Signs you're over 25...?

Question

1. You leave clubs before the end to 'beat the rush'.
2. You get more excited about having a roast on a Sunday than going clubbing the night before.
3. You stop dreaming of becoming a professional footballer / rugby player and start dreaming of having a son who might instead.
4. Before throwing the local paper away, you look through the property section.
5. All of a sudden, middle aged people are not 45, they are *only* 45.
6. Before going out anywhere, you ask whether there is anywhere to park.
7. Rather than throw a knackered pair of trainers out, you keep them because they'll be alright for the DIY or in the garden.
8. You buy T-shirts without anything written on them.
9. Instead of laughing at the innovations catalogue that falls out of the newspaper,you suddenly see both the benefit and money saving properties of most of the things that are in it.
10. You start to worry about your parents' health.

11. You have more disposable income, but everything you want or need to buy costs between 200 and 500 quid.
12. You don't get funny looks when you buy a Disneyvideo or a Wallace And Gromit bubble bath,as the sales assistant assumes they are for your children.
13. Pop music all starts to sound the same.
14. You opt for Pizza Express over Pizza Hut because they do a really nice half-bottle of house red.
15. You always have enough milk in the fridge.
16. To compensate for the fact that you have little desire to go clubbing, you instead frequent trendy bars and restaurants in the mistaken belief that you have not turned into your parents.
17. While flicking through the TV channels, you happen upon C4's TimeTeam with Tony Robinson. You get drawn in. Grand Designs also appeals. Not to mention Antiques Roadshow!!
18. The benefits of a pension scheme become clear.
19. You go out of your way to pick up a colour chart from B&Q.
20. You wish you had a shed.
21. You have a shed.

22. You actually find yourself saying 'They don't make 'em like that anymore' and 'I remember when there were only 4 TV channels' and 'Not in my day....'
23. Radio 2 play more songs you know than Radio 1 - and Jeremy Vine has some really interesting guests on.
24. Instead of tutting at old people who take ages to get off the bus, You tut at rowdy school children.
25. When sitting outside a pub you admire their hanging baskets.
26. You find yourself saying 'is it cold in here or is it just me
27. You understand the above and forward it to your fellow ageing friends.

Answer 1

LOL, so true. We were just talking about this the other day! Haha.

Answer 2

1. You should always leave clubs before the end, in the company of charming women.

2. Depends what sort of 'roast' you mean.

3. You don't dream, you DO.

4. Well, one always needs to add to one's Empire...

5. 45 is not middle-aged if your life-expectancy is... indefinite.

6. The chauffeur can always come back later.

7. Trainers are for sport, If you work in the garden a good pair of wellington boots will suffice.

8. You buy clothes, generally, without anything written on them. Anything else is just poor taste.

9. Everyone should be able to invent their own money-saving gizmos.

10. Ever heard of inheritance?

Answer 3

Yes, but I call em signs of being over thirty!
Also, you cant quite keep up with younger friends
You find first grey hairs
You panic and pull out the first grey hairs and stare at em in horror as you realise grey actually means white.
Aching back/hips
Looking good takes longer and its more work. Bit like a vintage car only runs well if it has regular maintenance.
People start saying 'you remind me of my mum'
And sit ups get harder to do and weight gain is harder to burn off, but you have to be careful how much you do because your back hurts sometimes.

Thats my list. And Im nearly 35 !!

Answer 4

When the music that you listen to is now played on the Oldies station.
When your child asks you what a vinyl record is, and how can you fit it into the CD player, or computer drive.
When you start dying you hair "normal" colors, instead of the neon colors you use to use.

Answer 5

If you're a woman, you still have everything going for you that you had at 17, it's just a little lower down.
If you're a man, you're either an exercise nut, or your feet are farther away than they used to be.
You start to say things and bite your tongue because suddenly you hear your parents' voice coming out of your mouth. (Things like, "Does her mother Know she left the house dressed like that?" and "That's not music, that's just noise!")

Answer 6

What used to take 20 seconds to find in the record stores now takes 20 minutes.

Answer 7

NOOOOOO
im only turning 21 on thursday and already i am doing some of these, i dont want to get old!

Answer 8

Signs you are over 25??? I'm 37 and I reckon this reads more like "signs you are over 45" lol.

Some of us are still young at heart!

Answer 9

*lol* Brilliant

I turned 30 in August and yesterday in the car found myself saying, "That doesn't even sound like music, that sounds like noise". Scary!

Answer 10

That was worth reading! Brilliant, and funny, and um most qualifies for me! Does that mean I am almost there?

Answer 11

Yep, these are all true. I'm almost 25 and do half of these already. The shame!

Damn, school kids!!!!!