Signs you're heading towards middle age...

Just turned 45, still do all nighters but am more inclined to watch films or read than play Battlefield like I did a few years back.

Had two heart attacks (at 42!)

Worry endlessly about my daughter (as my parents did about me when I was her age)

I could go on.....
 
LeeUK said:
Calling it a night while down the pub because you have to be up early for work. Once I could roll in at 6am, get changed, and go to work at 7am. Back in the day. :(
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Me too, could drink all day and night right through until 5-6am and go straight to work, then all of a sudden I couldn't even stand being out for more than an hour, now it's quiet weekends in watching films and going out on my bike.
 
- having to go for a gipsy kiss at least once in the night
- no longer being ID'd
- foreveralone.jpg on NYE
- going to a café instead of a pub on a Saturday
- no longer able to do a clubbing all-nighter
- no longer being able to remember recent things
- voting Conservatives instead of Lib/Lab
- Bertolli is Olivio! Snickers is Marathon! Starburst is Opal Fruit! Godamnit!
- Teenage Mutant NINJA Turtles! Not 'Hero', Godamnit PC brigade!
- moving from lager to real ales (a good thing!)
- mortgage is almost half-paid (another good thing!)

malachi said:
What's classified as middle aged these days?
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My age, 37! The BBC propaganda machine likes to re-post old articles every New Year, reminding us that we'll all die early from cancer, alcohol poisoning, 'betes type II, dementia, stroke and AIDS.
 
First sign of maturity is you have stamps in your wallet.

Then you are lost without a diary.

Young girl in work said "Where do you get your jokes?", I said "Groucho Marx", she asked "Is that one of your friends?"

Doctor says to use a cholesterol lowering margarine.

TV said anyone on a low cholesterol diet can forget about chasing 19 years olds (that hurt the most).

Put batteries in things wrong way around (never used to do that).

Then can't focus on things close up.

Like luxury cars more than sports cars.
 
- Making noises when getting up off the sofa/out of bed
- White hair :(
- Don't care what others think of you
- Has no idea who certain celebs/artists are and has to google or ask for the answer
 
A few more...

Captain Mainwaring becomes your role model.

You fancy the mother more than the daughter.

Songs you used to enjoy on Radio One now only get airtime on Radio Two.
 
Can't believe this hasn't been mentioned yet but feeling full for ages after eating and getting full with less food
 
Hades said:
Realising that even if I were single most of the women I'd find attractive wouldn't be interested in me.
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I must have aged well in some ways (probably not looks) as ladies even the mid-20's age I find attractive are more interested in me now than they might have been when I was in my mid-20's, or maybe I was too afraid to ask back then :)
A lot of the responses ring true for me so have nothing to add other add :).
 
As I approached and entered middle age I think the following sums up some of the changes, many of which have already been mentioned:

- hair grows far more in unwanted places more vigorously (nose, ears, eyebrows)
- inability to read in the dark
- think 1080p on a 27" monitor is a perfect resolution
- need to pee more
- need to turn the volume up more
- understand why Otex was such a great invention
- can see the attraction of a camper van
- would rather walk the dog than party
- getting up early becomes easier and need less sleep.
- listen to Radio 4's Today programme rather than whoever is on Radio 1's breakfast show these days
- don't know any music in the charts
- think seminal albums from my youth still sound fresh despite stuff like The Stone Roses and Guns 'n Roses' best being 25 years old
- freak out that next year people will be able to drive that weren't alive in the last century
- from listening to the youngsters at work I have no idea if I were single how I'd go about dating these days or finding a partner. Everything seems so shallow and image based.
- New found love of gardening machinery and power tools

And sadly my most recent mid-life crisis purchase was a couple of sheds - just because I could :(
 
Those yellow "Advanced warning of roadworks/closures" signs when driving at night.

This road will be closed on the .......

Damn when did that say.. Oh well !!

Doing "Click and collect" for your shopping
Your bosses face when you turn down overtime because you've paid your mortgage off and prefer the time off instead of extra money.
You still prefer the physical disc for your music
You can remember the frequency 208 but can't remember where you put that.... whatever
You'd rather pay for work to be done on your car instead of doing it yourself.
 
You watch tv and have no idea who those so called celebrities are and all the ones you grew up are dying or are dead.
Eyesight failing so I now need glasses
Getting grey nasal hair :o
Need to pee more
Need less sleep
 
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