You know you're getting older when...

This post is mostly aimed at young folks, which seems a bit odd since most of my readers are older. It makes no difference, everybody remembers a time when they realized they were growing up (whether they wanted to or not).

You know you’re getting older when…


Your houseplants are actually alive

You keep more food than beer in the fridge

6:00 AM is when you get up, not when you go to bed

You hear your favorite song in an elevator

You watch the weather channel

You go from 130 days of vacation to 14

Jeans and a sweater no longer qualify as “dressed up”.

You’re the one calling the police because the neighbor’s music is too loud

You don’t know what time Taco Bell closes anymore

Your car insurance goes down and your car payments go up

Sleeping on the couch makes your back hurt

You take naps

Dinner and a movie is the whole date instead of the beginning of one

Eating chicken wings at 3 AM upsets your stomach instead of settling it

A $4 bottle of wine is no longer “pretty good”

You actually eat breakfast food at breakfast time

90% of the time you spend in front of the computer is for real work

You drink at home to save money on the dinner bill later