I totally agree - I say “gravity sucks…” - as we get older everything just keeps moving down. I exercise a lot and weigh the same as I’ve weighed for years, but I just tried on pants the other day and they were tight in the waist. Then there was my friend’s idea - maybe it’s just because they don’t have an elastic waistband and you’re not used to that any longer :).
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Guess we are realizing we are old when (1) been married 41 years today, (2) DH forgot to buy a card and (3) for our anniversary, instead of doing anything romantic I suggested we go to the allstars game. And… the last allstar game we went to was 25 years ago!! (And I pulled a back muscle doing I have no idea what and am hobbling around)
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!!! Watched a little of that on TV in a local restaruat last night and saw Matt Olson as backup to Freddy Freeman! Love them both!
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It was quite an experience.
ETA:
Thank you!
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I keep wondering if I have lipedema. Because now I am completely obsessed with my left leg being slightly bigger than right.
I keep expecting the two main political parties to work together toward compromise.
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Sign of old age is when you start to tell very long stories. Sometimes when I ask my mom a yes or no question, it would take her forever to tell me why it is a yes or no.
I see that sometimes in my friends now. I am constantly reminding myself “not to become my parents.”
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The saddest thing is when a friend tells you the exact same story within minutes.
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Oldfort - I remember that tendency as my mom got older too. Many, many details to start the story - bottom line took a long while.
I can see that in myself a bit - fortunately my H often says “Please, start with the end!” I’m trying to be conscious to be succinct!
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I am also guilty of telling my H to start at the end! I don’t like a dramatic build up and he is famous for it.
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This is a copy & paste from a Facebook post - don’t know who to credit, but it’s not me - well, it describes me perfectly. I had to send it to my husband last night because I drive him crazy this way:
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My H loves to tell a story. A long, long story. I admit to not having patience about it. I admit to often saying “so the point is…?” Or “so tell me how it ended up”. He also tells the same stories over and over again - not to the same people but to anyone who will listen 
Especially if the story involves conflict I NEED to know how it ended before you tell me all the details. It stresses me out to not know what happened before I know all the details.
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So do you read the ending of a book before reading the story? My husband cheats and reads the spoiling reviews of a movie he’s about to watch, just to know what happens, even the ending in a mystery/drama.
Nope!!!
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By the time I know this is not a synopsis (about three sentences in), I tell DH to “net it out” while using the wind-it-up hand gesture. If he keeps going, I say, “Nodding off,” and start snoring.
Actually, I do this to everyone. I have no patience for superfluous detail, and I want the punchline first. Probably why I don’t read much fiction.
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You would despise my H’s 90 year old aunt. She cannot TLDR even the most simple story. She’s been that way her whole life.
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I’ve been known to walk out of a room, hang up, pick up a book, start a conversation with the person next to me, or close my eyes. Surprisingly, my MIL does not find this charming.
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I have been known to say this to people at meetings, “stop, just stop.”
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I, on the other hand, tend to say too little. My brain is always ahead of my mouth, and because I already know what I’m talking about, I sometimes leave out key things. One of my coworkers used to laugh, point to my head, and tell me, “We’re out here, not in there!” 
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I know I’m old because today I am having my THIRD colonoscopy. Blech…
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