# Milestones in the aging process **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 8, 2007, 8:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335 "2007-02-08T08:31:14Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/41 "2007-02-09T19:07:23Z")
When you get a glossy folder from a local corpse valet " How To Plan Your Funeral"-gaahh! ---
**Author:** ![Tomcat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Tomcat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tomcat)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/42 "2007-02-09T21:06:26Z")
Looking at a young hottie, remembering when you lost your virginity and then realizing that you could have a kid that age… Buying life insurance. Throwing away old tshirts that were really cool, but are too worn to wear…dammit! I _like_ my Sugarcubes concert shirt! -Tcat ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/43 "2007-02-09T21:23:37Z")
Bifocals… :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/44 "2007-02-10T00:29:20Z")
[QUOTE=Dr. Woo] Also car-related: when you finally buy a car with an automatic transmission. [/QUOTE] I’m sure lots of younger people are buying automatics these days, which may be why there seem to be more sport sedans with automatics these days. ONe needs a free hand for the cell phone. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/45 "2007-02-10T00:56:00Z")
-This happened to me in college: Picking up a copy of Playboy and realizing that the centerfold girl was _younger than me_! -More recently: being asked my age and having to stop and think about it for a minute… ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/46 "2007-02-10T01:08:04Z")
[QUOTE=Small Clanger] [Uncle Monty] It’s the most devastating moment in a young mans life, when he quite reasonably says to himself, “I shall never play The Dane!”[/Uncle Monty] . [/QUOTE] For me, it was realizing that not only was I now too old to play Emily Webb in _Our Town_, I was too old to play Mrs. Webb. Experiencing the death of a sibling from age-related medical problems. Not recognizing three quarters of the names in the Born This Day column in the newspaper. ---
**Author:** ![MaddyStrut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dbc845/32.png) [@MaddyStrut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaddyStrut)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/47 "2007-02-10T01:12:17Z")
When I fell down and, not only did it hurt at first, it _kept on hurting_. Gone are the days of falls, bumps, and bruises I barely notice. Oh no. Now I can hurt myself just taking a bad step! ---
**Author:** ![Lissa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lissa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lissa)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/48 "2007-02-10T01:22:06Z")
The first time I awkwardly opened a pill bottle using just the palm of my hand. ---
**Author:** ![Zoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a4c791/32.png) [@Zoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoe)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/49 "2007-02-10T02:56:15Z")
The first time you sit in a car and you realize that your shoulders don’t touch the back of the seat even though your back does The nurse checks your height and you’re 5’2" – _again_ You understand the meaning of the expression _long in the tooth_ You don’t go out because if you fell, you might freeze to death Your niece is a great-aunt ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/50 "2007-02-10T03:56:53Z")
I hate to spoil the generally light-hearted tone here, but I just spoke to a friend of mine…her 75 year-old mother just broke her hip. Not a good thing when you reach a certain age. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/51 "2007-02-10T20:04:05Z")
Getting arthritis. Seeing the first few silver hairs in my beard. Watching a football game and realizing that I was older than every player on the field. Yelling at neighbor kids to turn the damn music down…if you can call it “music.” Realizing I’m now older than my parents were when I graduated from high school. Recently playing an old Space Invaders arcade game and discovering that I was still good at it. ---
**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/52 "2007-02-10T21:31:57Z")
Getting skin tags. JOINING AARP. (Which I never did.) Can’t drink milk. Can’t remember something told you yesterday. Who the hell was John Lennon? I could go on forever, but my first memory of geting older was when I legally got my first drink in a bar. It was a good thing! 🙂 OH! And when your clock is running faster than all the other clock’s in the world. ---
**Author:** ![Liberal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/848f3c/32.png) [@Liberal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Liberal)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/53 "2007-02-10T22:39:12Z")
Has anyone mentioned a colonoscopy yet? ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [February 10, 2007, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/54 "2007-02-10T23:24:14Z")
When your parents stop reminding you to “be careful” re: contraception and start asking when you’ll give them grandchildren. ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/55 "2007-02-11T21:23:33Z")
[QUOTE=Liberal] Has anyone mentioned a colonoscopy yet? [/QUOTE] I live in fear. I’m getting close to the age where I should go get these every other month or so… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2007, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335/56 "2007-02-11T21:46:52Z")
[QUOTE=Zoe] You don’t go out because if you fell, you might freeze to death [/QUOTE] Yes! When “I’ve fallen and I can’t get up” isn’t funny anymore. When you buy a car based on where it falls in the Consumer Reports “Repair History” column. When someone calls you grandma, and is corrected: “No honey, AuntiePam’s your **great** grandma.” When a kid you babysat shows up in the obituaries. When you have to ask someone to explain the latest catchphrases. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/milestones-in-the-aging-process/391335.md?page=2)