When you get a glossy folder from a local corpse valet " How To Plan Your Funeral"-gaahh!
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
Bifocals… :smack:
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.
-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…
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.
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!
The first time I awkwardly opened a pill bottle using just the palm of my hand.
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
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.
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.
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.
Has anyone mentioned a colonoscopy yet?
When your parents stop reminding you to “be careful” re: contraception and start asking when you’ll give them grandchildren.
I live in fear. I’m getting close to the age where I should go get these every other month or so… :eek:
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.