For the 40 and over crowd only

[Bonnie's Mom]

Originally Posted by bchgirl

What makes me stop and think....when I run into a high school classmate....sometimes I think....oh, she's not aging well. It finally dawned on me....perhaps they're thinking the same thing about me

Yes...that is what gets me the most is seeing classmates and they look so old! My husband and I discussed that at our last class reunion...how the others weren't aging as well as we were!!!

A few years ago I sent a family picture to a friend we hadn't seen in a few years. I was so excited to send it to her, because I usually don't like pictures of myself, and on this particular picture I was having a good hair/make-up day, and I actually looked like I had lost weight...anyhoo I waited till she had time to get the picture and I called her expecting her to talk about the kids and how good we all looked and the first thing she said was how depressed it made her...I said "why" and she said because her babies (hubby & I) were getting old

[Lexi Rae]

well at 43 soon to be 44, i feel im falling apart too. last nite just visited
the dermatologist to get this thing off my stomach like moles from the
darn sun...they keep coming out more and more as i age,, it stinks..
and the wrinkles coming, i cant stand it...the gray hair, oh my god its getting
worse....i feel like i have to dye my hair every 2 weeks...it drives me nuts.
and for the best part, i want to get into a bikini this summer like i do every
summer...yea right... i better start working out 24 hrs a day...

[Bonnie's Mom]

Ok...some of you girls keep talking about the dissapearing butt ! Let me just tell ya...this is NOT a problem I am having!! Where do you sign up for that?????

[bchgirl]

Originally Posted by Bonnie's Mom

Ok...some of you girls keep talking about the dissapearing butt ! Let me just tell ya...this is NOT a problem I am having!! Where do you sign up for that?????

Mine hasn't gone anywhere either...it's back there and plenty of it

[chachi]

Originally Posted by red98vett

LOL !! I thought of getting a Wonder Bra.....Tried on the biggest one and thought ....I WONDER how I can function with my boobs under my chin again.....lol...I did get used to their new zip code....but I can't get used to my butt leaving town

and Mandy - quit crying - I've SEEN your picture....

I'll tell you a secret - my oldest son will be 20 Freakin EIGHT in April - that's 28 YEARS OLD.....didja hear that - 28 !!!! I STILL smell him as a baby.

When your kids are over 25 ....THEN you can cry you feel old.

My Son is going on 22 and boy do I feel old. Then I also have a 6 year old daughter and she makes me feel young. Except when I go to her school functions and there are these 20 something year old parents. The wrinkles seemed to appear over night. Whats up with that? Aches and pain s i got them. My butt i larger than it needs to be and my boobs are droopier than they should be. I think I need reading glasses and I am wondering what next?

[livingdustmops]

Originally Posted by bchgirl

Personally I am waiting for the surgerical procedure that moves up the tummy and turns them into boobs

Gee - you don't need surgery for this - just buy control top panty hose a size smaller but for tall ladies...it works wonders

[livingdustmops]

Originally Posted by red98vett

Speaking of bras....(some have seen this pic sorry !)

THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN EXPECT AFTER 40.

Your Pretty sexy Bra will be no longer fit...you will NEED new bras...

What you WILL end up buying ....will double as a Sunhat for your yorkie.

Vee - that is hysterical - I had not seen this picture before - what a hoot!

[red98vett]

Originally Posted by livingdustmops

Vee - that is hysterical - I had not seen this picture before - what a hoot!

LOL IT was a hoot taking that picture - Chanel was like...."Where's da party mom ?" She LOVED her Bra-Hat

[KimMee's Mom]

Hey I am right there with you- turned the big 50 this year - can't see, can't sit on the floor anymore, can't stand up all day on a ladder, can't bend over to pull weeds or clean the pool, feel grumpy and old!!!!!!!!!! ankles don't like me and how about those thighs but I am trying to live by this motto- life is a journey and I hope I get to heaven saying - Yipee what a ride! I also like this- "What was the best part of your life?- answer- I don't know yet- the day isn't over."

George Carlin on aging-

Do you realize that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half. You're four and a half, going on five! That's the key.

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! He TURNED; we had to throw him out. There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40. Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime. And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"

May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!!

HOW TO STAY YOUNG

1. Throw out nonessential numbers. This includes age, weight and height. Let the doctors worry about them. That is why you pay "them."

2. Keep only cheerful friends. The grouches pull you down.

3. Keep learning. Learn more about the computer, crafts, gardening, whatever. Never let the brain idle. "An idle mind is the devil's workshop." And the devil's name is Alzheimer's.

4. Enjoy the simple things.

5. Laugh often, long and loud. Laugh until you gasp for breath.

6. The tears happen. Endure, grieve, and move on. The only person, who is with us our entire life, is ourselves. Be ALIVE while you are alive.

7. Surround yourself with what you love, whether it's family, pets, keepsakes, music, plants, hobbies, whatever. Your home is your refuge.

8. Cherish your health: If it is good, preserve it. If it is unstable, improve it. If it is beyond what you can improve, get help.

9 Don't take guilt trips. Take a trip to the mall, even to the next county; to a foreign country but NOT to where the guilt is.

10. Tell the people you love that you love them, at every opportunity.

[bchgirl]

Originally Posted by livingdustmops

Gee - you don't need surgery for this - just buy control top panty hose a size smaller but for tall ladies...it works wonders

So how do ya think that'll look with a bathing suit??? Should I get the "natural" color or black to match my suit

[KimMee's Mom]

Ok one more for aging

D E A T H ~
WHAT A WONDERFUL
WAY TO EXPLAIN IT

A sick man turned to his doctor, as he was
preparing to leave the examination room and said,
"Doctor, I am afraid to die. Tell me what lies on
the other side."

Very quietly, the doctor said, "I don't know."

"You don't know? You, a Christian man, do not know
what is on the other side?"

The doctor was holding the handle of the door; on
the other side came a sound of scratching and
whining, and as he opened the door, a dog sprang
into the room and leaped on him with an eager show
of gladness.

Turning to the patient, the doctor said, "Did you
notice my dog? He's never been in this room before.
He didn't know what was inside. He knew nothing
except that his master was here, and when the door
opened, he sprang in without fear. I know little of
what is on the other side of death, but I do know
one thing... I know my Master is there and that is
enough."

[sneri13]

Boy can I realate to this thread. The Boobs now rest on the stomach that I have know idea were it came from. Menopause, surgically induced, and boy does it suck. I think they performed the surgery during PMS and I got stuck there permanently. I was watching something on TV the other day, I forget what but anyway they were talking about antiques and they said it was mid century around the 1960's. WTF..... God did that one make me feel old. I not some mid century antique Am I????
When we talk about when we were young in work. My asst. who is 25 laughs like we were raised in the dark ages,
How did we exist without,
Cable how could you only watch 7 channels and what do you mean it turned off. Not on all night day long.
Internet
Microwave
Video Games
VCR/DVD
Having a child old enough to be going to college and one who is only 9. I'll never be able to afford my full body plastic surgery.
I really don't think I look as old as some people my age but I think it's just wishfull thinking on my part.

[mustangbee]

LOL, Yep I got it all!!! Just kill me now and get it over with!!!!

Nope, I have two Grandchildren, I guess I'm not done yet Two in College, Two in High School, and one who is finding out it's not easy to be a Mom
Yep, just put me in for surgery and let me start over.
I drive a hot car, to be a hot Momma, yea right, like that worked.
I guess I'll just start having afternoon tea. That should make me feel better Or Not. I see friends from High School, they say I haven't changed a bit. Boy do they lie! I have mirrors & mirrors don't lie.

[bchgirl]

Originally Posted by sneri13

they were talking about antiques and they said it was mid century around the 1960's. WTF..... God did that one make me feel old. I not some mid century antique Am I????
When we talk about when we were young in work. My asst. who is 25 laughs like we were raised in the dark ages,
How did we exist without,
Cable how could you only watch 7 channels and what do you mean it turned off. Not on all night day long.
Internet
Microwave
Video Games
VCR/DVD

Thanks Susan, I really needed to learn that I am officially an antique...now I really feel old.

Ya had to turn off the TV 'cause at 2am, they played the National Anthem and presto, bingo....test pattern came on after.
My nephew once asked me if I watched Nickolodean when I was a kid. Nope, sorry there wasn't any Nickolodean channel. Then he asked what I taped on my VCR He was even more amazed that we had to physically get up and change the channels. Let me tell ya...at my house if the remote's missing....they will watch whatever's on....instead of getting UP and changing the channel

[deb4air]

Okay so who wants to party? My 50th Birthday is this month and I for one am greatful to be here despite all the pains in my butt ,I got to tell ya though .i dont like the options of never getting old so come girls .lets party ,Menapause is in full bloom and life is short,But i still like it better than any other choices ..For all you out there with elderly parents ..be glad you have them at all .I've lost mine already and my sweet mom I miss her so much ! this thread made me think of her .she always said this about her boobs " I"ve got the bags they come in " hahaha isnt that a hoot .And I am Glad to have been a part of this wonderful group of yorkie loving people and Miss Mini can GROW OLD WITH ME ...HAHA at least thats what i hope for .Thanks for all the giggles and Life is good"