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Delusional ? moi

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janeainsworth Thu 16-Aug-12 08:12:35

When the people I worked with did not express surprise when I announced my intention to retire!

JessM Thu 16-Aug-12 07:41:40

When you realise that the builders are going to be whistling at someone else. grin

vampirequeen Thu 16-Aug-12 06:47:14

I realised I was old when I went to see a doctor and he looked as if he was a teenager wearing his dad's suit.

susiecb Thu 16-Aug-12 04:00:35

I am simiar to you but I have my hair coloured and wear pretty much the same type of clothes I have always worn. Its when I have made a joke about my age and no-one has said' but you cnt possibly be that age/a grandmother/retired' that sort of thing really.

Gally Thu 16-Aug-12 03:29:26

I've always thought, mistakenly probably, that I looked quite young. Ok I am now 64, have white hair and a certain amount of wrinkles, but I am very young in thought and deed and I don't dress in crimplene or wear pearls and a twin-set.... However, I got on a Sydney bus yesterday and the driver asked if I had a concession card. OMG shock; you could have blown me down with a feather. I thought ' yes, I am old(er) and obviously he saw me as 'old' and now I've got to face up to it'. Delusions of everlasting youth blew out of the window and over Sydney Harbour Bridge. When and how did the 'age' thing hit you?