Everyone looks twelve

I'm 74 and agree with all these comments. I used to be a bit miffed but now I think isn't it wonderful that people care, that good manners still exist and I'm offered a seat near the front of the bus.

Haha. I told the chap at our local Garage I used to be a Mod in the 1960s... and he said he'd done Mods as part of his History exam course !

I remember well that utterly mortifying moment when I was offered a seat on a bus - at 62!

I can't read any small print without my glasses (and good light) so I often don't bother.

Does anyone else have to suppress inner rage when offered help and advice by (what looks like) a child? My doctor, dentist, bank staff - are all kids!

Morethan I have problems with packaging too. I cannot even seem to be able to pull open a bag of lettuce and the tops on milk bottles are impossible. Are they using stronger glue do you think or are we just getting old?

In the last year I have been offered seats on the tube many times. I am 73 but used to kid myself I looked much younger with my snazzy buzz cut and big red glasses, but people are now seeing through that

One of the local kids who's doing a school history project asked me if I was an evacuee doing the war! I'm 64! I was able to tell him lots about my parents and grandparents in the war though so he went away happy.

Still being under retirement age and still looking for work, it is a bit disconcerting to walk into an interview to be met by one (or usually 2) 12 year olds sitting across the other side of the desk !
You can usually tell by their facial expressions if you are likely to get the job !
I did once ask an interviewer if there would be a problem with the fact that I am obviously more mature and was told that there wouldn't. Was then taken around the building and into the office that I would be working in - not one person looked as if they were enjoying their job ! (Mind you, the pay was pretty rubbish and they topped it up with "benefits" that in my experience , I would probably have never used) I wasn't too bothered that I didn't get it after that!

Oh Rosina! That made me laugh. Not sure I should have done though!

@Rosina I quite agree we look far too young to be getting married and many dead or sadly seriously ill when I look at the group photos of our wedding. I am always delighted when people offer me a seat or offer help as it shows that good manners and care for others is not a thing of the past.

A good many policemen/women look all of 12

It’s the stupid questions in hospital that I object to! “Can you count backwards from twenty?” Response ‘of course I can but why would I want to!’ Answer not acceptable. Tough!

Sadly yes, it's called getting old. Sometimes I hear people of my age 'putting the world to right' or saying 'this didn't happen when I was their age' etc etc which reminds me when I use to get the bus home from school and could hear the then middle aged people saying the same thing. Sadly my nephew who is 6 was really shocked when I told him I remembered the Beatles, so shocked he ran out to tell all his friends!

I think all local councillors are playing truant!!!

Our wedding photos have become quite scary; we look like teenagers (we certainly weren't) and practically everyone in the group photo is now dead!

12 year olds ask me if I have an email address. They obviously think I am too old to manage this new fangled technology.

The first time I saw my consultant I thought he was doing work experience with a parent.

My niece is a doctor and although 27 looks 15, wish I did?

I thought that the lovely nurse who did my flu' jab (most proficiently) looked about twelve. Then someone mentioned that she'd just returned from maternity leave!

Yes sunseeker! I was just about to comment about doctors. My local GP's has lots of new doctors. I've seen 2 or 3 and indeed, they all looked like they should still be in school!

Mentioned to a friend yesterday that when I last saw a doctor - he must have been about 15

I think teens looked considerably older and mature in the 1950s and 60s than teens today- Not saying it's a bad thing either way-

When certain 'experts' appear on the breakfast TV programme we frequently comment "he/she is going to be late for school!"

I had to laugh when my granddaughter went back to school after the summer holidays and my DIL complained that her new teacher was only 12 years old - my DIL is only 35!

A few years ago DH and I were watching an article on the evening news about buying properties and mortgages. They cut to an interview with a 12 year old. Cue for DH to start ranting "Why are they asking her? She's not old enough to have a mortgage, she'll live at home with her mum and dad!". The interviewer continued - "So, as Housing Minister.....". That shut him up!

Don't worry, I had the same situation on the tube. I thought I looked ok for my mid-sixty, perhaps a bit younger but on 2 occasions somebody gave me their seat. hmmm, makes you wonder