OMG, am mortified/horrified and shocked...........

[CleverLemonCat]

Young neighbours have just moved in next door. This morning (wasn't eavesdropping, honest) heard a relative ask if they had met any of their neighbours, oh yes they replied...there is a nice old woman next door. Old? I'M ONLY 63!!

This got me wondering if I was giving off 'old lady' vibes.

Possible indications:

I occasionally glance in a shop mirror and wonder why my mum is there dressed in my clothes.
My pubic hair is disappearing, and seems to be making it's way to my chin
Last week I bought 3 lovely geraniums
Last year I bought and planted a hydrangea in my garden
After a couple of tiny accidents, am wondering if I should buy some tena lady knickers.
Caught myself wondering if I should crochet a bed jacket ...it can be chilly in bed whilst reading a book!
Am having actual conversations with my cat
My box room is stuffed with wool ' just in case'
This morning, completely out of the blue found myself singing the song from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang and I CAN'T GET IT OUT OF MY HEAD.
Jumped - in my motor-car - and bought 3 more geraniums

Indications I am not old:

Ermm, I am young in my head!

I am not being unreasonable, you are in your prime!
I am unreasonable. You are heading into old biddy territory!

Either way, your post made me laugh and I actually want to be your friend 😂

I'm about to turn 40 and one of my closest friends is 56. I agree with you op, age is a number and you're as old as you feel 😅

Yes, but I think that happened in my late 30s (those wistful days of yore!)

63 is pretty old. If the average life expectancy is 83 then at 63 you are in your last stage of natural life. We will all get there if we are lucky. Don't be offended.

I, too, am strategically as old as I choose to be. Sometimes it helps to be "too old for" something you don't want to do but can't think of a good excuse to avoid. Mid 60s and my skin has only just started to decide it's not going to bother to stay peachy without a lot of help, darn it. It's a source of amusement when someone tries to insult me by telling me I must be "nearly 60". Let's not talk about the Tena thing, thank heavens they exist is all I can say. Sadly I never learned to crochet, but used to be quite keen on knitting and even won a prize for it in my 30s; just recently I gave all the wool and stuff away to a charity because I'm too lazy my eyesight isn't what it was. So I guess that makes me old.

Talking to cats though, why wouldn't you?

Take a job in a community pharmacy.

Our customer demographic is mostly 70 and up. At 58, I am called "young lady" at least twice a shift... and my "favourite" gentleman (94) flirts outrageously and calls me a "lovely young lady"

I’m 43, and all this wool and geraniums talk has me worried. Am I allowed them at my age?!

When my sister moved in with her boyfriend years ago my mum asked her about her neighbours. My sister said there's an old couple who live next door to us. My mum said how old. Sister became very flustered and said eventually your age.
Mum was 57 at the time! My sister is 50 this year and has now decided 57 isn't old at all!

Good grief, I am 63 next birthday. I am not old. I have a friend same age, and she did tell me she thought I was too old for the gym. She may well be, but I sure as heck am not! (Admittedly, my knees do look old )
I appreciate there are more years behind me than ahead of me, but I am not in my dotage yet 😱

I met the new neighbour and told DH she was quite old - turns out she is a year younger than me……

Of course you're old. You're 63. I'm 43 and I'm definitely middle aged and getting on. I think you're a bit delusional if you think you're not old. Better than being dead though.

And quoting the great Bet Lynch puts you in a special category anyway! 😀

Your ears still work fine so therefore you can't possibly be old

Lidl have them for £1.99 and last year I found their plants to be the best I bought, including a hydrangea!

I dithered over some white Geraniums from Aldi earlier today and am now grumpy because I didn't buy any!

of course you are not old
60 is the new 40!
you rock that bed jacket!

Oi, not it isn't! Age in your head not the mirror, your passport, your bus pass or your birth certificate.
I'm a lot over 63 by the way.

I mean you’re in your 60s and probably look your age. There’s nothing wrong with that and it’s not an insult about your personality or lifestyle etc. “old” has many definitions it doesn’t need to mean elderly

Your post made my day 🤣🤣

Is this just a joke?
Obviously at 63 a person isnt young. Why does it bother they called you you an old lady. As if being old was something weird.

Im surprised you haven't been pointed in the direction of Gransnet! It was once suggested to me during a thread on here.
Age is relative, my Nana used to look after the "old folks" in the flat below her. My Nana was 87!

Update: being 63/64 rocks! Popped to tesco and there were 17! boys blocking pavement. I smiled, they said sorry, moved their bikes and I passed through them like moses crossing the red sea! - am chuffed

Less good:

cat is VERY annoyed with me. 1. I bought the wrong flavour sheba cat food, she will not accept that I wont pay £5.50 in tesco and she will have to wait until home bargains open tomorrow. 2. It is evidently my fault that it is raining both at the back and front of the house. I have tried reasoning with her and failed.
I have remembered that I also have gladioli. Am tempted to go to garden centre tomorrow to ask for plants YOUNG people are buying as previous pp has suggested. ( I might be making that up).
Are violas a mistake? Display table was crowded with VERY old people when I bought them.
Have moved from custard creams to fry's chocolate covered Turkish delight.

My eyes are dim- I read that as moist young people…

Or The Spinners on 8 track.😄

@fairysarereal · Today 16:36
I have a full set of false teeth ive knitted ...

Gosh! If I get you the wool, can you knit me some? 😆

Well how young are they. In my late teens and early 20s anyone over 40 was decrepit. 🤣