# "Old-personisms" that have sneakily snuck into your habits or vocabulary

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**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\
**Post date:** [January 13, 2023, 5:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/old-personisms-that-have-sneakily-snuck-into-your-habits-or-vocabulary/978111/60 "2023-01-13T17:20:09Z")

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Is it a sign of old age that I can remember similar prior threads from over a decade ago and have searched them up for your reading pleasure?  
  
  
From 2008:

> [@Subtle signs that you're getting older](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/subtle-signs-that-youre-getting-older/435244):
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> I just realized that I’ve recently started looking at a woman’s hand for a wedding ring before I talk to her. Soon I’ll be asking if they have kids. Wow.

From 2009:

> [@When do you realize you're old?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-do-you-realize-youre-old/510943):
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> It started for me innocent enough at work yesterday. I saw some dude dressed in what could best be described as visual cacophony, He looked like he was wearing a mismatched set of PJs. His hair was just as bad. He had vomit pink spot on the front that faded to an unnatural shade of brown, and finally into a more natural color hair color. Other items included metallic belt, and a fortune in scrap metal embedded in his face. Didn’t care for the mullet either. Then I saw another person whom also w…

From 2011:

> [@You know you're getting old when...](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/you-know-youre-getting-old-when/589930):
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> …you’re in the store and you see a new washer and dryer and think to yourself, “Man, I so want that! It even has a steam setting!” … you have friends turning 30 (I’m 24) and think, “30’s not so bad.” … you’re looking at what your insurance covers and get genuinely excited that they cover 80% of dental costs.

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