My Dad once said he felt like a sixteen year old and my Mum said he couldn’t have one.
He was in his forties at the time, but it gives you an idea of their sense of humour, and they were married for almost 46 years.
As for us, Hubby and I act our shoe size (11 and 7 respectively) but there are days when we feel old, past it, and sitting in God’s waiting room.
Acting your age is almost impossible as everyone sees Age differently. It’s not necessarily to do with how you look (last year, a lovely lady said I only looked 50) either, as a young outlook can belie the actual years on the clock. I can also attribute that to the fact that I still have most of my natural hair colour, though the Rogue streaks are getting more like dual carriageways than a single track now and although not bad for an old trout at 64, my skin isn’t as flawless as hers.
But what if it goes the other way?
I mentioned to a fellow dog walker who was thinking of joining SW that there was a discount for the over 60s………. she was only 54!
Then an elderly acquaintance was most put out when I mentioned the free TV licence and demanded to know how old I thought she was as she was only 62 (licences are free for the over 75s, or are at present until TPTB move the goalposts and means test our pensioners).
Some years ago, the daughter of a friend of my mother’s believed I was Mum’s grand daughter. Heaven forbid if my sister ever got wind of it being thought she was my Mum !
Na. I’m 64 and Hubby loves me, wrinkles, flabby bits, warts and all.
Written for Fandango’s Provocative Question #71
I’m 44. I still get mistaken for being younger. I don’t know if that’s still in my late 20’s I look, or early 30’s when people think that. But it used to be mid 20’s to late 20’s.
When people question my age, they look at me like I am fibbing.
I have always felt younger. But I couldn’t give an age.
Rare moments, in the last 2 years, I have stared a couple of times at myself and said, I starting to feel old.
As for behaving my age. I can be silly when I want to. But how silly depends on who I am with.
Good answer here Liz. My sister is five years older than me and looks a lot more older than me sometimes. Her hair went white overnight when she had her second daughter and I still have a lot of my natural colour, which is dark brown, though not as dark as it used to be.
I have strands of grey in my hair. It first started in my 30’s. But be of my shade of hair and the different natural tones I have that as my hairdresser put it, ‘others pay for having hair like this,’ that it’s not noticable to others.
I see them as another highlights in my hair.
Likewise.
I thought it would bother me when I would one day see my first grey. But it didn’t.
Natural highlights are always best. They don’t grow out!
That’s so true.
You’ve answered it so wisely.
Thanks Sadje. I’m happy with my lot
That so good. The best way to live.
I am 67 years old but I do not feel it. I do my best to think young stay active and healthy. I am 20 in my head, my body often disagrees I just talk to body body very sternly and insist I am young and healthy 🌹….just like you! My feet are size 3 and occasionally that’s the age I act. 💜💜💜
Good to know Willow. I tell myself that for an old trout I’m not doing too badly thanks very much!
Your no old trout…we are coy carp 💜
Bright and shiny………… or big and scaly?? Love it. 😀
Only the best 💜
thanks
Enjoyed your post. Wonderful about your parents sense of humor! That is an awesome thing to have and glad they passed it on to you. LOL about you opening your mouth and inserting your foot! I know that feeling!
I have one of those BIG birthday’s coming at the end of the year. I’ll be 50. Do I feel like it? No, except when my knees bother me or when I forget something! Do I act like it? Welllll……I love to laugh and have fun! I We all need times of laughter, keeps you young and makes life a lot more enjoyable! 🙂
I remember my 50th. It co-incided with our 15th Wedding Anniversary and pictures were put in the paper. We actually ended up celebrating both our anniversary and my birthday over a week. Hubby bought me a beautiful silver bracelet and we went for a meal in one of the poshest Chinese restaurants in town.
My 60th was fun and co-incided with our silver anniversary. MSM had the dog overnight and we stayed in a hotel. Hubby had made sure the en suite had a proper bath and I had a long soak with bubbles up to my chin (we put a blindfold on the rubber duck) and a very pruney me lay on the bed eating strawberries and watching TV.
Sounds great! Love Chinese! Good that the rubber duck had a blindfold. LOL!
Our anniversary is just 11 days after my bday. 🙂
my birthday is two days after ours.
That is really close! 🙂
My sister and her husband got married on my Mum’s birthday in 1976, and my great niece was born on our 4th wedding anniversary in 1995.
Very nice! We got married in 1995. 😊
Your silver anniversary this year then Carolyn. Congratulations.
Yes, hard to believe!! Thanks Di! 🥰
you’re welcome
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Your story about assuming people were older than they actually were reminded me of the time I was in a grocery store and asked a woman when her baby was due. She looked at me very indignantly and told me that she wasn’t pregnant. Oops!
That actually happened to me too, a shop assistant we’d become chatty with asked me when my baby was due and I had to tell her I was just fat. We laughed about it, but I felt really sorry for her .
When I retired there were many who were taken aback as they thought I was much younger! It is only a number…
I took a retirement package at 50, and was looking forward to my state pension at 60, then the government moved the goalposts and I had to wait an extra 6 years, so my little pot had to see me through 15 years, not 9 as I was 51 when I stopped work.