Elderly WHAT!!!! fxck off!

Me too, and today is a good day.
Mind you, I look about 104.

Kate1949

I find it annoying when older people say things like 'I'm 75 but young at heart'. Or 'I don't feel like an old person'. I feel like shouting 'None of us do!'

Exactly! So irritating.

I am happy to be thought of as elderly when the grandchildren want me to do something that is too much for me. 'I can't do that darling, I'm tooo owld!' Then they are very understanding and let me off.

Yes MissA That 'I'm 92 years young' is also annoying. Also, people in shops etc who say 'How can I help you young lady?' when I'm obviously not. How patronising. I'm old, not daft.

I don't mind being considered elderly, because I am.
I'm quite pleased to have lived long enough to be elderly.

I quite like being elderly. It is very different today than it was when I was a child when people acted old.
I think today we carry on doing what we have always done (health allowing) and don't consider ourselves past it.

What has weight got to do with anything? Do the elderly, which you are, weigh less or more than younger people

I'm quite happy being elderly and try to avoid looking like 'mutton dressed as lamb'. A top tip for some?

The 'mumbells and grandbells' I get but what's the 'G Fish' all about.?

If the poster is for real she should be giving thanks every day that she has reached 70 with no illness, no mobility issues and good eyesight to drive long distances.

Isn't granbells G fish a mouthful for them to say everytime??And i would never wear crocs or pearls.Not even when i do get old(er)?....I'm suspecting this one's made up...for dramatic effect...?

Stop Press. 70 Year Old Woman Wears Jeans
Elderly people on the Gransnet forum were agog when a woman announced she wears jeans and listens to rock music. One member (who wishes to remain anonymous) was quoted as saying ‘I’ve never heard of such a thing! I almost dropped a stitch and had to change my bloomers!’

???

Deffo a fake. But they got us going, didn’t they ? I’m off to chuck some more crocs out. There’s one in the pool but he looks a bit dangerous.

I am sure this is a fake, but at least it is a fake we have had a lot of fun with, and if the purpose of the fake was based on the assumption that in LadyGaGa's glorious words I’ve never heard of such a thing! I almost dropped a stitch and had to change my bloomers! would be the general response then they will be sorely disappointed.

I wish we could have more threads like this GN!

Ooh so do I Monica... I've not long joined and was beginning to think it wasn't for me..... This thread has made me laugh....

How very wonderful you truly are......

M0nica

I am sure this is a fake, but at least it is a fake we have had a lot of fun with, and if the purpose of the fake was based on the assumption that in LadyGaGa's glorious words I’ve never heard of such a thing! I almost dropped a stitch and had to change my bloomers! would be the general response then they will be sorely disappointed.

I wish we could have more threads like this GN!

I am having the vapours though!

Quick, where's the smelling salts, I must loosen my stays

It’s more fun being old than suffering the angst of youth. Why not celebrate it instead of being in denial.
Have just seen a T shirt logo Don’t piss off OLD PEOPLE the older we get the less “life in prison” is a deterrent.

Naughtyneine

Sago...as they do tend to fly off easily ...I think I'd have to say no... How do you explain in A and E that as you flung your legs over your your shoulders and your crocs flew off and blacked both of your DOH eyes!!!!! Just saying

You mean you don't keep your socks on? That should help to stop your crocs flying off.

I shave my own hedge, I do drink the odd glass of wine and I also sometimes listen to rock music.
People definitely think I’m old but I do look and feel as old as F*#k ?.

Farzanah, 'life in prison' is a positive incentive. It's far superior to life in a care home - and absolutely free of charge too!

Germanshepherdsmum, no - my friend isn't the op (doesn't really do reading or writing) but I think it's this:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Histrionic_personality_disorder

I find that if I take my glasses off, I look quite young in the mirror.....

Oh, and I've no idea about my natural hair colour- I haven't seen it in years.

The OP is actually a perfectly normal woman of her age. Its just her preconceptions haven't kept up with events.