Confused ? why do people always think ? I am as old as them

Same here Riggie?

Not so. I'm 76 and rationing didn't finish until 1954 when I was 10

I should have said I was responding to silver lining comment about food shortages

Maybe theres something in the 'young looking' family link thing-(my mum & her mum were wrinkle free too)& one of my daughters has hypermobility, and i have several different medical issues which one new dr said are all auto-immune problems.but i was sent to test for one specific thing which i dont have.But maybe its something else instead...?

I think my mum mentioned a sugar shortage in the 70's, but thats all.

I think my mum mentioned a sugar shortage in the 70's, but thats all.
There was the toilet roll shortage in the 1970s too
I had a feeling of deja vu this year!

There was a potato shortage when I was at high school in the 1950s/60s because we got bread with our dinners as there were no potatoes. There must have been a poor harvest or even blight.

My daughter has the opposite problem, she always gets asked for Identification when purchasing DVDs or non alcoholic drinks in supermarkets. She is 30. She is a teacher and works in the same school as her dad, this is confusing for the students & some of the teachers as they can’t work out if they are husband & wife or brother & sister ?

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"February 5, 1953: Children rejoice as sweet rationing ends in Britain. Eight years after the end of the war, children and the sweet-toothed could celebrate again as the rationing of sweets ended in Britain. Children and the sweet-toothed were overjoyed on this day in 1953 as the rationing of sweets ended in Britain."

We still didn't eat the amount of sweets that some seem to eat nowadays.

My mum refers to "those old ladies". She will be 90 years old next week. No-one who meets her can believe her age, and like me, she doesn't feel old inside.

I'm the same, silver from 30ish on. To compound matters I had my son at 45, so frequently he and I are asked if I'm his grandma, once twice in one day. We find it hilarious and I'm never offended.

Callistemon

^I think my mum mentioned a sugar shortage in the 70's, but thats all.^
There was the toilet roll shortage in the 1970s too
I had a feeling of deja vu this year!

There was a potato shortage when I was at high school in the 1950s/60s because we got bread with our dinners as there were no potatoes. There must have been a poor harvest or even blight.

And there was a bakers’ strike in 1977 which caused a bread shortage. Our honeymoon was a coach trip to Llandudno with a party of pensioners and we were mortified when a limited number of bread rolls appeared at the hotel breakfast and all disappeared into their pockets and handbags before anyone else had chance to grab one.

I was also taken for older than my years (I'm tall) until I was 21 when I suddenly appeared younger. The first time I was asked my age in a pub I was 23 & the last I was 46! I also still have naturally blonde hair although I'm now 60; I put it down to my genes. My dad had only just started to go grey in his 70s & my mother didn't look her age until she became ill in her late 60s. I was also taken for my daughter's older sister & husband's daughter in my 40s. The funny bit is that both my sister & I have both been taken for the other's mother which creased us up (afterwards)!

I reckon I'm closer to looking my age now than ever before but tbh it doesn't bother me at all.

I'm 70 and my hair is totally grey. Last year someone in the village invited my husband to a barbecue and said "...do bring your daughter with you" When I asked who our 'daughter' was he said "he means you!" I think he needs glasses, though I must admit I felt quite flattered.

Make the most of it girls. I can remember being offended when people stood up for me on buses and the underground, and when they offered to carry my bag or bent down and spoke slowly and loudly to me. Ten years on and I find myself being grateful for their thoughtfulness. I cant pretend to like the doctor calling me darling, however.

My hair won't go grey. My Mother's did not until later, (96), nor her sisters! Runs in the family, like Bunions.

Re-colours, we are all still warm and upright, why worry, go with the flow, wear what you like. Life gets shorter, every day, I'm told.

I would absolutely love to have white hair, it looks so distinguished. Mine is all "pepper and salt" and looks really dull.

Forgot, go grey gracefully.

Even now I'm mistaken for my sister's mother. She is rather glamorous at 60 and I'm 73 so in terms of ages, I suppose it's just about possible. I certainly didn't appreciate it at age 13 or 14 though, when I would take her out as a baby!

I'm 72 and have stopped colouring my hair, since "lockdown". I was often taken to be much younger, despite rarely wearing makeup. However, as a teenager, I tended to be considered "older" or grown up, compared to my my friends and co-workers. I haven't got back to going out yet - so it remains to be seen what difference my now grey hair will make. I still have some dark hair around my face and at the back of my neck, though. I would much have preferred things the other way round!

For my 50th birthday my Mum joined me up to SAGA (magazine and all!) triumphantly proclaiming "You're one of us now!"

I went silver after cancer treatment and you are right that, with a mask on, everyone thinks I am a really little old lady. (I am 71 but not an old lady type!) Recently in the supermarket as I was talking to a very young check out girl she kept saying "Bless" after everything I said. I felt that she thought I was a sweet little old lady but then I realised that , when I was her age, I probably thought everyone over 40 was a little old woman!

Cabbie21, not quite the same, but I learnt my lesson about making assumptions when I was ticking off candidates as they arrived for an interview. 'You must be Paul then' I said to one candidate as I got near to the end of the list and there was only one man's name left. "No', came the frosty reply, 'I'm not a boy, I'm a girl!' I think some people are over-sensitive about age, but I think taking offence was a reasonable reaction in that case. In my defence Paul never turned up!

Glorybee

You could say, ‘I don’t think I look too bad for 103!’

I always say I'm much older than I am when asked and I get gasps of appreciation....?

I have a friend who went grey in her thirties. She is 59 now I think, but has always looked so much older. The sad thing is, she had a lovely young looking face, but all you see is the grey hair, and it instantly ages her. People can’t see past that. I’m 61. and have been mistaken for being my grandchildren’s mother, a bit older maybe, but still not old enough to be a grandparent. I’m lucky, I still don’t have much grey, but would NEVER leave it. If only my friend would have her’s done. It would take 20 years off her!