You know you are getting old when:

[MotherofOrpies]

My mom, bless her soul, thought I'd like elastic waist jeans so found me a couple of pair at a rummage sale to try. I liked them. That was when I was 50-ish. At round 55, I learned about cotton leggings (allergic to poly), and I haven't taken them off since. I'm 65. I sleep in them, wear them around the house, and even have a few fancier pairs for going out.

The problem with elastic pants is, there isn’t a button you can open we like eating, sometimes a lot, so, when I wear my comfy elastic pants, and start eating, they are no longer comfortable if I wear pants with a zipper and button, I just pop open the button ( in bad cases, I also open the zipper )

 

[MotherofOrpies]

When buttoning your flannel shirt or the top button on your jeans hurts your hands, Is Velcro the next step?

No, just very comfy large things you can slip over your head, or on your legs, to keep the pants up, that’s why they invented suspenders! When I was younger, I didn’t get them, the older you are, the more you get stuff you didn’t understand when you were young ( for example a man helping you into your coat, when I was young, it was nice, but not necessary, now, with my shoulders acting up, I am really grateful!)

 

[EmmaDonovan]

the older you are, the more you get stuff you didn’t understand when you were young

Like why older people are crabby. When there's no one to help you get your coat on, it takes forever and it hurts!

 

[EmmaDonovan]

 

[BigBlueHen53]

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^^^^^THIS, absolutely!

 

[EmmaDonovan]

 

[Sally PB]

^^YUP!

 

[Finchbreeder]

When - while chatting to your Dentist - you discover he was born the same year as your youngest child.

 

[EmmaDonovan]

I just spent ten minutes listening to someone talk and wondering where the sound was coming from. At first I thought it was outside, this is the dog-walking hour and it's not uncommon for people to walk by talking on their phones. But I kept hearing it and there was no one walking by outside. Then I thought maybe my roommate had left her tablet on but I couldn't find it and she usually takes it with her (she's not home).

I finally figured out it was my own headphones. I had taken them off and set them down beside me and forgot there was a video playing.

 

[notabitail]

I just spent ten minutes listening to someone talk and wondering where the sound was coming from. At first I thought it was outside, this is the dog-walking hour and it's not uncommon for people to walk by talking on their phones. But I kept hearing it and there was no one walking by outside. Then I thought maybe my roommate had left her tablet on but I couldn't find it and she usually takes it with her (she's not home).

I finally figured out it was my own headphones. I had taken them off and set them down beside me and forgot there was a video playing.

How loud were your headphones? If I can hear the content outside of my headphones when they're set down I must have turned the volume up too much.