> Observations on Growing Older
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> ~Your kids are becoming you... and you don't like them
> ...but your grandchildren are perfect!
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> ~Going out is good.      Coming home is better!
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> ~When people say you look "Great"... they add "for your age!"
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> ~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.
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> ~You forget names ... but it's OK because other people forgot
> they even knew you!!!
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> ~The 5 pounds you wanted to lose  is now 15 and you have a better chance    of losing your keys than the 15 pounds.
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> ~Your spouse is counting on you to remember things you don't remember.
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> ~The things you used to care to do, you no longer care to do,
> but you really do care that you don't care to do them anymore.
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> ~Your spouse sleeps better on a lounge chair with the TV blaring than he does in bed.   It's called his "pre-sleep".
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> ~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!
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> ~You used to say,     "I hope my kids GET married ...
> Now, "I hope they STAY married!"
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> ~You miss the days when  everything worked
> with just an "ON" and "OFF" switch..
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> ~When GOOGLE, ipod, email, modem ... were unheard of, and a mouse was something that made you climb on a table.
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> ~You now use more 4 letter words ... "what?"..."when?" ???
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> ~Now that you can afford expensive jewelry, it's not safe to wear it anywhere.
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> ~You read 100 pages into a book before you realize you've read it.
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> ~Notice everything they sell in stores is "sleeveless"?!!!
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> ~What used to be freckles are now liver spots.
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> ~Everybody whispers.
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> ~You have 3 sizes of clothes in your closet ....
> 2 of which you will never wear.
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> ~~~~But old is good in some things:
> old songs           old movies
> And best of all OLD FRIENDS!!
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> Love you, "OLD FRIEND!"
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> Send this on to other "Old Friends!" and
> let them laugh in AGREEMENT!!!
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