"That old lady"

When I got ill.

Since we were 50, DH and I have been growing down. We'd done the grown up stuff and it was boring so we decided that, as long as it didn't hurt anyone, we would do whatever we wanted regardless of what people thought. So if you see a rather large lady up a tree or playing in an adventure playground before the children arrive, that's probably me

I accept that I'm old (79) but I'm definitely not grown up ...

Surely, if you accept that you're old then you ARE old. I'm not letting that person in.

What a great attitude vampirequeen!

Old people behave with decorum, don't they?

I haven't reached that stage yet so I can't be old.

nanasam

Surely, if you accept that you're old then you ARE old. I'm not letting that person in.

You're old, regardless.
All the trendy clothes and whatever makes no difference to the year you were born.

By "you", I mean "one".

There is nothing wrong with being old; it's natural.

MissAdventure

nanasam

Surely, if you accept that you're old then you ARE old. I'm not letting that person in.

You're old, regardless.
All the trendy clothes and whatever makes no difference to the year you were born.

By "you", I mean "one".

There is nothing wrong with being old; it's natural.

But are you old in your head?

Me?
Or "one"?

75 is officially old but age is but a number. When I was in my early 60's one of my granddaughters who was helping me celebrate my birthday informed me that I was 'getting to really big numbers now, Granny'.

MissAdventure

nanasam

Surely, if you accept that you're old then you ARE old. I'm not letting that person in.

You're old, regardless.
All the trendy clothes and whatever makes no difference to the year you were born.

By "you", I mean "one".

There is nothing wrong with being old; it's natural.

I agree Miss A. We are what we are. Its a strange thing this reluctance to be otherwise.

Perhaps it depends on extrenal factors? I was a much older Mum than many, so I fitted in with 20 somethings when I was nearly 40.
My own parents were extremely old and I wasn't " like that"
Now I am old. It is what it is.

There are some people in their 50s who act and look older than me!

I don’t think I look particularly old (73) or act my age. However DGS1 has been learning about the Great Fire of London - so I listed off some statistics. He looked at me quizzically then asked ‘how do you know all that Grandma, were you there?’

It's ok. I'm still only 19. Don't know why I'm on Gransnet.

I'm eleventy leven.

When my hair got completely grey, a decision to stop colouring it was made during lockdown, and losing two and a half inches in height due to osteopoenia. When I look in a full length mirror now I see a little old lady.

On my 21st birthday, my 16 year old cousin commented that "as I was 21 and not married I was past it" !! What ever "it" was. Even now I'm 76 I still don't consider I'm past anything.

I am 87 and definitely not "past it"
However I did feel old when my D informed me she was through the menopause.
That did rsther shock me.

I had it brought home to me a few weeks ago when I was reading with children in a school. I had just finished with one child when, on his way out, he came back and said “Do all old people forget things?” I answered him as honestly as I could and he said “Oh, that’s alright then. My granny forgets things but she says it’s because she’s old!” And off he went. Good to feel useful😂!

Allira
but are you old in your head
Yesterday we had visits from 3 neighbours. They all had a problem and as everyone knows I live with Mr Fixit.
Two of them were phone problems and one plumbing.
All 3 are in their mid 80s.
After the problems were fixed we obviously chatted in general.
Later in the day I was hit by the difference in the 3.
Two of them haven't joined the digital age at all.
The other one has every gizmo going. This one is on the ball by a long mile compared to the other 2.
The two who are non tech are completely dependent on their children.

My mum, now 90, was horrified when I showed her my brand new shiny bus pass - ‘ I can’t possibly be old enough for you to have that’ she said.

My lycra-clad cycle group were whizzing through a park in Liverpool. As we passed a father with his two young sons, I heard one of them exclaim "Dad, I didn't know nannas could ride bikes!". Talk about literally taking the wind from my sails!

MissAdventure

Me?
Or "one"?

You!

I'm eleventy eleven too, each morning before I get out of bed and realise I'm a bit older than that.