top ten signs you are not as young as you used to be

[GreyhoundsRUs]

One of your friends from high school just posted a Facebook picture of a puzzle she just completed.

Please tell me she used puzzle glue and subsequently framed it...bonus points if it is a puzzle of a major work of art like the Mona Lisa

[HouseofWool]

bonus points if it is a puzzle of a major work of art like the Mona Lisa

Better yet, one the ones where it is only gumballs or paperclips.

[corn poffi]

I don't think she glued it, but it's a hilarious picture. It's a girl sitting on a pile of pumpkins in front of a church. There's a scarecrow next to her holding a sign that says "pumpkins for sale". Even more hilarious is her comment on the photo, "1000 piece puzzle I got with birthday money. It was disappointingly easy".

I know, I'm mean for making fun of her, but putting together puzzles is my grandmother's second favorite activity (behind watching the birds in the yard).

[niener]

Oh, I've got another one:

Your bedtime routine has ever been as follows:
Brush, floss, put in your mouth guard (to protect against teeth grinding), put a Breathe Right strip on your nose, take a big dose of melatonin, fill and turn on the humidifier, put on the wrist braces that are necessary for your RSI pain, and climb into bed looking OH SO SEXY.

LOL, that is quite a visual

-When professional athletes start retiring and they're the same age or younger than you
-When a kid asks you what a walkman is, you say it was the original ipod

[MsSassyBaskets]

I don't think she glued it, but it's a hilarious picture. It's a girl sitting on a pile of pumpkins in front of a church. There's a scarecrow next to her holding a sign that says "pumpkins for sale". Even more hilarious is her comment on the photo, "1000 piece puzzle I got with birthday money. It was disappointingly easy".

I know, I'm mean for making fun of her, but putting together puzzles is my grandmother's second favorite activity (behind watching the birds in the yard).

I'm trying to imagine the picture on that puzzle, and it strikes me as less "not as young as you used to be" and more just plain weird!

[v-girl]

I know, I'm mean for making fun of her, but putting together puzzles is my grandmother's second favorite activity (behind watching the birds in the yard).

I've always loved doing puzzles!

[L.Jane]

I've always loved doing puzzles!

I currently have one going on the kitchen table, and J got me one for our anniversary thats up next. Its my way of maintaining control of something when nothing else in my life seems like its in control. Although I don't think I would post a picture of it on FB when I am done.

[MrsK]

When you've gone full circle. When I was a kid, I picked up "Highlights" in the doctors waiting room. As a teen, I picked up "Seventeen". As a young adult, it was "Cosmo" or "Glamour". Now I'm back to picking up "Highlights" (or the toddler version, High Five) because I want to know whether to read it to my kid.

[ides]

When the bands of your teen years have reunited for tours playing the same songs that were hits 25-30 yrs ago. Hall & Oats, Pat Benatar.

[oceanchild]

Most of the rides at the county fair now make you want to vomit.

We just went to the local theme park last weekend, and I totally had this experience with the roller coasters. Since when were roller coasters this unpleasant? Sigh.

You have no idea who any of the current pop musicians are because you only listen to NPR.

This, on the other hand, was me in high school. So I've probably been old all along.

[bobk]

I got nauseous on a swing set today with the kids. I feel so pathetic. Wasn't going very high either.

[BonBon]

I got nauseous on a swing set today with the kids. I feel so pathetic. Wasn't going very high either.

LOL, I feel you. I always *swore* that I would be the cool mom who would go on loop roller coasters and other thrill rides. *ahem* I'm too old for that crap.