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A few years back I used to spend my money on beer, fags and miscellaneous activities that would be categorised under the banner of "shenanigans".

This weekend I bought a sofa, a washing machine and a fridge freezer.  At one point I engaged in a lively and spirited debate about the relative merits of the single or double vegetable drawer.  We went with the double.

Getting old is a sad process.

How old are you.

I'm only in my mid-twenties to be fair, but weekends of idling away the hours in the pub seem to have disappeared.  Tis a sad loss.

I am beginning to consider not going out on Friday nights. It hasn't happened yet but even thinking about it is a tad disturbing.

Man, if you feel like this now wait until you are in your mid 30's ;)

but have you bought any garden furniture yet?

Garden furniture is just wrong unless you include a BBQ in that category then in which case it’s every man’s god given right to procure the biggest badest unsuitable burger charrer this side of B&Q.

I must admit I have cut back from being out every weekend 8pm - 6am to just having a few beverages after work most Fridays and then having a real blow-out just once or twice a month.  I enjoy it that bit more when I do go out, feel better on Sundays and feel like I’ve actually had a couple of days off rather than sleeping away most of the weekend.

Plus it helps financially.

It appears to be a trend though that fewer people go out as much as they used to but then the cost of DRENK is so much cheaper from supermarkets than pubs.

Pah, that's nothing. I'm 23, married and have a kid on the way.

 :( :cry:

It's alright JFW, Sam's happy :)

I hate the thought of being old and wrinkly and fat and ming - Im going to look like Marge from Benidorm - waaahhhhhhhhh

Im having a midlife crisis and might start dating an 18 year old or something??

what abuot a 24 year old ?  :-)

No sorry If I have a midlife crisis I need to do it properly!

I still wear Dangermouse socks (when I can find them), so I think it's safe to say I'm not yet at the 'growing old' stage.

Surely dating an older man would make you look younger, whereas dating an 18 year old would make you look like a women-paedo.

Agreed



Signed

Fred (age 45)
Swindon

I was mearly copying a mans mid life crisis!!

women-peado!  :D

Batch is it your birthday today?

Whilst you can shag, get pissed, eat what you like, anytime and at any place, you should never feel old.

But at the age of 55 you can only do one of three once a night instead of indulging in all and then some.

Buying gardening furniture, now that is for really old bastards - how are you Fred!

I am fine


The garden is looking lovely

Although he probably means a lady garden rather than his back lawn! ;)

or Dells back garden  :eek:

I'm worried about aging. On saturday night me and two mates (aged 19, 19 and 20) spent a good 20 minutes discussing pensions.

Then again this may not indicate us getting up, and may just represent how crap the night was.

Yes. 36 years young :( .

My realisation that Im getting old has come recently.  I have now had 51 days without alcohol.  Not because Im trying too, just because I have no social life.  That makes me feel sad and old.

Why does hair hair start growing out your ears when you get old?

You know when you're old, the remake is out and you saw the original at the Odeon.

But there are compensations, an increasingly higher proportion of the female population look good.

I am an unlucky bastard, the hair is falling out and what's left is going grey!

A sure sign of getting old is when.....when you look through your (supposedly brilliant) collection of porno DVDs and discover there are no scenes of anal sex, watersports, flagellation etc.

You do not need a social life to have a drink.  All you need is a drink.  In fact, drinking alone is preferable.  Noone interrupts your interesting thoughts with needless and trivial conversation.  Have a drink and set yourself a task.  Last night, about halfway through my nth can of Tanglefoot, I decided to reorganise my flat.  Now, any company might have said that moving the fridge into the living room, within arms reach of the sofa, was a bad idea.  Drinking alone thought otherwise.  I now don't have to get up to source cheese.  Drinking alone - brilliant.

I was 31 the other day and i still feel 17. I'm not about to do anything mature or responsible in any timely manner. I have no desire for children, a woman or "a life". I like myself and my own company too much to share it or break the decorum. I also like the idea of getting old without having to worry about anything and having no real ties.

I'm simply an immature, irresponsible misogynist. Oh, and alcohol has only passed my lips 4 times this year. Maybe i'm just boring.

Hear hear Barry, fucking moping cunts on this thread, Im 38 and skill. life is sweet. Pretend your rich and young girls come flocking then when they realise your not they fuck off but by the then youve had your wicked way. perfect.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbdyrRlYR2E

'If her daddys rich take her out for a meal'
'If her daddys poor just do as you feel'

Your post reminded me of these lines straight away, very true, very true ...

I know I'm defintaly getting old because not only did I buy garden furniture, I waited until the end of the summer to do it and now have it stored safely in my garage ready for next summer... The end is nigh... 45 on Saturday :(

Didn't you recently have a mid-life crisis and went hi-fi crazy and wired your whole house for sound?

How old do you have to be for a mid-life crisis.

I am 35 tomorrow, and if I live to 70 then my mid-life crisis is now. I don't have a garden though.

I went to Lidl today and brought 3 sacks of stuff (not weird foreign food I hasten to add) for £15 and have been showing off about it ever since. It was my first time in Lidl and it excited me quite alot

well apart from all the stigs in the shop

I think Im old :(

No you are just poor.

yes, yes you are right

You can take the girl out of Calne...

Lidl is seriously brilliant.  I once bought a pair of sandals for a fiver.  The lager also tastes the same as that brand stuff but is a lot cheaper.

Why Thank you Billy Shears - that man speaks the truth

I feel less ashamed now

Getting old is when you have to think hard about how old you actually are !
The body gets older, but the brain's the same but with more wisdom (methinks).
The biggest plus in getting older is your life experiences. I just wish that when I was younger I had known what I know now.
To think that I always thought my parents were stupid, & didn't know anything.

People seem to say this a lot but I'm not sure its something I agree with.  I think the naivety of youth is one of its great joys.  If I'd have known what i know now when I was a teenager, I probably wouldn't have done most things that I now look back on and smile and laugh.  Most of the best moments of growing up are not things I would do now, but that's what makes them so important.

I have to sit down to put my socks on these days.

Just you wait when you get to my age, whenever you go into town on a Saturday the shops that you have to go into will be LIDL, Wilko's and then Iceland on the way back to the car so that your round pound dinner doesn't melt before you get home!!  :(

I thought you and JFW are about the same age.

It's my birthday and I can't be bothered to go out. That's gotta be a tell telling sign.

Happy Birthday old man.

I like Aldi & Lidl, both ace, especially for fruit and veg.
I'm proper pikey, me.

Who or what is Lidl? It sounds like a shop for small people.

They are cheap supermarkets full of (mostly German & Polish) foreign produce.
Nobody seems to know exactly where the food comes from, but it's that cheap, nobody cares.

They are great for cheap fruit & veg, beers & chocolate. I don't touch the fresh meat or toiletries though.

I bought the 15p shower gel once, it smelled quite like petrol.

I didnt need to buy Shower gel since my fav stuff was on sale in Morrisons for 30p!!! I brought about 10 bottles!

I went off Wilkos for a bit but got back into it again recently - Its got some right old bargains!!!

Birdy I think our men should be proud of us the way we keep house on a budget!

He he!!

I don't like the fact I have had to start buying tesco value tights though - yuk!

BTW LIDL to the best tins of pineapple chunks ever!

When Sussex makes you use Gravy Browning instead of tights like in the olden days then you might have to start worrying! ;)