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!

My Nan is mid-90s and she doesn’t see herself as old, and is shocked if anyone calls her old but will refer to people 20years younger than her as “that old boy” or “that old girl” 😆😆

I’ve recently turned 30 and I’m getting hairs on my chin 😱

Age is all relative OP. There will be teenagers who think I’m old, and people in their 70’s who will see me as a spring chicken. You’re only as old as you feel.

Also, getting older is a privilege denied to so many.

@CleverLemonCat i don't care how old you are but you are fecking hilarious. If any reassurance, I (F:45) tried to buy window box geraniums last weekend and the garden centre sent me away because it's too early. Tbf it hailed this morning so they might be right 🤣🙈

How young are they op? When I was mid-20s my nan was 63. I guess I considered her old… she wouldn’t have been happy!

Yes I agree with this. I’m in my 30s and starting to feel old 🤣

Hang on. My pubic hair isn’t disappearing anywhere so far - is there something wrong with mine? I’m 57.

I felt old when I was in hospital.

I'm 52 and convinced the doctor was 14, or doing a very good impression of Doogie Howser!!

(you have to be knocking on a bit to know who Doogie Howser is).

How dare they 😡😂
I think with your sense of humour you’re destined to be young forever!!

next time you see them mention they’re welcome to join your swinging parties, every Tuesday all welcome 😂

63 isn't old. Nowadays, I barely think of anything under 80 as old.

Yeah we're old I'm only a year behind you.
Embrace the old age We'll all be there one day, even the new neighbours.
I went looking for new spring/summer tops today, found nice ones only couldn't get them as they had no stretch and I'm getting issues with my shoulders so can't get them on and off.
I went to M&S and bought bigger bras that look like I'm going into battle, but they are bloody comfy.
Carrying a few extra pounds
Pubes have left the building
I was buying Geraniums in my 20's last plant I got was Camelias last month.
If I get on the floor to look under the bed for anything, it takes time to get back up.
Dh fell on his back on the grass verge middle of nowhere while out on his bike and couldn't get up, got the giggles, and had to roll onto his hands and knees today, that was a first for him.

@YouSayChorizoIsayChorizo I expect OP was referring to the Chitty Chitty Bang Bang lyrics - "Near, far, in our motor car" - rather than being wilfully archaic.

Yes, I was aware of that 🙄 Its called sarcasm!!! 😆

They heard you singing chatty chatty bang bang op. That did it!!!edited to say: chitty!!!🙈

Well tbf you have put "young neighbours".

I guess you mean "younger than you" & they mean "older than them"?

You will be old to them. It's just how it is.

I've got colleagues this age and I don't think of them as old. Older, yes, but not in the way I think of my elderly patients.

Very funny op

You can live next door to me anytime op

🤣 you sound like a hoot

I'm 66 and recently returned from a holiday in the Orlando. Had a great time on all the theme park rides etc.
At my flight check in I was asked if I was medically fit to travel (thank you Virgin). It made me suddenly feel extremely old.

@CleverLemonCat I am older than you, so no, you are not old.

I go by the adage, "I'm like Peter Pan. I may grow old; but I staunchly refuse to grow up."

Also, thank you (not). Now that song is running through my head! I will have to start humming "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious" to get rid of "Shitty-Shitty Bang-Bang". 😉

Luckily I don’t think we see our loved ones age objectively. DH is 62, his friends of a similar age look old, and there’s no way I’d go out with them let alone shag them. Fortunately DH doesn’t look old: despite his thinning grey hair, paunch, wrinkles and stiff gait.

Well you are a little older than me. However, DS was in stitches last week when we were on holiday and twice people offered me their seat on the local bus. So maybe we are both edging there? 😲

op can we get a pic of the geraniums, I love them And i‘m 40 😂😂

I can remember being 28 and an 18 year old said to me "I hope I look as good as you when I am your age"! Thing is, I can recall that when I was 16 I thought 25 was proper old, after all it was a quarter of century and in the words of Marilyn Monroe in Some Like it Hot, being a quarter of a century "makes a girl think"

Since my old motor car died I no longer have a device that plays cassettes.

You sound young, in fact I am doing most of your things and I'm quite a lot younger (I feel old though).