You know you're starting to get older when...

* the pro athletes you cheer for weren’t even conceived yet when you were in your athletic “prime.”

* you’ve finally gotten most of the words down to a FloRida song, which your kids now refer to as “old school.”

* you actually have an lengthy inner "pro’s" and "con’s" debate when a friend wants to meet you for a drink on a Saturday night and you’ve gotten clearance from the better half to go. Many times it’s a toss up whether you’ll go or not.

* the clothes you wear to work one week are snatched up by your kids the next week for them to wear as part of “Retro Day.”

* you try to sit down with one of your kids and bond through a “Peanuts” cartoon on TV and your kids aren’t interested or don’t “get it”.

* during a discussion about music the group Nirvana comes up and your son says, “they’re that old band whose lead singer committed suicide.”

* you realize there are NFL head coaches who hadn’t celebrated their first birthday yet the last time the Minnesota Vikings played in a Super Bowl which you vividly remember watching on TV.

* “Funky Cold Medina” comes up on the radio, you crank it up and your kids hiss and moan about “turning off that old crap.”

* something doesn’t quite feel right about wearing blue jeans to Sunday Mass or other church service, but you do it anyway because other guys my age are doing it.

* the combination of words “possibility of bi-focals” is tossed into a conversation between you and your optometrist. I know, I know a lot of younger people wear them, it’s just that it threw me off guard.

* remember a trip to the movie theater didn’t mean having to take a small loan out just so you could also have a small popcorn and small soda.

* you see at least a two or three people in the obituaries each week who have blown out the same number of candles you did on your most recent birthday cake.

* a commercial free set of music on a “classic rock” or "oldies" station sounds a lot like the music that was playing at your high school’s homecoming dance.

* you have to update your laminated "list" of your dream babes because some have recently retired from show business to spend more time with their children and grandchildren.

* you still bitch about the price of a house or hotel on Park Place and Boardwalk.