Signs that you're getting old

2lazytogetup

Mad_maxx wrote: »

used to be a hard rock fan , now i only listen to Lyric FM while driving

Marty in the morning is my breakfast choice on the dial

Marty is great. Sign you are getting taste not getting old. Like a good wine

2lazytogetup

The Crazy Cat Lady wrote: »

when you don't know what you want for Christmas

When I was younger, I was always excited about seeing the Eurovision, The Rose of Tralee, and the Toy Show at Christmas time, but these days I'm not bothered/interested in seeing them

Again, another sign you are getting taste. They are awful to watch

peasant

A good few months ago (in pre-mask wearing times) I noticed more and more young women in shops and behind counters more or less openly flirting with me.
Being much nicer and more approachable than they should be.

My initial reaction (being male) was: You still got it ...:D

But then the numbers increased over time from just the odd girl flirting with me to quite a lot of them doing it and something didn't seem quite right.

And then it dawned on me ...not only did I not "still got it" ..I most definitely did not have "it" anymore ...at all ...at least not in their eyes.

I had been promoted to safe old man territory.

For those who don't know where that is ...it's even a few years beyond acceptable sugardaddy age...too old to even consider. Even with money (which I quite obviously do not have in abundance)

I'm am now a mirror with a penis. It's safe for them to smile at me and see if they get a reaction. They can do so in the sure knowledge that nothing will happen...other than I might smile back at them and confirm that yes, they are indeed pretty and attractive.

Makes me feel terribly old.

But hey ...I can still make pretty young women happy
(if only for a second or two)

Galwayguy35

When I see a bald head where my hair used to be

Spanish Eyes

Don't invite me anywhere that I need to scrub up for. Too much like hard work. Feck that.

namenotavailablE

Meeting the occasional wrinkly and grey-haired past-pupil of mine and figuring that I've almost certainly taught some of their own adult children by now. I'm a sort of Gramps.

Sgt Hartman

Walking up the stairs earlier and my knees were making a weird subtle crunching sound. They feel okay but it didn't sound good.

Sam Quentin

peasant wrote: »

A good few months ago (in pre-mask wearing times) I noticed more and more young women in shops and behind counters more or less openly flirting with me.
Being much nicer and more approachable than they should be.

My initial reaction (being male) was: You still got it ...:D

But then the numbers increased over time from just the odd girl flirting with me to quite a lot of them doing it and something didn't seem quite right.

And then it dawned on me ...not only did I not "still got it" ..I most definitely did not have "it" anymore ...at all ...at least not in their eyes.

I had been promoted to safe old man territory.

For those who don't know where that is ...it's even a few years beyond acceptable sugardaddy age...too old to even consider. Even with money (which I quite obviously do not have in abundance)

I'm am now a mirror with a penis. It's safe for them to smile at me and see if they get a reaction. They can do so in the sure knowledge that nothing will happen...other than I might smile back at them and confirm that yes, they are indeed pretty and attractive.

Makes me feel terribly old.

But hey ...I can still make pretty young women happy
(if only for a second or two)

Nobody could be as unattractive as you just described yourself.. cheer up mate, you put a tear in my eye

Sam Quentin

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

I was shocked to recently learn that actor Richard Wilson was only 6 years older than I am now when he first played Victor Meldrew. (He was 53 then, although the character was supposed to be 60).

He musta had a tough life :eek:

Hamsterchops

Ear hair needs to be trimmed more often....

Sgt Hartman

I'm 41 now and I'm starting to feel it. I wobble to the bathroom every morning as it seems to take longer for my legs to wake in the morning.

I used to cycle everywhere when I was younger and I really enjoyed it. Nowadays if i cycle up the smallest hill I'm out of breath and my legs turn to jelly.

I also shaved my head during the most recent lockdown. It seems to be taking a VERY long time to grow back properly on the top. 8 weeks later and it's barely grown 1cm at the top

I find that I put on weight a lot easier now than I did before so I have to watch my diet like a hawk and go walking every evening. I can't do weights anymore due to two nasty periods of sciatica so my once shapely pecs, butt and quads have become saggy.

I was playing FIFA 21 yesterday eve on the Playstation and I was finding it hard to make out the players on screen due to failing eyesight. The carpal tunnel syndrome in both my hands didn't help either(I still won though)

Anyway I don't mind so much as I'm happier now in work and at home than I've been in a long time and my mental health has improved also. I'll take the aches and pains as long as my mental health remains good.

Hamsterchops

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

I'm 41 now and I'm starting to feel it. I wobble to the bathroom every morning as it seems to take longer for my legs to wake in the morning.

I used to cycle everywhere when I was younger and I really enjoyed it. Nowadays if i cycle up the smallest hill I'm out of breath and my legs turn to jelly.

41

You're not getting old, not just just yet.

Wait till you're 61, then you are starting to get old.

Tony EH

Sgt Hartman wrote: »

I'm 41 now and I'm starting to feel it. I wobble to the bathroom every morning as it seems to take longer for my legs to wake in the morning.

I used to cycle everywhere when I was younger and I really enjoyed it. Nowadays if i cycle up the smallest hill I'm out of breath and my legs turn to jelly.

I also shaved my head during the most recent lockdown. It seems to be taking a VERY long time to grow back properly on the top. 8 weeks later and it's barely grown 1cm at the top

I find that I put on weight a lot easier now than I did before so I have to watch my diet like a hawk and go walking every evening. I can't do weights anymore due to two nasty periods of sciatica so my once shapely pecs, butt and quads have become saggy.

I was playing FIFA 21 yesterday eve on the Playstation and I was finding it hard to make out the players on screen due to failing eyesight. The carpal tunnel syndrome in both my hands didn't help either(I still won though)

Anyway I don't mind so much as I'm happier now in work and at home than I've been in a long time and my mental health has improved also. I'll take the aches and pains as long as my mental health remains good.

You're not old. You're just unfit.

Tec Diver

Hamsterchops wrote: »

41

You're not getting old, not just just yet.

Wait till you're 61, then you are starting to get old.

I think it was some american comedian who said that "old is always 15 years older than you are right now". Pretty much agree with that
I find I'm getting to like gardening and helping in the community - two things that I used to think only "old" people did!

Surreptitious

peasant wrote: »

A good few months ago (in pre-mask wearing times) I noticed more and more young women in shops and behind counters more or less openly flirting with me.
Being much nicer and more approachable than they should be.

My initial reaction (being male) was: You still got it ...:D

But then the numbers increased over time from just the odd girl flirting with me to quite a lot of them doing it and something didn't seem quite right.

And then it dawned on me ...not only did I not "still got it" ..I most definitely did not have "it" anymore ...at all ...at least not in their eyes.

I had been promoted to safe old man territory.

For those who don't know where that is ...it's even a few years beyond acceptable sugardaddy age...too old to even consider. Even with money (which I quite obviously do not have in abundance)

I'm am now a mirror with a penis. It's safe for them to smile at me and see if they get a reaction. They can do so in the sure knowledge that nothing will happen...other than I might smile back at them and confirm that yes, they are indeed pretty and attractive.

Makes me feel terribly old.

But hey ...I can still make pretty young women happy
(if only for a second or two)

There's quite a few guys like that :pac:

bobbyss

Creaking when getting into the car.

Not wanting to get off a bus because of all the hassle involved.

Looking into the mirror and seeing your parents face.

No interest in films esp 'action' films.

Laughing at how stupid horror films are and wondering why people would be scared of them.

Getting very annoyed at adults like Brendan O Connor and Miriam O'Callahan for talking with an 'upturn ' in their speech as if they were American little teenagers?

Being annoyed at lots of things. Young people smoking. Don't they know it's bad?

A sadness with the passing of every season. How many are left?

Comparing how old people look who are the same age as yourself.

Being annoyed at smug politicians who 'earn' huge pensions.

Wishing to God that I made better decisions in my life if I had it to live all again.

Laughing at the latest fashion trends. This time women who wear those tight leggings which show the contours of their backside. Don't they have any taste?

Those stupid footballer haircuts which even 'respectable " rugby players like Johnny Secxon are drawn to. They vook like thugs.

I delight in seeing a young couple out with their young babies and kids and wish them (privately) health snd happiness.

partyguinness

Mimon wrote: »

Totally agree, cadbury's is sickly sweet muck now. I've literally gone over to the darkside and will eat generally darker good quality chocolate.

This one is a milk chocolate but no sickly sweet taste.

Nothing less than 90% cocoa for me. I actually found 100% Lindt.


Not a great fan of Green & Black's.

partyguinness

Lads, snap out of it.

Tell yourself your best days are ahead of you and make it happen rather than sit around dreaming of the 'old days'. Challenge yourself to make new and better memories.

Gregor Samsa

That little puff of dust you find on your mattress protector after a wet dream about Thelma Mansfield.

Sardonicat

Gregor Samsa wrote: »

That little puff of dust you find on your mattress protector after a wet dream about Thelma Mansfield.

Yeugh!

Spore

bobbyss wrote: »

Laughing at how stupid horror films are and wondering why people would be scared of them.

This is weirdly on the money! I've started rewatching all the horror films that scared the bejaysus out of me in my youth and they're all borderline comical! The Exorcist, Hellraiser, The Fog, Halloween, the lot! Can't believe I was such a pussy first time around

Spore

partyguinness wrote: »

Lads, snap out of it.

Tell yourself your best days are ahead of you and make it happen rather than sit around dreaming of the 'old days'. Challenge yourself to make new and better memories.

You and I both know our best days are behind us. Let's face it, Andy Farrel aint ever gonna select me to play centre, I'm not going to have a broadway career and Harvard have stopped returning my calls. We're fecked. Too old to compete, to late to the fare. Might as well kill ourselves. But I don't want to die alone so I intend on bringing a few of yis with me.

zanador

My knees hurt, my son is an ungrateful little bollox and I'm very excited to go pick up my new Miele - it's the pet hair one and getting it in a black Friday deal was the highlight of my month. Maybe year.

DeanAustin

Mimon wrote: »

Totally agree, cadbury's is sickly sweet muck now. I've literally gone over to the darkside and will eat generally darker good quality chocolate.

This one is a milk chocolate but no sickly sweet taste.

Got bad news for you. That's a Cadburys/Mondelez brand.

Spore

El_Duderino 09 wrote: »

I think a lot of it is summed up on how you view young people. When you start resenting young people for doing things differently. Seeing young people of today’s acts of youthful rebellion as meaningless but thinking your own generation’s rebellious actions were fierce clever altogether. Small examples are fashion and clothes. See the recent reaction to the WAP song.

Also thinking young people today are inferior to young people of your own generation - weak willed, lack discipline, too concerned with appearance, don’t appreciate how easy they have it etc.

It just means you don’t understand the difficulties young people face today and are disconnected from young people. That’s a real sign of getting old.

Young people are always idiots. I know this when I was a 'young person'. I definitely knew it when I hung onto the spoiler of a car that just took off and I was flailing in the wind at fifty miles an hour :pac:

peasant

Sam Quentin wrote: »

Nobody could be as unattractive as you just described yourself.. cheer up mate, you put a tear in my eye

I'm not unattractive (at least I like to think so), by now I'm just a good bit (and visibly) older than most of these young ones' dads

Surreptitious

Spore wrote: »

This is weirdly on the money! I've started rewatching all the horror films that scared the bejaysus out of me in my youth and they're all borderline comical! The Exorcist, Hellraiser, The Fog, Halloween, the lot! Can't believe I was such a pussy first time around

That's because your mind has become adjusted to more brutal visualities over the years. Those movies were of their day, classics if you want.

Last time I went to a gig the venue had both a seating and a standing section. On buying the tickets I instinctively found myself looking for seats.

obi604

bobbyss wrote: »

Creaking when getting into the car.

Not wanting to get off a bus because of all the hassle involved.

Looking into the mirror and seeing your parents face.

No interest in films esp 'action' films.

Laughing at how stupid horror films are and wondering why people would be scared of them.

Getting very annoyed at adults like Brendan O Connor and Miriam O'Callahan for talking with an 'upturn ' in their speech as if they were American little teenagers?

Being annoyed at lots of things. Young people smoking. Don't they know it's bad?

A sadness with the passing of every season. How many are left?

Comparing how old people look who are the same age as yourself.

Being annoyed at smug politicians who 'earn' huge pensions.

Wishing to God that I made better decisions in my life if I had it to live all again.

Laughing at the latest fashion trends. This time women who wear those tight leggings which show the contours of their backside. Don't they have any taste?

Those stupid footballer haircuts which even 'respectable " rugby players like Johnny Secxon are drawn to. They vook like thugs.

I delight in seeing a young couple out with their young babies and kids and wish them (privately) health snd happiness.

I have to say, on the right woman, they are truly tremendous.
Shows the beauty of the female form

Am I a dirty old man now

KathleenGrant

obi604 wrote: »

I have to say, on the right woman, they are truly tremendous.
Shows the beauty of the female form

Am I a dirty old man now

They wear them for a reason
To show the form and then complain about people noticing the form.