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Post by Phalon on Jan 12, 2010 7:08:28 GMT -6
You know you're getting older when you warn your kids not to step on any cracks because Mom's back hurts enough already. You not only warn them, you threaten to never let them leave the house to ensure they don't come in contact with any of those harmful sidewalk cracks.
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Post by vox on Jan 12, 2010 9:03:44 GMT -6
You definitely know you are getting older when you go to the dentists and he says "sorry that one's gotta come out!" Hey ho, another nice shiny new tooth on my existing plate! Sorry to talk about dentist's Phalon, I know you don't like them!
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Post by Phalon on Jan 16, 2010 7:30:12 GMT -6
It's mostly that I don't like paying them.
LX is fourteen and has never lost a baby tooth on her own. My child has been deprived of that sick pleasure most children get from wiggling a loose tooth back and forth with the tip of their tongue. Her adult teeth come in, but the baby teeth never get loose. Rather than subject her to Hubs and the set of pliars he teases her with, the dentist pulls the baby teeth once the adult replacement has broken through. At $120 a tooth, last month's 4-tooth pulling visit was quite a nice Christmas bonus for the dentist. Sigh. Only twelve more to go.
Then it'll be the orthodontist that I don't like.
On to my other child....
"You know you're getting older" when you pick your child up from school and her teacher reads the following entry from that child's daily journal...
BP on "Mornings":
"In the morning my Mom looks horrible. Her hair is all messy like she has a bush growing on top of her head. Sometimes her breath smells really bad. My Mom likes coffee. Coffee smells good but tastes gross. She let me try a sip once and I almost got sick. Even though coffee tastes bad, my Mom likes it anyway and if she doesn't drink it in the morning she is really grumpy.
She looks a monster in the morning."
...and instead of being mortified or even slightly embarrassed your child has told the world (or at least her small part of the world) of your monstrous morning face, you laugh and have to agree she's right.
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Post by Mini Mia on Jan 16, 2010 18:48:43 GMT -6
You should tape that to the December page on your calendar and remind her of why she isn't getting Christmas.
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Post by lunantishee on Jan 17, 2010 14:08:23 GMT -6
You know your getting older when you realise its your 75th wedding anniversary, and you realise your now 104
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Post by Seeker on Jan 24, 2010 12:10:41 GMT -6
You know your getting older when you favorite rock band is being played as elevator music.
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Post by Awesome Aphrodite on Jan 24, 2010 15:29:25 GMT -6
you know you're getting older when your favorite football team is doing very well, but you don't scream at the television in happiness like your girlfriend and her twin are doing.
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Post by Gabrielle On Nutbread on Jan 25, 2010 0:44:50 GMT -6
You know you're getting older when... you can officially be called a "landlady."
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Post by Gabrielle On Nutbread on Feb 13, 2010 23:55:12 GMT -6
You know you're getting older when... Your mom begins to ask you when she can expect grandchildren.
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Post by Mini Mia on Nov 3, 2010 18:19:08 GMT -6
You Know You're Getting Older When......
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Post by stepper on Nov 3, 2010 22:56:04 GMT -6
Wow! Good one!
You know you are old when you reminisce and it suddenly occurs to you that YOU are the oldest living generation in your family tree, and have been for quite a while.
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