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We’re not getting any younger, and there’s little we can do about it. And we may ignore it, but the reality sometimes shamelessly comes right into your face.
For example, when looking at your phone pictures from last year, or when lathering your skin with anti-aging cream, or when suddenly meeting your unrecognizable childhood friend in a supermarket, or when scrolling for your birthdate in a drop-down menu. These painful reality checks hilariously remind us of the passing time.
So when someone asked “What made you realize ‘you're old?’” it hit a soft spot for too many people out there. A whopping 16k comments later, the all too relatable responses are in, and oh boy, I never felt as ancient as I do right now.
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#1
I almost fell over when a local radio station called songs from the '80s the 'golden oldies.' No! The golden oldies are the '50s/'60s!
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#2
I find more and more people are being stupid and annoying.
#3
Getting annoyed when they rearrange the grocery store.
Margot Moser 2 years ago
Costco is known to do this deliberately so that shoppers will discover products they didn't know they needed whilst looking for items on their lists.
Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
They all do this, there's a whole marketing plan behind it, and they've been doing this stuff for decades.
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StrangeOne 2 years ago
I don't get why the jars of cherries has moved to the popcorn and candy aisle when they were fine in the baking aisle.
Terry Tobias 2 years ago
I wouldn't mind the rearranging of the aisles if it made sense. One day I was looking for light bulbs and couldn't find them anywhere. I finally asked an employee who directed me to... the baking aisle! Office supplies were across from the canned soups and electronics were in the aisle with cereals. It was total anarchy!
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Mary Rogers 2 years ago
It can be if you are mobility challenged. I can't tell you the number of times I have wanted to just grab a few items and get out of the store because I was in pain, only to have to wander all over the place because they moved things. When you are young, it may be slightly annoying. But when you get older it becomes a big deal.
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Will Cable 2 years ago
All to increase sales and yet when they do it I buy less because I can't find what i went in for!
PrettyJoyBird 2 years ago
Is your store a local bodega or mom pop run? All the big chains have to comply for marketing purposes. Thats how they make copius amounts of money to stay in business! Schematics. All a scheme.
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Russell Rieckenberg 2 years ago
Well, if you believe the signs, they did it "for your convenience."
simfan all day every day 2 years ago
As someone who used to do this, it's not the store employees that do this it's usually a third party sales company.
Lara Verne 2 years ago
It has nothing to do with age. Everyone is annoyed when they can't find groceries they want.
PrettyJoyBird 2 years ago
May i ask your age range? Do you go in with kids? Famous last words when you are 40 and remembering this. For young ppl its an annoyance. For older ppl it literally makes us lose our mind. Health problems dont help. So yes worse as you get older.
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William Teach 2 years ago
Oh, Lord, they did a bunch of that with my Walmart. I just wanted in and out to get some car cleaning stuff and a small amount of groceries. Took much longer
Seamus Crumley 2 years ago
I hate it. A grocery run that once took 45 minutes can now take 1 hour and 45 minutes.
Suzy Creamcheese 2 years ago (edited)
I've always gotten annoyed when they rearrange the grocery store. Age has nothing to do with it.
Mike Fitzpatrick 2 years ago
My pet peeve! It takes me quiet a while to acclimate to the layout of the supermarket but if the rearrange it it becomes overwhelming.
Fabiane Thiessen 2 years ago
I have a system. And when they rearrange s**t it messes up everything
Lee Henderson 2 years ago
The local Walmart (2520) has completely disorganized the store. My mother (age 90) gets so pissed off when goes in and can't find anything. BONUS: A lot of the employees (temps?) don't speak English.
Amy Semenov 2 years ago
Or thr opposite, walking in and saying, "oooh - they moved the kids' section!" This actually just happened this week.
René Sauer 2 years ago
Or getting excited when a new one opens somewhere. I know I always am and visit it at least once.
Creepy panda 2 years ago
Last week I heard a Britney spears song on a nostalgic radio channel. I was 12 or 13 when that song came out
Michael Largey 2 years ago
When they did this to a90 year old woman I knew, she just switched grocery stores. She said, "It's easier to learn something new than to unlearn something old. Here I know what I don't know. In the old store I couldn't be sure."
Laura Wasser, a family law expert and chief of divorce evolution at Divorce.com, told Bored Panda that a positive outlook on getting older involves accepting it as a natural part of life and concentrating on the upsides.
“As time goes by, we acquire valuable experiences, insight, and a better comprehension of ourselves and our surroundings. Instead of getting hung up on the unavoidable bodily changes, let's appreciate the wisdom, personal development, and connections we've made over the years,” she explained.
#4
Doing nothing became my favorite thing to do on the weekend.
Baseball is Life 2 years ago
Absolutely nothing wrong with this, we don't always have to be doing 'something'
#5
I used to sneak out of home to go to a party, now I sneak out of the party to go home
#6
Sleeping straight through the night is a thing of the past; if it's not a hip or shoulder screaming at me to roll over, it's a bladder wanting releif.
According to Laura, “keeping our spirits up and feeling thankful help us nurture a happier, more satisfying attitude toward aging while still looking after our mental and emotional health.”
Being in a relationship as you grow older offers many positive aspects. Laura explained that one of the main perks is the sense of companionship. “Sharing life experiences, memories, and moments with someone you care about makes life richer and more satisfying,” she said.
#7
I'm disgusted by TikTok
#8
Whenever I have to enter my birthdate in a drop-down menu
#9
I teach writing to college freshmen. I had a student writing about standardized testing who started a paragraph with the phrase: 'Beliefs about education at the turn of the century worked from the assumption that...' It took me two paragraphs to realize that the turn she was talking about was 1999 to 2000. This was two years ago. The resulting existential crisis is still unresolved.
Tucker Cahooter 2 years ago
When Pointless asks contestants a question involving "Greatest music artists of this century", it takes me a while to cotton on they don't mean groups like The Jam or The Beatles
“Additionally, being in a healthy partnership leads to better mental well-being. Research indicates that people in strong relationships experience increased happiness, reduced stress, and a lower likelihood of depression.”
Moreover, Laura noted that sharing your life with a partner comes with practical advantages. “Life becomes easier when you can tackle daily tasks, financial matters, and important decisions as a team. This shared responsibility leads to a more enjoyable and manageable lifestyle.”
#10
When I realized that I own t shirts that are older than people I work with
David 2 years ago (edited)
My oldest grandson is 18, almost 19. My microwave is several years older than him. Also at least one of my printed tshirts for that matter. EDIT: PS - Bonus Points - I bought that 1997 Panasonic microwave used at a garage sale for I think about $15. LOL! It was fairly new-ish then but some people were moving or something. Folks that looked like they had money and could afford to get new stuff wherever they moved to.
#11
You know all the celebrities that die. I remember celebrity deaths to me for years were just always random people that might as well have been from Ancient Rome for how well I knew of them and how old they were. Now, every celebrity death is like, 'What?!??! She died?? But she was just in that movie!' But then you remember that for you, 'just in that movie' was a movie 30 years or more ago sometimes.
#12
Look at an intact cardboard box you have in your house. What do you think? If the answer is: Oh, this is a good cardboard box, I should hold on to it, you know it has started.
We also wondered why our society is so obsessed with staying forever young. Laura explained that “people love the idea of staying young because it reminds them of a time full of chances, energy, and new beginnings.”
“Being young means having more freedom and fun, and as we age, we often miss those simpler times without many responsibilities. By trying to stay youthful, we hope to keep enjoying life like we did when we were younger,” she said.
Moreover, our society values and promotes youthfulness, Laura argues. “You can see young people and new ideas in movies, music, and ads, which makes us think that being young is something worth chasing after.”
#13
Viggo Mortensen is now older than Ian McKellan was when he played Gandalf in Fellowship..
#14
Wait a minute - let me get my glasses and put the main light on to read this properly...
#15
When my Mom moved into my mirror.
Michelle C 2 years ago
I’m starting to look more like my mother and late maternal grandmother. I’ll take it!
#16
Spent my 30th birthday itching to go home and take my new cordless vacuum cleaner for a spin.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I recall on my 5th Christmas I felt sad my mom got household appliances for a present. But I was confused why she was so excited and not sad she doesn't get any of the cool, fun toys I got. She said it was her version of toys and I'd know the feeling when I'm older. She was right. However, I still wouldn't mind getting a few cool kids toys, still.
#17
When "ow that hurt" became "I hope that's not permanent"
#18
Guy at the liquor store looked really quick at my license. I said that was fast. He said it starts with 19--
StrangeOne 2 years ago
The LC people take an uncomfortable long time on mine cos my picture is a decade old. I was supposed to get it replaced but then the pandemic hit and the license issuers were not doing photos. They sent me a replacement when mine expired with my old picture. When restrictions lifted I called to book an appt. for retakes, as they said I could. But they said I now have to wait until my new card expires unless there's a major difference in my appearance.
#19
I was reading Rolling Stone at the doctors office and realized I hardly knew any of the bands on the billboard #1 singles list. 90s music to my kids is like what 60s music was to me.
#21
My "Check Knee" light turned on.
#22
A bunch of things lol.
Bent down to pick up my 20 lb pup and threw my back out.
Seeing athletes get drafted into the NFL that were born after 2000. Also watching guys I saw get drafted now retiring.
Wanting peace and quiet instead of parties.
Getting excited about grocery or furniture shopping.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
i hate grocery shopping. The Safeway near me has now blocked off access of the exiting area from the entrances, and the exit area has the public washroom. I used to just go under the chains or lift the gates up in the closed checkouts. Now they chain shopping carts in the closed checkout aisles. So if I need to use the washroom I have to push past people in the tight check out lanes, or try to hold it and wait to pay for something. It's giving me so much anxiety. what if there's a fire? What if someone has realized they needed a shopping cart instead of a basket? What if someone just needs to leave because they realized they forgot their wallet? Why do we have to be trapped in? That's what it feels like. Trapped.
#24
Nearly busted my a*s in the shower and suddenly life alert made sense 🤣
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
I slipped and fell on wet shower tiles in my 40s. I learned what pain is that day.
#25
My everyday routine: Come home from work, watch Wheel of Fortune, look at the newspaper and sit outside(weather permitting), to watch the birds and squirrels. If that doesn't mean I am old, then nothing does!
#26
When I discovered my sciatic nerve
#27
I recently saw a reddit post about things that were popular 25 years ago and I thought about the 80s until I saw a comment that pointed out that we are talking about 1998. I also then realized that I am older than 25.
I also recently used the phrase '20 years ago' when I was talking to a friend. That hit different.
Auntriarch 2 years ago
I'm still 26 in my head. My body will just have to tag along the best it can.
#28
At 44 I don't feel old but when I'm going to do something now a days I think about it if I could get hurt
StrangeOne 2 years ago
This is why I don't learn how to skateboard, and I'm now afraid to try ice skating and roller skating again. But I really want to.
#30
When I gave dating sites a try and found that the people my age were old looking.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I still find guys in their 40s up too old and seem creepy on dating apps where there's so many young women. Or maybe I just find dating apps creepy in general. Idk. I have bf now, anyways and I hope we grow old together and I'll never have to resort to trying a dating app out again. Last time I got hit up by the same guys and recommended the same guys week after week. Tried looking for someone new, messaged a few guys. I had on my profile I'm looking for a long term commitment but men would just ask if I'm looking to hook up. Shows no one reads profiles, or takes females seriously. One guy started messaging me back. After the 3rd message he was like "Are we going to meet up or what? I'm not doing this messaging b******t." Like, whoa bucko. Chill out. So I immediately blocked him cos that was scary af. It was a learning curve, finding more about who I am, really, and discovered I need more time to heal from my previous abusive relationship and come to terms that I'm more asexual.
#32
I was taking to my team (early 20s, I’m basically their parents’ age) about the actress Gillian Anderson and when it didn’t ring a bell, I said “you know, Agent Scully from X-Files. No one knew X-Files or who Agent Scully was but one of the girls chipped in “oh, the mother from Sex Education” and they all clicked.
3 Trash Pandas in a Trenchcoat 2 years ago
You'll be happy to know my parents show my brother and I X-files this summer, and we loved it. We're on season 4 now.
#33
My sister, a decade younger than me, asked about a band I was listening to. I told her I'd burn her a CD for her car. She told me her car doesn't even have a CD player.
#35
I had to go to a Walgreens to get my passport photo taken. They use a digital camera. The clerk helping me was so young, she said something like, 'I’ve never used one of these old type cameras before.' I had to help her get the SD card out and put it in the printer.
#36
I stepped in a hole in the concrete at the gas station and fell over. That simple fall to the pavement broke my foot, my ankle, and three ribs. I'm 56 and now officially old.
#37
When I started mixing corn flakes with frosted flakes because frosted flakes alone was too f*****g sweet.
7 year old me would be shocked at old me
StrangeOne 2 years ago
I'm shocked I was able to eat just the icing on a cake and only the marshmallows in Lucky Charms. I miss my old sweet tooth.
#38
You know what's a totally not fun game to play with your younger coworkers? Asking them what cartoons they grew up watching. Asking them where they were on 9/11 is also a good one.
#40
Clerk in a store was singing along to Soft Cell Don't you want me/ Where did our love go. I said "ur too young to know this" He said he "lived with his Grandpa and knows all the oldies"
#41
The first time the barber asked if I wanted my eyebrows trimmed.
#42
Asked a young relative what music she was into, thinking I would be able to impress her with all I know about the "cool" bands. She listed quite a few and I had never heard of a single one, instantly humbled.
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
Trying to impress a young relative probably means you are getting old.
#43
Appreciating a well mown lawn.
#44
The setting in Back to the Future was the same distance from the 1950’s as we are to the 1990’s.
#45
My job has an ipad that we use for certain things. I asked a younger coworker how to adjust the volume, and he said "oh it's just an ipad. Wait, do you not know how to use an ipad?" & he was genuinely surprised that I'd never used one before. I'm a millennial. My mom used to say I was tech savvy with my flip phone. Now look at me, pathetic.
#47
Looked in the mirror. Thats not my face, and it's way older than me. Then my voice said "damn, I'm old" and I had to agree, but was very confused who said it.
Caiman 94920 2 years ago
keep scaring myself when my grandma pops up in my mirror each morning
#48
I hit 49 years of age and my body decided at that point that I'm old. Every bad decision I made regarding my health came back to bite me.
Irish woman abroad 2 years ago
Yup - all that junk food and alcohol from your 20s will eventually come knocking at your door 😭😭😭
#49
When celebrities would come on late night shows and they looked SO much older… then I would think “I guess I do too…”
#50
When i started working with kids, and they were told "You listen to [my name]! Do what she tells you, okay?" Hang on, i am in charge here? Of tiny people? F*ck.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Even though I've parented my own daughter and she's an adult now, I still feel powerless around teens and kids. Try to rein them in and it's their parents that intervene and encourage rude behaviour. If they're being a nuisance towards you, starting getting a reaction then they whip out their phones and start recording the "Karen". Now you got them AND online trolls bullying you. You can't discipline online trolls. You can't discipline kids who are not yours. Adults have lost so much power in just one generation of kids. This is one of the reasons kids should not have smart phones and easy access to social media. I've put my foot down and dying on this hill.
#51
When the supermarket started playing the music I listened to in high school
Edit: wow ty for the gold and rip my inbox!
#52
Butt problems.
There, I said it so you don't have to.
David 2 years ago
Get your colonoscopies. I have had two - both fine but had a few polyps removed (extremely common). My neighbor who is a bit older than me never did ant is currently dealing from colon cancer. And his brother just died from it last week. His brother's was farther along. My neighbor may survive.
#54
I was watching Derry Girls and thinking, “Finally, they cast *actual* teenagers in a show about teenagers!” They were all over 25 and one of them was 31.
#55
My teenager had a camera that prints out the picture!!! It's amazing! Look it prints out the picture right after you take it!! FML
David 2 years ago
I'll never understand why some folks want those newer polaroid cameras. The pictures are more expensive and lower quality. The appeal back in the day was being able to see the picture right away (at the expense of not having a negative to make more copies.) But with digital you CAN see the picture right away and you can instantly send it to a friend on the other side of the world.
#56
I was browsing a thrift store a few years ago, an RCA wooden console TV caught my eye because we had an identical one growing up so I checked it out for fun, read the back of it and everything. A while later as I was standing in line beside the TVs, a kid behind me points to the wooden console one and goes "MOM, LOOK AT THAT ANCIENT TV!"
It was made the same year I was born
#57
I've been a gigging musician for over 30 years and in the last 10 those late nights just started killing me.
#58
Music that I listened to as a kid being played on the "oldies" radio station.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
Back in '98 a guy in my class was flipping out because he heard Nirvana being played on an oldies station. Probably he meant the classic rock one, and not AM radio. But he said AM radio. So, I don't know. Tried listening to AM radio to see if any Nirvana would play but didn't hear it. I believe him though. Since then, I just assume any music 10 years old or more, is deemed an oldies.
#59
Two friends and I were backpacking in the high Sierras in California. Dan and I had been up this same trail twice before with no problems. It starts around 8000’ (2440 m) and goes up to a pass at 11,400’ (3480 m) in about 8 miles. This time however, by 9000’ we were all quite tired and took a long break. We moved on and up and within another mile we were all ready to stop but the canyon is very narrow with no camping spots. We had to continue, but we searched for campsites every step. By 10,000’ we were all nearly exhausted, one of us in particular. He threw off his pack and was going to camp right in the trail, which is not allowed. I volunteered to scout ahead for a campsite. Maybe 1/3 of a mile on and about 10,300’ I found a nice area next to a beautiful lake. I left my pack and went back to get my friends. We were moving on shaky legs. It took forever to set up camp, fix dinner, pump water, clean up the cooking stuff, and so on. We were in bed before dark and slept like logs. From then on, for the rest of the week, we were fine. But it surely highlighted aging. (I was 70).
kitten levels tokyo 2 years ago
Plot twist: This is an excerpt from the diary of one of the Donner Party.
#60
When Gen Z started calling me aunty
#62
Ear hair
David 2 years ago
yeah, i commented on that eyebrow post - but first time the barber asked me if I wanted him to trim my ears. I managed to not say a lot of the thoughts that flew through my head and just go with yes please. -- I saw the little runt sitting there on a log I asked him his name and in a raspy voice he said, "Yoda" Y-O-D-A, Yoda Yo-Yo-Yo-Yo-Yoda
#63
When I went out to the bar and thought that some of the people there looked like children to me. They were probably 25…
Cassi Lyris 2 years ago
Uh oh, you've become "the old guy" at the bar. I'm sorry you had to find out this way.
#64
The song '1979' by The Smashing Pumpkins is closer to the year 1979 than it is to our current time, and not inconsiderably so. Released in 1995
#65
My kid makes fun of me because I mix white milk with chocolate milk because it's too sweet. Just leave me alone and grab my Lactaid
Onion Patch Petunia 2 years ago
Remind me of when I had to drink Ovaltine to get the label to get a secret code decoder ring
#66
When all of my fellow welding apprentices at work started calling me their "Shop mom."
#67
Work with a young lad named Dillon. He just got back today from a two week holiday and I greeted him with a - "Dillon!... You Son Of A B***h!" -He looked confused and I said " Yano? From Predator?"... ... he asked me what Predator was. *cries internally*
What do you think ?
bElLa sTairZz 2 years ago
how old are you? personally id say that being married at all is when you start to get old
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Bill Evs 2 years ago
Today I took a broken wooden bed down to my local recycling centre and as I was clearing it out of my car I found two or three good pieces of wood. I genuinely stood there for about a minute looking at those pieces and thinking "should I throw these away, they could come in handy". I had no actual plan to use them for anything , I just couldn't part with some (potentially) useful wood.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
My daughter has been pretty familiar with VHS tapes and VCRs. Didn't think I would have to explain anything to her. After we finished watching a movie I got engrossed in BP and let the tape just go to the end. I get snapped out of my world to her saying "It stops on it's own?" and then she hears the whirring "And it rewinds on it's own?" all amazed. I thought she knew that. Apparently not so. So, then I asked her if she knew what a device called a "tape rewinder" was. Nope, she said. Got to explain the convenient, but highly unnecessary, technology some people had where if you were too lazy and impatient to rewind a video before watching another you could put it in a small machine in which it's only sole purpose was to rewind VHS cassettes. Her grandma and grandpa have/had one but she never noticed.
VonBlade 2 years ago
We've all got a favourite ring on the stove, a favourite mug, a favourite vegetable strainer. We all own clothes that once decended from out "best stuff" to "bumbling around the house in" and, eventually, back to going out in. These are the hidden truths of getting old that nobody discusses.
Joe Publique 2 years ago
I love that all my clothes have been in and out of fashion almost three times now. :)
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Bored Retsuko 2 years ago (edited)
Ooh, I have one! I was at a shop and they played the song "say my name", but it was a cover version, and I realised that kids nowadays don't even know the original by Destiny's Child, which is wild to me because when that came out, I already considered myself "too old for new music", lol
Knux Kitsune 2 years ago
They may not know Destiny's Child, but I'm pretty sure they know who Beyonce is.
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Kenny Kulbiski 2 years ago
When something hurts and you say to yourself, " jeez, I hope that's a pulled muscle and not a major organ failure. "
tuzdayschild 2 years ago
When you're listening to the music lineup for the Grammy Awards and you don't know any of them. None at all!
The Redhead 2 years ago
I'm 41, recently a neighbor from my childhood neighborhood sent a picture of my mom and me when I was about 12. My mom was my current age I couldn't believe how young she looked!
PupperPanda 2 years ago
You know you're old when you no longer fall over; you now, "have a fall".
Will Cable 2 years ago
When you complain phones are getting very big but then realise you can't have a smaller phone because you can't read the screen without glasses
Nay Wilson 2 years ago
My younger sister has 5 children now. The oldest is nearly 11. How is that possible? 5 minutes ago she was 16
Justme 2 years ago
Addressing people as Mr. or Mrs. I was discussing a patient with a younger colleague and she said “oh, I think she goes by Jane”. I replied, “she’s 87, she likely goes by Mrs. Doe”.
Gg 2 years ago (edited)
I've been married for 9yrs and I've been called Mrs. Such and such, probably 3 or 4 times. It's actually pretty nice when people call me that. Respectful and ya know it's my name. *Edit I am not 87, a millennial
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So many of these, like not enjoying parties, or enjoying quiet and solitude, have been lifelong traits of mine since I was tiny. I guess that means I get to feel young forever?
Oerff On Tour 2 years ago
Does anyone remember, when the first generation of smartphones became commonplace, someone with a flipphone was ridiculed as outdated? Check out the new Samsung Fold... In 2 years Apple will have one, and in 5y you look ridiculous if you still don't have one
Susan Howell 2 years ago
I relate to almost all of these. Born in 1946, guess I really AM getting old…
Chloe Ross 2 years ago
I too was born in '46 and I don't think I ever grew up entirely. I still SEEM to have feet in many generations...but I also have a very Mad Magazine sense of humor. It helps.
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Shannon Matthews 2 years ago
Realized that I was getting old when I had two surgeries to repair torn rotator cuffs - 6 months apart. I don't do sports. So yeah
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I somehow managed to become even grumpier and even more impatient with other people. And my new favourite way to pass the weekends became sleeping.
Bill Marsano 2 years ago
My doctor asked what my tin nitus sounded like. I said 'tape hiss.' On another recent occasion I mentioned 'watch spring.'
Beruthiel45 2 years ago
Thank you! That's just how mine sounds and I couldn't describe it very well. I just said far away road traffic.
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Ivy at Eve 2 years ago
1. When David Bowie and Prince died and my colleagues asked "who?" 2. When I overheard on the bus "It's an old movie with a young Will Smith". An old movie is with a young Sean Connery (RIP), you can't convince me otherwise. 3. When my colleague replied "I always forget you're old" (yes, emphasis on the last word)
rs_adahl1971 2 years ago
Ok. It's official, I'm old. I identified with 95 percent of this list. I'm 51. I remember a world without microwaves, now I cook most of my food in the darn thing
DrBronxx 2 years ago
At Christmas I sprained my ankle as badly as you can without actually damaging ligaments or bone. Here we are four months later and it still really quite hurts. Also, I’ve been much less active than I have in the past and everything has just….seized up. I feel so stiff all the time.
Doodles1983 2 years ago
Singing a Lizzo track “slid into my DMs” genuinely thought Doc Maartens.
Channo Sagara 2 years ago
F**k... All these makes me really old. Thanks BP, I'll cut on the cigarettes and alcohol a little.
Shankshaw Redeemer 2 years ago
I knew my mindset was already old when I asked for a mattress for my birthday when I was in tenth grade--so 14/15. I didn't get it. :-(
Al LeFeusch 2 years ago
After reading these, it's clear that I've been old since I was like 18.
Far Cough Khan 2 years ago
i used to be referred to as "ask this young man" to "go ask that uncle over there".
Regina George 2 years ago
For me it was two things, 1 I don't know who the latest big celebrities are, 2 when I upgraded my phone I was furious at first that there was no hole for my earphones 😂 I'm 34 this year
bElLa sTairZz 2 years ago
how old are you? personally id say that being married at all is when you start to get old
Load More Replies... Bill Evs 2 years ago
Today I took a broken wooden bed down to my local recycling centre and as I was clearing it out of my car I found two or three good pieces of wood. I genuinely stood there for about a minute looking at those pieces and thinking "should I throw these away, they could come in handy". I had no actual plan to use them for anything , I just couldn't part with some (potentially) useful wood.
StrangeOne 2 years ago
My daughter has been pretty familiar with VHS tapes and VCRs. Didn't think I would have to explain anything to her. After we finished watching a movie I got engrossed in BP and let the tape just go to the end. I get snapped out of my world to her saying "It stops on it's own?" and then she hears the whirring "And it rewinds on it's own?" all amazed. I thought she knew that. Apparently not so. So, then I asked her if she knew what a device called a "tape rewinder" was. Nope, she said. Got to explain the convenient, but highly unnecessary, technology some people had where if you were too lazy and impatient to rewind a video before watching another you could put it in a small machine in which it's only sole purpose was to rewind VHS cassettes. Her grandma and grandpa have/had one but she never noticed.
VonBlade 2 years ago
We've all got a favourite ring on the stove, a favourite mug, a favourite vegetable strainer. We all own clothes that once decended from out "best stuff" to "bumbling around the house in" and, eventually, back to going out in. These are the hidden truths of getting old that nobody discusses.
Joe Publique 2 years ago
I love that all my clothes have been in and out of fashion almost three times now. :)
Load More Replies... Bored Retsuko 2 years ago (edited)
Ooh, I have one! I was at a shop and they played the song "say my name", but it was a cover version, and I realised that kids nowadays don't even know the original by Destiny's Child, which is wild to me because when that came out, I already considered myself "too old for new music", lol
Knux Kitsune 2 years ago
They may not know Destiny's Child, but I'm pretty sure they know who Beyonce is.
Load More Replies... Kenny Kulbiski 2 years ago
When something hurts and you say to yourself, " jeez, I hope that's a pulled muscle and not a major organ failure. "
tuzdayschild 2 years ago
When you're listening to the music lineup for the Grammy Awards and you don't know any of them. None at all!
The Redhead 2 years ago
I'm 41, recently a neighbor from my childhood neighborhood sent a picture of my mom and me when I was about 12. My mom was my current age I couldn't believe how young she looked!
PupperPanda 2 years ago
You know you're old when you no longer fall over; you now, "have a fall".
Will Cable 2 years ago
When you complain phones are getting very big but then realise you can't have a smaller phone because you can't read the screen without glasses
Nay Wilson 2 years ago
My younger sister has 5 children now. The oldest is nearly 11. How is that possible? 5 minutes ago she was 16
Justme 2 years ago
Addressing people as Mr. or Mrs. I was discussing a patient with a younger colleague and she said “oh, I think she goes by Jane”. I replied, “she’s 87, she likely goes by Mrs. Doe”.
Gg 2 years ago (edited)
I've been married for 9yrs and I've been called Mrs. Such and such, probably 3 or 4 times. It's actually pretty nice when people call me that. Respectful and ya know it's my name. *Edit I am not 87, a millennial
Load More Replies... Isaac Nemo 2 years ago
So many of these, like not enjoying parties, or enjoying quiet and solitude, have been lifelong traits of mine since I was tiny. I guess that means I get to feel young forever?
Oerff On Tour 2 years ago
Does anyone remember, when the first generation of smartphones became commonplace, someone with a flipphone was ridiculed as outdated? Check out the new Samsung Fold... In 2 years Apple will have one, and in 5y you look ridiculous if you still don't have one
Susan Howell 2 years ago
I relate to almost all of these. Born in 1946, guess I really AM getting old…
Chloe Ross 2 years ago
I too was born in '46 and I don't think I ever grew up entirely. I still SEEM to have feet in many generations...but I also have a very Mad Magazine sense of humor. It helps.
Load More Replies... Shannon Matthews 2 years ago
Realized that I was getting old when I had two surgeries to repair torn rotator cuffs - 6 months apart. I don't do sports. So yeah
Katie Lutesinger 2 years ago
I somehow managed to become even grumpier and even more impatient with other people. And my new favourite way to pass the weekends became sleeping.
Bill Marsano 2 years ago
My doctor asked what my tin nitus sounded like. I said 'tape hiss.' On another recent occasion I mentioned 'watch spring.'
Beruthiel45 2 years ago
Thank you! That's just how mine sounds and I couldn't describe it very well. I just said far away road traffic.
Load More Replies... Ivy at Eve 2 years ago
1. When David Bowie and Prince died and my colleagues asked "who?" 2. When I overheard on the bus "It's an old movie with a young Will Smith". An old movie is with a young Sean Connery (RIP), you can't convince me otherwise. 3. When my colleague replied "I always forget you're old" (yes, emphasis on the last word)
rs_adahl1971 2 years ago
Ok. It's official, I'm old. I identified with 95 percent of this list. I'm 51. I remember a world without microwaves, now I cook most of my food in the darn thing
DrBronxx 2 years ago
At Christmas I sprained my ankle as badly as you can without actually damaging ligaments or bone. Here we are four months later and it still really quite hurts. Also, I’ve been much less active than I have in the past and everything has just….seized up. I feel so stiff all the time.
Doodles1983 2 years ago
Singing a Lizzo track “slid into my DMs” genuinely thought Doc Maartens.
Channo Sagara 2 years ago
F**k... All these makes me really old. Thanks BP, I'll cut on the cigarettes and alcohol a little.
Shankshaw Redeemer 2 years ago
I knew my mindset was already old when I asked for a mattress for my birthday when I was in tenth grade--so 14/15. I didn't get it. :-(
Al LeFeusch 2 years ago
After reading these, it's clear that I've been old since I was like 18.
Far Cough Khan 2 years ago
i used to be referred to as "ask this young man" to "go ask that uncle over there".
Regina George 2 years ago
For me it was two things, 1 I don't know who the latest big celebrities are, 2 when I upgraded my phone I was furious at first that there was no hole for my earphones 😂 I'm 34 this year
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