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  • T_C_E
    T_C_E Posts: 16,418
    When you get a warm and then wet feeling down yer trouser leg...
    No queuing in smoke filled bogs in The Covered End, you can just remain in your seat with a satisfied smile on your face. 
    Tried and tested by our very own @Redmidland ;)
    https://www.incontinencechoice.co.uk/shop-by-brand/tena-incontinence-products/tena-men.html?health_producttype_laynav=10124&TENAMen&gclid=CjwKCAjwoc_8BRAcEiwAzJevteI4FlsVABTkWTn2h-71Tka5DFJvKIfQMCIQTn3sfnRYUBZV1liMHBoCsLsQAvD_BwE

  • When you buy something and think, 'that should see me out'.  :|
  • Davo55
    Davo55 Posts: 7,836
    When you buy something and think, 'that should see me out'.  :|
    Especially when its just a pint of milk  ;)
  • ross1
    ross1 Posts: 50,974
    garfield said:
    When driving & looking for somewhere new, you turn the music down so you can see better!
    Sometimes when looking at the programmes on TV, to find one to watch, I turn the volume off so I can concentrate
  • MrWalker
    MrWalker Posts: 4,106
    When you buy something and think, 'that should see me out'.  :|
    Like a 'bag for life'?

  • Jessie said:
    I'm 33. My (soon-to-be-ex) boyfriend is going to break up with me because he's 30 and his parents and he all think there's a higher risk of pregnancy related problems as I'm nearing 35. We have been dating for 7 months and he has never had such doubt before. Only now does he realise that he doesn't want to marry a woman older than him. What a joke. I feel as if I'm cheated. 😤

    You know you’re getting old when Jessie posts her age and you realise your wife was older than her when you first met..and our kids are grown up...and we are grandparents...


  • garfield said:
    When driving & looking for somewhere new, you turn the music down so you can see better!
    And open the window. 
  • Redrobo
    Redrobo Posts: 11,330
    Jessie said:
    I'm 33. My (soon-to-be-ex) boyfriend is going to break up with me because he's 30 and his parents and he all think there's a higher risk of pregnancy related problems as I'm nearing 35. We have been dating for 7 months and he has never had such doubt before. Only now does he realise that he doesn't want to marry a woman older than him. What a joke. I feel as if I'm cheated. 😤
    Do you want to be in a marriage where his parents have such a big influence on your life? Just reading your post one gets the feeling that you are a lovely person, if he does not come to his senses you will find someone who will love you for yourself. Take it from an old git, there is no rush.
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  • Jessie said:
    Redrobo said:
    Jessie said:
    I'm 33. My (soon-to-be-ex) boyfriend is going to break up with me because he's 30 and his parents and he all think there's a higher risk of pregnancy related problems as I'm nearing 35. We have been dating for 7 months and he has never had such doubt before. Only now does he realise that he doesn't want to marry a woman older than him. What a joke. I feel as if I'm cheated. 😤
    Do you want to be in a marriage where his parents have such a big influence on your life? Just reading your post one gets the feeling that you are a lovely person, if he does not come to his senses you will find someone who will love you for yourself. Take it from an old git, there is no rush.
    Thank you. I do find it extremely alarming that he listens to his parents too much. Very controlling parents.The relationship has been very toxic for me in the past couple of months because of his awful parents. I'm going to leave him when I finish my driving test next week. 
    Cue his parents giving him grief..’she was only using you because she didn’t have a driving licence...’
  • Jessie said:
    Redrobo said:
    Jessie said:
    I'm 33. My (soon-to-be-ex) boyfriend is going to break up with me because he's 30 and his parents and he all think there's a higher risk of pregnancy related problems as I'm nearing 35. We have been dating for 7 months and he has never had such doubt before. Only now does he realise that he doesn't want to marry a woman older than him. What a joke. I feel as if I'm cheated. 😤
    Do you want to be in a marriage where his parents have such a big influence on your life? Just reading your post one gets the feeling that you are a lovely person, if he does not come to his senses you will find someone who will love you for yourself. Take it from an old git, there is no rush.
    Thank you. I do find it extremely alarming that he listens to his parents too much. Very controlling parents.The relationship has been very toxic for me in the past couple of months because of his awful parents. I'm going to leave him when I finish my driving test next week. 
    I suggest you think carefully before running them over  ;)


    (Kidding)
  • LenGlover
    LenGlover Posts: 31,651
    Jessie said:
    I'm 33. My (soon-to-be-ex) boyfriend is going to break up with me because he's 30 and his parents and he all think there's a higher risk of pregnancy related problems as I'm nearing 35. We have been dating for 7 months and he has never had such doubt before. Only now does he realise that he doesn't want to marry a woman older than him. What a joke. I feel as if I'm cheated. 😤
    The boy's a fool!

    My wife is older than me and that situation is not unusual. I appreciate that there maybe cultural differences.

    He needs to grow a pair, as some say over here, and decide what is important to him.

    You sound a lovely person Jessie and it is his loss not yours.
  • SoundAsa£
    SoundAsa£ Posts: 22,477
    When you see a beautiful painting or antique and realise there’s no point in buying it.
    I still love to visit antique shops and fairs though.
  • letthegoodtimesroll
    letthegoodtimesroll Posts: 10,619
    edited October 2020
    When you see a beautiful painting or antique and realise there’s no point in buying it.
    I still love to visit antique shops and fairs though.
    You know you’re getting old when somebody goes back to the original theme of the thread and it takes you a couple of minutes to realise they’re not posting about Jessie’s love life...
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    edited October 2020
    When you work in a large division (approx 100) and realise you’re the oldest bloke :-(
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    When there's a poor connection on an online meeting and nobody gets your Norman Collier reference.
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    edited October 2020
    Stig said:
    When there's a poor connection on an online meeting and nobody gets your Norman Collier reference.
    Ditto to my Hi Di Hi greeting and you don’t get a Hi Di Ho
  • AFKABartram
    AFKABartram Posts: 57,825
    When you have to read back a whole thread before posting to check you haven’t already posted it...
  • Addick Addict
    Addick Addict Posts: 39,767
    When you keep having to ask your son what certain words he's using mean!
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  • Jessie said:
    LenGlover said:
    Jessie said:
    I'm 33. My (soon-to-be-ex) boyfriend is going to break up with me because he's 30 and his parents and he all think there's a higher risk of pregnancy related problems as I'm nearing 35. We have been dating for 7 months and he has never had such doubt before. Only now does he realise that he doesn't want to marry a woman older than him. What a joke. I feel as if I'm cheated. 😤
    The boy's a fool!

    My wife is older than me and that situation is not unusual. I appreciate that there maybe cultural differences.

    He needs to grow a pair, as some say over here, and decide what is important to him.

    You sound a lovely person Jessie and it is his loss not yours.
    Thank you. Actually it's not really that unusual here either. It's his parents' problem. He's got a fairly low salary and earns much less than his mother (and probably his father too). They have the final say on big things for him. I do know he is the wrong man for me (and for any other women too). It's just a bit hard for me to end this relationship right now. I'm a very loving person but sadly this has made me become the one that ends up getting hurt.
    Just 3 words, lovely Jessie....

    He's not worthy. 
  • Stig said:
    When there's a poor connection on an online meeting and nobody gets your Norman Collier reference.
    Ditto to my Hi Di Hi greeting and you don’t get a Hi Di Ho
    Did a "just like that" Tommy Cooper reference at work a while back - met with blank stares....
  • iainment
    iainment Posts: 8,039
    Stig said:
    When there's a poor connection on an online meeting and nobody gets your Norman Collier reference.
    Ditto to my Hi Di Hi greeting and you don’t get a Hi Di Ho
    Hi di ho!
  • When you chuckle to yourself because you think of something really witty to post on a thread. You pick up your phone and
  • alan dugdale
    alan dugdale Posts: 3,076
    When you realise it’s 34 years to the day since that 9 second Jim Melrose goal
  • To_Be_Franck
    To_Be_Franck Posts: 1,095
    Stig said:
    When there's a poor connection on an online meeting and nobody gets your Norman Collier reference.
    Who?
  • stonemuse
    stonemuse Posts: 33,999
    During a Zoom call last week, someone asked about the two posters on the wall behind me, Sex Pistols and Stone Roses ... he had never heard of them!

    Philistines  ;)

    And I know the next post will be, what is a Zoom call?
  • ross1 said:
    iainment said:
    You can remember beds made with sheets, blankets and bedspreads.

    And then the arrival of continental quilts. 

    And then continental quilts being renamed as duvets.

    Also life before fitted sheets.
    Old army blankets when I was a child
    Luxury, we had old potato sacks. 
  • Stig
    Stig Posts: 29,022
    Stig said:
    When there's a poor connection on an online meeting and nobody gets your Norman Collier reference.
    Who?
    It's not aged well:
  • Acab
    Acab Posts: 725
    When I You reminisce with your mates about Tonbridge away in 1972 the day before the first round draw.