quite young because no bastard ever offers me a seat on the tube!