I'm 42. I was out watching a couple of bands last night, and a girl (of about 20) came up to me at the bar and, as a conversation-starter used 'Are you here waiting for your grown-up children ?'....
Also, the fact that I always do a double-take when I find out that you can have been born in 1994 and currently be 18 years old...
When you consider a late night is 22.30.
When you start saying the things that your parents used to say to you.
When you need a nanna nap in the afternoon.
When you go through the entire families names before reaching the right one.
When you start buying sensible shoes.
When you start buying elasticated waistbands on clothes.
When you ask your adult child where their coat is when the temp drops to 15 degs.
You consider a thermal vest to be a good investment
And you consider buying matching long johns.
When you watch every single news programme.
And the weather forcasts in case you need to mulch your begonia's.
Policemen refer to you as Sir and Madam when they speak to you.
Your own kids are collecting their own pensions when they collect yours.
Your grandkids have got kids of their own.
You actually polish your shoes instead of running a damp cloth over them.
when policemen look young ( it just looks wrong to see a 22 year old policemen, god knows how young they look to 70 year olds)...
Young, they look almost pre-pubescent! I see these skinny fresh face coppers in the High Street and think there is no way they could handle themselves if things turned nasty trying to arrest someone.
When your middleaged friend gets a new boyfriend and you don't envy her the love interest but the fact that he's a builder and sorted all the problems in her falling down old house.
being 44 and having my 9 yr olds friend who is staying over tell me his mum is 29!!! Made me realise I couldn't have known her at school and also made me realise I am old enough to be my own sons grandmother!!
Young, they look almost pre-pubescent! I see these skinny fresh face coppers in the High Street and think there is no way they could handle themselves if things turned nasty trying to arrest someone.
Thats what i think. It just looks wrong when policemen look in their early 20s especially if they are young looking and not some 6ft 3 rugby player type guy
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'I remember when it was all fields round here'
I find myself buying a nice bunch of flowers instead of a trashy mag.
I see kids going to the under 18's night at a club in town and instantly think 'my mother wouldn't have let me out the house in that skirt'.
I freeze stuff. I never froze anything until I hit my 30's.
I bought an ornament the other day.
Also, the fact that I always do a double-take when I find out that you can have been born in 1994 and currently be 18 years old...
When you start saying the things that your parents used to say to you.
When you need a nanna nap in the afternoon.
When you go through the entire families names before reaching the right one.
When you start buying sensible shoes.
When you start buying elasticated waistbands on clothes.
When you ask your adult child where their coat is when the temp drops to 15 degs.
You consider a thermal vest to be a good investment
And you consider buying matching long johns.
When you watch every single news programme.
And the weather forcasts in case you need to mulch your begonia's.
Policemen refer to you as Sir and Madam when they speak to you.
Your own kids are collecting their own pensions when they collect yours.
Your grandkids have got kids of their own.
You actually polish your shoes instead of running a damp cloth over them.
eta: Realising that you're old enough to be the Mother of some of the younger work colleagues.
You look forward to spending Sat night at home on the sofa with a glass of wine and 'something nice' on the telly
You hate dropping something because its such an effort to bend down and pick it up.
It's when you can remember the same for Lenny Henry or Billy Connolly that you're really in trouble...
Also, if you can remember when Police Academy was really ground breaking and the funniest film in the history of films...
When you realise that you like the same music as your parents!
When someone mentions something that happened in say, 1995, and you suddenly realise that it was 17 years ago!!!:eek:
When you could go a whole year on ITV and not see a James Bond movie
when you have lots of white hair.
and im only 18.
When you always translate metres into feet and inches in your head to establish just how tall that is.
Thats what i think. It just looks wrong when policemen look in their early 20s especially if they are young looking and not some 6ft 3 rugby player type guy