Wedding receptions

My granddaughter said that no-one believed that her gran went on all the biggest rides at Disneyworld and that was at the front of the queue!

We were automatically given concession tickets into Sandringham, we were almost offended!

On BBC Breakfast the other day Professor Clare Gerada (former head of the Royal College of GPs) was talking about her report, commissioned by the Liberal Democrats, which concluded we should have a hypothecated tax to fund the NHS.

She said that when the NHS was set up "old" began at 50, but nowadays "old" begins at 85. That does seem a bit of a jump in two generations. I'm quite a lot younger than 85 yet but I definitely am beginning to feel old at least some of the time.

Do you agree?

Towards the end of my son's wedding reception, 2.5 years ago, a young woman (mid twenties?) came across to me to say goodbye and thank me for a lovely evening, She then spoiled it by telling me that I was lovely and reminded her of her grandma. I was 54 ffs! Still, I put on my best old woman voice, smiled and said "thank you, how sweet."

Last year, at the supermarket checkout, the young cashier asked me what I would be doing for the rest of the day. I hate that sort of question, so made up an answer, to which she replied that her grandma would probably be doing something similar!

My mum commented last year on how young my elder brother still looks. Fair enough, but did she really need to add that I look my age?

keriku I'm also Scottish ,I felt ancient when I got married and the children in the street started calling me Mrs W ,but we always called neighbours by their surname so I shouldn't have been surprised .I still call my mums old neighbours by their married name when I meet them in town

My granddaughter bought a china doll dressed in Victorian clothes from a jumble sale. My grandson said to me "is that the sort of thing you wore to school in the olden days?" I wouldn't mind, but I was only 49 at the time!

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When my husband and I were young parents we were cooking breakfast and our four year old son told my 32 year old husband that "I expect you used wooden frying pans when you used to be young".
Our son is 27 now and it's still a family joke whenever he and his wife are with us for breakfast. My daughter in law is from overseas and I'm sure harbours the idea that wooden frying pans are yet more proof of eccentric British customs.

The lady across from us died last year, she was 93. She was very independent and fit but I always cleared the snow away for her and knocked to see if she needed anything. A new young family has just moved in - they cleared MY snow away last week. WOW!!!

I was very happy today when the man at the checkout called me madam. He spoilt it as I left calling out 'cheerio dear'. Oh well.
I do enjoy a wedding reception with all ages present. Its sort of the whole point of a wedding. I don't like it when children aren't invited. Its lovely to see the wee ones dancing in their best outfits and sliding about on the floor!

A few years ago my pal was in the bank and heard someone refer to her as a wifie! She asked me when you stop becoming a lassie and start being a wifie? (We are Scottish).

A few years ago I was playing on the floor with two of my grandsons then aged 4 and 5. The 4 year old was being a bit boisterous and his thoughtful elder brother remonstrated with him, " Careful, she's an old woman". I was torn between appreciating his concern and his view of me.

When I was small, so I ‘m told, I carefully covered DGM with a rug and and said, “You go to sleep and the angels will come and take you away.” Luckily she thought this funny. She lived for another 30 years, dying at 93.

Love that oldandbold, children don't pull their punches do they.

I was reading the usual complaint online about some old guy who had parked in the mother and child spaces and ignored the person who put him right. Se said he was about 60! The online community came to the defence of old man needing to access the supermarket. Made me feel ancient at 65, though I can still walk across car parks!

I laughed really hard when I read this gem from a child's perspective....it appeared as a meme on FB some time ago and it went something like this:

"My grandma is very, very old but her mother is even older! She's so old she can pull out her teeth and her gums, all at the same time"

I went to Doctors today for my final ever smear she asked had I had a baby in the last 3 months ! Don't feel old at all !

We were talking to two neighbours this morning. They are about 70. They said that during the recent snow two different people had knocked their door and asked if they needed anything from the shop. They were shocked as they are fit and healthy and look after their grandchildren every day, but they are perceived to be past it by middle aged people.

My mother had her first child, a boy, at 28. When he was three, he was sitting on her knee and inspecting her hair which started to go grey early, He told her" Mummy, your hair's going grey, I expect you'll soon be dead." She lived to 93!

My grandson age 5 was asking me where my mother was and if I had ever had a husband. I explained that sadly they were both dead and had gone to heaven. He looked at my 70 yo self,and thought, then gave me hug and said kindly “Don’t worry Nanna you’ll see them again soon”.

GrandmasueUk thanks for that share I just burst out laughing! My tonic for the day which I intend to share with others this afternoon!

I was in M&S one day last week. I dropped something and was just going to pick it up when a floor walker came rushing up. “Are you alright Madam” he said as he scooped my things up. “Yes. Thank you” I said while thinking, “for goodness sake does he think I’m old!!” Then it dawned on me. I AM old!!

I was teaching a young boy and he was telling me about his Granny. Apparently, "She is 62 and not even dead"! I'm a year older and I'm not either

My small granddaughter made me laugh a while ago. She had a new friend to play and pointed me out saying " that's my Granny she's old, I've got another Granny and she's even older than her"! I'm glad she at least recognised this as DD1's MIL is 30 years older than me! SIL is 16 years older than DD and I had my children much earlier than the other Granny

I certainly agree with your point varian
‘I suppose the point I was trying to make is about the way old age creeps up on you, taking you by surprise. One day you think of yourself just as a person, like everyone else, then suddenly you realise that other folk must be seeing you as an old person‘.
About 3 years ago I was chatting with friends and exercise related stories came up in the conversation. Doing sit ups. I said it was always slightly easier to do it with bent knees when lying down but that I hadn’t done one in a long time. When I got home I thought I’d try a couple just to see. Turns out I couldn’t do even one! All this time here was I thinking I’d just chosen not to do them anymore! Didn’t realise I actually couldn’t..... ?