When you find yourself looking up at your child. It doesn't seem that long ago when your elbow brushed across the top of your child's head.
When you rely on your child to translate today's slang. "Sick? Did your friend just say my painting's sick?" "He's saying it's good." "Sick is good?" "Yeah." "Oh."
When iconic actors and TV faces you knew from your childhood are starting to die.
And when people start offering their seat on Public Transport port:(
I've had that happen to my quite a few times lately but I do have health problems so it's maybe not that surprising. However, my husband was with me at when I went for a hospital appointment last week and a young woman who was waiting for her own appointment stood up and offered her seat to my husband and he was very taken aback. Then a few days later at the dentist another woman stood up and asked him if he would like to sit down. He is rather shocked about it all.
I was going to post a similar thread the other day.
The odd random pain when you get up in the morning.
Last week it was my back. Like someone had punched me in the kidneys.
This week for a couple of days it was my feet. Not sure if it was the after effects of the weekend but I could hardly walk at one point.
Supermarket floors are a trial to walk on for ages, and when we go to the Mall, I bring sandals with me, as we tend to walk for hours there, and my feet become so painful, and I had to buy some bootee slippers once just to be able to leave the Mall. I even had to ask the shop assistants to look for a pair of bootee slippers I could use, which they did. My doc wanted me to walk for 30 minutes each day, but after doing that first time, I couldn't walk for rest of the week, so he can bog off with his wants!
Fond memories of when I was 10, and could walk barefoot on all surfaces, long days gone now, sad to say. Knocked my little toe and that put my knee out, and couldn't walk at all, but when I added a tubular bandage covering the knee, discovered I could not only walk but could run too.
When your mind tells you, you can do anything, then your body says no bl**dy way.
Looking at web sites and thinking those flat shoes with the velcro fastening look comfy.
When you get up at least 4/5 times a night to go to the loo.
When your grandson comes to visit you, and he tells you he's going for a pint with his mates, plus when did he grow a beard .
When you get a letter arrive and you open it only to find, its a request for a poo sample which you do over 3 days, then send it back to them. ( I pity the person whose job is to test those )
When you have aches & pains in places you never used to have.
When you forget what you was going to say, and ask your OH " what was i going to say" and he looks at you bemused.
When your mind tells you, you can do anything, then your body says no bl**dy way.
Looking at web sites and thinking those flat shoes with the velcro fastening look comfy.
When you get up at least 4/5 times a night to go to the loo.
When your grandson comes to visit you, and he tells you he's going for a pint with his mates, plus when did he grow a beard .
When you get a letter arrive and you open it only to find, its a request for a poo sample which you do over 3 days, then send it back to them. ( I pity the person whose job is to test those )
When you have aches & pains in places you never used to have.
When you forget what you was going to say, and ask your OH " what was i going to say" and he looks at you bemused.
When you start plucking your chin hair.
Most of these.
Am no longer busy and just want the quiet life with a regular routine.
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When you rely on your child to translate today's slang. "Sick? Did your friend just say my painting's sick?" "He's saying it's good." "Sick is good?" "Yeah." "Oh."
When iconic actors and TV faces you knew from your childhood are starting to die.
I've a pair of fake ugg slippers and I wear them everywhere, even in full view of the neighbours :eek:
Have you ever found your purse in the fridge?
Twice I have been asked , " am I OK to walk up some stairs "
Doing some work in sheltered housing some asked me "are you moving in ":o
seeing a woman walking along in a short skirt and high heels on a very cold day and thinking gosh , she must be cold
51. :rolleyes:
I've had that happen to my quite a few times lately but I do have health problems so it's maybe not that surprising. However, my husband was with me at when I went for a hospital appointment last week and a young woman who was waiting for her own appointment stood up and offered her seat to my husband and he was very taken aback. Then a few days later at the dentist another woman stood up and asked him if he would like to sit down. He is rather shocked about it all.
Supermarket floors are a trial to walk on for ages, and when we go to the Mall, I bring sandals with me, as we tend to walk for hours there, and my feet become so painful, and I had to buy some bootee slippers once just to be able to leave the Mall. I even had to ask the shop assistants to look for a pair of bootee slippers I could use, which they did.
Fond memories of when I was 10, and could walk barefoot on all surfaces, long days gone now, sad to say. Knocked my little toe and that put my knee out, and couldn't walk at all, but when I added a tubular bandage covering the knee, discovered I could not only walk but could run too.
Looking at web sites and thinking those flat shoes with the velcro fastening look comfy.
When you get up at least 4/5 times a night to go to the loo.
When your grandson comes to visit you, and he tells you he's going for a pint with his mates, plus when did he grow a beard
When you get a letter arrive and you open it only to find, its a request for a poo sample which you do over 3 days, then send it back to them.
When you have aches & pains in places you never used to have.
When you forget what you was going to say, and ask your OH " what was i going to say" and he looks at you bemused.
When you start plucking your chin hair.
Most of these.
Am no longer busy and just want the quiet life with a regular routine.
Anything different causes me to panic a bit.
I agree with you, but that still doesnt answer my question " Why when i ask you, what was i going to say, you dont know"
Thanks for a good laugh guys.
oh get a room you two.
oh....hang on.
Reaching down to pick something up and finding the floor is further away then it was before.
Seeing human civilisation how it really is, and not how you thought it was.
It’s time to go shopping so I go into the kitchen for the shopping voucher....then I forget why I have gone into the kitchen
58 going on 59.
When, after typing this out you find out the innovations catalogue was discontinued over 10 yrs ago!
38 but feel 98