You have a dinner reservation on Saturday night and you google the menu and decide what you are going to order Friday afternoon. Bonus points if that includes dessert. The younger version of me would never have done this.
Please add your telltale signs of “maturity”.
I always do this…And am delighted when I actually get to order from a menu when I arrive instead of a QR code. #old
When you’re excited and satisfied purchasing ‘staples’. Like a dishwasher, socks, the toothbrush you most enjoy…
For me it’s tea and laundry detergent 
When you’ve noticed an uptick in your book-reading solely as a side effect of needing to sit down and elevate your feet more.
When you stop jogging and start walking because you got a 200 millisecond twinge in your knee and the last time you pushed through that you were sidelined for months.
Or you buy a snow blower after decades of being a dedicated shovel-only household because of a similar elbow twinge sequelae scenario.
I met some friends for dinner last weekend, and complained multiple times about how loud the restaurant was. Not something my younger self would have noticed, let alone complained about 
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But what made me really feel old was a young lady getting up to offer me her seat on the train last year. I thanked her but declined. I was really “shook” as the kids say 
When the lights are too dim to read the menu, even while wearing readers, and the cellphone flash light is needed.
My spouse was so excited to discover an old-fashioned magnifying glass in a box this week. I guess the trifocals aren’t sufficient?
When 9 o’clock news becomes “late night TV” for you. 
When you have to list your birth year online from a drop down and you have to scroll and scroll and scroll to get to the year you were born.
When the current trend - like stilettos are in and you just wait out the time until ballet flats are in.
Two other days I realized I was old: when I scheduled my first colonoscopy and when I bought my first pair of reading glasses.
Only if they have good arch support, though 
Sad: You break a bone after a fall.
Happy: When people ask you what you want for your birthday/anniversary/holiday and you would honestly be happy with just a hug and kiss. Actually, that’s not true. I’d want a lot of hugs and kisses.
I do this but so does my 30 year old daughter - so not sure this is a sign of old age.
When you start shopping for “comfortable” shoes.
When more eye make makes you look older.
When those Facebook ads showing the under-eye bag bag disappearing cream starts to look promising.
When you start to order books in large print.
When you really don’t give a flip about a lot of things that just before you retired would send you over the edge.
…when you’ve recently had a conversation with a young person, or encountered their posts online, and had to Google the words and phrases (or usage…) you didn’t understand.
By the way – “chill” apparently is the new way to say “cool”.
In my day, “chill” was a verb (I’m gonna chill…) and “cool” was the adjective.
…and, it’s 10 o’clock news on the east coast, so I punt and watch morning news!
I think there’s something generational, but I’m mainly going by my GenZ daughter and her friends who are perfectly happy to scan any QR code that comes their way. I hate them for no rational reason aside from the fact that…This isn’t the way I’ve always done things.
Lol a week ago I fell UP my stairs and I think I cracked a rib, been riding the couch in leggings and no bra since, it’s ok if I move slowly and don’t cough, sneeze or laugh. My birthday was this week, 3 kids are coming over for dinner tonight (they do have other plans in town this weekend so would be coming anyway) I told them I didn’t want gifts but a call or visit would be great.