You know you're getting old when....?

27 is young. I think its depressing that you think youre getting old. You have your whole life ahead of you.

BTW, I'm not hitting on you...and I hope I dont sound like a freak, but i just wanted to tell you that you are the most gorgeous girl I've seen on Y!A.

You know you're getting old when:

Your joints are more accurate than the National Weather Service.

Your investment in health insurance is finally beginning to pay off.

Your back goes out more than you do.

The twinkle in your eye is only the reflection of the sun on your bifocals.

You feel like the morning after when you haven't been anywhere the night before.

You finally got your head together, now your body is falling apart.

Your supply of brain cells is finally down to a manageable size.

You wake up with that morning-after feeling and you didn't do anything the night before.

You don't care where your wife goes, just so you don't have to go along.

It takes twice as long to look half as good.

Many of your co-workers were born the same year that you got your last promotion.

People call at 9 PM and ask, "Did I wake you?"

You can live without sex but not without glasses.

The clothes you've put away until they come back in style... have come back in style.

You look forward to a dull evening.

Your mind makes contracts your body can't keep.

The pharmacist has become your new best friend.

There's nothing left to learn the hard way.

I'm 18 and the other day i did say to my fiance that children nowdays have no manners and he got a lecture about it (hes 22)

I also made a comment which my dad responded with are you 18 or 80?

Buy the karma sutra you won't be running out then :P

You know you're getting old when.....

You're asleep, but others worry that you're dead.

You have a party and the neighbors don't even realize it.

You can live without sex, but not without glasses.

Your back goes out more than you do.

You quit trying to hold your stomach in, no matter who walks into the room.

You buy a compass for the dash of your car.

You are proud of your lawn mower.

Your best friend is dating someone half their age... And isn't breaking any laws.

Your arms are almost too short to read the newspaper.

You sing along with the elevator music.

You would rather go to work than stay home sick.

You enjoy hearing about other people's operations.

You consider coffee one of the most important things in life.

You no longer think of speed limits as a challenge.

People call at 9 pm. And ask, "Did I wake you?"

You answer a question with "Because I said so!"

You send money to PBS.

The end of your tie doesn't come anywhere near the top of your pants.

You take a metal detector to the beach.

You wear black socks with sandals.

You know what the word equity means.

You can't remember the last time you laid on the floor to watch television.

Your ears are hairier than your head.

You talk about "good grass" and you're referring to someone's lawn.

You get into a heated argument about pension plans.

You got cable for the weather channel.

You can go bowling without drinking.

i'm 29 and realized that i was getting old when i stopped fighting people on the street because i was worried about my rap sheet and then younger people started to worry me. For instance a 16 year old white kid frightens the hell out of me because now days they are just loose and crazy cannons. You don't know if they will shoot you or what they will say and they have no respect for others. then again at that age i didn't have any respect for anyone else either though. Also when people are driving that were born in the ninetees that is just wierd.

I will be 51 in May.

They are re-making Horton, I saw Horton Hears a Who on Network Television when I was a Cub, as well as The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. I did not like the clips from Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (re-make of Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory). From the clips I saw, Gene Wilder was far better playing Willy Wonka than Johnny Depp Plus they are releasing many of the Disney Classics I saw on The Wonderful World of Disney (aired on NBC) when I was a cub)

OMG I'll be 27 soon too.

How 'bout when you won't go to parties if you have to drive more than 20 min to get there

or You don't like to spend the night away from your house

or you won't stay out late on a work night

or "when I was your age I could eat whatever I wanted and not gain a pound"

I feel so old

Yes, true... but you really know you're getting old when the classic rock stations stop playing the songs that were popular when you were a kid, and they start playing them on the OLDIES STATION. The first time I noticed that, I felt ANCIENT and I was only about 40 at the time. I say "only", because I am now 61. Yep. That's OLD.

You forget the old crone staring in the mirror is you.When you have to get on steps to get on your horse.When you think five bucks will fill the tank with "high test" When you actually use the AARP card for discounts.When you no longer wear sleeveless dresses.When you start calling the refrigerator an "ice box"again.When the main color in your closet is black for all the funerals you attend.Ain't it fun.

I knew I was getting older when I went home from college to visit my parents and one of the kids that I babysat came to visit and show me her new dress for the school dance and asked my opinion about what pantyhose to wear with it.....

I know I am older because my son and daughter are adults now.....I still think I am about twenty...in my head at least, most days.

Have a good day, getting older beats the alternative.

Happy Spring.

I'll be 26 in the summer. I don't feel as though I'm getting old- just wizened to the world around me. I do agree with kids these days don't have any manners. My other giveaway is that I;m losing touch with what's "cool" in American pop culture.