You know you're getting old when..

[Mr. Nobody]

Originally Posted by jen.m.

I've never seen it, but I always thought it was for older people Isn't it usually people from soaps and stuff?

I'm 28 and I've only heard of one of them. I love her though - Michelle Visage.

Admittedly I do know of Anneka rice, but just didn't recognise her somehow,
I think the nature of celebrities is that they're usually "current" but I was honestly surprised I didn't recognize anyone,
Things like celeb love island and celeb this and that,..I haven't had a clue who has been who for years, but as you say, strictly is generally for old female audiences I think,...?
well that's who seems to watch it anyway.

[Bluebear]

When we get sick of the same old crap

[Mountainstream]

When I can see through people who are completely up themselves and are oblivious to their many flaws and shortcomings. When I don't waste any time engaging bullies hoping they might become a human being.

[Mountainstream]

Originally Posted by Tubbs

Being in pain all the time is the new normal

I'm sorry

[Azalea]

when you have so many hospital appointments in one week it's hardly worth you going home in between

[3stacks]

When you can post in this thread. (I'm a rule breaker)

[limey123]

When the trainee teachers your gf is working with haven't heard of Tim Henman...

[Copernicium]

Originally Posted by limey123

When the trainee teachers your gf is working with haven't heard of Tim Henman...

Oh God, don't tell me things like that. Recently a 25 year co-worker told me they had never heard of Ian Botham, which was more excusable, but still a shock.

I was watching the new Supermarket Sweep the other day, god help me, and the contestants made me feel older than I've ever felt before. They were all about 20, all very shiny and excitable, but anything before about 2010 was ancient history to them.

[Jen.]

Some of those contestants make me feel old and I'm still in my 20s

Pop culture always moves on though, you can't blame people for not knowing every insignificant bit of information from every time period that came before them. Probably more so now that people have access to stuff from all over the world instead of having their outlook limited to the same 3/4/5 British TV channels as everyone else.

[Counterpoint]

When the piano pupils I teach haven’t heard of Ba-ba-black sheep, or any other nursery rhyme for that matter.

[Consolida]

^ Have parents stopped teaching nursery rhymes to their offspring now?
I remember singing nursery rhymes to my child although I suppose that was a good 13/14 years ago now.


I know I'm getting old when I'm in bed before 9:00pm every night.

[Gosties]

When your nieces have young kids of their own now !!!

Where does the time go ?

[Orwell20]

Originally Posted by Painting Box

When the piano pupils I teach haven’t heard of Ba-ba-black sheep, or any other nursery rhyme for that matter.

Do you do that as a full-time job?

[Dougella]

When you realise that the optician doing your eye test is probably younger than you are.

[limey123]

^ Last optician I saw was only about 25!

[Dougella]

^ I think that's how old the one I saw was!

[Dougella]

When you make yourself have some sort of vegetable before you allow yourself to have pudding.

[Neil]

She's quite good looking. Only to discover she's just about young enough to be your daughter

[gregarious_introvert]

^ when you don't understand the message above at all! I have no idea who or what 4chan might be and even though people have tried to explain the concept to me, I am still unable to grasp what a meme is or why it has cultural significance.

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[Azalea]

When you sleep longer than normal and your son comes in to check you're still alive

[stonechant]

When I'm nearly the age of the current PM.

[Bluebear]

When I reverse the song lyrics to some Fleetwood Mac songs
What is old, it’s not me fur sure dudette..

[Neil]

Take a tumble down the steps in your home whilst completely sober and hit your head off the wall. I'll be breaking a hip next.

[limey123]

You read Jean-Paul Gaultier is not far off 70...

Seems like only the other day he was presenting Eurotrash...

[Bluebear]

I buy ribbons for my fur.

[Consolida]

I know I'm getting old when someone compliments me about not looking as old as my age but it fails to cheer me up because supposedly looking a decade younger than I actually am is still OLD. It's like someone saying to a 95 year old "Gosh I would never have guessed your age! You only look 85!"

If someone can't tell me I look forever 25 then please don't say anything!

(Btw, I'm not 95 OR 85)

[gregarious_introvert]

^ Young lady, if a decade younger than you actually are is still old, then what am I?

[gregarious_introvert]

… someone young enough to be my son says that it's refreshing talking to me because he normally only speaks to people a generation younger than he is (this happened to me yesterday).

[Consolida]

^^ Lol, it's a lonnnng time since any one has addressed me as young lady
Hmm, if you were a decade younger than you actually are then that would make you a mere youngster in my eyes

Seriously, it's lovely that the young man found it so refreshing to talk to you and why an earth not!
I think it would be a sad state of affairs if we could only identify and relate to others who were of a similar chronological age.

[gregarious_introvert]

I'm a mere youngster now! 58 is the new 25, I'll have you know!

The guy I was speaking to was 40, I think he would like being referred to as a young man (although I took it as a compliment that when we started talking, he thought we were closer to being the same age).