No one wants to admit that they are getting old, so I’ve adopted the new phrase “getting older”. Getting old sounds so cold and rigid, but no one can deny that we are getting older. Getting older just has a nicer more gratifying quality about it.

So, how does one know if they are getting old(er)? Here are 10 sure fire ways:

1. You’re spending more and more time in the Clairol aisle
2. You keep flipping through the channels looking for Lawrence Welk
3. You got your last eyeglass prescription from the Coca Cola Bottling Company
4. Seventy per cent of your conversation includes you shouting the word “What?!!!
5. You think the new up and coming comic is Shecky Greene
6. Doing drugs means Motrin, Rogaine and Colon Care
7. You’ve spent five minutes standing in the kitchen trying to remember what you went in there for
8. Those Depends commercials have been catching your eye
9. Your wardrobe includes either white shoes, white belt, or both
10. Getting up three times a night no longer has to do with sex

I hope this helps. Pass this on to five of your friends, or family members that you feel are getting old(er). I know I am, if only I can remember their names.