I was recently complaining to a friend that a particular bar was too loud for a good girls’ night out–I couldn’t hear to hold a conversation.  She laughed, exclaiming “You know you’re old when…..”  After that I started to notice a few other tell-tail behaviors that might indicate that the aging process is well on its way.

You Know You’re Old When…

• You complain the bar is too loud to hold a decent conversation
• You fall asleep at the neighbor’s house watching rugby
• You try to avoid squinting in the sun so you don’t get more eye-wrinkles
• You start to sound like your mom (“Hungry?  Have an apple.  No?  Then you’re not that hungry.”)
• You find it exciting to grocery shop, alone, without the kids.  Seriously.
• You head to bed at 9 p.m. and consider 7 a.m. a lie-in
• Your mental notes don’t work anymore, so your life is held together with written lists
• You remember rotary dial phones but your kids do not know what a land-line is
• The sesame street episodes you watched as a kid have big poofy 80’s style hair and leggings…and the latter are now back in style
• You’re willing to pay ridiculous prices to shave ounces off hiking gear
• Your partner denies that he’s getting old
• People address you as “Mrs”
• You remember the dawn of the internet
• You have to ask your kids where they last saw your shoes
• You get excited over an electric blanket pre-warming the sheets

Milo doesn’t get an electric bed warmer, but Naomi does.