For those who remember a time when rolling stones, beetles and the four seasons meant rocks, bugs and times of the year, this is for you.
You know you’re getting old when “youth” is
that thing you realize you wasted, when you saw your kids doing the exact same
thing, just before they had kids.
If you walk into a room, and can’t remember
why you walked in, it’s not an age thing, unless the room you enter is the
bathroom.
Old means, never having to say you’re sorry
you forgot, because you never heard what was said anyway.
You’re getting old if each year you have to
recalculate your age when it’s your birthday.
If you are old, sell-by dates don’t matter because
beginning and end dates don’t mean much when you can’t remember today’s date.
You are old if the new high school you
attended was torn down and replaced, and your grandchildren graduated from the
new one, years ago.
If your teachers teach your grandchildren,
have retired, or died you’re old.
If your teenage hangout is the new senior
center, you’re old.
If to you, Dwight means Ike, not Gooden,
you’re old.
And, you know you’re getting up in years if
you remember when mammogram was a telegram to your mother and PSA meant Public
Service Announcement.
And
especially for women:
If you call Spanx a girdle, you’re old.
If a thong line reminds you of a sanitary belt
line, you are most definitely old.
If you remember when undergarments were
called underwear, boots were called rubbers and rubbers were erasers, you’re
old.
If you were told using a tampon meant you’d
lose your virginity, and you believed it, you’re not only old, you’re clueless.
You’re getting old if you sneeze, cough and
laugh and for the rest of the day you feel like you’re wearing a wet bathing
suit during the long ride home after a day at the beach.
You know you’re getting old when you think
aches and pains are as inevitable as menopause.
At the risk of embarrassing my daughters,
alienating my son-in-law’s, mortifying my current and future grandchildren and
estranging my husband let me conclude that sex for old folks is lot like
getting a good night’s sleep. It’s something you talk about a lot, seldom get
and can’t remember the last time you had a good one anyway
*snort* Love this post, 2Ns. Although I had to laugh at your comment about undergarments, boots etc. In Australia we went the other way...erasers used to be called rubbers. Like thong and fanny I guess rubbers mean something totally different here to the US -> here a rubber = a condom.
ReplyDeleteRubbers are condoms here too. I figured the "unsaid" might make it a bit, how should I say it, amusing in a edgy, without being edgy, way.
DeleteOh my, you had me at hello. I walk into the bathroom looking for my car keys and when I finally find my keys in the refrigerator and get in my car, my first stop is a restroom. Although I'm not always sure why I stop there.
ReplyDeleteThis was hilarious, 2Ns, even the parts I didn't get!
Hey John, maybe you're too young to get the parts you didn't get.
DeleteThis was indeed hilarious, 2Ns. :D
ReplyDeleteI wanted to get some fresh air yesterday but couldn't find the keys to my apartment. I felt prisoner in my own home. The fridge was the first place I looked, by the way. The keys were found next to my computer, after I used a magic trick…Seriously. ;-) Hahaha.
A magic trick? Sounds like something I could use.
DeleteCarolynn: to find a missing object, turn a cup upside down. Sometimes it takes time, but it always seems to work. <3 <3 <3
DeleteLord have mercy. You + your brain = HEEELARIOUS!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the laugh - it was needed!
Ha, you want "heeelarious," I had Easter at my house, again, and within the first ten minutes of the crowd getting settled in we had discussed three people who had recently died and every ache and pain imaginable. The kids and I were laughing so hard, I told them, this is your future, take notes.
DeleteI'm using that in the future. I saw you "pop" in at The Reef and know you have lots going on! Hope it all goes well, and know you must be excited about the new arrival! That comment - busier than a pregnant robin with no nest? Classic 2N's style. Loved it!
DeleteThanks for not forgetting me. I'll be back soon.
DeleteI am so excited for you and I miss hanging out at the reef.
I laughed so much at this! Thanks :)
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