You Know You're Getting Old When ......... (fill in the blank)

[KittyWampus]

You're older than your doctor

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

1. You find gray hair in places that is not your head. n/t

[Akoto]

2. Well, I'm only 22, but ...

The other day, I caught myself saying 'in my day' to my younger cousin. That's when it hit me.

I guess it's happening early for me. ;)

[NightWatcher]

3. you sit on the toilet and your boys hit the water

[crim son]

4. Oh my.

That's something I might never have learned if it weren't for your disclosure.

[NightWatcher]

5. sorry, my dad enlightened me the other day on that one

[Kajsa]

16. Welcome to DU. Nightwatcher.

He-he, that's one I never would have guessed!

[Shine]

6. heh. thanks for the visual.

:D

Hey, welcome to DU, btw, NightWatcher! :toast: Glad to have you join us!

:hi:

[Arugula Latte]

8. Well, with all the crap we women have to put up with

(monthly things and such), at least we don't have THAT to worry about. :D

[Jamastiene]

39. So, I take it instead of needing a

brazzier, some older men need a tezzier? :shrug:

I never knew that happened to boys too.

[Arugula Latte]

7. You ask your son who did the "Gone Daddy Gone" remake and he says

"Oh...It's a remake?"

:cry:

(For the record, Gnarls Barkly covered the Femmes' song.)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

9. When you realize that most of the current movie stars are younger than you

:-(

[davsand]

57. I felt REALLY old and nasty for leering at a kid from a program my daughter watches.

I feel like a real cradle robber because I realized this guy I was leering at in Blood Ties was in some Disney Movie my ten year old daughter watched and loved. He played a HIGH SCHOOL aged boy who was Raven's boyfriend!!!

Eek!


Laura

[S n o w b a l l]

10. When you go to a party...

and sit around talking about your colonoscopies.

[BarenakedLady]

11. When the cute 20-somethings refer to you as ma'am.

:cry:

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

45. Heh, sorry. As a teen, I've been raised that anyone more that 5-10 years older than you is ma'am or

sir.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

46. Where do you live? the deep South?

:rofl::rofl:

I've never called anyone ma'am or sir except for in the most mocking of circumstances.

[BarenakedLady]

47. That's ok

I understand it (usually) isn't said disparagingly but rather to be polite. It just makes me feel oooooooold. I guess it's about time to admit that I'm not in my 20's anymore.:cry:

I like it much better when I'm carded. :)

[Nikia]

52. I've been addressed as ma'am by people who are older than me

And know that they are older than me, especially at work.

[KittyWampus]

56. Yeah, it was weird getting called ma'am. And it is okay to see a 20 yr old and think "nice"?

[BarenakedLady]

77. I said 20-something...

But sure. :shrug:

[China_cat]

12. When you sit down in a restaurant

and they automatically set the 'senior's' menu in front of you without even asking.

[Fuzz]

13. You can no longer trust a fart.

[Jamastiene]

40. Ain't it the truth?

Of all the things I miss, I miss letting 'er rip with full confidence.

[yy4me]

65. To do what???

[Oeditpus Rex]

14. ...you're listening to a ball game

and the announcer notes that the guy pitching to Barry Bonds was born the year Bonds came up (1986) — and you remember thinking of Bonds as "this new kid with Pittsburgh."

[BarenakedLady]

21. Yo! Duuuude.

:hi:

Long time no harrass.

:hug:

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. So commence harrassin'

But keep it gentle, on accounta I'm oooooooooold.

[BarenakedLady]

30. And I'm totally out of practice...

Oh dear me, I've become so ooooooooold I've forgotten how to be naughty.


:cry:

[Oeditpus Rex]

32. Uh-huh

And I've forgotten that old British teevee show.



Marty Peyton, or somethin' like that. :shrug:

[fizzgig]

15. i've started complaining about

'those damn kids'...i'm only 25

[Orsino]

17. ...When you have to have help filling in the blank! n/t

[cobalt1999]

18. when you think the Classic Rock station is playing "new fangled stuff"

yes, it has happened to me.

[hellbound-liberal]

20. Or when the music you listened to in school is now being played on the oldies station.

It's happened to me, with alarming frequency!

[cobalt1999]

29. Depressing isn't it?

However, about 10 years ago the "oldies station" started playing music that was even beyond me. Ugh!

[achtung_circus]

19. I'm well past this particular milestone

but I noticed that at some point I stopped checking out the daughters and started checking out the mothers.

[SPKrazy]

22. Your First Pair Of Glasses Ever...

are bifocals :crazy:

[fizzgig]

25. d00d

that means i was old when i was in junior high school :P

[SPKrazy]

27. Oh, Well, Okay...

maybe it is just that I'd had 20/20 vision all my life and then suddenly needed bifocals.

Sorry.

:hug:

[fizzgig]

28. don't be sorry

it turned out i really didn't need them, so i'm no longer old

[July]

58. I'm there with you.

I found it very hard to adjust to using glasses after so many years of not needing them. Still pisses me off.

[SPKrazy]

59. No kiddin'

I forget to wear them sometimes

other times I just don't want to wear them

but then I can't see crap at a distance, and I cant see things up close

:crazy:

I need to be able to do both

:mad:

[martymar64]

23. You get up to change the channel on the TV

Remote? What's that?

[SKKY]

24. When 80s music is considered "The Classics".

[AwakeAtLast]

43. Yup, just the other day I heard

early Motely Crue on the Classic Rock station. I wanted to cry!!! :cry:

[angstlessk]

31. the ties on your sneakers show you lifted your legs rather than bending

down, and the bows meet when you put your feet together!

[GoneOffShore]

33. The policemen start to look young.

Cop, "Can I see your license sir?"

Me, "Does your mom know you're out after 10PM?"

[Seabiscuit]

34. You haven't heard any of the music talked about in The DU Lounge

.... and you generally have no idea what Lounge Lizards are yapping about anyway.

[femmocrat]

85. Oh, I'm so glad I'm not the only one! LOL

Maybe we need a Lounge Geezer corner.... ???

[Seabiscuit]

35. You have nightmares about cavities in your plastic teeth.

[Seabiscuit]

36. You know what that guy in the movie was talking about when he said

"I used to pee. Now I just drip."

[hellbound-liberal]

37. How about when you make some type of audible noise EVERY TIME you get up.

When did that start happening?

[Jamastiene]

41. Wow, another psychic moment on DU.

I posted the exact same thing you did. That was my vote too.

[hellbound-liberal]

61. It started a few years ago for me. One of my employees made a comment about it

and ever since then, I've noticed it. BTW, I like Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, too.

[Jamastiene]

38. You make grunting noises when sitting down or

standing up or turning over in bed. I notice I cannot sit down in a chair silently any more. I have to make a moaning or grunting sound because of the pain of all those stiff muscles and joints. Ouch!

[Kajsa]

42. Aside from all the physical ailments

and changes, still calling it 'tinfoil' instead of 'aluminum foil'.

You would not believe how many people kid me about that.

:shrug: it wasn't that long ago, was it?

[AwakeAtLast]

44. Well, then DU is considered "old"

This is a tinfoil hat, is it not? :tinfoilhat:

[Kajsa]

48. Good point, WakeMeUp!

I forgot all about the hat!

I feel so much better, now.

:hi:

[Left Is Write]

54. Amulin - alunim - alumnium - anulimum -

Aw, screw it. Tin foil is easier to say.

:P

[Kajsa]

78. LOL_ You got it, Left Is Write.

It's much easier to say.

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

64. I call it tin foil

and I doubt i ever had actual tin foil? mebbe i did

:shrug:

i think that is as much a regional thing too...

[Kajsa]

76. Yep, that and the fact

that 'tinfoil' is easier to say.

:hi:

[SPKrazy]

79. It is..

and who the hell really cares?

:shrug:

[Penndems]

49. You're being addressed as "Ma'am" by sales clerks and restaurant servers

It started when I was in my mid-forties. :(

[Left Is Write]

69. That's not a sign of being old.

:)

Really. It's not.

Ma'am is not meant to indicate one's age at all, and I've been getting called ma'am for quite a long time.

[Penndems]

72. At first it made me feel old, then I realized after a while it was a complement

Being called "ma'am" in the South shows respect for wisdom and life experiences.

Now that I'm almost fifty-two, I've kind of gotten used to it, and take in in stride. :) :hi:

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

50. Body parts hurt, for no apparent reason, that never used to hurt.

[bumblebee1]

51. As a sports fan,

the players you're watching are young enough to be either your son or daughter.

[Left Is Write]

53. Your coworkers have never heard of Paul Newman.

[Penndems]

63. LOL! Just had a memory jag here - something that happened nineteen years ago

I was training a young woman (eighteen at the time), and she noticed the framed photo of The Beatles from the Sgt. Pepper era hanging in my office.

Glancing at the picture and then looking at me, she asked, "Are those your brothers?"

:scared: :spray:

[Left Is Write]

68. If it helps....

19 years ago I was 21 and fully familiar with the Beatles. :)

[Penndems]

70. Whew - thanks

When the young woman uttered that remarked, everybody over the age of thirty felt their jaws drop.

[wildhorses]

55. ted hose are starting to look sexy

:woohoo:

[SPKrazy]

60. OMG...

sexy TED hose, I guess I am not old then...

now some fishnet TED hose :evilgrin:

mebbe there's a market niche for designing sexy looking TED hose for the older playahs

[libodem]

62. When your back goes out more than you do

[In_The_Wind]

66. You turn down having coffee with a new guy to watch TV at home

alone with your pet.

[gmoney]

67. you go out on St. Patrick's Day trying to find a place with NO party

went to dinner with the gf and a couple friends last night, and I was really hoping we'd find a restaurant with no St Patrick's day festivities going on...

[Alexander]

71. You get gray hairs at 15.

Seriously, I'm 23 and at this point about 5% of my hair is gray.

But then, I'm a guy, so I actually kind of like gray hair, as long as I still look decently young.

[Jimbo S]

73. my hair began to thin

started a couple of years ago. Not sure how much longer I can wear it medium-long. It's starting to look better shorter.

Also, when I became older than the oldest player on my favorite MLB team.

[Xipe Totec]

74. When you go in for a heart check

and your doctor dies of a heart attack.

No, I'm not pulling your leg.

It happened, though not while I was in.

The bureaucratic mess with the insurance company was nearly unbearable.

[Generic Brad]

75. You recall the first time MAD magazine came up with the premise...

"You know you're ________ when ________"

[Chan790]

80. You go to Hot Topic wearing a Dead Kennedys shirt...

and the clerk looks at you the same way I look at old people who ask me which coffee blend tastes more like Sanka.

I needed a animal-friendly belt that wasn't dressy. I failed.

[cloudbase]

81. You own

a slide rule and still know how to use it.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

82. I have two of them! And I sometimes use them!

Oh, God, I'm so old....

[sakabatou]

83. Everyone online speaks in "AOL"

[fortyfeetunder]

84. You long for the days when JFK was inaugurated

forty-six years ago...(and he!!, I was barely out of diapers then!)

[TheBaldyMan]

86. your face takes the shape of the pillow instead of the pillow taking the shape of your face

that's the definition from Linda Smith, the funniest woman ever.