How Do You Know When You're Middle-Aged?

How Do You Know When You're Middle-Aged?
Those ten tell-tale signs...
1) You don't understand what young peasants are talking about.
2) You struggle to read Chaucer in weak candlelight.
3) You hate rowdy taverns.
4) You constantly worry that you might have the Black Death.
5) You don't know or care who Blondel is sleeping with.
6) You tell your wife that Crusaders seem to look younger every year.
7) You struggle with new technology such as the heavy plough and the longbow.
8) You find Gothic architecture too modern.
9) You keep forgetting who the king is.
10) You dream of buying a second hovel in France.
(That's enough Middle Ages, Ed)

craigb
I like it! 
 
(For me, middle-age is ten years older than whatever I am at any time.)

i know. me too

drewfx1
My definition is that you're middle aged if:
 
1. Lots of old people think you're still young.
2. Lots of young people think you're old.

So people older than you still have to be alive huh? 
 
Hmm...

Is dirt middle-aged?

Mosvalve
I have a big middle now so I'm there

We call that being in shape!
(Round IS a shape.)

ston
For me, there were three stages:
 
1. You pull your trouser legs up before sitting down
2. You need to raise one cheek off the seat in order to fart when sitting down
3. You start to enjoy watching golf on TV
 
 

Damn... 

Jarsve
How Do You Know When You're Middle-Aged?
Those ten tell-tale signs...
...

 
1) You don't understand what young peasants are talking about.
Do THEY understand us? And the pills and pains?
 
2) You struggle to read Chaucer in weak candlelight.
WRONG. The youngsters struggle to read Chaucer because they do not know the difference between silly/stupid lyrics and anything else.
 
3) You hate rowdy taverns.
Only when drunk!
 
 
5) You don't know or care who Blondel is sleeping with.
AMAZING!
 
7) You struggle with new technology such as the heavy plough and the longbow.
More like a smartphone!
 
8) You find Gothic architecture too modern.
Ohhh, right ... like there is "architecture" in 99% of all the houses in America. I'm sending you to Daly City for a holiday!
 
9) You keep forgetting who the king is.
TRUMP'd

Moshkito

Jarsve
How Do You Know When You're Middle-Aged?
Those ten tell-tale signs...
...

 
1) You don't understand what young peasants are talking about.
Do THEY understand us? And the pills and pains?
 
2) You struggle to read Chaucer in weak candlelight.
WRONG. The youngsters struggle to read Chaucer because they do not know the difference between silly/stupid lyrics and anything else.
 
3) You hate rowdy taverns.
Only when drunk!
 
 
5) You don't know or care who Blondel is sleeping with.
AMAZING!
 
7) You struggle with new technology such as the heavy plough and the longbow.
More like a smartphone!
 
8) You find Gothic architecture too modern.
Ohhh, right ... like there is "architecture" in 99% of all the houses in America. I'm sending you to Daly City for a holiday!
 
9) You keep forgetting who the king is.
TRUMP'd

 

With all this cheerfulness and happiness going on here, I just can't help but listen to this:
 

 
 

kennywtelejazz

How Do You Know When You're Middle-Aged?

 
When you see Mary with her little lamb and the sight of Marys little lamb brings you back to the happier times of your youth when you had Great Romance in your Life .
 

Not had that happen to me.  I just think "mint sauce".  I'm looking forward to my inevitable collapse into a curmudgeonly singularity, when I shall scoot about in my motorised bath chair / commode combo with a silver tipped cane which I'll use to poke "youth".

Hey! Where's her lipstick! bright red lipstick