What is it that makes YOU feel that you have reached old age?

Not being able to party as I did for many years.

The fact that there is nothing wrong with my eyes, but my arms are now too short for me to read without glasses!

There's nothing wrong with mine either; they just seem to make the print smaller. Wonder why they do that??

I realized I was - in the eyes of the NHS - officially old when I received an invitation to attend the GERIATRIC MEDICINE clinic. Not a clinic for a specific area of the body, no - just for old bodies. To my surprise they were very thorough examinations, not cursory, and the doctor has a great sense of humour. Happy to go now!

When I get on the bus (having retired back to Wales after years working in a large city in England) and they say 'there you are, lovely' when handing me my ticket - or at the supermarket when handing me my change.
I must be doddery but can't see it

Also there is nothing nicer than cwtching or snuggling under a warm furry throw watching TV of an evening.

I'd be happy for someone to call me lovely. Or pet. Or hinny, or even darlin' as they used to round here, but somehow the habit seems to have gone.

I had a bevy of nurses from The Phillipines calling me sweetheart and darling, I truly didn't mind, even getting innured to it from taxi drivers. I was taken aback about 15 years ago when youths playing football across a road stopped as one saw me, picked up the ball and said 'Make way for the elderly'. I was only 60!

How cheeky Eirel ! That can change a girl's mood pretty quickly ?

I decided being made way for was a good thing and maybe I was getting a little elderly!

Bellanonna I quite like being called 'lovely' too. An older term of endearment here is older men (over 80) calling a woman 'kid' is a compliment.

I have been called it several times and viewed it with humour. I think it comes from the Casablanca generation...

Leafing through a 2017 calendar full of "handy household hints" I realised that I knew all of, and practised most of, them. Have been on the planet long enough to work it all out, so to speak.

Now there is a market for this sort of thing for the next generation who will have to learn it all over again.

And when do we stop falling and ' have a fall ' .

Yes, it's often "She had a little fall". Sounds patronising I think. Wonder why using a noun instead of a verb just applies to the elderly?

I find myself saying 'I had a fall' instead of saying 'I fell' ...think it's because I really hurt myself and things still aren't right.

Anya, what happened to you was truly awful. I'd still think of it as falling over, though, aided and abetted by the dog (I think?)

Perhaps by saying 'a fall' I'm subconsciously making it a one-off? At least my recent DEXA scan was reassuring, my bone density having increased despite no medication for 3+ years.

Thanks Bella, yes there was a clear reason for my fall at least. My late sister who was on alendronic acid had a sudden fracture of her femur when she simply turned round quickly. The fracture never healed properly,

We still have everyday clothes and 'best' clothes, but have begun to realise how outdated
this is, we need to go for meals out in our gardening gear to fit in..

Having to sit down to put my knickers on because if i try it standing up i fall over

Wondering if I can reach to pull on my fluffy ankle-boot-slippers when I get up, or if I'll go for shoving my feet into the easy-option-slippers and having chilly ankles.

I can still do knickers and jeans standing up, but notice I'm getting a bit wobbly. I'll try to keep doing it though. I have to sleep on a mattress on floor ad DDs tonight and hoping I can get down and up again. Very important appointment at 9 am - 4 year old's very first big school Nativity. Can't wait.

Realising that I now cannot ”hit the shops" without being exhausted after a couple of hours and wanting to be at home. Used to be a full day with lunch in between. I no longer have retail stamina. I no longer have any stamina. My ability to stand and fish for five or six hours at a stretch has also gone down the tubes this year. Never used to give it a thought.

Bellanonna enjoy tomorrows premiere. Will there be tears from you ?

I'm sure there will be, grannypiper ?

I look at this thread title again and again, and do you know what my answer is?
Nothing - yet!!

The thing I have noticed more than anything is my own tendency to underestimare how long ago something haooened.

When writing xmas cards I'll say "we haven't seen them for two years" and my OH wikl correct me saying "it must be at keast five years"