A few thoughts for those of us over 50 - PeachParts Mercedes-Benz Forum

layback40 · #1 01-17-2011, 03:43 AM

TODAY IS THE OLDEST YOU'VE EVER BEEN, YET IT'S THE YOUNGEST YOU'LL EVER BE,
SO ENJOY THIS DAY WHILE IT LASTS.
Observations on Growing Older
~Your kids are becoming you...and you don't like them...but your grandchildren are perfect!

~Going out is good..
Coming home is better!

~When people say you look "Great"...they add "for your age!"

~When you needed the discount, you paid full price. Now you get discounts on everything... movies, hotels, flights, but you're too tired to use them.

~You forget names .... but it's OKbecause other people forgot they even knew you!

~The 5 pounds you wanted to lose is now 15 and you have a better chanceof losing your keys than the 15 pounds.

~You realize you're never goingto be really good at anything .... especially golf.

~Your spouse is counting on youto remember things you don't remember.

~The things you used to care to do,you no longer care to do,but you really do care that youdon't care to do them anymore.

~Your wife sleeps better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than she does in bed. It's called his "pre-sleep".

~Remember when your mother said, "Wear clean underwear in case you GET in an accident"? Now you bring clean underwear in case you HAVE an accident!

~You used to say,
"I hope my kids GET married...
Now, "I hope they STAY married!"

~You miss the days when everything worked with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch.

~When GOOGLE, ipod, email, modem ....
were unheard of, and a mouse was something that made you climb on a table.

~You tend to use more 4 letter words ...
"what?"..."when?"... ???

~Now that you can afford expensive jewelry, it's not safe to wear it anywhere.

~Your husband has a night out with the guys, but he's home by 9:00 P.M. Next week it may be 8:30 P.M.

~You read 100 pages into a book before you realize you've read it.

~Notice everything they sell in stores is "sleeveless"?!!!

~What used to be freckles are now liver spots.

~Everybody whispers.
~Now that your husband has retired ... you'd give anything if he'd find a job!

~You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet .. 2 of which you will never wear.

~But old is good in some things:
old songs, old movies, And best of all,
OLD FRIENDS!

It's Not What You Gather, But What You Scatter That Tells What Kind Of Life You Have Lived.