'Hungover from three drinks': Twitter users sum up the inevitable (and all too familiar) signs of ageing in just four words 

  • Thousands have taken to Twitter to share tell-tale signs of old age 
  • Suggestions from 'good bedding' to yearning for naps flooded in
  • Patricia Gandolfini simply wrote: 'Becoming invisible to men'
  • Charlee Allison pointed to reeling off 'prehistoric pop culture references'

By Unity Blott For Mailonline

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Losing your glasses, attending school reunions and expressing disbelief a the price of a Freddo bar are all tell-tale signs that you're getting old, according to Twitter.

Thousands of users have taken to the social networking site to share the moment they knew old age was beckoning, using the hashtag #GettingOldInFourWords.

Many of the suggestions show just how much things have changed in recent years, with confusion over Twitter hashtags, Snapchat and popular slang words all cropping up.

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Twitter users have taken to the social networking site to share the moment they knew old age was beckoning, using the hashtag #GettingOldInFourWords - including everything from 'good bedding' to early nights

Twitter users have taken to the social networking site to share the moment they knew old age was beckoning, using the hashtag #GettingOldInFourWords - including everything from 'good bedding' to early nights

Andrew Ross, a sports marketer from South Africa, clearly saw dentures as a surefire sign that you're over the hill. He simply wrote: 'Where are my teeth,' while Ronald Carroll joked: 'What's a Twitter hashtag, alongside the #GettingOldInFourWords' hashtag.

A despondent Patricia Gandolfini appeared to lament her fading looks, writinglament: 'Becoming invisible to men.'

Chel, a musician from St Louis, Missouri added that naps being 'increasingly key' were another harbinger of old age, while Jim Snider from Buffalo, New York, wrote: 'Bond younger than me.'

One female Twitter user simply wrote: 'Becoming invisible to men'. Other inevitable signs were unknowingly 'pooping' and asking your partner if they've seen your glasses. One user cited the changing price of a Freddo

One female Twitter user simply wrote: 'Becoming invisible to men'. Other inevitable signs were unknowingly 'pooping' and asking your partner if they've seen your glasses. One user cited the changing price of a Freddo

Many pointed to social media and technology; one user pondered, 'How does Snapchat work?' while one woman simply wrote: 'Hungover from thee drinks' (studies suggest hangovers get worse as older bodies swap alcohol-absorbing muscle for fat).

Lauren Douglass from Blyth, Northumberland pointed to a popular acronym that's swept social media over the past year, writing: 'It's Babe not Bae...'

Janelle insisted that 'investing in good bedding' was a surefire signal that old age was approaching, while Richard van Zyl cited yearning for Windows 7 as another sign.

Janelle insisted that 'investing in good bedding' was a surefire signal that old age was approaching, while Richard van Zyl cited yearning for Windows 7 as another sign. One wrote: 'How does Snapchat work?'

Janelle insisted that 'investing in good bedding' was a surefire signal that old age was approaching, while Richard van Zyl cited yearning for Windows 7 as another sign. One wrote: 'How does Snapchat work?'

Charlee Allison pointed towards reeling off 'prehistoric pop culture references,' with Brian Cullinane adding: 'Turn that music down.'

Ashley, from Arlington, Texas, moaned: 'Why reunion's this year,' alongside a pained-looking emoji, with fellow Twitter user Susan Wright, from Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire joking: 'Who is that again?'

Other inevitable signs were unknowingly 'pooping' and asking your partner if they've seen your glasses. One user cited the changing price of a Freddo bar -which famously used to add 5p - as a barometer of old age. 

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