You Know You Have Reached Middle Age If...

[Cheryl]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#UL#ed_cl##ed_op#LI#ed_cl#You've come to the annoying realization that your parents were right about almost everything. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#A gardener cuts your grass even though you have a brand-new lawn mower in the garage. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#Now that you can afford front-row seat at a rock concert you can't imagine why anyone would want to be there. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#Your baby pictures are in black and white. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#Your prescriptions refill number is programmed into your "speed dial." #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#You have Christmas cards in the mail by December 1st. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#You've stopped worrying about hair loss and started worrying about memory loss. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#You own more electrical appliances than there are outlets in your home. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#You've named your eyeglasses by the activity they permit you to do. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#Some of your mortgage payment actually goes against the principal. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#You have more frequent-flier mileage than mileage on your car. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#You vividly remember the day the price of gas went over one dollar a gallon. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#You're looking for a new home with the master bedroom on the first floor. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#The waitress at Denny's points out the "senior specials" in the big print on the back of the menu. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#Your tattoos have folds. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#You have trouble falling asleep at night in a dark room and a comfortable bed, but can easily nod off any afternoon while driving seventy miles an hour on the freeway. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#You remember having to get up and walk across the room to change channels on a television set. #ed_op#LI#ed_cl#Your computer has more memory than you do. #ed_op#/LI#ed_cl##ed_op#/UL#ed_cl##ed_op#P#ed_cl#Ok, that is enough of that - now I am depressed!#ed_op#BR#ed_cl##ed_op#/P#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[babytigger]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#lol cheryl - too funny!#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[Brianna]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#You vividly remember the day the price of gas went over one dollar a gallon. #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#FONT color=#6000bf#ed_cl#--- Don't feel bad, Cheryl...I'm not middle-aged,but I do remember this one...lol. When I first got my license, I remember bargain hunting at 75 cents a gallon!#ed_op#/FONT#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[graciespook]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Too funny! I should send those to my mom, and really make her day! #ed_op#IMG src="http://forums.equestrianconnection.com/richedit/smileys/Teasing/12.gif"#ed_cl##ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[Ruth]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Boy oh boy, I do resemble some of those remarks! Gawd.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[cadence]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Ick!!  I've started taking Ginkgo Biloba because I'm afraid my memory is starting to become MIA sometimes!  Like, I forget the keys to my house in the barn and have to walk there, then forget why I was in the barn for or get distracted by something else that needed paying attention to ... walk back to the house, oh yeah, the keys!  Dang it! #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#You know it hit me like a ton of bricks when I over-heard a doctor dictating his report stating "this middle-aged 36-year-old woman came here because . . " #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#I'm thinking - WHAT?? Middle aged at 36????????  What is he thinking!!!? #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[Ruth]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Yes, I personally feel that at 36 I am a mere pup. NOT middle-aged!#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[cadence]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#Yeah, but a pup who has her brains firmly situated in her head, with a good dose of common sense and a couple ounces of wisdom that seemed to be missing at 18  LOL #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl##ed_op#DIV#ed_cl# #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[Ruth]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#True, true.#ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#

[BarnBratCSA]

#ed_op#DIV#ed_cl#hehe, Cadence, I hope the things you mentioned arent a sign of memory loss, b/c if they are I'm in trouble!  I forget things like that all the time.  The other morning I had to go back in the house twice - once because I forgot my lunch, and then my cell.   At 21, I surely hope I'm not losing my memory already! #ed_op#/DIV#ed_cl#