My mom made a "getting old" statement, to ME

We must have the same mother!

I have naturally light brown hair and I get blonde foils put in. I've been slowly going grey since my mid 30s, but because of the blonde, they white/grey isn't that noticeable, it just looks like it's part of the highlights. I have my hair cut & foils done about every 3 months.
Anyway, I forgot to make an appointment just before Christmas, and then my hairdresser went away for all of January, as a result it was about 6 weeks over my usual appointment time.
I saw my mother last week and she casually says..."Oh I see you've decided to let the grey hair grow out"
My root line was probably an inch and half long...not like it was at ear level!

Of course my mother at 72 still acts like she doesn't have any grey hair at all, and that auburn shade she has is completely natural.

Dh and I have discovered that as our Mums get older they all of a sudden get no filter and will say pretty much anything ... it leads to some interesting times at the dinner table      

Yes! Recently I was having a discussion with my 88 year old mother about how she's cold all the time and I'm always hot. She looked at me and said, "you're never cold because you have all the that blubber keeping you warm!" Geez mom, I know I'm overweight but really ...blubber?? Thanks a lot.

My mom did something similar to me recently. She's 80 and I'm 50. She said something like "when you get old like us." I was thinking dang, you have 30 years on me! Ouch!

Lol that sounds like something my mom would say. She alternates between "take a jacket, it's going to be cold" and stuff like this!

I am 46 and a runner. My mom is constantly telling me how bad it is for me and how I'm ruining my knees. I'm not mean enough to tell her I would rather ruin my knees by wearing them out running than by them carrying around 400 pounds. It does get a little old sometimes though.

My mum totally lost her filter in the weeks before she died - not that she had much of one before. She was looking through a magazine that had a model wearing a lovely yellow jacket. She was obsessed with the colour yellow those last few weeks. She announced that as soon as she got out of that place (hospice), she was going to buy herself one. She then said "I would get you one too, but you would just look like a wee fat Big Bird". 

I didn't get the feeling it was hurtful, just more if "be careful"

Recently when I complained about my demanding work schedule and all the stress I was under, my mom made the statement that I should retire as I'm "closing in on retirement age" and she expected me to before her as she loves her work and has no plan to leave. She's nearly 80 and is a school teacher.

I am 65 so closing in on 70. And yes my filters are not what they used to be. I am aware of it and many times I choose to not filter because I know people think it is my age that is causing my mouth to run off. But it can be very liberating to say what I think and what lots of people think but they don't have the guts to say.

When you know you are running out of time you feel the need to say some things as bluntly as possible so that *they* get it. No time to beat around the bush. It may seem harsh but often it is the love I feel for that person that is the catalyst.

No apology from me and I am Canadian and we apologize for everything.