I know I am getting really old when.......

Our golden wedding is this year, next year our oldest gd will be 18, dd1 will be 50 and I’ll be 70. All of those feel like quite significant milestones but I’m definitely not ready to be old. It’s just a shame that my knees don’t seem to agree!

Oh that is so true.
1937 is nearly off the bottom.

When I have to scroll a long way down a list of years of birth to find mine. ☹️

When your son has grandchildren!!

I do feel, maybe, irritable, regretful and/or frustrated that I have lost a bit of my "oomph". Things that I wouldn't have thought twice about doing just a few years ago have become somewhat effortful and tiring. I admit I am old, but I am not sufficiently ancient to boast about how long I have lived. I'm quite looking forward to that – should I live that long.

i beern through that and it last a good 10 years.... i still have hot flushes.....i had to give up work because it made me so ill..

Just planted 90 saplings knowing I am unlikely to see them as trees. They’ve been in three or four years and some are about 4ft so there’s hope. Fun. Gives me a feeling of power to plant a mini wood.

Feel I am 'older' when I look at investing in a future antique/collectible and realise I probably won't be here when it comes into it's worth! Other than that, never think about my nor anybody else's age. Just want to keep fit and healthy.

When I was about to say something on here but now can't remember what it was.

I know that I am getting old when I remember singers like patsy Klein , Brenda Lee, I always thought of the film "The Sound Of Music " and the film "Paint Your Wagon. I am a 63year old Man. Lindsay Matthew Lea

Oh these do make me laugh. The forgetting is so annoying though.

Annsixty what were you saying to me??

Having to weed the garden on my hands and knees on a kneeling pad instead of just bending over.
Getting up from a chair and taking a few seconds to straighten up.
Sitting on the floor and can't get back up.
Looking back at all the things I used to be able do in one day and I wonder how on earth I managed it.
Giving my funeral instructions recently to my adult children.
I'm only oldish but young at heart.

I'm young at heart though.

When I went in River Island with my daughter recently and SHE complained that the clothes were too young, the music too loud and she needed a cup of tea.

I think we have a member in her 90's.
I won't name her in case I am wrong !!!

I would love to find our ‘oldest inhabitant’, Overthehills. I don’t know how many will admit their ages though. For a start I will be 80 next Monday, but there must be many older tan I am. Come on, ladies.

annep1
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So many of you “confessing” to have children of 50 and older! I have read your posts and thought you were young grans of only 50 or so!! You all sound far younger than your years - good for you!

When you get a hospital appointment at Care of the Elderly. (I tried to sneak in without being seen) But worse I complained about the name of the unit and then had to explain that I couldn't see properly as I had put ear drops in my eyes that morning by mistake!
I still wear white trousers. I too wonder will I read all my books.

Havent felt old before, but Daughter is about to be 50, and my Doctor told me the other day he was preparing me for having a hip replacement in the future,thanks very much,that made me feel much younger!

Too true Pittcity!

When I realise that all too many of the grans on these forums are young enough to be my daughters.

Watched a delightful programme on Judith Kerr last week - she was 90 when it was made. Inspirational. Gave myself a talking-to about my negative thoughts. Another ‘young’ elderly person was Diana Athill. So have decided not to get old! Ha’

Dianne227 Is there an age when we can’t wear white trousers anymore? I didn’t know I’d have to give them up!

I realised I was getting old when my grandson of 28 told us him and his partner are having a baby