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The "things that make you realise you're getting older" thread


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Years ago, my father-in-law (God rest his soul) made a big fuss of "doing a dry run" to Manchester airport.

 

I told him it hadn't moved and would take the same amount of time it had always taken.  And a Monday night would not be the same as a Tuesday afternoon anyway.  And I basically belittled him to the point whereby he didn't do it.

 

My wife gave me a lot of stick on the way home and said I had upset her dad.  I pointed out that it was his anxiety that had caused it all.

 

Fast forward 20 years, and we were in Melbourne a few weeks ago.  We were due to meet a walking tour outside the town hall at 12pm.  We were in the town the day before, and I insisted we make our way to the town hall over the opposite side of town to find the spot where we would be meeting the guide.

 

My wife laughed at me and said, "So you want to do a dry run, then?" knowing full well that old man anxiety comes to us all.

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Watching the Radio 2 Weekender on catchup and seeing Nick Hayward from Haircut 100  at the age of 61, and Sting at the age of 72 in better physical shape than I was in my prime in my late teens/early 20s.

 

Just fuck off you tai chi, plant eating, sober pricks.

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40 minutes ago, littletedwest said:

Two twenty something birds described me as a role model at work.

Years ago it would have been a sex pest, how things change 

 

The first time I was described as a ' work dad ' something died inside me.

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