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Bathing is no longer an option.

It takes twice as long to put your socks on.

Shoelaces have to be done up sideways while sitting down.

People start calling you dear.

People talk to you loudly and as if you are 3 years old!

When nothing new that you buy is as good quality as years ago.

Hosting Christmas is a thing of the past.

I could go on but what examples can you add.......

Lynibis
a week ago
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Pinkspirit

Body Aching, Knees Creaking, Eyesight Deteriorating, Energy Zapped, Brain slowing down, No Patience, Enthusiasm waining 🤣🤣

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Lynibis

Pinkspirit I can definitely identify with most of those lol. I am quite a patient chilled person, actually more so as I get older as small things don't seem to bother me any more.

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Leannexxx

Knees hurt and my back oh and I'm going deaf 😭

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Lynibis

Leannexxx No! At your age? I must admit I do need to book a hearing test but I think it is more when there is a lot of background noise going on.

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Leannexxx

Lynibis yeah I've been told I've got Ménière's disease and would need hearing aids I'm on medication now to see if it helps it does but the attacks are still pretty bad and they are every other day 😔

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Lynibis

Leannexxx oh I am so sorry, I know you're not old enough to be suffering like that, I hope they can help you. Maybe with back and knees some very gentle toe touching and squats might help?

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Leannexxx

Lynibis I do my physio exercises daily dosent do anything I would say they are worse going upstairs

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jane100

I've realised I make groaning noises every time I bend down! I used to stand on 1 leg when putting shoes on but I can't anymore, also I heard some children say "watch out for that old lady " I turned round and realised they were talking about me ,I'm 58 so that was a shock 😲

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janphoenix51

jane100 ...Anyone calls me an old lady & I soon show them that even at 59 years & 5 month old I can still do a lot of the things they can...

I can still run as fast as my 26 year old daughter over a short distance..

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Lynibis

jane100 yes the groaning noise is the one, but strangely enough I don't seem to do it in company, only when alone! I have 2 sofas which look the same but one is higher and I never sit in the low one as I have to swing back and forth to get the momentum to get out of it😂

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martinlufc5637

Having to wear glasses when I've never needed them lol

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janphoenix51

martinlufc5637 ...I wore glasses from 5 to 12 years...

Then I decided to book myself an eye test when booking my partner & daughter in to Boots Opticians.

I went the day after turning 48 & was asked why I thought that I needed an eye test, I replied well I turned 48 yesterday & isn't that the age when your sight starts failing..

No it's 40 so you have done very well I was told by the Optician..

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Lynibis

martinlufc5637 yeh, that must be a bummer, I have worn specs since I was about 13 but it took a while to get used to going from short sighted to long sighted when I had my cataracts done.

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martinlufc5637

janphoenix51 I've been lucky enough never to need them until last year, I just need them for reading and using my phone, without them it's just a blur now

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Imnotcheap

I'd have included people reaction if you fall over. If your young people laugh, if your old people are concerned

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Lynibis

Imnotcheap definitely, I've had personal experience of both. Earlier this year I stumbled and fell outside Iceland, felt such a fool but the silver lining was a lovely young man in an open top car saw what happened and rushed over to help, even offered to take me to hospital but apart from bruising, small cut on leg and shoulder ache I was fine.

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PayItForward

Imnotcheap this is a good example for sure. My friends and I always would have laughed, but now we fret

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Imnotcheap

Lynibis it's a good thing he helped and it wasn't worse.

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Imnotcheap

PayItForward someone I used to look after at work was offended when teens laughed at her for falling (they was being mean she has learning difficulties) I told her to take it as a compliment that she looks young.

Personally I'm at in between age bit of concern then if nothing broke laugh

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RegularComper91
  1. When filling in online forms, you have to scroll to find your birth year.
  2. When I realise that the turn of the century was almost 25 years ago.
  3. In relation to the previous one, I still sometimes see the year 2000 as being 10 years ago.
  4. I see being carded as a compliment rather than an irritation.
  5. The actress who played Matilda is now 37.
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Lynibis

RegularComper91 Not sure what 4 is but can certainly relate to the others. I must admit getting older means adjusting to being an invisible entity to the opposite sex but tbh it is compensated by not having to endure unwanted attention🤣

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RegularComper91

Lynibis 4 is when you get asked to show ID when buying age restricted products. 🙂

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Lynibis

RegularComper91 ah thank you😊

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thepaxman

RegularComper91 that's definitely a good one with scrolling down to find your birth year 🤣

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possy

RegularComper91 love this. All very relatable unfortunately. Matilda is 37, wow I feel even older now

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MelissaLee1

Police and Doctors are younger than you are and people you knew as children have children and sometimes grandchildren of their own!Oh and you enjoy going to bed at night rather than hanging out with a crowd.

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Lynibis

MelissaLee1 I must admit I have always been a member of your last sentence. Even when young I never enjoyed pubbing and clubbing nor live music in venues. I look forward to bed as I always have a good book on the go.

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MelissaLee1

Lynibis I've have become increasingly insular with old age.As much as I like people I get weary half way in.I have a friend who visits and stays for hours..it's exhausting!

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PhilipMarc

MelissaLee1 They sure are police, but they only carry pepper spray and a taser so it's not even that effective. If they are PCSOs (sort of novice police), all they have is a bullet/stab proof vest, nothing else.

Imagine if Sydney Wilson was in England and attacked a policeman, he'd be a goner.

Bodycam if you're interested:

I asked a policeman what if he was attacked with a machete, and he said: "Get to somewhere safe and call for backup" really? Jesus, police in countries like Spain, Portugal, America use guns while England uses tasers? This is ridiculous. Tasers don't necessarily stop a suspect from coming at him.

End of rant. :/

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MelissaLee1

PhilipMarc Someone in London once referred to PCSOs as Plastic police .They still do a grand job though.We need all the help we can get on the streets of London these days.

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PhilipMarc

MelissaLee1 I get that, but it is a dangerous job to accept without any kind of protection.

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JLouM

You have to have the big light on to read the questions in the puzzle magazine. You can’t get up without holding onto something. You are half deaf and you can no longer cut your toenails easily.

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Lynibis

JLouM I hate clipping my toenails. I can just about manage but am always wary of my ingrowing toenail.

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blacklabrador

When your aches and pains don't come with an exciting back story -

years ago a back ache was because I'd landed roughly playing rugby, nowadays it's because I slept funny or got up too fast.

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Lynibis

blacklabrador absolutely, I know that feeling

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possy

Bad back, going out for a meal rather that out for wild drinks. A favourite pan. Grey hair

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janphoenix51

possy ...Our 26 year old only child doesn't go out for wild drinks, she hardly drinks & she's the one that keeps an eye her friends making sure they are ok & looking after the ones who have had too much. A chip off the old block , just like I looked out for my friends when I was on a night out as I was the sober one! X

🍸 🍷 🍸

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janphoenix51

possy ...Our 26 year old daughter loves cooking & baking, it is her HAPPY place & yes she has her favourite pans too!

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possy

janphoenix51 I am so glad it isn’t just me. She sounds like she has a sensible head on her shoulders x

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didbygraham

when you have to pay someone else to cut your toenails.

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Lynibis

didbygraham lol, see above.

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arussell322

I can't even have a lie on in bed because i toss and turn so much because my body aches so much

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janphoenix51

arussell322 ...I can't lie in the Dentist chair , I have to shuffle up as it hurts my back, I can't lie on a floor on my back for long but I can get up without using my arms for balance, just using my legs...

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Lynibis

arussell322 I wake up most nights with a really painful leg which I have to slowly bend or unbend and then keep doing it until the pain subsides. It is not cramp but as I have had it for so long now I don't feel it is anything to worry about.

Is there a reason for your problem, maybe a warm bath or even a weekly massage if you can.

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Pjran

When you use your tweezers to pluck facial hair other than eyebrows!

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Lynibis

Pjran ha ha, when my 30 year old granddaughter was about 3 she was sitting on my lap and asked what the brown spot with a coarse hair was on my chin.....I told her it was a granny spot as she was the only grandchild at the time!

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Jerseydrew

I only do Christmas for my close family and offer for my mum.

I did hear some kids shout to each other oh look it's that fat old lady again. I don't think they meant for me to hear or meant it rudely just that they'd spotted me going home. K live above a supermarket

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Lynibis

Jerseydrew blimey that's handy when you run out of something😊

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Jerseydrew

Lynibis it is. But it's not particularly great as its an Iceland but it's fine for essentials. It's a franchise so is expensive

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tumblespots

You lose hair in some places and grow it elsewhere where you don’t want it!

You always seem to be making another doctor’s appointment, well you would if there were any doctor's left so you put up with each new ache & pain instead.

You talk to your friends about changes in young people’s attitudes and realise that your own youth is so far behind you that you hardly remember being young.

You have to get up to wee, at least, once a night sometimes more!

When walking people give way to you because you are ‘old’.

You don’t seem to have much of a connection to the ‘modern’ world anymore.

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