How do you know when you are getting older?

[Jesse]

My Get Up and Go Has Got Up and Went

How do I know that my youth is all spent?
Well, my get up and go has got up and went,
But in spite of it all I am able to grin.
When I think of the places my get up has been.
Old age is golden, So I've heard said
But sometimes I wonder, as I get into bed.
With my ears in a drawer, my teeth in a cup
And my eyes on the table until I wake up.
Ere sleep dims my eyes I say to myself
"Is there anything else I can put on the shelf?"
And I'm happy to say as I close the door
"My friends are the same, perhaps even more."
When I was a young thing my slippers were red,
I could kick my heels as high as my head.
Then when I was older, my slippers were blue,
But still I could walk the whole day through.
Now I'm still older, my slippers are black.
I walk to the store and puff my way back.
The reason I know my youth is all spent,
My get up and go has got up and went.
But really, I don't mind when I think with a grin,
Of all the grand places my get up has been.
Since I have retired from life's competition
I busy myself with complete repetition.
I get up each morning and dust off my wits,
Pick up the paper and read the 'obits',
If my name is missing I know I'm not dead
So I eat a good breakfast and go back to bed.

[diamondrose]

I knew I was getting old when my partner on the truck did not know what the old library catalog system was.

[princessbelle]

It surprises me how i think of seasons now. Or at least on a deeper level


When i was a kid, i enjoyed Summer - swimming, playing, shorts, bathing suits, vacations; Fall - Halloween, cool temps, fall leaves; Winter - snowmen, white landscapes, cozy fires; Spring - pretty flowers, feeling warm again, summer is coming.

The older i get, the seasons are changing into Summer heat and difficulty breathing in humidity; Fall - watching the trees melt away and become sticks that will stand in hibernation throughout the winter; Winter - ice storms and bone chilling cold and ugly landscapes and terrifying driving; Spring - allergies, pollen on my car, getting the yard mowed.

It's funny how priorities change as we age, but i never really realized until this morning how the season's change in thought patterns...

I want to go back to when i was younger in my thinking... I'll have to see if i can't get that glass 1/2 full again. :bunchflowers:

[C0LLETTE]

You start giving your stuff away 'cause you know you aren't going to need it in Heaven.

[Glenn]

When 21 is the new 14... when 40 is the new 25...when 60 is the new 40...when 80 is the new 50...wash...rinse... repeat. :goodluck:

[Gothy]

When you see gas prices in an older movie, at or just above a Dollar, and it instantly sparks a moment of nostalgia which causes you to recall where you were when gas prices were that low (or lower). This often leads to the conversation, "when I first started driving, we only paid $$ for a whole tank of gas." LOL And then there's the whole no seatbelts and bench seats... don't get me started... whee!

[Blade]

When you are walking threw an antique/vintage shop and you are answering a lot more of the what is that, than asking what is that

[Smiling]

lol, I want the drivers of cars with thumping stereos ticketed for disturbing my peace and quiet. I'm not sure when I turned into such a cranky old biddy.

lol, I also find myself lamenting the state of "these youths today."


The hilarious part is that I'm not even 40 yet, HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA.

[JDeere]

When you start calling people "Kids"

[C0LLETTE]

When people help you across the street even when you don,t want to cross.

[stargazingboi]

when you walk into a room, forget why you are there...and repeating until you truly believe you're having dejavue.. because you don't remember going in to the room to begin with

[TruTexan]

when you walk into a room, forget why you are there...and repeating until you truly believe you're having dejavue.. because you don't remember going in to the room to begin with

Yeah..........I can relate to this very much. LOL Mind boggling sometimes.

Or you lay something down so you won't forget where you put it and then you need to get it and end up having to look all over the place because you forgot where you put it so you wouldn't forget that. lmao The wheels on the bus go round and round LOL

[MsTinkerbelly]

When i stand up, and most of the bones in my body crack and groan.

When my daughter has to open the jar of pickles.

When i go grocery shopping and need to lean on the shopping cart.

When that cute grocery bagger calls me ma'am, and asks if i need help to the car.

[Barb42]

Im getting older because it takes me 10min. To roll over in bed..
20min. To get out of bed...another 5min. To talk myself into walking down the stairs... And dont forget 10mun. Just popping & ceacking with every step... Yeppers im getting older alright...

[Blade]

I know im getting older because I paid the same price for 2 trailer tires today that I paid for 4 truck tires back in the late '80's

[TruTexan]

I know I'm getting older cause 8 1/2 yrs ago I popped discs out in my lower back and now I"m having surgery done for it. :praying:

[Kelt]

When I start thinking convertible over motorcycle. :thinking:

[Tierney]

When you are looking up symptoms of Menopause.

[flapdoodle]

you wake up really early

things you didn't know you have start to ache

you go to turn the TV on with your cell phone

you call someone "honey" and they say you are dating yourself.

[Bèsame*]

When I hear the songs I listened to in High School, are oldies and classics...lol

[Talon]

When you know that it matters not.

[Ascot]

Out for a glass of wine the other night, I was so surprised at how young a pair of girls at a nearby table appeared and that they were evidently old enough to order alcohol. I'm using "girls" because that's truly what they looked like to me. I think I would have been less shocked if someone had said they were 15.

The car ahead of me at a stoplight yesterday bore a bumper sticker which read, "I may be old, but I got to see all the cool bands." It made me smile, and then start ticking off in my head all the cool bands I'd seen over the years. My concert going started around 1978. I graduated from high school in 1980. I've seen some weird stuff, man.

[JDeere]

When it takes you 30 minutes to wake up and get out of bed. Then everything goes snap crackle pop Lol

[kittygrrl]

as you grow wiser you realize somethings need to be said, and you will say them

[MysticOceansFL]

You know who is real and who is not!

[Smiling]

...you start finding random, wild, stray hairs sticking out of the most peculiar [and often formerly hairless] places and you marvel at how long they are because there definitely wasn't any hair there yesterday!

:|

[JDeere]

You say things that you normally would not say, to someone about something.

[kittygrrl]

you wake up feeling like the morning after and you haven't been anywhere

[kittygrrl]

You answer a question with "because I said so"

[Kelt]

You answer a question with "because I said so"

And you're talking to your mother. :blink:

[Bèsame*]

When your sunscreen number goes up! It's now a necessity!


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[kittygrrl]

a rainy evening at home with tea feels amazing

[Kobi]

When childhood memories come flooding back upon learning Don Featherstone, the inventor of the pink plastic flamingo lawn ornament has died.

Avocado green kitchen appliances stir the same kind of nostalgia.

[Daisy Chain]

If I have a busy weekend with things to attend I give a resigned sigh rather than a whoop for joy !

DC

[PaPa]

When you lie awake at night due to pain and need to rub cream on joints that smells like it should be used to open your sinuses.

[cinnamongrrl]

A couple ways...

1)

When you fill out a form and you have to scroll through the year of your birth? Yeah...it keeps getting further and further away....

and

2)

I find old coins or cash and think "ohh wow! Look how OLD that is!" And it's my age...or less...

[Martina]

When you go to the podiatrist for the first time. :(

[Smiling]

When you put dinner in the oven for what is supposed to be 15 minutes and over ninety minutes later you realize it must be getting a little crispy by now - except you can't smell anything.

So you go check on the progress of your frozen culinary delight only to discover that you never turned on the oven.

And I'm half-starved today, too.

:seeingstars:

Yup; I'm gonna be a ward of the state soon, lol.

[MysticOceansFL]

When people make a showing and or appearance after you show active again from being gone a month!

[Kobi]

When the hair on your legs disappears. Or is it just hiding amongst the varicose veins?

[MsTinkerbelly]

I am taking a one day course at the local community college today on "Maximizing your Social Security".:glasses:

[Kätzchen]

I think it's not necessarily related to age but cognizance of our ability to grow, mature, things of that kind of nature.

As I have grown and matured in life, I have found that I do not tolerate, or have zero tolerance for, emotional manipulation and lying (not being truthful).

[Daniela]

When you put dinner in the oven for what is supposed to be 15 minutes and over ninety minutes later you realize it must be getting a little crispy by now - except you can't smell anything.

So you go check on the progress of your frozen culinary delight only to discover that you never turned on the oven.

And I'm half-starved today, too.

:seeingstars:

Yup; I'm gonna be a ward of the state soon, lol.

But you've stopped eating with rubber spatulas, right?! That has to count for something. :giggle:

[Kenna]

When I keep forgetting to buy milk EVERY TIME I PLAN ON MAKING MASHED POTATOES....and when I get to the store again, I forget what I went for.

[TruTexan]

When you walk into a room and forget what you were looking for and then an hour later it hits you so you search for it and then forget again what you were looking for in the first place. lmao

[stargazingboi]

When doctors start saying "at your age" and start scheduling you for tests that you always related to "old people"....

"wait..you want what done?"

[Daniela]

When you can't remember how old you are, and doing the math is hard, too. :bow:

[Gemme]

When you can't remember how old you are, and doing the math is hard, too. :bow:

OMG, that actually happened to me.

When I was 32.

I was at a dealership and they plugged in my birthdate and then the guy said, "You are 32." and I said, "No. 31." and then he looked at me like this ----> :|

[cinnamongrrl]

At least two days a week, I come home and doze on the couch after work...

This from the girl who has never napped in HER LIFE...

Sigh

[PaPa]

You make a post on the forums and twenty minutes later post the same dang thing!! Lol!!

[girlin2une]

my kids asking me if everything was grey when I was a little girl...:blink:

[JDeere]

my kids asking me if everything was grey when I was a little girl...:blink:

LOL do they think you are that old?

[TruTexan]

when you pee a bit on yourself when you laugh too hard. hahahahahhaah

[girlin2une]

LOL do they think you are that old?

I guess the mid 70's was the stone age! :seeingstars:

[MysticOceansFL]

When you move around and pop and make a cracking noise!

[Degotoga]

When you come off with a great one-liner from a movie you saw several years ago and, after being met with blank stares, you suddenly realize the people you just said it to weren't even born yet or they were still in diapers.

[C0LLETTE]

You know it when the bus driver yells out "Isn't anyone going to give that old woman a seat?"

[Ginger]

When you run into your 20-something neighbor with his bike and you mention that you ride several times a week too and he says in what is meant to be a supportive tone but comes off incredibly patronizing, "Good for you!"

[JDeere]

I guess the mid 70's was the stone age! :seeingstars:

Lol i guess it was

[cinnamongrrl]

Now, on nights I stay out late, I wake up wishing I could hold out a coffee cup (while still in bed) and have it magically filled with good, strong, coffee.....

If I want coffee I have to meander down to the local restaurant. I STILL don't know how to use my French press....sigh

[Blade]

Things that normally, normally being pre 50, wouldn't have phased me, irritate the snot out of me now.

Like the first thing that comes to mind is children. I love children and they love me. BUT, when I go out to eat, I mean even at a place you expect there to be children, it drives me nuts to hear them whining or showing out or running around playing in a restaurant. Usually it irritates me more with their parents than with the child.

This is just one thing that pops into mind there are many more. LOL

[C0LLETTE]

When your Doctor doesn't want to schedule you for your next annual medical.

[JDeere]

When small things annoy the hell out of you!

[Kelt]

When you become the parent of your parent.

[Bèsame*]

when the doctor tells me that I'm 5 years late from having that exam! What?

[Ascot]

I still wear a watch. That pretty much marks me as "older".

[Jesse]

It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired. :sunglass:

[Jesse]

You wake up looking like your drivers license picture.

You are proud of your lawnmower!

You sit in a rocking chair and can't get it going.

You wonder how you could be over the hill when you don't even remember being on top of it.

The twinkle in your eye is merely a reflection from the sun on your bifocals.

[C0LLETTE]

You know you're getting older when you find jokes about getting older, hilarious.

[Enchantress]

You know you're getting older, when the floor that used to be your friend, turns against you (i.e. joints creak and knees hurt when you get up). It's sad when friends turn against friends ...

[C0LLETTE]

When you start worrying whether you've saved enough for 2-5 years in a seniors residence or.....palliative care....oyyyyyyyyyyy

[Venus007]

It takes more than a day to recover from a hard work out

[Shystonefem]

When you are now waking up at the time you used to go to bed.

When you have as few mirrors in the house as possible. Lol

[Gemme]

When you worry less about the taste of food and more about what it's going to do to your body leaving it.

:blink:

[Kobi]

When you buy the already shucked sunflower seeds for the birds so you dont have to sweep up the shells. Yeah, I'm big into energy conservation.

[randrum]

"Remember when" stories with my best friend...

Also that most pro athletes are now younger than me...

[Kobi]

older......having wheat bran cereal for breakfast instead of pizza, and realizing it is pretty tasty. Think that means one is on their way to developing a new reality.

[Chad]

Today I was standing in the kitchen about to go to the store trying to figure out what was missing. Pants!
I needed pants from the dryer. That would have been embarrassing! Haha!
:blush:

[~ocean]

when your dog waits for you to get up out of your chair ~ so patiently ! lol

[Bubala]

When you being to realize that you should choose to be happy for whatever that means- because nobody gives a bleeping damn if you're not! :)

[JDeere]

You have less tolerance for certain people and things.

[Chad]

Trying to read the posts on BFP with my new bifocals. This is my first pair of bifocals and it is an adjustment.

[Katniss]

I know I am getting older because my 13 year old lets me know constantly. When I really want to blow her mind I tell her I have been alive "since before the internet was invented." Mind blown.


Katniss~~

[cinnamongrrl]

When I'm already yawning at 830...

I force myself to stay up past 930...,for the simple reason that I remember all too well when I wasnt allowed to stay up that late. It was a long awaited prize and I refuse to squander it!

[Lecheloco]

I am dying here laughing! I should have seen this thread earlier

When your body creaks more than the bed as you get in it

[cinnamongrrl]

I am dying here laughing! I should have seen this thread earlier

When your body creaks more than the bed as you get in it


Funny you should mention...lol

In was getting up from the couch after sitting too long...and I swear my Ohio popped out of joint...it hurt wicked and I had to do all kinds of things to make it feel better...

The good and bad of yoga...opening of joints. Some things are better left closed...

[cinnamongrrl]

Funny you should mention...lol

In was getting up from the couch after sitting too long...and I swear my Ohio popped out of joint...it hurt wicked and I had to do all kinds of things to make it feel better...

The good and bad of yoga...opening of joints. Some things are better left closed...



Ohio?? How does auto correct get Ohio from hip?? Freaky teaky...

[Logicaly]

When you get excited over things like Pyrex for the kitchen, or some sort of much needed household item.

[cinnamongrrl]

When your childhood heroes start dying....

David Bowie.. I thought he'd be immortal...

[Wrang1er]

I bought a data card for my nephews and my sister called for the number on the back. I was already wearing my contacts and a pair of readers and I still couldn't see it. I had to grab a second pair of readers to be able to read it. :(

[kittygrrl]

salt..is no longer ok:confused:

[afrcnqueen]

When you realize that some of your co-workers were a few months old when you graduated high school 😐

[Bèsame*]

I used to be able to stand and put on tights. Now I have to lean against the bed, or be close to a wall. ....I suppose balance leaves, lol

[JDeere]

When you can't wait to get home and change out of work clothes.

When going to bed at 9 pm doesn't seem too bad.

[Blade]

When winter weather in the south is no longer exciting

[Gayandgray]

When you have to write yourself reminder notes or you forget everything:blush:

[angelface]

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[Shystonefem]

I have less patience with stupid people.

[Gayandgray]

When shoveling snow practically wipes you out:blush::blush:

[Kobi]

I have less patience with stupid people.


See thats the thinking of younger older people.

When you get to be my age, you realize it isnt your patience that is waning. The problem is that stupid is growing exponentially.

Thats my story and Im sticking with it.....for as long as I remember I said it.

:cheesy:

[C0LLETTE]

You know when you can't remember how to post a "YouTube" even tho you've done it over a hundred times.

HELP! remind me please.

[C0LLETTE]

When all you really want to do is slow dance to sappy but gorgeous romantic songs.

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Thanks Orema!

[Jesse]

When you take the time to actually make a grocery list for a dish you want to make.
Remember to take the list with you, because you added it to your phone.
And still manage to forget the main item for the dish. :blush:

[JDeere]

When you need help getting out of a recliner chair after getting very comfortable for 2 hours.

[candy_coated_bitch]

When all your bones make noise upon getting up.

[Shystonefem]

See thats the thinking of younger older people.

When you get to be my age, you realize it isnt your patience that is waning. The problem is that stupid is growing exponentially.

Thats my story and Im sticking with it.....for as long as I remember I said it.

:cheesy:



I have to admit, I liked that "younger older people" term.

[Soft*Silver]

when all the pills you have to take, dont fit into the daily pill holders...

[girl_dee]

i see cellulite for the first time, like what the HELL is that about!

[Gemme]

i see cellulite for the first time, like what the HELL is that about!


I've had it since I was a teenager.

[girl_dee]

I've had it since I was a teenager.

my legs were like two trees.. now they are kinda like jello....

[Gemme]

my legs were like two trees.. now they are kinda like jello....

I have jello trees. lol

[jools66]

when someone says to you "its all on the cloud now" and you look up to the sky lol

[FireSignFemme]

When I look at my youngest and realize how much hair he's lost. When I look at my oldest and notice though his hair line isn't receding as much, here and there silvery gray hairs are already begining to show. When I look in the mirror and see more advanced stages of both going on with my head.

[girl_dee]

when its your birthday!

[Soft*Silver]

I still dont know what a cloud is! My husband keeps trying to explain it to me but I dont grasp the whole concept..


when someone says to you "its all on the cloud now" and you look up to the sky lol

[Soft*Silver]

when spending the day with your grandchild and you need a nap more than she does! LOL

[easygoingfemme]

When it takes longer and longer to recover from your birthday party...:seeingstars:

[PaPa]

Peace & Serenity has become a permanent goal.

[cathexis]

When you go into a shop at the Mall which appears to sell music, and ask for a Melissa Ethridge album.

The clerk gives you the strangest look, and it clicks...they don't what/who Melissa Ethridge is much LESS an album.

Time for a little inter-generational re-education! (and they appear disinterested)

[Soft*Silver]

omg that reminds me of the time I walked into a mall after not going in one for almost 10 years..I looked for the record stores...and there were NONE. NONE. I found music stores with CDs, but not a single record was to be found. And yes, the clerk did give me the strangest look too! LOL

When you go into a shop at the Mall which appears to sell music, and ask for a Melissa Ethridge album.

The clerk gives you the strangest look, and it clicks...they don't what/who Melissa Ethridge is much LESS an album.

Time for a little inter-generational re-education! (and they appear disinterested)

[Contradictor]

When the thought of a night out makes me groan ....
When I get excited about naps.
When my ideal day is one doing nothing...(I think I've been old most of my life, lol)..

[Bèsame*]

When I arrived to work yesterday, there was a phone book left. I picked it up from the door and put in on the back counter .
Later, I was doing some detective work and needed to call my neighboring stores. I used the phone book since my cell was locked up.
I made the calls and my asst manager said to me , I wouldn't even know how to use the phone book.
I said its easy, it alphabetical. You just need to know how to spell it, there is no spell check..lol

[Chad]

Forgetting things right after you do them. This morning I took a shower and washed my hair then one minute later I did not remember washing my hair.

Old guy here. Haha!

[Glenn]

... when you're getting Bolder. My fav cashier asked me if I was ok yesterday because I didn't flirt with her lol.

[nina03]

My eye doctor told me that my aging eyes need reading glasses. :(

[Gayandgray]

When you can't see to thread a needle anymore!!!!!:|

[cathexis]

When you must ask someone how to turn their smartphone on.

[Eightballrunner1]

omg that reminds me of the time I walked into a mall after not going in one for almost 10 years..I looked for the record stores...and there were NONE. NONE. I found music stores with CDs, but not a single record was to be found. And yes, the clerk did give me the strangest look too! LOL

I know how you feel about finding records shops. Recently someone opened a record shop not far from me. I mean real records as well as lots of good music
I was headed somewhere else when I saw the sign out of the corner of my eye. I made a u turn went back then to keep from going down two more access roads I put my trusty S.U.V in 4 wheel drive and cut through the abandoned property across from it. I spent a couple of hours just looking around and picking out things I wanted. I bought two Melissa Ethridge albums I didn't have as well as Janice Joplin, Patsy Cline. The best find for me was several albums from the Sons of the Pioneers that Roy Rogers sang with in his old movies. I love the old westerns and collect as much of the collectables as I can find...I also bought two 45record adapters so I could play the many old 45 records I have that I never thought I would be able to play again. I was a good day.

[Bèsame*]

Am I getting older....or is the grocery store playing great music these days?..

[Kätzchen]

...... when you finally realize that it's okay to have a couple two or more secrets. The good kind of secrets, the kind that builds a sweet mystery to your life. :rrose:

[homoe]

You run upstairs to 'get something' and once there forget what the hell it was!

[Queenie]

When you notice your first grey hair! Ack!
I noticed mine the other week....

[Soft*Silver]

.....letting your hair go back to silver again and knowing its probably going to stay this way now forever......

I am loving being a bubi...a grand ma...a nanna....I remember my buba, full bodied and embracing me with such love! I want my grand daughters to find thick thighs to climb up on, strong ample arms to close around them for safety and love, a warm round belly to lean against and yes, even non perky bosoms that they can lay their head on and hear the heart that beats for them. I dont want to give them a false ideal of aging, of body image, of looks, of worth. I want them to love me and themselves as little women, who will love themselves no matter what age they become. Silver is glorious and shiny and bright..like their smiles. I want to be a wonderful bubi and silver gives me the crown I need...

[Kobi]

I know I am getting older when I see a story in the newspaper about the New England Fiber (http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20171104/new-england-fiber-festival-taking-place-this-weekend) Festival and my brain automatically thinks of metamucil and bran flakes. Odd kind of festival I think.

Not that kind of fiber.

[homoe]

You hear words or phrases coming out of your mouth that your parents used!




Case in point........"shut the door, what are you doing, trying to heat the whole neighborhood?"

[Gayandgray]

You hear words or phrases coming out of your mouth that your parents used!




Case in point........"shut the door, what are you doing, trying to heat the whole neighborhood?"

LOL!!!! I said this this past Summer to my Step-grandson but pertaining to the central air conditioning!!!!

[homoe]

LOL!!!! I said this this past Summer to my Step-grandson but pertaining to the central air conditioning!!!!

YES, I do believe it's a regional thing! Southerns would say AC Norther's Heat

[Chained Daisy]

When you bend down to get something and think what else can I pick up while I`m down here. {please tell me its not just me :|}

[C0LLETTE]

When you come on to someone, they think you're just joking.

[cathexis]

When you try to score something and they automatically think you're a narc because you look too old to ask for what you asked for.....really!

[cathexis]

If you show up at a political rally, they automatically think you are there to argue on the conservative side of the issue.

It's like, hey yo, I've been a protestor since before you were born. Ever heard of the Equal Rights Amendment or Roe vs Wade protests? Did you know that people had to arrange secret abortions or raise money to get a womon to NY where it was legal??

Sometimes it gets irritating.

[cathexis]

oh, one more

When you ask someone for a map, and you get a blank look. OR Upon hearing on the news or in person that someone got lost on a logging road because their GPS malfunctioned.

Wondering why they didn't have a map as backup so they didn't get lost in the desert for 3 days because they went down some random dirt road. The GPS read that they should do it. Machines make errors more than people being careful.

OMG, know I'm getting older and wiser.

[Chad]

When your friend asks you if you get the senior discount.
Haha!

:superfunny:

[Esme nha Maire]

You run upstairs to 'get something' and once there forget what the hell it was!

Wait, what?! You can RUN upstairs? Get outta here, youngster! (laughing) ;-}

[homoe]

Wait, what?! You can RUN upstairs? Get outta here, youngster! (laughing) ;-}

....:giggle:..thanks for the compliment! It has made my day

[JDeere]

When taking a nap is no longer punishment!

[Dita]

When I’m trying to read the fine print and I have to pull out my reading glasses to see what I’m reading...I call it my granny vision lol

[Gráinne]

When I attend a concert, and I want comfortable seats in an auditorium-not standing in mud and rain or sitting in a field.

Then I look around, and the great majority of the audience is 50+, including the band.

When the concert is performed to a running montage of old newsreels, most of which events I was alive for.

(America, in a great show, Saturday night)

[indigo]

when my flatmate bursted out: Woow, you read the first Harry Potter when it actually came out!

[C0LLETTE]

You know you're getting older when you make jokes about being old and nobody laughs.

[MsTinkerbelly]

When you go out for dinner and coffee is your beverage of choice.

[candy_coated_bitch]

When you can't straighten your arm without cracking your elbow.

[Kobi]

I know I am getting older when the people I hire to do things I can no longer do are also no longer able to do them. :|

[Kenna]

When you are watching House Hunters and hear them say "this house was built in 1972, don't you just love this mid-century modern flag stone? It's a split level, which was common in that era."...

And you think to yourself that you were born before that "mid-century modern" (their code word for vintage or old) house was built.

[girl_dee]

the cold hurts my bones down to the marrow...... :watereyes:

[Gayandgray]

the cold hurts my bones down to the marrow...... :watereyes:

YES!!!!!!!!

[ksrainbow]

when many are surprised of my age. Then comment *you dont act your age* and/or * you dont look your age*

I simply give either comment a kind: Well Thank You!

ks-

[Dominique]

When the eye Dr. informs you that one of your eyes has a cataract.

[Clyde]

Because they keep making the packaging harder to get into. </sarcasm>

[girl_dee]

today one of my young teammates said she really likes that *retro 80’s stuff*

:superfunny:

[kittygrrl]

i hughttp://www.takepart.com/sites/default/files/styles/tp_gallery_slide/public/Hug%20Thirteen%20SIZE-itok=bA73gsnL.jpgtrees

[Kobi]

When you go to the fish market on a Wed and the kid behind the counter reminds you there is a senior discount on Thursdays.

Someone needs to make an app for senior discount days.

[Femmewench]

When did:

1. 12 year olds get to drive?
2. High schoolers get to play in the NFL?
3. I become totally unable to determine ages if they could be between 12 and 30?
4, The last of my blond hair disappear?

[nina03]

My law school classmates called me Mom. Lol.

[Dominique]

While shoveling snow, I shovel away the snow a couple times during the snow storm. This way it is not as heavy as waiting until it's done snowing and shoveling only once. However, I hate that my efforts get erased.

[PlatinumPearl]

I know I'm getting older because my criteria of what I'm looking for in a partner has changed over the years. It is no longer based solely on looks and if we vibe but based on character and integrity among other things which are non-negotiables....

[Buckaroo]

The first time you catch yourself holding the paper farther away so you can read it.

[homoe]

You go to thread a needle and you can't.............:|

[cathexis]

When back in the 80s you were considered a techno-geek if you had a
486 computer with a 2400 baud modem and a mobile phone.

Now, what technology you have is considered luddite and dinosaur worthy.
:typewriter:

[Kobi]

You go to thread a needle and you can't.............:|


This make me chuckle.

After doing my laundry, I discovered I needed to darn a sock. I ran out of the pre-threaded needle kits I have become very fond of - can get them on Amazon.

Was forced to try and thread a needle with an eye the size of my head. Much easier but the larger needles challenge the integrity of the material aka make more holes.

Sometimes it is just easier to buy new socks. :blink:

[kittygrrl]

You go to thread a needle and you can't.............:|

try looking at a needle with different strengths of pharmacy reading glasses, and buy that pair..been there, done that:byebye:

[LeftWriteFemme]

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[CherryWine]

I just plucked an almost inch long white hair from my cheek that I swear was not there yesterday. What is up with that? :blink:

[JDeere]

I just plucked an almost inch long white hair from my cheek that I swear was not there yesterday. What is up with that? :blink:

I have them on my chin, so I totally feel you on this!

[cathexis]

I have them on my chin, so I totally feel you on this!

Am virtually a sasquatch, really feel you on that (long time ago lol)

[JDeere]

Am virtually a sasquatch, really feel you on that (long time ago lol)

I pluck em then shave lol

[Kätzchen]

I just plucked an almost inch long white hair from my cheek that I swear was not there yesterday. What is up with that? :blink:

hee hee hee..... :giggle:

Or,,,,,,,you could be like me and have brand new glasses *AND* an mirror that magnifies 8-times and still can't see. *LOL* :|

That's not so much about age as it most likely is problematic vision issues, but hey, I'm alive, past the age of 55, and happy to be present. :)

[Blade]

When Saturday mornings are filled with listening to '70's music while fixing breakfast, washing dishes and relaxing. Instead of cartoons, little league games and where are we going and are we there yet

[JDeere]

When you no longer care how much a hair cut costs!

[kittygrrl]

when each moment counts..one way or another:tea:

[kittygrrl]

take pleasure in listening more then talking:tea:

[JDeere]

When you hear yourself saying things your parents say.

[Degotoga]

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[JDeere]

You get grouchy for no reason....

[cathexis]

Deciding to embrace my facial hair, growing a moustache clipping and grooming it choosing whether or not to make it a handlebar while really envying Ty Cobb's.

Making choices based on what you want:mohawk::hippie::piratelaugh: not what is socially appropriate.

[JDeere]

When you no longer give a shit about small things that used to irk you.

[kittygrrl]

when.. you find 80's music on oldies channel......what?!!?:|

when..you still say the words "bummer" & "groovy" and get blank stares from under 30's crowd

when..your birthday is a day you would like to forget!

(your idea of) fun making this kind of list...lol

Peace

[kittygrrl]

here's a few more...

still do not see the genius of selfies ..

exact change ..

(you) don't know "jomos"

Peace

[Kobi]

I deal with change differently.

When I was younger, change was always greeted with a fair amount of time and energy wasting bitching, moaning, and groaning.

Nowadays, change is greeted with a simple "oh fuck" and immediately followed by what does this mean, what is the impact, and how am I going to deal with it.

Not sure if I like it but it saves a lot of time and is easier on the emotions.

[kittygrrl]

when.. "digging myself a hole" use to mean i was in deep trouble..now it usually means i'm in the garden with hills of dirt around me ..smiling :tea:

where.. calling for a cab is passe, when most everyone else uses Uber

when..instead of turning the music up..you automatically turn it down:sunglass: yep, you've arrived..old age :|

[~ocean]

You know your feeling old when...... u have to change the font size every 2x's a year.
" "...... your face muscles feel good when you have a
surprised look on your face.
" "...... you call your pets diff. names,then they look in shock
" "...... when you ask yourself,"When did I pull that muscle?"

[girl_dee]

when you can’t keep up with the technology at work.

nor do you want to

[kittygrrl]

you look for-
early bird specials
senior discounts

if you have a purse you have (at all times)
cough drops
coin purse
checkbook
embroidered handkerchef
cab fare

[Blade]

When you start taking vacation days to go to the doctor's office instead of taking vacation days and going away on vacation

[FireSignFemme]

When you reach for something on a back burner or turn a dial on the stove and realize if you're not careful your boob is going to fall in the dutch oven or grace something you've got cooking/boiling/frying away on the front burner. No more cooking in the nude if you need to use all four burners at once, those days are gone. :(

[Gayandgray]

When you reach for something on a back burner or turn a dial on the stove and realize if you're not careful your boob is going to fall in the dutch oven or grace something you've got cooking/boiling/frying away on the front burner. No more cooking in the nude if you need to use all four burners at once, those days are gone. :(

Lol! I can relate to this :jester:

[Blade]

When your night stand looks more like a rest home with medications, heating/cooling ointments and salves, etc, than that of a hot young thang.

[kittygrrl]

when it's a given you wouldn't make a road-trip without a triple A trip tik:hangloose:................ok, almost always:jester:

[girl_dee]

the IT guys keep "ma'aming" me............

[Wrang1er]

When I am at my sister's trying to study and the kids (18ish and obviously their first apartment) downstairs are being loud and it's irritating me. They are on the balcony talking about their time in juvenile detention and how they wouldn't rip each other when the make up their ounces of weed, how they bought drugs from someone who "pressed" it with Advil. Two guys talking about why they don't want to fall in love. I told them once to keep it down.

Am I an old curmudgeon? It was bound to happen soon or later.

[cinnamongrrl]

I realize losing weight is soooo slow now.

In high school I could lose 10 lbs in a week if I really wanted to. Now I have to be happy that I'm losing a pound a week.

Yay

[Silk]

While holding the line waiting for a real person, you realize that you know the words to all the "elevator" music.

[Blade]

When your Dr's are young enough to be your child and the nurses are to young to flirt with

[WheatToast]

I got a kick out of it when they started sending me stuff. Mom used to call it "the Union" so I had to sign up...LOL

I love getting older...there are so many new things to experience and appreciate. I think my 50s are going to be the best years of my life...until my 60s....then 70s...


Where did manners go with all this texting? These young whippersnappers text too often with too much crap, like emojis and other nonsense. Then the selfies, OMG. I miss unsmart phones!

[Kelt]

I seem to be entering a second "awkward teen" stage of life.

I'm too old to be young, and too young to be old. :thinking:

[Gemme]

When I get into a conversation with two gentlemen (who crossed the 'old age' bridge a long time ago) about the 'youth of today'.

AND

We're in complete agreement.

:phonegab:

[Kätzchen]

After 59 years of life long experience, my internal radar works with lightening speed. :bunchflowers:

[kittygrrl]

you were wild..now you're chill

you don't ask so many questions

you enjoy listening:tea:

[Blade]

When it takes me all day to do a few chores an whip up a few items to take to Thanksgiving. Seems I used to be better organized

[C0LLETTE]

When any kind of"Breaking News" interrupts my enjoyment of the Weather Channel.

[Gemme]

When you have to increase the font on the computer, while you are wearing your glasses.

:glasses:

[Chad]

My hair is going grey and I think that I am shrinking. Haha!

[kittygrrl]

i like parades.......................i've never liked them before :|

[homoe]

~~
Dietary restrictions.....:|

[kittygrrl]

(you look for)Large Print :|

[CherylNYC]

When riding a motorcycle in the winter, or the very late fall, or very early spring, becomes an odious chore no matter how much adrenaline it produces, and no matter how many young men look at you admiringly as you meet the challenge.

Nope. Getting back in my car now.

[charley]

You are offered a senior's discount, even before you have asked for it :) lol

[kittygrrl]

my ugly xmas sweater is cool now

[Orema]

When you look forward to receiving socks, gloves, and hats as holiday gifts.

[homoe]

When you look forward to receiving socks, gloves, and hats as holiday gifts.



...:giggle:......

[Chad]

I seem to be tripping and falling more. I scared myself and my colleagues in New Orleans when I tripped on an uneven sidewalk. I was very careful after that but I hurt my hamstring that day. Ugh.

[Kelt]

The other day there was a sizable utility project and inspection on my property. I was interested in knowing some of the more detailed aspects of the project out of curiosity. The inspector was a nice fellow who seem to be enjoying imparting his wisdom.

After a few minutes and probably too many questions he looked at me and said “you’re retired aren’t you? “ :sunglass:

Yep, that’s me… back in the house to let him do his job.

[JDeere]

Everything you used to do is no longer as much fun as it used to be.

[FireSignFemme]

I't like the line in that Leonard Cohen song - I ache in the places where I used to play.

[cathexis]

When your Partner gives a Life Alert to wear around the neck with the explanation that I fell in the shower, and a neighbor had to rescue me by crawling through a window. Supposedly, I was beating on the shower walls.

A bit of it sounds like a fish tale, but if She, not known for lies, felt She was so concerned about my poor balance, that She needed to lie about this. I finally said, "yes Sir."

She hit the ball home after having no recollection of any of this.

[firecat242]

Everything you used to do is no longer as much fun as it used to be.

Assuming you can still do them.....

[JDeere]

Assuming you can still do them.....

That too! ........

[cathexis]

When the '70s name for a common street drug completely escapes them, leaving only blank
stares in the wake. Really, dudes?

[Blade]

When your retirement age Dr says you're getting on up there

[C0LLETTE]

People like to say " Oh age is only a number, it's all in your head"

What tiresome bullshit!

Your body does age, weaken, whatever...so does your brain, btw...

But here's my secret to success...and I've surprisingly managed it quite well:

1. Never do any sports. Screws up your knees, you'll be sorry later.

2. Smoke, the tar will hold you together quite nicely

3. Drink alcohol, preferably beer...it'll fatten you up and that will help you fight off osteoporosis.

4. Love your grandkids but ignore your children and stop asking yourself how you produced such dullards.

[Blade]

When instead if saying "hold my beer" you say "hold my pill"! 😂😂😂

[Blade]

When filling out online forms and you have to scroll and scroll to find your birth year

[Orema]

When you reminisce about the good old days when weed was named for the region it came from: Maui Wowee, Acapulco Gold, Thai Stick, Jamaican, Mexican, home grown.

[Kenna]

You're familiar with an electric heating pad that you use when you have an injury or sore muscle or cramps?
Well, you know you're getting older when you result to using a heating BLANKET from your shoulders to your toes, or from your middle to your toes, on the high setting because EVERYTHING hurts and a little heating pad just won't cover it.

[Stone-Butch]

Running to get somewhere? Slow down, you will get there.
Not having a nap? Forget the rest of the day.
Things that use to bother you does not anymore.
Things that never bothered you now do.
Getting drunk does not appeal to you near as much.
Wild parties can't hold your interest.
Leisure time takes on a whole new meaning.

[homoe]

Running to get somewhere? Slow down, you will get there.
Not having a nap? Forget the rest of the day.
Things that use to bother you does not anymore.
Things that never bothered you now do.
Getting drunk does not appeal to you near as much.
Wild parties can't hold your interest.
Leisure time takes on a whole new meaning.

:goodpost:

[homoe]

Running to get somewhere? Slow down, you will get there.
Not having a nap? Forget the rest of the day.
Things that use to bother you does not anymore.
Things that never bothered you now do.
Getting drunk does not appeal to you near as much.
Wild parties can't hold your interest.
Leisure time takes on a whole new meaning.

And, SO true...:hangloose:

[FireSignFemme]

When I remember how old these guys looked to me back in 1972. Like grandparents. Slow dancers too.

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[Soft*Silver]

I was looking at a photo of a middle-aged couple and I thought “boy they are getting old”…. Then I recognized the couple and they were young folks I knew back in the day! How did they get old? They got old, so what the hell does that make me!

Man does that awareness bring it home!

[cathexis]

Running to get somewhere? Slow down, you will get there.
Not having a nap? Forget the rest of the day.
Things that use to bother you does not anymore.
Things that never bothered you now do.
Getting drunk does not appeal to you near as much.
Wild parties can't hold your interest.
Leisure time takes on a whole new meaning.

Wild party? Someone say something about a wild party, eh? Where? when? Am I invited? Guess, I'd better get this fakakta hearing aid fixed!

[FireSignFemme]

When you stand with the door open, staring into the fridge and can't remember what you came for, or why you're looking in there. Till you finally give up, hope it comes to you later. Over and over again trying to remember what is it until finally it clicks – hearing aid batteries. Why would I be storing them in there – nobody stores them in there anymore. I'm pretty sure it's one of the Audiologist Ten Commandments – Thou shalt not store hearing aid batteries in the refrigerator. Well fortunately I'm not storing the milk where the hearing aid batteries should be kept.

[Medusa]

When doing yard work means your body will hurt for 3 days after LOLOLOL

[Soft*Silver]

When doing yard work means your body will hurt for 3 days after LOLOLOL

This is my time to do yardwork too, preparing for a good gardening season. First day of work laid me up a couple days but I am back in the swing of things!

[Stone-Butch]

When yardwork means the kid down the street and your wallet.

[cathexis]

1) you are continually thankful you have no yard to groom.

2) you have "closed captions" on and bitch if anyone suggests they get turned off.

3) you stop asking people what they said after asking twice.

[Stone-Butch]

When you are getting older and mixing with older folks you realize that older does not necessarily mean wiser.