# Signs of aging **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 12, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373 "2006-09-12T04:13:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/1 "2006-09-12T04:13:24Z")
I bought my first Value Pack of sympathy cards today (one dozen with a generic message). ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/2 "2006-09-12T05:50:23Z")
Oooh… wince. ---
**Author:** ![FRDE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e68b1a/32.png) [@FRDE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FRDE)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 9:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/3 "2006-09-12T09:51:55Z")
Bending down to do up your shoe laces and thinking ‘now what else can I do while I’m down here’ ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 11:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/4 "2006-09-12T11:02:33Z")
Accidentally tucking one’s breastages into one’s jeans. ---
**Author:** ![Lobelia\_Overhill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/54ee81/32.png) [@Lobelia\_Overhill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobelia_Overhill)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/5 "2006-09-12T12:19:19Z")
That child I used to babysit? Has his own children now and wants to know if I can sit for them… **weeps copiously** ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/6 "2006-09-12T12:28:32Z")
[QUOTE=Ringo] I bought my first Value Pack of sympathy cards today (one dozen with a generic message). [/QUOTE] I hope you held up the line while counted your change… and put it in [this.](http://www.amazon.com/Old-Fashioned-Squeeze-Coin-Purse/dp/B0002V37MA) ---
**Author:** ![Shrinking\_Violet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@Shrinking\_Violet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shrinking_Violet)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 12:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/7 "2006-09-12T12:30:13Z")
When, as a woman, you heave a sigh of relief that your beard is now turning grey, and isn’t quite so noticeable. :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 12:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/8 "2006-09-12T12:39:04Z")
[QUOTE=lieu] I hope you held up the line while counted your change… and put it in [this.](http://www.amazon.com/Old-Fashioned-Squeeze-Coin-Purse/dp/B0002V37MA) [/QUOTE] Dad? Is that you?? ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/9 "2006-09-12T12:45:14Z")
My effing _neck_. The rest of me looks okay, but I’m starting to get that crepey, chicken neck thing. Hate it, hate it, _hate it_. I guess the good news (I’m one of those tiresome peole who’s always looking for the bright side) is that my looks are going just as my husband’s eyesight is going. ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 12:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/10 "2006-09-12T12:52:06Z")
When you compare the quality and frequency of naps with others. ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/11 "2006-09-12T12:54:01Z")
[QUOTE=FRDE] Bending down to do up your shoe laces and thinking ‘now what else can I do while I’m down here’ [/QUOTE] I can’t even bend down to do my shoelaces. Some new guttage appeared overnight that prevents easy access to my feet. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/12 "2006-09-12T12:54:07Z")
[QUOTE=dahfisheroo] When you compare the quality and frequency of naps with others. [/QUOTE] Damn it. I do this. Sigh… (and my naps have been pretty crappy lately) ---
**Author:** ![Sublight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Sublight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sublight)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/13 "2006-09-12T15:26:59Z")
I mentioned this in an earlier thread on the same subject, but I still think it’s a winner. One day, a took a dump in the morning, got a blowjob in the afternoon, and in the evening found myself thinking, “man, that was great dump.” ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/14 "2006-09-12T15:31:10Z")
[QUOTE=Sublight] I mentioned this in an earlier thread on the same subject, but I still think it’s a winner. One day, a took a dump in the morning, got a blowjob in the afternoon, and in the evening found myself thinking, “man, that was great dump.” [/QUOTE] That’s hilarious! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 3:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/15 "2006-09-12T15:42:06Z")
The faint (very faint, extremely faint, no one could possibly notice them but me) appearance of age spots on my hands. It’s been a year and it totally freaks me out. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/16 "2006-09-12T17:26:26Z")
Reading glasses, and a touch of arthritis in my knuckles. Nothing major, but I’m still a young 44 at the moment. I’ll get back to you in another 20 years. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/17 "2006-09-12T17:32:21Z")
When you no longer know who the hell _anyone_ on the magazine covers is anymore. “Jessica’s dating Mayer? Isn’t Jessica Walter a little young for Louis B. Mayer?” ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/18 "2006-09-12T17:55:07Z")
When you don’t know who the hell anyone is in popular music… and you don’t care. ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/19 "2006-09-12T20:03:43Z")
When getting up less than three times to pee during the night is a really _good_ night. ---
**Author:** ![BiblioCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ed8c4c/32.png) [@BiblioCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BiblioCat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2006, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373/20 "2006-09-12T20:29:32Z")
[QUOTE=twickster] The faint (very faint, extremely faint, no one could possibly notice them but me) appearance of age spots on my hands. [/QUOTE] Oh, yes. I’ve just noticed one on each hand. One might be a freckle (if I tell myself it’s a freckle, then it’s a freckle, dammit!), but the one is definitely an age spot. It’s very, very faint, and I’m sure I’m the only one who can see it, but I was very careful about sunscreen this summer, and I even bought some cream that’s supposed to make them fade. And I’m only 41! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/signs-of-aging/372373.md?page=2)