You Know You're Getting Old When....

kittkatt

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You start receiving offers in the mail from AARP..
 

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My 40th birthday is two weeks from today, and I've been getting AARP offers for just over 5 years now....how is THAT supposed to make me feel?
 

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My FIL gets mail from AARP. They honestly don't sound so bad (I've heard that their nurse's hotline is very good), I don't see why anyone should get offended that they're getting older.
It's an inevitable part of life - it's what you do with your life that matters.
 
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Originally Posted by strange_wings

I don't see why anyone should get offended that they're getting older.
I'm not offended. I'm just being silly.
I actually think that AARP may have some good programs, which may be beneficial.
 

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I've had to change my computer cursor to the largest one.


Yosemite? Getting those discounts isn't all that bad these days. (But my Mom often had to prove she was old enough to get them.
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Originally Posted by Yosemite

The checkout lady at the grocery store asked if I get senior discount.
or how about when they give you the senior discount without bothering to ask.
 

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I've started feeling old when I had to had a filling replaced. I realized that the filling was older than one of the new hires at work.
 

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He he - thank goodness they have not caught us yet......maybe the counting backwards in birthdays is working there too.....
 

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Actually the AARP magazine and bulletins have good articles in them.
 

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Originally Posted by Yosemite

The checkout lady at the grocery store asked if I get senior discount.
Went shopping at a grocery store near me and it was senior day (a branch of my bank is there). I picked up a couple of things and went to the express line. The clerk has been there for years and I believe that the senior gentleman checking out has been in his line a number of times. The clerk automatically gives him the senior discount and the guy says, "Aren't you going to ask me for my ID?"
 

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Originally Posted by gemlady

Yosemite? Getting those discounts isn't all that bad these days. (But my Mom often had to prove she was old enough to get them.
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Oh I have no problem with the discount but they make you show proof and I'm 3 years shy of the proof.


Originally Posted by butzie

Went shopping at a grocery store near me and it was senior day (a branch of my bank is there). I picked up a couple of things and went to the express line. The clerk has been there for years and I believe that the senior gentleman checking out has been in his line a number of times. The clerk automatically gives him the senior discount and the guy says, "Aren't you going to ask me for my ID?"
Zellers allows senior discount at 55 - I was so excited. Our daughter laughed so much, she said she never saw anyone so excited about getting older.

I honestly have no issue with aging so I'm actually looking forward to the discount and retirement. I'm putting "x's" on my calendars.
 

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...when you see that John McCain was 72 on Friday, and you say to yourself, "That doesn't sound that old." And you see that Michael Jackson was 50 on Friday, and you say to yourself, "Wow, I remember when he was just a kid."
 

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Originally Posted by mrblanche

...when you see that John McCain was 72 on Friday, and you say to yourself, "That doesn't sound that old." And you see that Michael Jackson was 50 on Friday, and you say to yourself, "Wow, I remember when he was just a kid."
deja vu!

i like the '50 is the new 40' viewpoint, myself - Michael & i are 6 months apart in age [i'm older, btw].
 

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The lady at the jewelry store and I had a laugh about that yesterday. I'd been telling her about my Mother's 50th birthday and when she started getting them. I hope to take my Grandma's attitude about her age. Ask her how she's doing and she always responds (in a perky cheerful voice) "Pretty good for a lil ol lady!"
(She's 89, will be 90 in a few months.)
 

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Analysts have said that the automatic AARP mailings and the 50-year-old membership age are absolutely brilliant strokes, and one of the reasons the group has grown so large and powerful.
 

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Originally Posted by Arlyn

My 40th birthday is two weeks from today, and I've been getting AARP offers for just over 5 years now....how is THAT supposed to make me feel?
I started getting them at age 30!
 

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A friend brough his 16 year old son to stay with us and I realized he was the same age as my DH was when we met. He seemed like a baby. I am 5 years older.
 
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