1. You leave clubs before the end to "beat the rush". (worst still you don't go to the clubs)
2. You get more excited about having a roast on a Sunday than going clubbing the night before.
2. You get more excited about having a roast on a Sunday than going clubbing the night before.
3. You stop dreaming of becoming a professional footballer/basketball player and start dreaming of having
a son who might instead.
4. Before throwing the local paper away, you look through the property section.
4. Before throwing the local paper away, you look through the property section.
5. All of a sudden, middle aged people are not 46, they are only 46.
6. Before going out anywhere, you ask whether there is anywhere to park.
7. Rather than throw a knackered pair of trainers out, you keep them because they'll be alright for the DIY or
in the garden.
8. You buy T-shirts without anything written on them.
9. Instead of laughing at the innovations catalogue that falls out of
the newspaper, you suddenly see both the benefit and money saving
properties of most of the things that are in it.
the newspaper, you suddenly see both the benefit and money saving
properties of most of the things that are in it.
10. You start to worry about your parents' health.
11. You have more disposable income, but everything you want or need to
buy costs between 200 and 500 quid.
buy costs between 200 and 500 quid.
12. You don't get funny looks when you buy a Disney video or a Wallace
and Gromit bubble bath, as the sales assistant assumes they are for your
children.
and Gromit bubble bath, as the sales assistant assumes they are for your
children.
13. Pop music all starts to sound the same.
14. You opt for Pizza Express over Pizza Hut because they do a really
nice half-bottle of house red.
nice half-bottle of house red.
15. You always have enough milk in.
16. To compensate for the fact that you have little desire to go
clubbing, you instead frequent trendy bars and restaurants in the
mistaken belief that you have not turned into your parents.
clubbing, you instead frequent trendy bars and restaurants in the
mistaken belief that you have not turned into your parents.
17. While flicking through the TV channels, you happen upon C4's Time
Team with Tony Robinson. You get drawn in. Grand Designs also appeals.
Team with Tony Robinson. You get drawn in. Grand Designs also appeals.
18. The benefits of a pension scheme become clear.
19. You go out of your way to pick up a colour chart from B&Q.
20. You wish you had a shed.
21. You have a shed.
22. You actually find yourself saying "They don't make 'em like that
anymore" and "I remember when there were only 4 TV channels" and "Not in
my day...."
anymore" and "I remember when there were only 4 TV channels" and "Not in
my day...."
23. Radio 2 play more songs you know than Radio 1 - and Jeremy Vine has
some really interesting guests on.
some really interesting guests on.
24. Instead of tutting at old people who take ages to get off the bus, you tut at
rowdy school children.
25. When sitting outside a pub you admire their hanging baskets.
26. You find yourself saying "is it cold in here or is it just me"
27. You understand the above and forward it to your fellow aging friends.
2 comments:
nicely done! and all too familiar.
Even more familiar to those who are over 52! No.26 can be adapted for laydees of a certain age who say "is is hot in here or is it just me?"
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