When l told my daughter ‘l had a fall’. She said, ‘You fell’. ‘Oh ok, l fell, now just please, get me to the hospital quick’!

Yesterday, l met five of my lovely school friends that l have known since l was 5. We meet annually.

They asked how l was.... ‘l didn’t think, l would be able to drive today as four weeks ago, l had a fall and cut my knee badly’.

‘A fall?’ my best friend in the infants said, ‘That is what old people say’!

‘Oh, no!’ I replied, ‘My daughter said, almost the same thing’!

I thought about it and said, ‘At least, l don’t say, Arthuritis as some older people say and l don’t say, ‘In them days’, instead of, ‘In those days’!

It seems, when we reach a certain age, some people take on a different lingo.
So l ask, can you think of any words or phrases associated with ‘older people’.

true story something my mum used to say to me
"Don't comming running to me when you break a leg"

how was i suppose to run with a broken leg

erm ...

tut ...

erm ...

what was I gonna say? ...

When Mrs Mrs LD was a child her mother used to say to her ' You're laughing now but no doubt you'll be crying later'

We both agree that was a horrible thing to say to a child and probably spoilt a part of her childhood somewhat.

If todays parents had pointed that out, there would be less Snowflakes about.