You know you're getting old when___________

[Gothic Sponge]

[qnr]

1. Well, I know I'm old because the soles of my feet are still burned

from walking around while the Earth was cooling.

[StopTheMorans]

2. you can't finish your own threads; someone else has to finish them for you

[SarahB]

3. You have a kid who's taller than you.

:scared:

[sendero]

5. Oh yeah....

.. my 14 year old is 6'2"- he's already got an inch on me. Grrrr.....

[SarahB]

7. Oh man!

That's tall!!! My daughter is 12 and 5'6" (an inch and a half over me). I now get HER hand-me-downs. :D

[Left Is Write]

18. I'm 5'4" and my teenage daughter is 5'9".

[SW FL Dem]

29. I'm almost there

and yes I'm old! I'll be 47 in Feb and my 13 yr old is quickly catching up to my 5'7 1/2". I am NOT looking forward to that point.

[sendero]

4. Your...

... close-up vision goes. Damn, I've always had 20-20 and taken my eyes for granted -- but now I'm starting to have trouble reading things in small print close-up.

I've heard that even lasix can't fix this and I'll just have to get used to hauling around a pair of reading glasses.

Sucks to high-heaven I say :)

[Left Is Write]

19. I'm sorry, what did you say?

Geez...the vision AND the hearing are going.

And I'm starting not to make sense in bulletin board postings.

Yeah. I'm old.

[SW FL Dem]

31. Amen

I still have 20/20 vision but can't read for shi*t. I either hold it at arm's length or reach for one of the many pairs of reading glasses I have stashed around the house. The good thing is that you can get a great deal on reading glasses at Costco (around $18 for 3 pairs)

[Mist]

34. Yeah, I hate that!

Sometime last year, noticed that small print is -really- small; I blame the phone book printers and the map printers for making their print so much smaller than it used to be! And to SW FlaDem, 47 is NOT "old". I'm 46. We're in our glorious middle years!

[EC]

37. I used to blame the lights

now I blame my arms for not being long enough...

[Lugnut]

You know you're getting old

Ooooops! Hiccup.

[StopTheMorans]

10. when you reply twice to a thread

:P

[Lugnut]

13. That too.

:P

[Lugnut]

6. You know you're getting old

When your "baby" is 33.

[HuskiesHowls]

8. Cops and doctors are younger than you are

[Der Blaue Engel]

43. The mayor of San Francisco is younger than you are

:cry:

And then you realize you've done NOTHING with your life...still working for stupid people, still renting, still haven't gotten your book published, and still sleeping on a futon because you don't qualify for 12-months-same-as-cash at the mattress store.

(Oh, wait...maybe that's just me.) ;)

[Catherine Vincent]

9. ...you make those grunting noises when you arise from sitting down.

or when 20 year olds start calling you maam.:-)

[mykpart]

11. When the new genius hired at work

went to school with your children!

[Gothic Sponge]

12. When the oldies station is playing songs you grew up with.

[Lugnut]

14. Oh hell!

The oldies station plays songs that my kids grew up with. :D

[Been Fishing]

15. As I was saying yesterday to

Methuselah...

[EstimatedProphet]

16. When you see a movie starring "child actors"

as adults, and you remember them as children-and you were an adult.
E.G. Matthew Broderick, John Cusack, Drew Barrymore, etc.

[TexasLady]

17. When the 'cute guys"

that your daughter talks about look like they need their diapers changed!!!

[cags]

20. Your kids can borrow your clothes

[Left Is Write]

21. But you know you're REALLY old when they don't want to.

[RoadRunner]

22. You don't have to actually ask for the senior citizens discount.

How sad is that? :cry:

[Spacemom]

23. Your son tells you

that you look older than daddy, and actually daddy is 7 years older than mommy.

This happened to me today. I'm kinda bummed about it.

;(

[EST]

24. When you have dry dreams,

and wet farts.

[tyedyeto]

25. you're only 52+ and you're not asked

for your 'senior discount' card in an adult retirement community.:hippie:

[davsand]

26. Do you recognize people in the obits? Frequently?

THAT made me realize I was getting old--I saw an ex lover listed in the Obituaries and it was natural causes rather than accidental...

I do take comfort, however, in the fact that I don't feel compelled to announce what foods give me gas. THAT is when I'll know I'm OLD.


Laura

[Acryliccalico]

27. You know you're getting old when

you keep falling asleep at the computer while reading the threads on DU :boring: and nothing about them is boring ,and you intend to post:boring:

[Acryliccalico]

28. You know you're getting old when

you keep falling asleep at the computer while reading the threads on DU :boring: and nothing about them is boring ,and you intend to post:boring:

[Acryliccalico]

30. sometimes you post the

same thing twice= you know your getting old.

[Gothic Sponge]

33. Hehe!

:)

[SW FL Dem]

32. When your kid starts driving

If you aren't old by then, that alone will age you. My kid isn't there quite yet, but I am NOT looking forward to that day.

[CO Liberal]

35. ...Your Oldest Child is Turning 30 in Six Months

Like my son does on June 1st.

[EC]

36. When all the "grown-ups" in commercials

look like kids.....

[Red State Rebel]

38. Bra size goes from 36C to 36 Long

Oy vey!

[ariesgem]

39. When your old enough

to be the mother/father of your doctor. My doctor, bless her soul, looks like she goes to the mosh pit on her lunch breaks. Multiple piercings, a bright red streak in her hair and tatoos. She's a resident, all I can afford, but she's VERY GOOD. At 41, I just feel so OLD when she enters the room. Doctors (and Presidents) use to always be older than me!

[Norbert]

40. the worlds oldest teenager, Dick Clark, is having serious health issues.

[non sociopath skin]

41. The lady who fronts the Senior Citizens' Action Group ....

... starts to turn you on physically.

The Skin

[RebelOne]

42. When the cold weather makes your joints hurt.

I love cold weather, but it makes my knees go out when I climb stairs.

[Skittles]

44. you have more money than you used to

but you worry about it a lot more