How you know you are getting older.

[Jalapeñomel]

1) getting out of begin the morning is a lot of work
2) you have toolbox up lyrics to popular songs you hear on the radio (I have no idea what the lyrics are in Ariana Grande's song Big Mistake).

Feel free to add your own,

[Deleted]

1) Seeing styles I wore as a kid come back into trend (and realizing I could never pull them off the second time around)

2) Adding antiaging products to my skincare regimen

3) Saying things like, oh, that restaurant/neighborhood/hotel/bar is SO YOUNG

4) Watching shows and relating more to the parents than the kids

5) Going out to a concert with my friends with a carseat in the backseat of my car

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I referred to the 21 year olds partying at our pool as "those kids".

[nomad100]

Farting when you bend over
Chin hairs sprouting out of no where
Being excited when you stay out past 10, when in your youth you didn't even head out to the bars until 10.

[karmasabiotch]

Wanting to go to bed early and not stay out all night.

Thinking I can listen to music at home and not pay $100+ to hear it in person

Love naps

My Botox savings account

[no0b]

Aches and pains that you never had when you work out.

Turning down offers to go our for birthday celebrations because I'd rather be in sweatpants and in bed by 9.

[ZoeHart]

Being more excited about having no plans on Saturday than having plans. A day on the couch in my yoga pants? Yes please!

[ginger]

Losing weight now takes a TONS of effort.

Gaining weight happens so easily.

[cc]

Not being able to stay up past 11 because I am so exhausted.

When going to the movies, I pick the earlier times to try and avoid the teenagers.

When I drive the carpool for dance and the teenagers in the car do not know who Nirvana is. Or any of the great bands from that time.

Finding myself saying, "When I was your age..." to my daughter.

[MixedBerryJam]

Aug 29, 2014 7:01:37 GMT -5 Jalapeñomel said:

1) getting out of begin the morning is a lot of work
2) you have toolbox up lyrics to popular songs you hear on the radio (I have no idea what Ariana Grande's song Big Mistake).

Feel free to add your own,

Damn combination of autocorrect and tiny keyboards get the better of the olds, too!

[alzi]

Noticing that I am liking clothing on some of my 60+ yr old patients. Lol

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Aug 29, 2014 7:22:32 GMT -5 nomad100 said:

Farting when you bend over
Chin hairs sprouting out of no where
Being excited when you stay out past 10, when in your youth you didn't even head out to the bars until 10.

The chin hairs are starting to horrify me :/

How come I don't notice them until they're long and curled up?? Last month I found 3, ahhh!

They come every few months. At first I thought I had some hormonal imbalance going on but then I came to my senses and realized I'm just getting "old."

[eb777888]

Pretty much everything in this thread!

Mostly it's things like people born in 1990 are 24 now and shit like that. And that people have "90's" parties and stuff. Holy shit, the 90's were MY time! And it was so long ago it's a fucking novelty now. THAT makes me feel old.

[mrsukyankee]

1. Fucking birthdays.
2. Grey hairs popping up everywhere. And I mean EVERYWHERE (yes, even down there). The annoying ones are on my eyebrows.
3. Hangovers - they get worse every year
4. Speed - I used to have majorly quick reflexes. Not so much anymore.
5. Things hurt - I was in pain yesterday, all day, just because I slept oddly. Blah!
6. Wrinkles on your face in the morning from a pillow that take HOURS to go away

[mrsukyankee]

Aug 29, 2014 7:55:06 GMT -5 @wandering said:

Aug 29, 2014 7:22:32 GMT -5 nomad100 said:

Farting when you bend over
Chin hairs sprouting out of no where
Being excited when you stay out past 10, when in your youth you didn't even head out to the bars until 10.

The chin hairs are starting to horrify me :/

How come I don't notice them until they're long and curled up?? Last month I found 3, ahhh!

They come every few months. At first I thought I had some hormonal imbalance going on but then I came to my senses and realized I'm just getting "old."

Wait 'til you have to pluck them weekly. And they seem to get more course.

[cuddlyevil]

Creases on your face from your pillow that don't go away quickly.
Foods you used to love no longer love you back.
Sleep is preferable to going out all night.
You can say "hey this song sounds like *insert name of a one hit wonder from the 80's or '90's*" and then you realize the new song wasn't an intentional throwback.

[eb777888]

I remember I found my first chin hair at 23. Well, actually, my friend found it. She was like "oh, you have a hair on you, let me get it." It was a long, thin hair. Like six inches long. And she pulled it and I was all "OMG, that one is attached. To my chin!" We looked at each other in horror. That's when it all began. Now I get like 10 chin hairs, they are much more coarse, some are dark and I pluck them. If H notices them before I do, he pulls them out for me. lol. I don't even think about it anymore. It just is!

[lissaholly]

I am loving some of these. Ha! I remember looking at my mom and thinking, " she dresses really cute!"

I lost my ID at a bar on vacation and went back the next day to see if they had found it. I felt all lucky and happy until I realized I was welllllllllll over the age of acceptable fake IDs. Nobody wanted it:(

Babysitters looking at you like you are "a parent."

I catch reruns like Roseanne and am watching it all new because I understand Roseanne way better than before.

Sensible shoes man. Sensible.

[speckledfrog]

Being happy that it's raining because it means free water for the lawn.

[cc]

The applicants that are applying to the college I work for have mostly been born in 1997, which is the year I graduated high school. I feel like I was just in high school, and not that it was someone else's lifetime ago.

[konapoppy]

Having to pee all the damn time.

My knees hurt when I am in certain positions for too long.

[nomad100]

Aug 29, 2014 8:13:22 GMT -5 speckledfrog said:

Being happy that it's raining because it means free water for the lawn.

This one is so true. I was telling DH last night that I was so excited it has been raining like every 3rd day for the last 2 weeks. No having to pay for the water for the lawn and flowers!!

[speckledfrog]

Realizing you have clothing that's as old as some high schoolers.

[wino]

Aug 29, 2014 7:21:01 GMT -5 @t2j said:

I referred to the 21 year olds partying at our pool as "those kids".

I had this realization last night. That anyone from their early 20's and younger is now a kid. 

Other ways, being excited over purchases like a new washer, freezer, and vacuum. 

Seeing kids out later at night and wondering where their parents are, but at that age I wouldn't have had my parents either. 

[luckyval]

Peeing when you sneeze.

I need to do more kegels.

[thebreakfastclub]

We have a huge college relations program at work, and interacting with those kids is a huge wakeup call at times.

Also when satellite radio puts the year after songs - and you realize Poison by Bel Biv Devoe is 24 years old.

[Jalapeñomel]

Oh when I realized that the kids I'm teaching this year are the same age as some of my high school friend's kids.

[seabitch]

Looking in the mirror and seeing my mother staring back at me.

the aches, pains, and stiffness.

[bcv513]

Complaining about the pop radio stations playing only crappy music. Then realizing the station hasn't changed, I have

Finding grays in the mirror

Getting carded to buy alcohol is the biggest compliment and it happens rarely

[harmony11]

Someone forwarded an email to me in which the originator referenced "that kind lady on 23 you introduced me to last week" - I was wondering who the fuck the kind lady was on 23 because I was the only female around our floor last week and I am young and hip and all that. Sigh. Then I realized I am that kind lady.