Let's make a list

[Guest]

Of good advice to ourselves about what not to do when we get old(er)

To kick off:

Don't repeat your stories or if you're not sure you've told them, check first.

Check your clothes carefully before putting them on to make sure there are no little stains that you hadn't noticed.

Never, never, never talk about your ailments.

Or your surgery.

Or your feet.

Make sure you know your times tables so you aren't shamed by a six year old.

Ditto, tricky spellings

Don't use a hashtag on Facebook

Learn common acronyms so that you don't embarrass yourself.


More suggestions please.

[Mimi]

Don't say. " Oh hasn't he /she grown "

Don't insist on giving GS/GD In front of their friends

[Oma]

Always check your shoes match before you go out and you don't have pink fluffy slippers on

[Ragdoll]

Oooooh! Aren't you just like your mother/father/grannie/granddad...........etc.

[Libra Gran]

Don't say "In my day"

Remember to have a clean hanky/tissues not just for runny noses but also for those times when your eyes run.

Don't start saying "Huh these youngsters"

Try to remember what's hip with kids and what's not.

[Mimi]

Don't say "Winters aren't as cold as there were in my day "
............... " Summers aren't as hot as they were in my day "
............. "Call that music " !!

[Daisy]

Don't say "I can't eat that, it gives me indigestion".

"If I were you …"

"We didn't have all these electronic things in our day. We went out to play in all weathers."

"We were lucky if we had a week in Blackpool" (or other well-known family seaside places)

"I remember when petrol was 4/6d a gallon."

[Plantaholic]

I have already broken a few of those

[Gemini]

Don't say, for the millionth time ' Do you know, this house cost £1,500? If it cost that now I could buy the whole street!'

[Elisi]

"Don't tell your mother/father" puts too much emotional strain on grandchildren. Try not to say "cool".........it embarrasses them!

[Qwerty]

OH would say make sure your flyholes are up !!! he speaks from experience

[WeeGranny]

The last time I saw you, you were........!

Say anything controversial in a whisper! The person you're talking about is bound to hear you!

You're not going out wearing that are you?

Of course you're cold, you're not wearing a vest!

[Gemini]

I think this thread needs revisiting, it made me smile
I was doing a little Admin housekeeping when I came across it.
I'm sure the 'Guest' who started it was Sum1Ls, before she changed her name. As we all know guests can't post, so she became Guest after this

[Daisy]

What a good idea, Gem. It makes me smile, too. I think you're right about it being Sum1ls's thread.

I'll add


Don't say "In my day ..."

- we walked to school - three miles there and back in all weathers

- we didn't have indoor loos let alone one downstairs and one upstairs

- nobody had a phone

- I had six pence a week pocket money

[Plantaholic]

Don't say.............You call that music!