the "you know your getting older when" thread

[kered]

...when every little part of your body is working against you.

 

[milagros317]

.... young women offer you their seat on the subway. 😱

 

[BassNotBass]

...you listen to the lyrics of a popular song and find yourself saying: "What does it mean?"

 

[Mitchell]

You brush your hair, like I do, and see your receding hairline.

Mitch

 

[milagros317]

... you have at least three obsolete media formats (such a 8-track tapes) that you have been meaning to throw away. 😛

 

[C.K. Storyteller]

... your students have never heard of Judy Blume.

 

[Rorschach Blues]

... people don't get the 'gray elephant in Denmark' reference

 

[thetmfobserver]

... 10 PM seems like a late night. . .

 

[herts tickler]

it takes you more than 1 day to get over a hangover

 

[kered]

...you make pain noises when you get out of bed.

 

[milagros317]

You know you're getting older when you keep getting advertisements for long-term care insurance in the mail. 😱

 

[thetmfobserver]

...you get tired at around 5:30 in the evening.

 

[Desparting297]

you grunt when you pick up something off the floor.

 

[texastickler]

When you memory is fading as fast as your hair.

 

[porcelaindoll2]

When you wake up tired.

 

[texastickler]

When a young person tells you that your favorite song is a classic.

 

[Mirage]

Not sure, maybe I will feel like that when I'll be closer to 30. You know they say, if you wake up in the morning and nothing hurts, then you're dead.:

 

[thetmfobserver]

...you reference a band from the early 90's, and kids look at you like you have 3 heads.

 

[paracarl44]

You compare your aches and pains with someone else.

 

[PhoenixRising]

When you get up on Saturday morning, turn on the TV to check out the new cartoons that are on and say "What the hell is this shit?" Then you switch over to Boomerang where all the good cartoons have gone.

 

[paracarl44]

When you receive mail from AARP on a regular basis.

 

[kurchatovium]

When you remember where everything didnt use to be. 😛

 

[paracarl44]

When you knees buckle, but your belt doesn't. (Taken from Bugman).

 

[Raichyll]

When you repeat this joke, and most of your friends have no idea why it's so funny:

"I just ran outside, and the graphics were AMAZING!"

 

[AmishTickler]

when someone calls you Mister or Sir.