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Post by delila on Jul 24, 2023 20:31:05 GMT
You definitely know you are old when the lovely young girl at Claire’s asks for your email address and you tell her and it is a AOL account and she asks what AOL is? She was born in 2004!
Please add you own you know you are old when…
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Post by Zee on Jul 24, 2023 20:32:56 GMT
Did you pull out your Nokia to make a quick call too? 🤣😘
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Post by katlady on Jul 24, 2023 20:48:04 GMT
When music you listened to as a teen is now elevator/instrumental music.
When they card you and look for 19xx as your year of birth and pass you through without looking at the rest of the numbers.
When you realize the 80's was 40 years ago.
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Post by seaexplore on Jul 24, 2023 20:54:28 GMT
When you're talking to a friends mom about when you stayed at their house as a kid and out of your mouth comes "oh, yeah, that was like 35 years ago." WTF? I'm not even THIRTY FIVE!
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Post by auntiepeas on Jul 24, 2023 20:55:36 GMT
When you're trying to give directions to find a location and realize you want to say " It's right next to where [insert name of school/church/shop here] used to be".
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Post by wellway on Jul 24, 2023 21:02:52 GMT
When you watch JFK with your kid and they can't get over the amount of people smoking.
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Post by padresfan619 on Jul 24, 2023 21:05:35 GMT
When you get carded and the cashier says “oh I should have just asked you for your blockbuster card” after checking your birthdate.
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Post by julieinsweden on Jul 24, 2023 21:09:34 GMT
When you are intrigued by a post with a solution to hot flashes, and find your self rolling you eyes at the shorts that some clothing brand think that any woman or girl could wear. I think that I'm liberal with clothing choices but even I felt myself reaching for some pearls. 2peasrefugees.boards.net/thread/140375/more-suffering-hot-flashes |
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Post by picotjo on Jul 24, 2023 21:11:55 GMT
When you see the boy who lived next door has grown up and has grey in his beard!
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Post by Linda on Jul 24, 2023 21:25:08 GMT
when you look at someone and think of them as 'older' and realise that they are your age or younger
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Post by Merge on Jul 24, 2023 21:29:09 GMT
When music you listened to as a teen is now elevator/instrumental music. When they card you and look for 19xx as your year of birth and pass you through without looking at the rest of the numbers. When you realize the 80's was 40 years ago. Hush. The 80s were 20 years ago and always will be. |
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Post by Merge on Jul 24, 2023 21:30:58 GMT
All the players on your favorite sports team were born after you graduated from high school. Most, after you completed grad school and got married.
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Post by disneypal on Jul 24, 2023 21:37:10 GMT
I think I posted this before, but we have a mentorship program at work and I was mentoring a young girl...I made this statement to her "Well, you know like Kenny Rogers says, you have to know when to hold them and know when to fold them" and she stared at me all wide-eyed and asked "Who's Kenny Rogers?"
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Post by Marina on Jul 24, 2023 21:41:43 GMT
I still use my old aol account as a spam account (stores etc) but I know it identifies me as old. Also that I have the same last 4 digits for my landline and my cell phone because well I was around when they first started and I could pick my number.
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Post by Patter on Jul 24, 2023 21:52:47 GMT
When you go to an appliance store today to replace what was broken yesterday and you tell the sales person that your units are 16 years old. He responds with "Sixteen years ago I was 16." EEEK. The kid looked like he was in his 40s.
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lesley
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Post by lesley on Jul 24, 2023 21:53:56 GMT
Forget retail assistants! You know you’re old when every single professional person you deal with (doctor, dentist, lawyer, etc) is younger than you.
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Post by lindas on Jul 24, 2023 21:58:27 GMT
All the players on your favorite sports team were born after you graduated from high school. Most, after you completed grad school and got married. Or when your son is old enough to be their dad.  |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Jul 24, 2023 22:07:13 GMT
When you see the boy who lived next door has grown up and has grey in his beard! I was going to say when a former boyfriend wants to friend you on fb and you wonder who that old man is lol. |
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Post by littlemama on Jul 24, 2023 22:10:14 GMT
When you put on the oldies station and it is music from the 80s
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Post by mom on Jul 24, 2023 22:11:13 GMT
You know you're old when you go to update your contact prescription and they recommend bifocals.
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Post by milocat on Jul 24, 2023 22:11:53 GMT
When you show the clerk your Air Miles (points) card and it says collector since 1995 and she replies, that's the year I was born!
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Post by buddysmom on Jul 24, 2023 22:45:51 GMT
When there's few concerts left to see because many of the artists have retired, cannot perform or are no longer around.
I've always been a huge concert person.
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Post by cmpeter on Jul 24, 2023 22:46:42 GMT
Work hosts a webinar on collecting Social Security and you attend.
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Post by buddysmom on Jul 24, 2023 22:47:42 GMT
When you go to the grocery store and the girl (20-ish) who is bagging has her name tag and it is the same as mine.
I commented to her that not many young girls have that name.
She said she was named after her grandmother.
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Post by ntsf on Jul 24, 2023 23:01:08 GMT
when people ask you have long have you been married and then ask.. what is the secret to such a long marriage (reaching 40 yrs this year)
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Post by crazy4scraps on Jul 24, 2023 23:06:31 GMT
When you see the boy who lived next door has grown up and has grey in his beard! How about when you see video of yourself and/or your DH from your home security cameras and you think, “Who ARE those old people that keep going in and out of my house?” I saw a shirt online that said, “GRAY PRIDE. We’re Old. We’re Tired. Get Off Our Lawn!” DH said he needed one! 🤣 |
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Post by anaterra on Jul 24, 2023 23:09:03 GMT
When you go to the grocery store and the girl (20-ish) who is bagging has her name tag and it is the same as mine. I commented to her that you not many young girls have that name. She said she was named after her grandmother. That one is pretty good!! Lol |
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anaterra
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Post by anaterra on Jul 24, 2023 23:10:33 GMT
When you see the boy who lived next door has grown up and has grey in his beard! I was going to say when a former boyfriend wants to friend you on fb and you wonder who that old man is lol. That just happened... i saw on fb market place the name of an old bf.. so i clicked on it to look at pics... and i would never have recognized him in public... insanity |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 24, 2023 23:27:36 GMT
Did you pull out your Nokia to make a quick call too? 🤣😘 I still use aol, but the Nokia is long gone... |
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Post by delila on Jul 24, 2023 23:34:04 GMT
When you get carded and the cashier says “oh I should have just asked you for your blockbuster card” after checking your birthdate. I could pull out my blockbuster card since I still have it. |
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