The start of the slippery slope?

Well, each to their own, I suppose.

It made me laugh as well. I have done that.
I dont think that wearing your best clothes when you are around small kids is a good idea at all. The amount of different substances that can get from them onto your clothes it's just not worth it.
My DD always wears her old stuff about the house. It's almost impossible to get a small child out of highchair without getting food mess on your own things.

Not too much to aim for in my case kitty (every cloud...) so my lap is the usual target. However as I said before, indoors a tea towel tucked into the neck of my top does the trick.

Lilypops, mine are 38ff so more to aim for! And, with DH it's his belly!?

This started happening to me, any sit down brings on a nap towards the end of the day. I use a tea towel at home to protect clothing - a perfect excuse to have some flowery Cath Kidston ones.
Out its a bit more difficult, today I met a friend for lunch, I was dressed in navy tee shirt, patterned skirt.
Looked down as I put my raincoat on to come home, to see a patch of tomato sauce mid chest. Oh no!

I have given up wearing plain coloured tops now, as they invariably end up with a nice gravy,tea,tomato sauce pattern on them drawn there by the invisible magnet that is hidden somewhere on my chest, just waiting to attract any food that is on its way to my mouth. My DH says with a gap that size how can I miss!

I never sit with tea in my hands but I often fall asleep and wake up to find it has gone cold and I can never get through an episode of the antiques roadshow without falling asleep, I think it must be the theme tune as I am fine with other tv programme it cannot possibly be an age thing

My mum had a frontage that our kitten often curled up to sleep upon! My own frontage was so much more modest that my parents once brought home a couple of iced gems (tiny biscuits with a pointy swirl of icing on top) "to put in my bra to fill it up!"

My late husband, soup and silk ties were a dangerous combination so it's not just ladies.

Here she goes:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqgoUWPx4eE

It's not age with me, Anya, it was always thus (I managed to get the green and white striped dress with a squirty tomato first time on as well, btw!).

My three DGS show no signs as yet of having inherited the clumsy gene. But I just love to see the insurance ad they show at cinemas sometimes - the Tiny Dancer cavorting round the house, spinning round and showing off and narrowly missing all the precious ornaments. That was me, and I've said to DH that that little girl is the granddaughter I may never have!

It's not just age though, is it? For some people it must be genetic.

My beautiful GD, aged 5, is a walking disaster area. If there's anything to knock over, break, spill, trip over, dribble, drip or dislodge, she manages to do it her sister by contrast, age 6, could walk through a field of mud barefooted and emerge pristine and spotless.

At the buffet on holiday I only chose beetroot with my salad if I was wearing a dark coloured top - otherwise I knew I would get it down me!

Oh I've loved reading all your posts, I'm a nightmare for spilling stuff down my front, put on a brand new Joules top the other day, was so careful, even down to wearing a tea towel tucked in, only to miss the road to my mouth with red wine !! Washed it and wore it again, this time lily pollen. It's doomed !!!

I keep an oldish pair of jeans and and top for my childminding days, crawling about on all fours doesn't lend itself to smarter clothes, but Maggymay your Boden dress sounds lovely and I'm off to have a look. I like their clothes but feel the quality hasn't been as good recently.

My dad, bless him, used to obligingly turn his wrist to check the time when asked, forgetting the cup and saucer balancing in his hand at the time.

I try to make a point of never sitting down on a comfy chair holding any liquid, as I always fall asleep! The fall out of not sleeping properly at night. It's very frustrating as I usually have to watch a TV programme about 3 times to get to the end. Thank goodness for smart TVs. ?

Thank You Jingle. I am 63, but also truly amazing

Kitty, I am always getting spills on my tops these days, don't know why but when I go out for a meal with friends they watch me and guess how long it will take before I spill something, I try to wear a curry/ spaghetti coloured top or what ever I am eating I try to wear the appropriate colour top,,
I suspect though my 38f ,s get in the way ,

[Grin] Atqui

When I got half way through the op to the " warm wet feeling" I wondered what had occurred . Thank goodness it was only the cup of tea!!!

I don't understand what you mean, Ilrina. You say you never take food or drink into the living room, never have, never will. But what do you do when you have the family or friends round? Don't you all have nibbles beforehand and go and get comfy in the front room after you've eaten with your wine/coffees etc? Don't you ever have the girls round for wine and a natter, or your book group or whatever?

Ilrina, I do sympathise - I can feel got at when I say I don't want any cake and get the impression people think I'm being sanctimonious. Similarly, I got laughed at at school because I have a photographic memory for words, and always got top marks for spelling. I couldn't help it, but the other girls still accused me of being a 'teacher's pet'. i think it can feel threatening to see someone naturally doing something which we may feel uneasy or even guilty about not being able to do ourselves, particularly if our culture positively promotes that quality or behaviour. It's assumed that people should be slim, or should do well at school, and should strive to achieve those standards, but as the cliché goes, We Are All Different, and we won't all manage everything with equal skill. Now I'm older it's easier for me to accept that despite current health advice that we should 'move more' I just don't like exercise for it's own sake and can't face doing more than the bare minimum, particularly as I have mobility issues.

Papers are much easier to read at the kitchen table, anyway.

I wear big bibs like Anya and Deedaa's husband - I have a hand tremor and can't eat neatly unless I'm using a spoon (and not always then). They come in various plastic-backed tartans in a good sturdy fabric (mine are Royal Stewart and Black Watch), so I don't feel as though I'm entering my second childhood, though I mostly only wear them at home or with family. I've occasionally worn one in a Chinese restaurant - I can still more or less manage chopsticks, but not as deftly as I used to.

Love Badenkate's "sarcasm" post on this thread.

Can anyone over the age of, say sixtynine, sit down for a read in the afternoons without falling asleep? I can't. And yes, I've done the lapful of tea thing. You are amazing Ilrina. Or younger than some of us.

Glad to say my thyroid is fine Miranda. I have it checked every year after one low reading a few years ago. I think part of the problem is that I twisted my knee a few months ago and it still can wake me up when I turn over in bed.
Generally dripping food down myself is pretty longstanding, though . The whiplash effect of spaghetti is awesome!

When I start feeling tired all the time,i start taking a multi bit like Menopace, which seems to sort me out in a few days. It may also be worth getting your thyroid checked as low thyroid can make you feel exhausted!

I am not putting anyone down Badenkate, so apologies to you too if you thought that. I am not a spring chicken myself or I wouldn't be here, would I? I just found it all rather depressing, even though it was meant in a light hearted way.

I am also one of those people who never takes food/drink into the sitting room, never have, never will so find that difficult to get my head around. Not saying I am right and others are wrong, just that it isn't right for me.