Time stops for nobody, and lately I've been reminded of that all too well. Here are some ways to tell you're getting old:
• People born the year you graduated from high school are now teen-agers. Or worse, they have teen-agers of their own.
• Your local classic rock station plays all your favorite music. And you remember when all of it was new. Or worse, the same holds true for the Oldies station.
• You need your glasses to find your nose. Or worse, you look for your glasses and find that you're already wearing them.
• You have to read the instructions that come with any newfangled electronic device. Or worse, you remember life before electricty.
• You use words like "newfangled" and "whippersnapper." Or worse, the second word hasn't applied to you in more than four decades.
• People roll their eyes when you lament about how old you are. Or worse, they agree.
• You start to see gray hairs when you look in the mirror. Or worse, those gray hairs are sprouting in large tufts from your ears. Even worse, you don't need a mirror to see them.
Embrace each new day as an opportunity – not necessarily for more wrinkles or gray hair, but as one in which you can make a difference. Just strive for a difference that makes a positive impression. Geezer!
So far the worst for me is when I go to the liquor store and the clerk doesn't card me. Talk about the beginnings of a mid-life crisis! ;)
Um, T, you didn't write that for ME, did you?
:)
Then you called me a GEEZER?
You baby! You whippersnapper! Respect your elders!!!
Here is my difining moment of feeling old: When my younger sister took a teaching post at my high school!
My parents grounded me the day my sister was born for "smartin' off" to them. I missed the middle school dance and everything....real bummer. Now my sister is about to graduate High School. Feelin' old everyday over here!!!
Who's calling me a geezer? Why, if it weren't for you pesky kids...
Some days are diamonds, some days are stones. John Denver? Now here is an Old Fart for sure.
I could be like Jeff Foxworthy, only substitute: You know you are an Old Fart When...
Yay, thanks T-Bone for a great blogging idea! T-Bone, my Muse!
That list sounds way too familiar...
How about: You put on your glasses AFTER putting your contacts in and wonder why your vision just got worse! (Or is that a blonde moment?)
What El said! Just wait... you too will someday know the aches and pains and all the other joys of geezerdom!
For me, it was working in the marketing department for a major fitness chain and discovering that I was old enough to be everyone else's mother!