"That old lady"

I’m 74 and while I accept that I’m older than I used to be, I’m not ready to say that I’m an old woman . Today I’m going to see a dear friend, she emailed yesterday to say she’s looking forward to seeing me…. she’s 102!

I'm quite shocked to see that I'm officially old.
I kind of thought I was still a little bit middle aged.

lixy

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 mum said the same as she listened to me and my sister chatting about our pensions!

0-30 young
30-60 middle age
60 plus - old.

its a fact not a judgment. Accept it.

keepingquiet

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

Trolls get everywhere

On Saturday I danced for 4 hrs at a 50th birthday party.
That’s because I’m only 18 ! I wish!

I felt old when first was told by a GP 'oh that can happen a lot with age', since then this has become a regular mantra from the medical profession. Am in my late sixties and consider myself not bad for my years but what if one day a GP says this and it actually isn't because of my age but because I actually have something rather nasty wrong with me?

Trying not to think about it LOL. When it hits home is:
1. When I inadvertently catch a glimpse of myself in a mirror and think "She looks nothing like me.....errrrm....it is me! Agh!" Fingers crossed I can manage to get my figure back one of these (not too far distant) days - so I at least recognise that bit.

2. When I think "I did so-and-so" or "I was at such-and such" and then think "Oh heck that was 40/50 years ago....was it really that long?"

Rosiebee, two girls from a local dance club were packing at our supermarket last weekend. I gave them instructions about putting heavy, unsquashable things at the bottom, actually packing rather than just throwing things in a bag, etc. I also helped where necessary.

With any luck they might even remember this "old lady" and, even better, remember a few of the tips she gave them 😂

As for old, I think of myself as someone with several decades behind her and maybe a couple more (also maybe not). Shrug. Why are people so up tight about being thought old? Compared with kids, we are. It really isn't a big deal. Beats me why people get so bothered about it.

petra

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.

I was out to lunch yesterday with a couple of friends, both a bit older than me so early eighties.
We were discussing an upcoming event and the oldest one said to the middle one "Didn't you get the email about it?" I said "You must have done, your name is in the same group as mine". But no, she just looked bewildered and said she'd ask her husband to look for her.

I've forgotten the question, now

Georgesgran

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?’

😂😂😂

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.

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!

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.

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.

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😂!

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.

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.

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.

I'm eleventy leven.

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

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?’

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