You know you’re getting old when…

The Old v Young debate broke out on Brekky when Morro confessed to young producer Corey that his long weekend consisted of two walks and weeding the garden and Corey hit back with: “you’re showing your age now”.

“Did you check your retic too because I hear that’s something an old person does?” asked Corey.

And then the 98five listening family got involved with what’s considered ‘old’ — some answers sounding a little close to home.

Here’s the best of your answers.

You know you’re getting old when…

…you wake up feeling like the ‘morning after’ but you never had the ‘night before’

…your birthday cake becomes a fire hazard ~Rochelle

…you make a groaning noise getting up out of a chair ~Liz  
(to which Morro has added: “getting into a chair, too”)

…Dencorub is a permanent fixture on the bedside table ~Rob

…bowls looks like a fast-paced sport ~Charmaine

…chasing a lamb across a paddock with your kids seems like a good idea until you realise you need an extra day to recover ~Amanda

…you drop a pen and kick it under the desk instead of picking it up ~Vikki

…your back goes out more than you do

…you go to a games evening with your friends and you have to pass the reading glasses around to read the questions and answers ~Janet

…people have ‘antiques’ that are things you used as a kid ~Craig

…the children of the teenagers you coached are retiring

…renewing your breakdown service membership, the young man on the phone congratulates you on 25 years of membership and then asks how you feel…old! ~Christine

…you and hubby go out on a rare date night and come home tired at 10.30pm…and the kids are still awake~Helen

…you go to the barber to get your ears trimmed ~Craig

…you realise one of the school mums is closer in age to the kids than to you ~Kylie

…your children refer to other people as VERY old and they’re younger than you ~Pieter

…your teeth are like the stars in the sky – they come out at night ~David and Sharon

…you realise people born in the year 2000 are doing their tax returns ~David

The list goes on…

But these guys make getting old look good: