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!

Oh god 33 I'm and love that app

No real idea, but I wonder if 'winter gloves' were of a heavier material like kid leather, heavy cotton, or wool/wool blends and 'summer gloves' were more likely to be of thin cotton, lace, or chiffon-ish material.

Summer vs winter gloves must have been kind of like the old chestnut of 'never wear white after Labor Day' (US 1st Monday of Sept). I know my mum and her friends adhered to that one religiously in the 60s, especially when it came to shoes. White shoes in September? Gasp, the horror!!! TBH, not exactly sure when that 'rule' was thrown out for women of Mum's generation. Certainly my generation never paid attention to it (teen in late 60s/early 70s).

I’m later forties and while I see 63 as an ‘older’ age, I don’t see it as ‘old’. If I think of people I know in their 60s, none of them are anything less than stylish, interesting, dynamic and working in responsible jobs. 70 is ‘old’ to me.
Times have changed….people in their 50s used to look old in the 1970s/80s. People are fitter, working and living longer.

OP I am 32 and I overheard someone at work say ‘we don’t really speak much as we are in such different age categories’ - they are the younger party 🥲

You sound like a lovely YOUNG neighbour to me!

I'm heading your way. I'm 59 and for the last 6 years my son has suggested I think about moving to a bungalow as soon I won't be able to manage the stairs! Funny when you consider I have 3 lots if stairs to negotiate at work and can't retire until 67 😂

Well I'm 42, and I think I pretty much checked off everything on your list...😵

I'm 46 and have many of your traits OP 😱😳😂.

Crochet is hip again, apparently. My teenage daughter has just started learning. 😳

I feel your pain. I had an altercation last week with a parent from the neighbouring school blocking my drive. As I turned away he called me a ‘miserable, deranged old cow’. I was upset. Not at being called deranged, miserable or a cow, but the fact he called me ‘old’. Booked in for Botox next week…..

63 is not old fgs.

It may be older, but it's not old!

I'm 39 and now have an ear worm of 'here there in a motor car oh bang bang chitty chitty bang bang' 🫠 have slid into the old category now haha!

PS OP you aren't old 🥰

My late aunt used to send cards to lonely old ladies at church, when she was in her 80s.
A nice young man offered to help me with removing the metal shutters at the charity shop where I work. I am 52.

What exactly IS old?

Of course the OP is old she’s 63. In days of yore she would have been receiving her old age pension.
Please don’t think I’m being ageist, just stating a fact that can’t be denied.
Btw, I’m 77.

Old is anyone more than 5 years your current age!

Well it's not young, and not even middle-aged, therefore it's old. You can consider yourself whatever you want, but to young people you're old.

Completely irrelevant but all you flower lovers please step away from the hyacinths 😅

Having worked in a flower bulb warehouse those bulbs are evil! The itchiness and pain! Had to wear full on protective gear and still ended up crying by the end of the day

Nah. Go away

My dad is 85 and still refers to people around his age as 'that old geezer'.

I think in his head he's still the new age traveller living in a bus in Morocco.

You're only as old as you feel OP!

And to most people you're a right wee Ray of sunshine 🙄

Our lovely NDNs introduced DH and me to their friend as "the young couple next door". We're both 60 😊 (neighbours are late 70s, early 80s).

To my teenage cousins I'm old. And I'm 33.

It's all relative. But 63 is objectively up there in age. At best 5 years away from being objectively old.

But aging is a blessing.

If OP starts to crochet geraniums we know she's deffo hit old lady territory.

DAunt used to talk about the "old ladies" that she chatted to at the tea club she used to attend and help at. She used to get a bit fed up with them moaning about their aches and pains and talking about all their pills. The "old ladies" were younger than her by at least a decade if not more! 😁

My mums parents in their 80s used to ask my dad how the old folks were. Meaning his parents who were in their 90s!

Who is that aimed at? All of us or someone in particular?