When Do You Know That You Are "Over The Hill?"
By Alice Henry
@IreneVincent (15962)
United States
September 27, 2016 3:01pm CST
A friend of mine shared some thoughts about being “over the hill.”
I thought what she said was worth sharing.
Here’s a few that I can remember.
She said: You know you’re over the hill “when it takes twice as long to look half as good.”
Or when “It takes longer to rest than it did to get tired.”
Or when “your idea of a night out is sitting on the patio.”
Or when “you say something to your kids, that your mother used to say to you and you hated it.”
She had several more, but I can’t remember them.
What would you say would be a sign that a person is getting old or "over the hill?"
I said to her that it’s when “you spend an hour looking for your glasses and they were on your head all along.”
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@1creekgirl (41752)
• United States
27 Sep 16
How about when you bend over to pick up something up and wonder what else you can do while you're down there.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
28 Sep 16
Yes, I've heard that one also. Just bending over is a chore.
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@akalinus (43366)
• United States
27 Sep 16
@IreneVincent Yes, it goes faster every year. Remember back to childhood how the time just dragged? Now it is at breakneck speed.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
28 Sep 16
@akalinus I know it. It seems that months pass now quicker than weeks used to. Or is it just my imagination?
@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
27 Sep 16
Yes, the time does seem to speed up, doesn't it?
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
27 Sep 16
Oh yes. That's called "hereafter disease." When you forgot what you were here after.
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@AutumnSnow (4583)
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27 Sep 16
Those are funny Im in my late 40's there are some days I feel like that and find myself already doing a few of those,lol.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
27 Sep 16
Yes, we might as well make fun of old age and laugh about it. Otherwise, a person could become very depressed.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
27 Sep 16
I'm mostly "over the hill" but I still have things I want to accomplish.
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@craftyfrugalmom (6)
• United States
27 Sep 16
I guess I'm over the hill at 32 then, because I have said things to my son on several occasions that my mom said to me, some of which I couldn't stand. The rest of those don't really apply to me, but is that a good sign? lol. I'd say you are over the hill when you feel over the hill. I've known young people who feel much older than they are and older people who are still very youthful. I don't think there's an easy definition.
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@IreneVincent (15962)
• United States
27 Sep 16
Age is just a number, they say. Age doesn't define a person though. As you said, some "young people" feel old and "older people" can still be young at heart, at least.
My mind tells me I'm still 35 but my body limits me, when I want to act 35, by doing the things I USED to do when I was 35.
There are a LOT of things that are on my "NEVER DO AGAIN" list. Like snow skiing and roller skating.
