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Things to know about getting old
6/30/2010 at 8:31 AM
~Your kids are becoming you.... and you don't like them...but your grandchildren are perfect!
~Going out is good. Coming home is better!
~When people say you look "Great".... They add "for your age!"
~When you needed the discount you paid full price. Now you get discounts on everything ...Movies, hotels, flights, but you're too tired to use them.
~You forget names ... But it's OK because other people forgot they even knew you!!!
~The 5 pounds you wanted to lose is now 15, and you have a better chance of losing your keys than the 15 pounds.
~You realize you're never going to be really good at anything ..... Especially golf.
~Your spouse is counting on you to remember things you don't remember.
~The things you used to care to do, you no longer care to do, but you really do care that you don't care to do them anymore.
~Your spouse sleeps better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than he does in bed. It's called his "pre-sleep"..
~Remember when your mother said "Wear clean underwear in case you GET in an accident"? Now you bring clean underwear in case you HAVE an accident!
~You used to say, "I hope my kids GET married ...Now you say, "I hope they STAY married!"
~You miss the days when everything worked with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch..
~When GOOGLE, ipod, email, modem ...Were unheard of, you thought a mouse was something that made you climb on a table.
~You used to use more 4 letter words..."what?"..."when?"
~Now that you can afford expensive jewellery, it's not safe to wear it anywhere.
~You read 100 pages into a book before you realize you've read it.
~Notice everything they sell in stores is "sleeveless"?!!!
~What used to be freckles are now liver spots.
~Everybody whispers.
~You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet.... 2 of which you will never wear.
~ They now print newspapers with smaller type.
~But old is good in some things:
Old songs
Old movies
and best of all OLD FRIENDS!!