20 Signs That Might Indicate You’re Getting Old
I Thought Growing Older Would Take Longer
You may be getting old if:
- You sound like a bowl of Rice Krispies when you squat to pick up something.
2. You find yourself comparing aches and pains with your peers.
3. You regret not using sunscreen and wrinkle creams more often.
4. You hear your mother/father coming out of your mouth.
5. Your arm is no longer long enough to read pill bottles.
6. You catch yourself telling younger folk to take better care of themselves, or they will regret it when they get older.
7. You refer to people as ‘folk.’
8. You hear yourself saying, “When I was your age…” and your children answer with, “Things are different now than they were in the olden days.”
9. Your supplements/painkiller/meds shelf/cupboard looks more like a pharmacy.
10. Childhood punishments are now your life’s highlights: going to bed early, coming straight home after school/work, staying home all weekend, missing parties, taking naps, etc.
11. You ache in places you didn’t know could hurt and for no known reason.
12. You once managed to handle four children under the age of 5 and work the farm, but now you need to call in reinforcements to babysit your twin grandkids. (Okay, maybe this is just me.)
13. You can’t drink like you used to, and if you try, you’re hungover for a week. (Again, this might just be me;-))
14. A night at home sounds better than a night on the town.
15. You don’t like driving after dark.
16. You used to run 20 miles a week, weight train regularly and practice martial arts. Now gardening has become your strenuous exercise.
17. Your body will no longer let you check off some items on your bucket list. (i.e. climbing Mount Everest, a sparring match with Claude Van Damme [My, erm, reaction time has gotten too slow. Yeah, that’s it.])
18. You used to devour enough food to impress men twice your size and still stay trim, but now you gain weight by looking at the Safeway flyer.
19. Your adult children are now coming to you for advice.
20. You’ve noticed some of your views on things have shifted almost 180 degrees from where they were — what seems to be — only a few short years ago.
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