To ask what’s made you think “I’m getting old” recently?

[overstimulatedhermit]

I’ve noticed I’ve got a favourite seat in the living room and it’s accumulated a few of my things on and around it like my handbag, sweets, book, medication (because it’s the only thing that helps me remember to take it) a couple of letters that I opened and haven’t put away yet and a pack of baby wipes.
Dh is watching the game just now and I’ve sat down in my spot and accidentally knocked my medication off the armrest. I turned to dh and said “ do you know what would be handy, a little table next to me so I can put all my bits and bobs on” 🤦🏻‍♀️ my life flashed before my eyes before the words finished leaving my mouth. I’m 41 by the way how has nobody told me about this monumental moment.

I do none of these and I'm over 60!

My teenager was stroking a dog on the field and said she had a dog of the same breed and the owner said “oh is that the elderly lady who walks all three of them “
I am 51

If I forget my glasses I have to take a photo of the menu board ( costa I’m talking to you ) and zoom in on my phone to choose what I want and look at prices

Watched the original Gladiators series when it came out and now when I watch the reboots realise that I am old enough to be some of the Gladiators' and contenders' mum

Osteoarthritus and not being able to walk more than 5 mins before having to sit down

One of my markers was seeing it was a lovely warm, breezy day and deciding to strip the bed and wash all the towels! I recall sneering at my Mother for doing that, sorry Mum!

My body changed when turning 43 (45 now). Skin lost its elasticity, I’m losing my flexibility and I am getting stiff knees!

Amazing ive now ordered one off amazon
what a fantastic idea to organise all my old lady bits 😂😁🙌

Other people have mentioned all mine except this one - since turning 40 I haven't been able to bear the wind blowing around my ears in the cooler months so nearly always find myself wearing a hood or hat! Mum I'm so sorry that as a teen/20 something I used to laugh at you for always wearing a headscarf or hat pulled down over your ears.

I just upgraded to a phone with face recognition and feel the need to ‘pull a funny face’ when it’s using the face recognition thingy, I guess so that the phone ‘doesn’t get bored’. It’s just made me realise I’m fundamentally unsuited to a world run by machines and belong in a bygone era.

Driving to the leisure centre for my first swim in years this morning.
I had the thought “going for a swim at 7.45 when it’s nice and quiet is quite a middle-aged-lady thing to do isn’t it”.
Lo and behold, I arrived and was the youngest there by a good 20 years. Seems I have skipped middle age and gone straight to geriatric.

Spent a weekend in an Air BnB recently. First thought after we’d made a drink was “Ooh, do they have coasters?”

Oh don't get me started. When our DDs got their first mobiles I refused to respond to any nonsense bloody txt spk. They soon learned to send messages with correct SPAG and still do to this day.

I was recently told that using full stops and question marks is too assertive and people feel pressured. I replied 'I don't care'. And I absolutely don't.

Has anyone else noticed WhatsApp has become terrible at correcting 'i' to 'I' and putting in apostrophes over the last couple of years? It's a real ballache and I am sure it used to do it alongside auto correcting "duck". Have they fully given up on grammar?

This!

My elbow has started creaking loudly when I put my baby in her cot. I’m 32.

I also take photos of labels so i can zoom to read, or use the magnifier on my phone.
Varifocals.
I now eat more tums/rennies than food probably.
Ive lost weight, which is great, but im starting to see wattle wrinkles rather than my jawline of old.
i have caught myself "oof"-ing when getting out of a low sofa.
i like my underwear to come up to my waistband now, or beyond if its cold 😂

Yep, I couldn't believe how young my physio looked.

I subscribe to the telegraph, mainly for the puzzles.

It's The Times for me. I vaguely scan through the news as a token gesture then focus on the entire point of buying it - the puzzles 😀

Please could you share a link?? It sounds amazing!!

People get far too offended these days about everything.

Yep, someone else's ridiculously delicate sensibilities are simply not my problem.

Im 47 and I think i could probably do with varifocals but im not ready - that's what my mum and dad wore! 🤣
Weirdly on my morning commute to work I can read the paper/look at my phone with my normal (-2.5) distance glasses on....but after a day at work, not wearing glasses, its impossible on the way home.

My im so old moment was when I thought the minibus driver on holiday looked and behavedlike a stroppy 15 year old!

Every time some new 'fad' hits social media, full stops 'etiquette' for example, it seems that the whole world is expected to fall in line with the self-appointed policing warriors, otherwise one is being offensive or even an 'ism'. I don't care what they think, I am not stopping being correct just to appease the bullies.