....when your hands hurt bad from arthritis, that when you hug and cuddle with your puppies, that their warmth feels really good and you use them for a "hot rock" ...

You know your getting older
 

When they tear down the house you grew up in

I had to hire two young women to climb into my display window to do my shop display. I have done it twice myself and each time, thought I was going to fall out of it! So, they are coming by on Saturday to redo my window..and put lights up in it.

aging "gracefully"
 

I can see little gray hairs. Not a lot, a couple, and they catch the light just right in the bathroom so I can see them. I thought they were blonde at first (was born blonde and hair changed to brown when I moved up from the south to the north).

Awkwardness- getting gray hairs but still getting zits. Really?

That and sometimes I do look in the mirror, and in the corner of my eye, I can see my dad's face in the reflection, what I remember him looking like when I was growing up.

Other than that, this sense of planning for the future, checking retirement accounts/401K, realizing I've "owned" my home for 8 years now, seeing my parents age, visiting my aunt in assisted living.

When you have a tube of BenGay on your bedside table instead of the lube....:shocking:....:cheesy:

For years, I was a non-stop bottle of endless energy.
Not so much anymore for me now.

I spend my days sometimes in bed, when I can.
It feels good to just not do anything but read a good book
or take a nap or just be. On other days, when I have boundless
energy? I'm slower about using up all my energy.

:)

How do I know I'm getting older?
 

My son turned 21 today.








Butch

Last year, I was working as a cashier at a grocery store and a 17-year-old girl asked me how old I was. I told her and she declared brightly; "Wow! You're my mommy's age!" *headdesk* Yup. I'm getting older.

How do you know...
 

When I look into the mirror and don't recognize the older person looking back at me.

I played soccer 3-4 times a week, but hurt my hip a few months ago.
Healing takes much longer now.

When my joints squeak ..... :blink:

Hanging out with friends you have know since you were fifteen at a goth club, and don't get home until 4:30 in the morning, and then, you wake up six hours later and feel like you were hit by the hangover demon even though you didn't drink. smh

I hear my voice and reflect on how it used to sound now I'm much harsher, not the gentle sweet flow of words of yester years either now the words are hauntings of the burdens my heart has endured. then the ever present aches and pains and even tho I do it and probably shouldn't my arms are getting icky ,lol I can see the signs in my skin...........ewwwwwwww so much evilness in aging,lol but i will not cover them it's too hot !!!
:seeingstars:

also I no longer have the patience of a saint,lol

..... when some decades are better than others.

You know you are getting old when Santa starts looking younger!

You know you're getting older when...
 

...it takes you ages to bend down and pick something up because of the pain in your back/hips/knees, only to find when you finally get down there that, because you're not wearing your reading glasses, you can't see what the hell it is that you've dropped (happened to me at the shop today whilst searching for an earring - and yes, I did swear).

Words

I knew I was getting older when I started needing a list to remember what I was suposed to get at the store.

...
 

I used to make a lil grunting sound as i hit the ball in softball due to a bit of strength and power and now i make the same noise due to aches and pains.

WTF!!! :seeingstars:

damn...
 

when you pause and actually think about the outcome/consequences. : ( suks. party pooper.

I was speaking just yesterday to a friend regarding this very subject and the outcome of it was as follows.

I know I'm getting older because I am making better life choices.

I have developed the ability to say "no," which has proven to be quite difficult for me in the past. Easily swayed to please others, as is my butch nature, even when I knew it was not in my best interest. I now can say "no" and follow through with it, much to the consternation of others.

I've learned how not to sweat the small stuff. Anything other than life, liberty and the pursuit of personal happiness is trivial. So, in that vein, I try to live an easier less complicated life. I don't carry all the "stuff" that accumulates as we go through life.

And lastly, I have learned how to please myself first and foremost.

These lessons have been hard taught and I believe they come with age and experience. I look forward to the discovery of new ideas and new beginnings as I get older and older. I wouldn't trade any of it for all the riches in the world.

I'm proud to be of the "older generation" ~ tolerance has taken a front seat in the way I accept the inevitable ~ Realizing I can't change the world's way of thinking , only pray.~ sharing a smile in a strangers eye. ~ I breath w. contentment from knowing who I am,and stand proud. ~ I chose my battles and don't waste my energy ~ walking away from continous negativity ~ I love alot deeper ~ the best of all ~ u get 1/2 price breakfast's from IHOP.. :) ~ Enjoy the 2nd 1/2 of our lives ~ a ripened fruit holds the sweetest nectar ~

I know I am getting older, because when the news has the local crime stoppers segment, I don't look to see if its someone I might know. :eek:

You can tell what the weather forecast will be by the aches and pains you feel in your knees~~

when you cant remember the last new years eve you actually went out for

You Know You're Getting Older....
 

When you read the posts from this thread and 99% apply :|

And... this did it for me, nuff said

When saying the words, Happy New Year...IS your end of the year party, and you are asleep long before the ball drops.

when you spend new yrs night havin fun...but impatiently waitin for the countdown to b over so u can leave the crowded party...n afterwards u fnd yourself havin a conversation about the upcoming high school reunion lol....