You know you feel old when....

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1

When Reeling in the Years features 1985 and you say.. 'that's not old'... then realise it was over 30 years ago.

When your grandchildren ask you what a Blackboard was.

Cortina_MK_IV

You get flagged down by a guard and you realise you have a leather jacket back home in the wardrobe older than him.

Sam Kade

When you look in the mirror and see an auld man staring back at you

Ineedaname

When people years behind you in school are now married with kids

Sam Kade

When everyone calls children kids :mad:

Grayson

I was chatting to a guy in a pub. I asked where he was from and I said I knew someone from there. Long story short my ex taught him in primary school.

Conall Cernach

LexieOnRale wrote: »

When i can barely put my socks on

I find the trick is to have a wee break in between socks and contemplate just where you went wrong with your life before tackling the second sock. Same goes for shoes.

Stigura

LexieOnRale wrote: »

When i can barely put my socks on

Conall Cernach wrote: »

I find the trick is to have a wee break in between socks and contemplate just where you went wrong with your life before tackling the second sock. Same goes for shoes.

So agreed with Lexie, when I read it, last night. Conall's response is sheer f**king poetry though!


For me, another thing is sleeping on a futon. Lovely, firm place to sleep. But, f**k me; When ye wake up and ye arse is just inches from the floor, and ye need to get upright ....?!


Oh and, another thing; At what stage did we all suddenly start going " Mnphh! ", every time we bent down to pick something up off the floor

monkeysnapper

You know you're old when you go to school reunion and you stop at door and go to turn around because you think you just walked into a old folks bingo night .

sjb25

When all the "cool" songs are now on mtv classics

Donal55

....you drink cocoa and wear pyjamas.

dev100

Magellan Murphy wrote:

When your husband has erection problems and wants to buy a mini.

Which is worse ?

drunkmonkey

When your daughters best friend wants a mini or she'll tell the wife you don't really have an erection problem.

Gwynplaine

When doing the leaving cert was more than half my lifetime ago. 35 now (1998).

duchalla

My godson rang me yesterday to tell me his wife is expecting a baby, made me feel old, despite me being only 12 years older than him!

DoozerT6

When you're reading about celebrities adolescent/young adult kids in the newspapers (who's dating who etc) and remember their parents before the kid was even born! And you remember that same child when they were just that - a child!

I'll also echo the post someone made earlier about seeing people who were years and years younger than you in school who are now married with kids.

pauliebdub

Working with people who were born in 1994, which doesn't seem like a very long time ago.

Being more sensitive to noise, loud music etc on a night out which wouldn't have bothered me 10 or 15 years ago.

Cortina_MK_IV

Gwynplaine wrote: »

When doing the leaving cert was more than half my lifetime ago. 35 now (1998).

I shouldn't be reading this thread. My leaving was 1978... I didn't get a cert, I just left.

cloloco

When a brill song comes on the radio and your singing/dancing along and you realise its 'old skool' hour on the radio

When you find yourself saying 'there was no internet in my day and no google, we had to go to the library to look in an encylopedia'.

When you start dressing like an aul wan and you like it too.

Your house starts looking like your mother in laws.

When your children want to know what it was like 'back in the day'.

People no longer ask you are you having more kids and when your sweating they assume your going through the change.

Four Phucs Ache

When your 5 year old explosion of pink and glitter walks into the room and requests :

Here Mr ...delete some of that cake memory on my tablet so I can download princess makeover 2



CHRIST

careful_now

When you know all the songs word for word on Larry Gogan's Golden Hour!

Rubberlegs

pauliebdub wrote: »

Working with people who were born in 1994, which doesn't seem like a very long time ago.

Being more sensitive to noise, loud music etc on a night out which wouldn't have bothered me 10 or 15 years ago.

I was on a rare night out last night, the band in the pub were very good, but too loud . The older I get the less I can hear what people are saying to me over the music. It's awkward especially if I don't know them well, I either have to ask them to repeat themselves, or nod and say yes hoping I've given the correct response.

Recently the eldest met a Glenroe actress through work, and I had to explain to her what Glenroe was. I told her about the Sunday evening fear, Glenroe, Where in the World, and school the next morning. That made me feel old.

Yamanoto

When you remember a time when Ray D'Arcy was boyish, endearing & universally liked.

Mollyd90

Magellan Murphy wrote: »

When your husband has erection problems and wants to buy a mini.

What's wrong with buying a mini? If it's vintage or classic it's just a hobby

I reported you lads from local school mitching recently. In my defence they were hiding where I work and just little ****s.
Young lad on work experience was enveloping cheqs for me and hadn't a clue what they were and asked were they important.

Like someone else said music in pub is too loud. Also needing a seat in pub and at gigs in o2. Its three arena now isn't it. I still call it the point depot at times.

Cortina_MK_IV

Magellan Murphy wrote: »

When your husband has erection problems and wants to buy a mini.

It's just a phase he's going through. If he gets stockings, suspenders, peek-a-boo bra and crotchless panties along with the mini, it might cure his erection problems.

Cortina_MK_IV

Cortina_MK_IV wrote: »

It's just a phase he's going through. If he gets stockings, suspenders, peek-a-boo bra and crotchless panties along with the mini, it might cure his erection problems.

You know that you're old when you understand the joke.

Stigura

Mini's and suspenders? Those were the days ....! What double decker buses were made for!

Did I ever tell ye about the Finnish Skins ....?

Standard Toaster

When you find yourself going back to Mass…...ya know, just in case.

Turtyturd

You tell your kids about pay phones and they think you're winding them up.

Cortina_MK_IV

In a topic about communion money someone got a laptop. To put it in perspective when I made mine Bill Gates was 15.