you know you're getting older when...

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phew what about a little light relief from the smacking thread!

I have two:

1 having to get up every night about 2 or 3am to pee (very depressing)

2 my boobs having actual bodily contact with my stomach

A passing leer from a passing bloke is actually something to celebrate.

you accidently bump into a teenager and they say "sorry mrs"

When you think chart music all sounds the same. When you prefer to go to resturants as vlubs and pubs are too nosiey.

I am a great aunt!!!
My brother is a granddad!!
My mum a great grandma
How old does that make me feel!

When you sigh when you sit down and groan when you get up.

When padded insoles for shoes seem like such a good idea.

When you see a girl wearing next to nothing for a night out and your automatic reaction is 'She is going to catch her death of cold'.

When Year 11 start calling you Mum instead of Miss.

oh, martianbishop, that happened to me today! i just thought it was because i'm such a lovely friendly person!

When you see a consultant at the hospital and think how young he looks

When your 6-year old says "she doesn't look as old as you do Mummy"

When you find yourself turning down your favourite posh champagne at a drinks party 'cos you know if you have another class you're going to feel dreadful tomorrow

When your niece, who's parents are the same age as you, goes off to university (and your ds is still in nappies).

When you find yourself asking your husband whether he would ever consider dying his hair

lol - -my dh went to speak to ds1's teacher on monday he got home and said..well,shes twelve years old,etc

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shouldn't that read...dye his hair if he had any left Definately prefer the naturally balding to the unnatural brunette (in a man, that is - us grumpy old women should dye and be proud IMO)

Another one - reading an article about celebrity botox and pondering, just for a moment, whether your birthday pressie money would stretch to it.

lol yorkiegirl - for my birthday i got 'grumpy old women' the book, a CD entitled 'housework music', a magazine subscription for 'easy living' (well at least it wasn't 'Saga' magazine)and every card had flowers on

when you realise a lot of people on mn wern't even born when you left school

You start to grow fond of knitwear.

you dont think twice about nipping to the corner shop in your slippers.

A women you went to school with tell you they have 12 years no claims bonus.

Going out on a Saturday night is a rare treat rather than the norm...

Things come back into fashion the year after you find them lurking at the back of the wardrobe and throw them out...

Your friends children are older than their parents were when you first met...

You pick up a magazine at the hairdressers and have no idea who all these "celebreties" are...

when you have always thought that 40 seemed old then realise that you will be 40 in 2 months time

When wandering round the shops you look at things - a jersey dress to be exact and say I wore those whrn I was 18. And then say "OMIGOD I sound like my mother " And I am only 33!

when you could have GIVEN BIRTH to half the big brother contestants!

policemen look young
consultants look young
chief execs look young
next high court judges will look young

jolly wierd

hmmm iris, i remeber thinking that about 30, too!

when even my childrens high school headmaster is younger than me!
when the kids put music channels on and i say.."turn that racket off"
when i find myself saying.."when i was a kid, i used to walk 10 miles to school/do all my homework/ never eat sweets" (delete as applicable)

and when you find yourself saying "well, when I was your age...."

Prettycandles, my friend says you don't need to worry untilyou start to think the pope looks awfully young...

when you don't recognise the tunes playing from those bloody annoying free music toys from Macdonalds

ROFL