50 Ways to know you are past it !

I really hurt my back putting on tights when I was in my 50s. I haven't worn them since. Socks and knee highs - I have to lean against a door frame to put them on.

I've always sat on the bed to put pants and trousers on and have always done my bra up at the front. I definitely can't run upstairs or on the flat !

I have to laugh at DH, he sits, pulls on his boxers as far as his knees then does the same with his trousers, stands and pulls them both up the rest of the way together. "Why waste energy standing up twice" says he.

I do agree with her remark about the Queen though. I often wonder how she manages to walk up and down steps without help and walks backwards after laying a wreath.

Whatever she's on, I'd like some.

Haven't got a bath. Haven't had one for over five years. I do not fall over in the shower.
Actually, another reason not to look at the list is that I do not want to know what I have in common with Sandra Howard.

She says that she doesn't like showers-prefers a good soak,well that's okay if you have a loving husband to lever you out of the bath if you get stuck. I live alone so have to make do with showers otherwise I'd be stuck forever if I took a bath.

Good grief, she can run up the stairs at 74? AND she can wear high heels (albeit not for too long these days). I have had to wear flat shoes because of intense foot pain for about 10 years. And I struggle to walk up the stairs a lot of the time because of said foot pain and knees that are shot to pieces.

But I DO still stand to put my knickers and trousers on (not tights, can't remember the last time I wore a pair). I don't claim to get my foot in the right hole first time, but I'm not giving up yet

Yep! Imagine it. "The oldest woman alive, and still Gransnetting"!

Or desperate!

loopy they're hopeful!

I hate it as well, ana. It's insulting.

Where do you find a birth date list? I didn't even think to look for one!

I will certainly know I'm past it if I ever feel the urge to wear a red hat! I'm sorry, but I hate that poem.

I will never never admit to being 'past it'.
"When I am old I will wear purple", oh i already do !

Good heavens, the woman sounds positively decrepit. It's a wonder she's still alive.

jingl the scroll down on Gransnet goes back to 1910!

I agree with her about scrolling down the birth date lists on online forms. It's awful to have to go so far down. I start to think "I wonder if anyone else has had to go this far down".

I don't have to get up in the night....yet but God help anyone who stands in my way first thing in the morning.

I had a quick glance at the list. Saw perhaps 4 or 5 things that might indicate that I am past it, and decided not to delve any further.

I think she's jolly lucky at 74 to only have to get up once in the night for a wee - I've been on double figures for years and I'm only 63!

I think I'm past it on some days when it seems like my 'get up and go' has got up and gone'.

Also when I take off my glasses to read small print...

I can't sit on the bed when putting on socks or tights as it's too soft and I get pain down the backs of my legs.

The loo seat, however, is the perfect height and nice and firm.

That should have been 'delicate sensibilities...')

www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-3026773/50-ways-tell-past-sit-bed-tights-make-makes-look-OLDER-hate-having-stand-shower.html

For the benefit of those whose delicate sensitivities make it impossible for them to type Daily Mail (and in fact I didn't - I just googled Sandra Howard 50 things)

The sitting on the bed thing and the doing up my bra in front and swivelling it round are two things I've done since my teens, so I don't think they count in my case towards being 'past it'.

I'm just off to look at the list.

Will report back.

I was just typing daily .... in the search bar, and I couldn't, so I'll never know whether I'm past it or not.