Hey Pandas, When Did You Realize You Are Getting Old? (Closed)

I'm 70 years old and I've had a lot of signs of getting old and I can't remember the first. I can't even remember what I had for lunch today.

I was going to write something else here but I can't remember what it was.

Never mind.

When I realize that my new coworker is the same age as my son.

When I realized my favorite childhood memory was when my back didn't hurt.

When it became impossible to find decent music on the radio, except for "classic rock" stations...which are now playing '90s music.

When I started making grunting noises every time I either stood up or sat down.😬😂

When you see a policeman/doctor/nurse, who look as though they just finished potty training let alone being in charge.

So many answers, so little time.

You are afraid to read the obits, because you might see your classmate's name. There were only 63 kids in my class and they are dying at alarming rate.

You can remember song lyrics from the 60's and 70's, but have no idea what tv show you watched last night.

Your favorite bands are in their late 70's and 80's

Not me, but my husband.

He was outside doing something in the driveway one night when some neighborhood boys walked by carrying a length of PVC pipe and some other items. My husband recognized the parts for a potato launcher. (For those who don't know, yes, a means for shooting a potato a long distance at a hard object so it explodes. Or just to see how far. Apparently a boy thing.) He stopped them, asked what they had, and proceeded to explain to them how to modify their system to perform better. Apparently the boys just stood around staring at him, muttered thanks and walked away.

He came in sadly, recognizing that he had become "the old guy down the street".

When I bought at auction an "antique" that was 11 years younger than me.

Bending down and having to think of how am I getting back up

I have no kids. So in my mind, I am perpetually in my late 20’s

Then my friends will talk about their grandkids. It snaps me right back to reality every time.

It's when I began to say "I'm too old for this stuff"

When I had to start trimming my eyebrows and chin hairs more often than the hair on my head. So unfair.

When a radio station referred to Alanis Morissette as "retro."

Hearing the songs I bought being played on the ‘oldies’ radio station.

When Jimmy "JJ" Walker is talking medicare plans. Not so Dyn-o-mite!

When you lift a gallon of milk out of the fridge and it feels like you are lifting 5 gallons of milk.

well, that would be the first time i was in a market and the muzak on the system was playing songs from my youth. like rolling stones, etc. i started paying attention to the muzak in other stores after that and realized that this was common. so, while i had to listen to perry como and johnny mathis when shopping with my mom i now get a stroll down a musical memory lane when i shop.

but, frankly, i have to remind myself that i am 64 because mentally i am not there. physically, i have been old for over half my life due to a degenerative disease that affects my body - one doctor told me when i was 38 that i had the bones of a 100 yr old woman. so, while the flesh may be getting weaker my spirit is still pre menopause.

When my body got assigned its next illness before the latest one's even finished.

when I listened to the radio and didn't know one damn song.
when I tried wearing modern fashion but it really doesnt suit me.
when people are staring at me bc of my blue hair.