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Am I too old for this?

118 replies

Sixsmith · 28/12/2022 11:13

I've just realised that at home I always go upstairs on all fours, hands and feet. I never walk upstairs like a grown person, always crawl like a lion.

Although I do walk downstairs like a human.

What do you do that you really are too old to still be doing?

OP posts:
Puffalicious · 28/12/2022 13:02

I skip a lot- it's a much faster (and fun) way of getting places. I also kick my knickers off up in the air and catch them most nights. I tap dance/ do a Charleston move in the kitchen and swing through a space between the unit tops far too regularly.

Strugglingtodomybest · 28/12/2022 13:03

I'm 50, and I still run a lot. I don't mean go for a run, I mean that if, say, I'm walking to the shop for a pint of milk, I'll run/walk there because I hate wasting time.

Although, it's a definite 'mum-run' now, you know the type, arms by the side, running with short little steps 😂

RandomUsernameHere · 28/12/2022 13:06

I still eat every chocolate edge on a KitKat before eating the wafer!

scrumpledtitskin · 28/12/2022 13:06

@msjuniper and me!

@sixsmith I go up stairs like that too, and I also always lean over the trolley handles in supermarkets and scoot along

Mumof1andacat · 28/12/2022 13:08

My grandma sat cross legged in arm chair well in to her 70's. Go with what you want too!

rc22 · 28/12/2022 13:19

RandomUsernameHere · 28/12/2022 13:06

I still eat every chocolate edge on a KitKat before eating the wafer!

I do this!!

I also eat the top part of a cuatard cream or bourbon then scrape the cream off with my teeth before eating the bottom bit.

sHREDDIES19 · 28/12/2022 13:55

I suck my thumb when tired🤣

harrassedmumto3 · 28/12/2022 13:58

I am 48 and am the proud owner of a unicorn Oodie.
It was the cheapest one on Vinted Blush

darisdet · 28/12/2022 14:08

I do jazz hands to the front door (transparent because of front porch door) if it's someone I know well Grin. Which is very silly.

I have been known to eat a slice of cake for breakfast or order for my whole lunch if eating out. I like cake!

Shunkleisshiny · 28/12/2022 14:15

I pick out all the black Lions Midget Gems and stuff them in my mouth all at once.

Willmafrockfit · 28/12/2022 14:21

i like putting crisps in my cheese sandwich
i used to enjoy listening to music (actually the radio on my phone) via headphones until someone said i was like a teenager

iklboo · 28/12/2022 14:22

I dance in the kitchen, usually cuddling the cat. I make up songs for the cats too. I eat Bounties in a very specific way:

Nibble chocolate around edges off
Eat the bottom chocolate
Eat the top chocolate
Squish the coconut & eat that last

Willmafrockfit · 28/12/2022 14:22

i like orange and brown smarties the most.

Findyourneutralspace · 28/12/2022 14:23

Polish my boots on the side of the escalator

strawberriesplease · 28/12/2022 14:25

MsJuniper · 28/12/2022 12:04

This is quite niche but there are 3 dangling acrylic cylinders as you go up the escalator in John Lewis, which I always tap when I go past to make them swing and have done since I was a child. I think I am definitely too old still to be doing this!

I wonder why they are there??

KimberleyClark · 28/12/2022 14:26

I still occasionally crawl upstairs and I’m 61.

Neverknowinglysensible · 28/12/2022 14:29

iklboo · 28/12/2022 14:22

I dance in the kitchen, usually cuddling the cat. I make up songs for the cats too. I eat Bounties in a very specific way:

Nibble chocolate around edges off
Eat the bottom chocolate
Eat the top chocolate
Squish the coconut & eat that last

Same here! (Apart from eating the top chocolate before the bottom chocolate).

I also eat Jaffa cakes by nibbling the edges, then eating the remaining sponge before finally sucking the orangy bit. I lose virtual points if I bite the orangy bit.

Willmafrockfit · 28/12/2022 14:33

walk on the squashy bit of the catseyes

GordonShakespearedoesChristmas · 28/12/2022 14:37

Willmafrockfit · 28/12/2022 14:21

i like putting crisps in my cheese sandwich
i used to enjoy listening to music (actually the radio on my phone) via headphones until someone said i was like a teenager

I listen to music and audiobooks how headphones, and wouldn't stop because someone called me out on it. I'm 60!
Do whatever you like (if it's not hurting anyone)!

Schoolchoicesucks · 28/12/2022 14:40

Sixsmith · 28/12/2022 11:13

I've just realised that at home I always go upstairs on all fours, hands and feet. I never walk upstairs like a grown person, always crawl like a lion.

Although I do walk downstairs like a human.

What do you do that you really are too old to still be doing?

My in-laws go up (and down) stairs like this OP in their 80's. In their cases, it's as they are worried about falling and they feel more stable.

I am too old to be as excited as I get about various things - going through a machine car wash, stepping in fresh unblemished snow, kicking a big pile of dry crunchy autumn leaves. No plans to try to reign in my pleasure from these things though!

Allthegoodnamesarechosen · 28/12/2022 14:41

Chew the end of my pencil. Read on the loo ( absolutely banned. - to no avail - by my mother ) I’m seventy, and I still feel guilty.

buttermut · 28/12/2022 14:43

I still sing/talk into my pedestal fan when on in the summer, have done since I was a childGrin

Unglamorousgranny · 28/12/2022 14:46

@bluetowel1 this is the only way to have your maccies burger & 🍟

SinnerBoy · 28/12/2022 14:48

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MsJuniper · Today 12:04

This is quite niche but there are 3 dangling acrylic cylinders as you go up the escalator in John Lewis...

I do that, I'm 52 you know!

iklboo · 28/12/2022 14:50

I also eat Jaffa cakes by nibbling the edges, then eating the remaining sponge before finally sucking the orangy bit. I lose virtual points if I bite the orangy bit.

Ooh and Munchies. I try to eat all the chocolate & caramel without biting the biscuit, losing virtual points if I do as well.

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