Ha Ha! Love it about the bra! I do that every day that I'm not going to work. You know you're getting old when you can't quiz your daughter on her spelling words until you find your readers.

You know you're getting old when your get up and go got up and went, without you.

You know you are getting old when you can't remember if you are repeating yourself. "Did I tell you...?"

Oh golddust, how true. How many statements do I start with "Maybe I told you this..."?

When I stop to count the actual years my BFFs have been my BFFs, it makes me feel old. How can I be old enough to have the same adult friends for over 30 years? Childhood friends are another thing but people I met when we were adults and now it's 30+ years later? But I still feel like that same 20 year old and we're still doing some of the same foolish things.

when you can't remember if you're 56 or 57, and have to write out 2012-1956= to find out!

. . . when you have spent the morning tired, with a headache to boot, and don't realize until around 2pm that you put both your contact lenses in the same eye.

When every story you tell begins with, "of course, this was 25 years ago, but..."

I couldn't believe how hard it was to heave myself off the sofa this morning. Of course, 25 years ago I could jump right up. Could be the three glasses of wine I had at book club last night, too. I am paying the price today!

When a mom says she just got back from Disneyland for her son's 7th birthday and I tell her I was 7 the first time I went to Disneyland.....in 1955.

I will be 60 next year. My mom is 83 and I will qualify for some of the same "senior" benefits as she does. You know the ones - seniors menus at Denny's, seniors days at Safeway, seniors discounts at the drugstore. I am now old.

But I have 3 ages to me. My chronological age of 60, my physical age (I'm pretty fit and healthy) of say 45-50 and then my pretend, inner voice age of 32.

You realize you've been on the job for 20 years. And now YOU are one of those old timers you used to think you knew a better way to do things than them.

I'm constantly trying to figure out how old I am! In fact, all last year I was telling people I was a year older than I am undtil dh corrected me. lol

You know you're old when you go to another room to get something, then start doing something else, come back to your chair, then remember you didn't get what you wanted and have go get up AGAIN to go get it.

I figured out old age. We have more on our minds which makes us scatterbrained. :)

...all the good manners you learned growing up are completely ignored by the latest generation.

I ditto all the above and also add, I knew I was old when those of the younger generation started putting Miss in front of my first name when they spoke to me. Ugh!!

I've already gotten dressed with bra, panties, pants and shoes, get almost to the door and realize I didn't put on my blouse. I blame this on my other senior gift of being distracted so easily by every little thing. I couldn't hold a thought for 15 minutes if someone paid me.

Now I'm going bathe the dog and hope I don't forget to dry him before letting him out the bathroom. LOL

They say, that three things determine if you are getting old--

1) If you can't wait until Wheel of Fortune comes on.
2) You love Judge Judy, and, have been known to talk to the screen when she's on.
3) You often talk about your operations or medications.

However, I say, you know when your getting older by the tiny or heavy wrinkles under your eyes. The turkey thing under your neck. And, of course the hands will tell the truth on you.

.....Jane

...when you don't know what the heck is Hunger Games....

hh, great that you mentioned the friends thing. I am getting together this weekend with two of my best friends from high school who live in another state. We have been friends for about 33 years and all I can think is how can that be, when I'm only 29? And every time we get together we act exactly the same as we did back then.

I realized yesterday how time flies in a very mundane way. DD is 11 and I took her to the dentist. He and I reminisced about how difficult she was when she first started seeing him, when she was about 3. (She refused to open her mouth for him. Now, she loves him.) To me, that seems like it was 3-4 years ago, not 8 years. That sort of thing happens to me all the time. Or figuring out how long a TV show has been on the air. If you asked me how long Idol has been on, I'd say 5 or 6 years but I know it's what? twice that long?

I have a close friend with an amazing memory, so I just ask her everything. "Did I go to Italy 2 years ago or was it 4 years? When did I get that shorter hair cut?" etc.

Oh newdawn, I have to make myself shut up if I begin to talk about surgeries, or just being sick! Because I remember being younger and "old" people would go on and on about them! lol.

One thing that hits me everyday, probably more than once, is suddenly forgetting the name of something or a person. Just today I was talking to a friend about web browsers, and I've been on AOL for over 20 years, and I forgot the name of AOL! I sat here for about 2 minutes trying to think, didn't even bother to look at the bottom of the screen where it's clearly listed!

I did it again today. I went to the kitchen to get a cup of coffee. Saw a pan that needed soaking so I put hot water in it, left the room, sat down, and forgot my coffee.

I also miss the days when a cup of coffee would wake me up almost instantly in the mornings. Now I need a half a pot!

And don't even get me started on things that need to be done before I can even sit down to enjoy my coffee.

Sue - I agree with you about time flying. Sometimes I just can't imagine it has been that long since a certain event, etc. I also agree with you about thinking/feeling the same as you did years ago (with your friends).

Honestly, you ladies are not old! I just hit the 50 year mark and I don't feel old at all. The biggest thing to me is remembering little things. I do have alot of sticky notes. But all in all, I still think of myself as younger, although when I look in the mirror, I see the difference LOL. I firmly believe your attitude has alot to do with it. Age is just a number.

Oh Jane - you are so right about the illnesses, etc. I hate that! My MIL is terrible about it. I see a lot of "old lady" characteristics in her in the last few years. She is almost 75. In very good health, active, etc. but her attitude is definitely changing. My sis and I say that "old people" like to talk about their bathroom habits/problems! It's true. So funny.

...you realize the person you are talking to doesn't remember that hilarious commercial from the 70s whose tagline you just tossed out. Or the character from that great sitcom that was on forever in the 80s. And fewer and fewer people laugh when you say the catch phrase that everybody knew just the other day, wait was that back in the 90s already?

...you remember the days when you could only see The Wizard of Oz once a year, when it was shown on tv

...you find yourself having an animated and fascinating conversation with friends your own age about medical problems, medications you are taking and health insurance plans

...you are shocked and dismayed to realize that people YOUR age are starting to die. And you realize that your inner voice saying 'but s/he was so young' is getting to be wrong

...you can't see the text messages on your smart phone without your drugstore reading glasses

...you have those drugstore readers in every room of the house, your purse, your desk at work, and the car. And you still can't find a pair when you need them. And every time you buy a new pair you need the next magnification size up

...you prefer to read the newspaper on paper not on screen

...ditto for books

...you watch House Hunters and think the shoppers are all spoiled brats for wanting granite, stainless steel and limitless space on a budget of zero

...you are starting to think those outfits from Chicos look pretty sharp

...elastic waist pants seem like a good idea instead of a crime against nature

...you realize with a shock that you are the demographic the network evening news shows are trying to reach

...you are suddenly in that last age bracket in the customer survey cards

Great list, Runninginplace! So funny & so true.

When your teen DDs make fun of you for your "old music" and your response is " What do you mean - I like Pearl Jam !!!!!!"

My Dh later reminded me that they became a band in 1990.....

Runningplace your really right on, so funnay. Your comments about the glasses are so true. I found myself laughing out loud in agreement.

Tina, seventy five is Jane Fonda, but it's also the little old lady down the street that you worry about. Age is just a number, but it pays to take care of yourself. Your right!

....Jane

Ditto on the reading texts with glasses & having glasses all over the house, car, work...
You tell your kids how bad you had it growing up....
"I didn't have my own car, drove the '72 Torino"
"We had one phone in the house w/a loooooong cord you could stretch to another room for privacy"
"We could only get 3 channels on TV, but on a clear day...if you turned the antenna just right.."

Just the other day, DH and I were talking about a song by Billy Joel, my 16 yr old daughter said "who's Billy Joel"?

When Whitney Houston died, her BF said "who's Whitney Houston"

Oh...I could go on!!!

You laugh so hard, tears run down your legs....

Wish I could take credit for it, but I got it from Pinterest!

You know you are getting old when people who were born on this date in 1991 are old enough to buy liquor!

1991...were people really born in that year?

- When you've never heard of all the young actors on award shows.

- When conversation with friends always includes how some bodily function just isn't the same anymore.

Your oldest child turns 40 this year! Yikes!

When you become a great grandmother...

My maternal grandmother to my mother after not seeing her for about a year: "You know you're getting old when your kids look old."

Ouch. That really did hurt my mother's feelings.

All I have to do is look at my hands. Sigh.

...when TWO YEARS ago...

I GOT THE FRIGGIN' SENIOR DISCOUNT....TWICE!!!!!
Go# #ammit!!!...;-)

The worst part was, I didn't even say anything!!!!
The clerks just said, "and here's your Sr. discount Sir".
(I turned 50 last Sept.)

UFFDA....

Once @ the KFC near us, and the other @ the closest car-dealer when I was payin' a bill.
SO damn embarrassed!!!

Another one is when our HS Class Reunion started with a "3" in 2009.....UFFDA.

Faron

Tina, this isn't about feeling old, it's what our minds do. The sticky notes you need? That's only the beginning. I buy sticky notes in bulk. lol

Oh my gosh Running, I was nodding my head at most of yours! I have those dime store glasses in every single room, and my prescription glasses in my purse!

Unless an older person is literally crouched over with a walker, I feel like "we" are all the same age.

Speaking of looking old, I was at the store the other day and saw a lady I knew about 20 years ago, and I hadnt seen her since. Same age as me, stick thin...but her face looked to be a 100 years old.

Skinny women wrinkle a lot faster which is why I'm not going on a diet. :)

Jane Fonda looks great, but she lives in the land of lipo, botox, lifts, tucks, etc., which she can afford.

it's embarrassing to admit this, but I wear my readers on a (nice, beaded) chain around my neck so I don't have to be constantly looking for them. (Only at home though).

nancybee,
I bet sometimes you still say 'where are my glasses?'. I know I would...

Nancybee, I'm sooooooooooooooo thankful I was born in 1950; it's easy to figure out my age!!!!

hhireno, yes, and I've also been known to be wearing a pair on my face AND around my neck at the same time without knowing it.

betty- except you have to "borrow", right? Or can you do it in your head? (I've never been good at math... um, I mean arithmetic!)

Nancy-

I can't resist this....

The beaded-chain glasses remind me of the "Far Side" cartoons a few years ago!!!!
Are they the "Butterfly" style rims too??!??!

Faron

You betcha, sonny!

...when you call DH, who is in the dining room, to come and look at something in the kitchen, and by the time he gets there you've forgotten what it was...

Pearl Jam??? Hahaha. I saw Elvis live onstage BEFORE he went into the army. He was thin. Divine. Incredibly exciting. My sons just roll their eyes.

Okay, I am not old, but I can see the slippery slope when I was looking at a definitely lovely public person's picture and was thinking, man, she is not aging well. Then I grimaced, realizing I sounded like my mother.

when you are so upset and call DH and tell him you've lost your cell phone, you've looked everywhere and he pauses and says..."you just called me on it!"

when for some crazy reason you get down on the floor and in order to get back up you have to crawl across the room until you can get your elbows on a chair and haul your rear end up enough that you can get into a standing position again.

when your son asks "Who is Johnny Carson?"
and you daughter asks "Who is Shirley Temple?"

My kids were teens during the Pearl Jam stage, so I'm hip, man! lol

....When you listen to pop radio and wonder where the real singers went.

....When you wear houseshoes even in the summer.

When you tell your adult students that you could be their grandmother!

When you have a sign hanging next to your desk that says "Unless you see Mrs______ write it down, it won't happen!"

When you get your annual statement that says you have 25 years in your pension plan, and this wasn't your first or even second job!

When your "baby" turns 40! Wasn't it just yesterday that I was 40?

What's old? My mil tells me all the time she wishes she were still 70 and how wonderful the seventies were. She's 86 now.

I'm still young...and always will be.

IDK when I've been pulled over for going a bit over the speed limit and the officer looks younger than my own DD? Really, how and when did I get to be this age.

Totally get you faron. I started getting the ma'am thing and I tell people straight out, I am not a ma'am thank you. As for the sr. discounts, I am now entitled as well, so you are in good company. Gotta love a bargain. I don't go to reunions, not my thing, but I hear they can be a blast when the years get to be over 10 yrs.

Cheaters - like most of you I own at least a pair for each room, but so does DH. People assume we are both crazy, but we really both can't see for $h*t, so its just easier to keep multiple sets of them in every room and in the cars.

Also have a pair around my neck, but they're on a pair of thin leather braided croakies, so their not so noticable. However, some glasses I own are bit on the "creative" side. I figure if I have to wear them, I am always on the lookout for cool cheaters over the drugstore option. Its amazing how many cool pair there are to choose from when you really start looking and that in it of itself makes me feel very old that I am even telling you guys that I hunt cool cheaters?

Bumble, it's not how you feel physically, it's the little things we do that happens to everyone as they age.

I think someone mentioned this. When I go to Walmart I buy several pkgs. of Post-Its. I keep one near the bed and in every room I spend time in, except the bathroom!

I've always been a list maker though, but I even keep a daily calendar on my computer to remind me what I need to do that day or the next!

This is awful. But I think my earlobes and nose are getting bigger. lol.

The other day I overheard a lady saying, "I've got SHOES old enough to be admitted to bars."

I completely cracked up.

Bumble - I like your attitude! I so agree.

I don't do post-its at home - only at work.

Work -your comments made me think. How about when your doctor is younger than you? LOL I work on a college campus, used to be confused with students, I can't say that any longer!

renee

DAMN this is funny!!!

WIP....Yeah, those "Sr." discounts happened when I was....

Oakleyok-
WTH are "Houseshoes"....?!?! ;-)
Aren't you my age...50?!?!?

Faron

Oh my, the lists. I've always been a listmaker, inherited that gene from dear ole Dad.

Since I am hosting the holiday this year, I have lists, on the back sides of the paper I have a sub-list, and sadly, the lists are now broken down by indoor/outdoor, every room, menu/food/tasks and the pages have numbers, lol. I cannot function if I don't make lists. It is so satisfying when I can scratch something off one of these lists... Can you tell that I have an over-the-top certifiable type A personality? Really, I am pinch hitting for my SIL as her babysitter quit unexpectedly. Babies at 6 mos. are very fun, but also very distracting, lol.

BTW, while tidying up DD's room this morning at 5:45 a.m. (baby naps in there), guess what I came upon on her desk....old lists! Apparently, the apple didn't fall too far from the tree.

oakley - I collect post-its too. All colors, lined, unlined, themed, you name it, I probably have it when it comes to the post-it products. My current favorite is the bright lime green. Also collect different dispensers for said post-its. Along with the standard size post-it (3"x3") I buy the larger lined post-it memo pads (not for my "lists", since they don't make lined post-its large enough, YET), as well as post-it flags which I use for dogearing cookbooks, magazine articles, etc. In the spirit of full disclosure, I will confess that each serving piece I've washed so far in prep for the upcoming holiday have a post-it attached with what's going to go into the dish at Easter.

I am curious about houseshoes as well? Never heard the term, guessing it may be regional for casual shoes or slippers? Just taking a stab in the dark.

I am in serious need of a therapist or Aracept, probably both.