“‘Old’ is when your wife says, ‘Let’s go upstairs and make love’” (joke)

Climbing stairs can be a challenge as people get older.
   
“‘Old’ is when your wife says ‘Let’s go upstairs and make love,’ and you reply, ‘Honey, I can’t do both’” was printed in the Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL) on March 16, 2000. This became a popular joke in 2000, often grouped with other “old” jokes.
   
“My wife of 57 years said let’s go upstairs and make love. I told her choose one, I can’t do both” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on July 5, 2015. “My wife of 60 years said let’s go upstairs and make love. I told her ‘Choose one, I can’t do both’” was posted on Reddit—Jokes on March 16, 2021.
   
   
16 March 2000, Northwest Florida Daily News (Fort Walton Beach, FL), pg. B1:
“Old” is when your wife says “Let’s go upstairs and make love,” and you reply, “Honey, I can’t do both.”
 
Newspapers.com
8 April 2000, Tampa(FL) Tribune, “Smiles,” pg. 15, col. 1:
“Old” is when your wife says “Let’s go upstairs and make love” And you answer, “Honey, I can’t do both!”
   
Google Groups: alt.support.stop-smoking
OT - Humour - Old
Marilyn Matte
Oct 3, 2000, 3:00:00 AM
Old is when:
...your sweetie says, “Lets go upstairs and make love,” and you answer,
“Honey, I can’t do both!”
 
Google Books
Lanai and Augie’s Joke of the Day
By Lanai Tabura and Augusto E Tulba
Honolulu, HI: Lōlō Pub.
2001
Pg. 66:
When Granpa says, “Lets go upstairs and make love,” she answers, “Honey I can’t do both.”
   
Google Books
Mental Fitness for Life:
7 Steps to Healthy Aging
By Sandra A. Cusack and Wendy J. A. Thompson
Boulder, CO: Key Porter Books
2005
Pg. 87:
Consider the following: “Old” is when your sweetie says, “Let’s go upstairs and make love,” and you answer,“ Honey, I can’t do both!”
   
Twitter
nobody notes
@nobodynotes
“OLD” IS WHEN ... Your sweetie says, “Let’s go upstairs and make love,” and you answer, “Pick one; I can’t do both!”
“OLD” IS WHEN . ...
7:36 AM · Sep 22, 2007·Twitter Web Client
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Kraagenskul July 5, 2015
My wife of 57 years said let’s go upstairs and make love.
I told her choose one, I can’t do both. 
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/leprecan61 March 2, 2016
An old man and old woman are sitting on the couch. The old woman leans over and whispers, “Let’s go upstairs and have sex.”
The old man says, “Bitch, you know I can’t do both!”
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Kraagenskul October 12, 2016
My wife of 58 years said let’s go upstairs and make love.
I told her “Choose one, I can’t do both.”
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Kraagenskul October 17, 2017
My wife of 59 years said let’s go upstairs and make love.
I told her “Choose one, I can’t do both.”
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Kraagenskul April 30, 2019
My wife of 60 years said let’s go upstairs and make love.
I told her “Choose one, I can’t do both.”
 
Reddit—Jokes
Posted by u/Kraagenskul March 16, 2021
My wife of 61 years said let’s go upstairs and make love.
I told her “Choose one, I can’t do both.”