You know you're middle aged when

[hatler]

... you get deeply irritated by unnecessarily loud, thumping (and unnecessary) music blasted out at every non-action moment at a sporting event.

[Slave To The Viking]

You look forward - for about a week - to defrosting the freezer.

Then you enjoy defrosting the freezer.

And have a warm glow of satisfaction when it's done?

In a purely figurative sense, yes. My fingers were glowing, but there was nothing warm about them.

[T42]

... you get deeply irritated by unnecessarily loud, thumping (and unnecessary) music blasted out at every non-action moment at a sporting event.

...when you don't give a shit about sporting events.

[Socks]

When you get a letter asking if you want to claim your state pension.  Although I suppose that means I'm old rather than middle aged.

[Kim]

... you get deeply irritated by unnecessarily loud, thumping (and unnecessary) music blasted out at every non-action moment at a sporting event.

...when you don't give a shit about sporting events.

I've been not giving a shit about sporting events since the age of 5 or so.

[Slave To The Viking]

... you get deeply irritated by unnecessarily loud, thumping (and unnecessary) music blasted out at every non-action moment at a sporting event.

...when you don't give a shit about sporting events.

I've been not giving a shit about sporting events since the age of 5 or so.

Was thinking largely the same.

[RichForrest]

Ok, it's not exactly middle aged, but when you receive a letter telling you it's time to renew your driving licence.

I got one at 45 and 50. Due again at 55, 60 and 65 then every year after that (if I keep on working).

[Kim]

You momentarily forget who the prime minister is.

[Pingu]

You momentarily forget who the prime minister is.

That's rather more easy to do at the moment, thobut.

[Slave To The Viking]

You momentarily forget who the prime minister is.

That's rather more easy to do at the moment, thobut.

Oddly enough, when I read this, my first thought was picture of Theresa May and the name of Liz Truss.

[Slave To The Viking]

You momentarily forget who the prime minister is.

That's rather more easy to do at the moment, thobut.

Oddly enough, when I read this, my first thought was picture of Theresa May and the name of Liz Truss.

I never, ever want that to happen, ever again, under any circumstance. I shall now go and hunker down under a running shower and sob the theme to The Crying Game.

[Jaded]

You momentarily forget who the prime minister is.

That's rather more easy to do at the moment, thobut.

Oddly enough, when I read this, my first thought was picture of Theresa May and the name of Liz Truss.

When I read this I had to check if this was a public forum. 

[mrcharly-YHT]

Go go into a pub and find that the crowd, loud bursts of laughter and shouty conversation is utterly unbearable.

[Basil]

Go go into a pub and find that the crowd, loud bursts of laughter and shouty conversation is utterly unbearable.

Oh this. ^  Oh very much this.

[Panoramix]

You rent a white van to install your daughter in a student flat!

That's exactly when the fun begins. When your children are small, they have smaller problems. When they grow up, they have bigger problems 

   :'(

[T42]

You get out your torque wrench and find yet again that you didn't reset it last time you used it.

[De Sisti]

Go go into a pub and find that the crowd, loud bursts of laughter and shouty conversation is utterly unbearable.

I felt like this in my 30s.

[Kim]

Speaking of pubs, I was considering the general improvement in the management of my asthma over the last 15 years or so, which I've usually attributed to a combination of not living with minging students and riding bikes and wotnot.  I'd completely overlooked the important change in the law a couple of years after I last needed a course of oral steroids...

[ian]

I ended up dancing on a table at 4 am at a Halloween party the other week. Firstly, unlike proper table dancers I didn't get paid, but as a Tidy Haired Thought Leadership™ professional I kept my clothes on. Secondly, the following morning I felt like I'd run two marathons and lost a fight with a bear.

[fd3]

Everything goes dark whenever you stand up.

[Lightning Phil]

Everything goes dark whenever you stand up.

Head poking through a hole into your loft?

[T42]

Everything goes dark whenever you stand up.

Happens to teenagers too so there's hope for you yet.

[nicknack]

Everything goes dark whenever you stand up.

Happens to teenagers too so there's hope for you yet.

Indeed. My son was afflicted thus when he was a teen. He's now 37.

Now it's just me.

[rafletcher]

When you get an official letter that you can claim your state pension. A bit puzzled as I was born in 1957 I was under the impression that I wouldn't get it until I was 67. Oh well, I suppose I should do something about the various odds and sods of pensions I have, it might add up to a meal out a month.

[neilrj]

66 for you sir, from 6th April - 5th May (then monthly) it's tapers from age 66 and 1 month, to the full on actual 67 at 5th March 1961.
Current plan, of course it might change