• Politicians/dentists/policemen + women seem ridiculously young

• You have a favourite cup/plate/crockery

• You turn the plugs off at the wall at night

• You go carefully down the stairs

• You refuse to ‘wear in’ shoes

• Your date of birth seems a long time away and sounds massively old-fashioned

• People are interested in talking to you about ‘your era’

• You have to make lists

• You love routine

• You are interested in ancestry and genealogy

• You have a ‘signature dish’ (see later)

• You have a ridiculously sweet tooth

• You are overzealous about the music you love

• Your torso is thickening

• You constantly feel, ‘This can’t be happening to me, surely?, about any health issues

• You love a sneaky nap

• You begrudge filling out the over-fifty part of any health/insurance form