When did you first realize that you were "getting older"?

[Heavenly44]

When people starting pointing out grey hairs on Me.

When pop culture/media from my childhood became "retro"

Last summer during the heatwave when I said to my colleagues "it's still not as hot as 76 is it?" the blank faces told me I was the only one alive then 😐

When my eldest son did the history of the 1990s at primary school. History 😱

When I was watching pointless and it was a music round, most recent song was from 1996 and an actual adult human said that all the songs were from before they were born and I thought well that can’t be right you prick because 1996 was about 3 years ago 😬😬

When I was at work when one of the lads told me he loved my new perfume
It reminded him of joss sticks
Not only am I old enough to remember them in my own teen years but I’m old enough to be his mother...

When a child in my class accidentally called me 'nan' instead of 'mom'.

When I looked in the mirror and saw my mother looking back

When I realised that all the kids who lived in the village when we moved here are now all early 20s and partnered/married up with babies of their own.

God so many. Listening to Pick Of The Pops on radio 2 and realising it's from the year you did your A levels.

TOTP on Christmas Day, wondering who the hell is singing.

Liking sherry.

I'm not even 50 yet, I think I need to get a grip

When my niece started talking about vintage clothing when referring to the bloody late eighties

When I found myself checking out Gary Barlow. I always thought he was too "old" and then found myself thinking "I definitely would".

A much younger colleague asked me what it was like when Princess Diana died, in a ‘what did you do in the war’ way.

Another colleague the other day, talking about how grim lockdown was, asked about the late 70s, three-day weeks, strikes, power cuts etc, I do remember that era but was pretty young and it was more Sindy dolls and chopper bikes!

Actually I don’t mind it, what’s the alternative? Have lost a few friends/colleagues, raising a glass to those lovely fallen ones this Xmas day, quite glad to still be here telling the youngsters about the olden days! 🤣

When a teenager offers you a seat on the bus......it'll happen !

When I didn't understand what the fuss was about with ticktock or why people bother.....

When I got a puncture not that long ago ( I’m 49) . My dad was a breakdown driver and taught me how to change tyres and do the usual car maintenance when I got my first car , so that I would be able to get myself out of trouble if need be .

Realise I’ve got a puncture , so pulled into a shop carpark for the lights , start taking everything out of the boot and realise that DH borrowed my jack and hasn’t replaced it. Am on phone to DH using both words and gestures when a passing scaffold lorry stops and two lads hop out ,saying “Eeyar love do you need a hand ? “ I explain my predicament, they actually have a jack and within 5 minutes ,it’s all done . I thank them profusely and one of them says “ That’s alright , I wouldn’t want my granny to be stuck in the dark! “

I did take them beers in the morning!

watching Shirley Valentine mourning her lost youth, aged 42. FORTY TWO! with her perm and her court shoes.

i’m 48 next year. i still have pink hair and piercings!

also, my kid being delighted with inheriting an actual, genuine shell suit jacket from my ex. what the fuck??

Going back to work after DC2 aged 38. Somehow all my colleagues were 10 years younger and had nothing to say to me as all they saw was a boring fat mummy. I've since left and gone to work with a friend but my confidence will never be the same.

I was a massive backstreet boys fan from the age of 8.
Last year, I was at a concert at was part of their 25th anniversary tour. Nick is 40,Kevin is pushing 50.

When I started pulling muscles farting or sneezing

When I could no longer get out of a chair without making a little involuntary "oooffft" noise.

This morning when my DH gave me gardening gloves for Christmas. I’m 30!!

When shop assistants started calling me Sweetheart and Darlin’.

I'm 45 (46 in a couple of weeks) and I'm embracing 90s fashion second time round. I especially love body suits. However, I have chin hair, my alcohol tolerance has gone decidedly down, I've gone off loud music and I can no longer wear heels comfortably. O also, I cannot lie in without feeling as though I've wasted the day, I remember when my Mum used to say the days half over. However, on the plus side, I still enjoy going to pubs (during none covid times obviously), but I like to sit down and I dont like it to be too loud. I have blue hair, I still dont like gardening or gardening centres (apart from the cake and tea in the cafe). I still like lazy holidays (love an all inclusive, sun bathing, reading trashy books etc, rather than sight-seeing. Please tell me I'm not old lol

I asked my mother this who has just turned 70. She said "you don't get old, you can just think yourself old.."

My mother refuses to have a short "pensioners" haircut and said she will always still be wearing her Van's trainers..

I was 47. Ds was two and I hadn't been able to lose my post-baby tummy. I'd never had problems losing weight before, so it was a shock.

After a couple of months being irritated, I took up running and lost it that way.