You know you're old when..........

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@ajk111 (2495)
October 11, 2012 6:55pm CST
Your joints are more accurate than the National Weather Service. Your back goes out more than you do. The twinkle in your eye is only the reflection of the sun on your bifocals. You feel like the morning after when you haven't been anywhere the night before. You don't care where your wife goes, just so you don't have to go along. The pharmacist has become your new best friend. You sing along with the elevator music. The little gray-haired lady you help across the street is your wife. You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it. You talk about "good grass" and you're referring to someone's lawn. You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television. My thanks to c-boom.com. do you recognise these symptoms and can you add to them?
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@Anne18 (11029)
12 Oct 12
You also know when you are old when....... you get a record out to play and the children say wow mummy thats a large cd!!!!!
@Anne18 (11029)
18 Oct 12
ah the good old days
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
they are really missing something never knowing the joys of 12" vinyl!
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
memories! - djh ajg
.....or 7"!
• Greece
12 Oct 12
You know when you are old because you have lost your sense of humour and you don't realise it has gone. So ajk111 you are not old if you can joke about it. I will however add one more thing, but I will say it is a sign of 'getting old' because I do not admit to having arrived there yet. You know you are getting old when you start noticing other people's comfortable shoes.
@sulynsi (2671)
• Canada
22 Dec 12
lol comfortable shoes!!!! that, unfortunately is me
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
very true! This discussion idea came from work during the week when i happened to remark to a work collegue after a conversation about the previous nights "diners,drive-ins and dives", 'you know you're getting old when you talk about food rather than pretty girls'.
• Greece
12 Oct 12
I think that mostly applies to men ajk111.
@leateagee (3667)
• China
12 Oct 12
ALL are CORRECT! You know you're old when ... ... someone calls you aunt/grandma before your name. ... you're easily irritated by loud noises. ... you get up at night just to use the bathroom. ... your sleep is less than before. ... your idea is not so technologically related. ... your advices sounds so traditional. ... you deny some issues related to health. HA! HA! HA! Have a great day!
@leateagee (3667)
• China
12 Oct 12
Same here. This site is another outlet for us to have fun and make the world revolve happily.
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
I love mylot when you can have a good laugh!
• Philippines
12 Oct 12
You know you're old when everyone doesn't seem to spend time being in your company(and you care about that). You are grumpy for no reason. You think about healthcare and morbid stuff. You wanna do a lot of things all at once.
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
How true are these? I know im old because i go to the toilet twice a night!
@Anne18 (11029)
12 Oct 12
So its not only me going ot the toilet twice in the night!!! Mind you I only go to toilet as I wake up for no reason and then think oh I'm awake might as well go to the loo!!! The toilet is stright across from my bedroom.. daft really because if I had ot go downstairs to the toilet (as my sister in law does) I wouldn't bother to go!!! Just wish I could sleep all night without waking up!
@deazil (4723)
• United States
12 Oct 12
Getting a little action means you don't have to take a laxative. It takes twice as long to look half as good. Everything hurts and what doesn't hurt, doesn't work. In a hostage situation you're likely to be released first. And I didn't take these from personal experience. Well, okay, maybe the second one.
@leateagee (3667)
• China
12 Oct 12
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
the last one looks good for me!
@STOUTjodee (3572)
• United States
15 Oct 12
You know when you're old when: "Your get up and go got up without you!" A lot of those apply to me and getting up to do something and forgetting what I got up to do! Good Discussion!
@ajk111 (2495)
16 Oct 12
"Your get up and go got up without you!"...love it! my mind still thinks i am 19, at a recent wedding an old 80s song was played and i pulled the wife on to the dancefloor, half way through the song i was knackered and was wishing for the song to finish!
@Asylum (47893)
• Manchester, England
12 Oct 12
A lot of this very true. It is amazing how we change with age, and we tend to take most of the ageing problems as normal, as though they have always existed. Never mind, I knew I was old anyway.
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
Grow old disgracefully, thats my motto.
@urbandekay (18278)
13 Oct 12
Do I recognise them? Sadly yes all the best, urban
@ajk111 (2495)
13 Oct 12
learning to grow old disgracefully, thats the secret.
• China
12 Oct 12
I like ur words about the "bifocals", sounds like u r a humourous person, but the following words made me feel u r not that positive as it seemed to be, a little negative feeling spreads from ur words, as I know, being old is not all bad, the qualifications we have will make us stronger than ever before because we have a lot of experiences.
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
i probably do come across as negative because i would certainly love to roll back the years.
@sjvenden27 (1840)
• United States
12 Oct 12
The songs that you grew up with are considered classics. The kids you use to babysit are having kids of their own. Toys that you use to play with are unheard of. Car parts to your first car you can not even find in the local junk yards. You turn on the radio and switch stations and do a double take with what you hear. Age no longer matter, it how you feel instead.. Yes there have been some of those I have done and others happen quite a bit..
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
Oh my god! i am all of these!!!!!!!
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@much2say (53958)
• Los Angeles, California
12 Oct 12
!!!!! For me, in recent times, someone asked my 2 year old what color his mom's hair was. He said black . . . and WHITE!
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
whats wrong with that? that's my hair colour!
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
12 Oct 12
You start to think and get some ideas... and by the time you start typing... you realize that almost all that you could think of is already typed out above Wonderful post! I still have some years left before all this starts happening with me
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
I am pretty much there! I'm afraid mother nature is taking her revenge on me for all those riotous younger years.
@lacieice (2060)
• United States
12 Oct 12
I once told my son he should teach his son to call adults sir and ma'am. He told me that was old fashioned, I totally disagree. Good manners and signs of respect for others never go out of style.
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
i completely agree with you although judging from some of the kids, manners appear to have went out of fashion.
• Malaysia
12 Oct 12
Don't forget that we have become wiser and more relax. We also get to think ahead of the youngsters who always makes unwise decisions. We get to eat first after the babies ate and we also know to pick the best when we see one because the youngsters are still dreaming. The best part is we get to watch TV with peace because the youngs thought it is very important for us to get the information
@ajk111 (2495)
12 Oct 12
Love your outlook! a positive spin on old age!
@mythociate (21437)
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
29 Oct 12
I think it's better to go through life blissfully unaware that it slowly fades away (unless you're going down in a blaze of glory).
@natliegleb (5175)
• India
29 Oct 12
when i feel tired for petty things and get bored very easily all these will account to those kind of life