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You Know You’re In Your 50s When…

30 ridiculous facts about joining the 50+ club

  1. You use phrases that are ‘older than the hills’ such as “ knock your socks off”
  2. Your drink of choice is Tea with a shot of ibuprofen for the aches and pains in your wrists, back, neck, shoulders
  3. If you do decide to splurge on a margarita, not only are you ‘out of commission’ for days on end, you ask the bartender to skip the salt because it makes you bloat, and for god, sakes go easy on the Tequila!
  4. Your catchphrase, when asked out by friends, is “okay but only for an hour” and then 25 minutes in you’re looking at your watch and missing your favourite episode of House Hunters International because you don’t have a PVR or TVO
  5. You love Youtube, absolutely LOVE Youtube, I mean the cleaning and crafting videos are flipping amazing!
  6. You honestly don’t know the songs on the pop radio stations anymore and sadly, so sadly you now find yourself looking for the old folks' music like Nirvana
  7. What the hell is the purpose of Tic Toc???
  8. Your kids set up your iPhone for you
  9. You felt way too cool the first time you used the tap to pay ‘with said iPhone’ and you still feel cool, 6 months later
  10. You still don’t know how to scan the QPR code… is it called QPR?
  11. Not only do you struggle with the new QPR codes replacing restaurant menus when you do finally ask for an old school menu… you can’t read it! Seriously…
  12. You take way longer to get up now, and once up… the floor is way too far down
  13. You don’t like people all that much
  14. And you really don’t care what said people think of you
  15. You don’t mind speaking your mind…ever
  16. Bliss is when you put your feet up, pj’s on, sink into the sofa with Netflix… and a tea any night, every night
  17. Bliss is napping
  18. You’re offered a seat on the bus. Nuff said.
  19. You took typing class… with a typewriter
  20. You hand-typed letters to family and friends while in typing class
  21. You wrote letters and mailed….. them. You eagerly checked the mail every day. The physical mailbox that is, because no we did not have “an internet” then
  22. You remember the very first time you used “an internet” Do you remember what you looked up?
  23. A phone jack in your bedroom, with an actual phone, was the golden opportunity to work on your popularity at school
  24. You owned at least one item of clothing that was neon back in school
  25. You actually talked on the phone, and you even had a home phone number!
  26. You probably watched Dr. Who
  27. And the Flintstones at lunch hour
  28. You’ve earned bragging rights because you are a Gen X’er
  29. You’ve earned bragging rights because you know Gen X’er’s ‘totally rock’ And you know this because you are one! And we do rock!
  30. And as a Gen X’er, we know we’re never getting old!

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