Originally Posted By poohbear14 gadzuux - I got that AARP invitation too. Still haven't joined. Maybe when I'm 55.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip << Still haven't joined. Maybe when I'm 55. >> Join now. Really. Besides the 20% discount you will get at many hotel chains; AARP saved us about $800 per year on our auto insurance and $400 per year on our homeowners insurance. Well worth it as far as I'm concerned.
Originally Posted By SuzieQ I realized I was old when I started being called "madam" at the grocery store. I quit wearing clothes from the junior's department when I hit 30, and my niece was shopping in that department. Matching outfits are not cute beyond infancy, you know? I may be in my 2nd youth, but I know I'm not young. My Tylenol consumption tell me that! LOL
Originally Posted By a goofy guy As one who's young at heart but have 50 years experience of life I can share some wisdom. I have colored my hair for about 7 years (well, on and off), I have aches and pains I never had before, my eye sight is beginning to go (my arm is almost too short to read certain things - and I need a magnifying glass to see dates on "older" coins), and I used to get a stiff shoulder or knee and I'd just move it and it would be okay, but now I try to move it and it hurts more instead of getting better. Am I old? No, I don't think so...YET! The good news among all this negative stuff...I don't wear glasses yet!
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Am I old? No, I don't think so...YET!>> The strange thing about getting old is that the big stuff isn't the first to give out. You can still hike all over a Disney theme park. You can still go up a couple of flights of stairs as good as ever. Hopping on the treadmill and doing half an hour or so is no worse that it ever was. If you liked fast cars when you were 20 you will still like them when you are fifty. You'll be able to afford better ones but feel a little silly about buying them. What is worse? The little stuff. Getting into bed at night. Getting out of bed in the morning. Not being able to read the instructions on the ibuprofen bottle without taking your glasses off and looking at it from about a half inch away. Figuring it's a great night if you can make it till morning without having to wake up and pee. You start to favor morning nookie because Mr. Happy seems to be more awake then than at bedtime. Carrying Pepsid and Tums with you at all times because you never know when you might have an antacid emergency. Walking into another room and when you get there you have no idea what you went there for. This seems to be most embarrassing at work, but you also learn how to cover it up the best there. You start to go to bed before the 10 O’clock news. You always used to sleep in your undies (or your ‘others’) and now you wear Jammers. It becomes kind of a contest with you and your spouse to see who can get into your Jammers the earliest. The warmth of Jammers becomes much more important than the sexiness. You crawl into bed, scrunch up to your darling and thank God she won’t think worse of you if you just go to sleep. Well… now that I’ve given up half the secrets of being old I will stop. The one redeeming factor is that if I could trade being how I am now with how I was 30 years ago, there is NO WAY I would do it. At least for me, every year has been better than the previous one. I’d never want to go back.
Originally Posted By bloona Road Trip...........how can I not comment on that post? I hope Mr Happy is happy.
Originally Posted By DlandJB I think you mean progressive lenses. Transition lenses change into mild sunglasses.>>> OK, I'm older than I thought.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Oh, and I sing the wrong lyrics to songs on the radio which drives my kids crazy -- and it used to drive me crazy when my mom did it.
Originally Posted By LuLu Trippy, that's a riot! I totally relate to the "old hands" comment (JB, I think?). That's the only thing about me that I recognize as looking *really* old. I don't notice gray hair, still have a "waist," and don't need the Tylenol or Tums. My younger sister shares the "old hands" problem, I think it's genetic I've "always" worn glasses, so no biggie there. I hated bifocals and went back to regular lenses - for now, it works! My music is sometimes too wild for my daughter, LOL! Hey Suzie, there's lots of styles in the jrs dept, no need to "match" anyone! I actually did stop shopping jrs for a while, til I was in there anyway with my daughter. Jrs actually fits my figure, and my style, the best anyway! Maybe I'll never wear "Missy"... working in fashion marketing for so long, it's hard to forget how we sneered at those styles... (ah, the impudence of youth!)
Originally Posted By JazzCat Ironically, both of my parents died at 73, but seven years apart. At age 36 1/2 my health started to take a deep decline. Then I had a mid-life crisis around 38. Bought a sports car and started listening to boy bands. (It's hard to admit that!) Other than my health, I still feel pretty young (44). It's all good.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>Walking into another room and when you get there you have no idea what you went there for.<< Not necessarily a sign of aging. I've done that all my life. (Could be a sign of stupidity, though.)
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <Mr. Happy?> Talk about too much information on so many levels.... <Oh, and I sing the wrong lyrics to songs on the radio which drives my kids crazy -- and it used to drive me crazy when my mom did it.> My 12 year old daughter is like that. She gets really irritated when I sing the wrong lyrics to some idiotic Beyonce song. 'To the left, to the left..' Now I do it intentionally, just to bug her. Oh yeah, and I mess up on names of shows -- the cartoon show 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends' gets butchered to 'Kirby's House of Unusual Animals' -- gets her everytime.
Originally Posted By alexbook >>Good news! However, you ain't old, just older. Soon as I get to old, I'll let you know what it is.<< This reminds me of my father's definition of a "kid", which is anyone younger than him.
Originally Posted By Mary Poppins 1. Having a son in 3rd year university. 2. Can't read the fine print without 1.25 magnification glasses. 3. Don't know the color of my hair anymore as I have been coloring it for so long. 4. Middle school son's teacher is almost half my age.
Originally Posted By DlandJB Now I do it intentionally, just to bug her.>>> Yeah...I do that sometimes too. However, she got me the other day. She was going to a party and I wanted to be sure she knew not to put down her soda can unattended. I told her to watch out for anyone who might want to put a "roofer" in her drink. pause..."they are called 'roofies' Mom." Followed by peals of laughter and calls to her friends to tell them what her mom just said. I slunk away...but at least was glad she knew what I was talking about!
Originally Posted By tink2680 >>What is worse? The little stuff. Getting into bed at night. Getting out of bed in the morning. Figuring it's a great night if you can make it till morning without having to wake up and pee. Carrying Pepsid and Tums with you at all times because you never know when you might have an antacid emergency. Walking into another room and when you get there you have no idea what you went there for. You start to go to bed before the 10 O’clock news.<< I had to laugh because all of these are true for me, but not because I am old, but because I am pregnant.
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