“It Will Happen To You”: 35 Unexpected Parts Of Aging, As Shared In This Viral Thread

Like OP, I'm active, but I'm 73 and am getting tired of trying to keep up with all the changes.

I'm glad I was a teen in the 1970's, though. I pity these kids nowadays. The only upside to my descent into a crustacean.

Already getting there, and I'm only 35. I'm still watching movies, shows I grew up with. But I got my kids to like Are You Afraid of the Dark, so at least it gave us something to share!

My mother was a life-long friend of animals and plants and ignored most everything else. Oddly, so do I.

I'll be 41 in a couple months. Music has been trash for 25 years, modern clothing is literal trash both in quality and design, i have a pair of shoes that are almost 30 years old and have held up better than the pair i just bought 2 months ago. A few years ago there was no shortage of engaging, interesting and entertaining movies and TV shows to consume, and while there are still a few rare gems, the "inclusivity and message over story and character development" has made the majority of it terrible. It's not that the world is "moving on without me" it's that the world is moving in directions that are enraging to me. The world is on fire, society is divided on almost every major, far reaching issue...and the focal point more often than not is a game of blame and shame, where the most important consideration is how everyone feels about everything. It's exhausting.

In retirement I am finding out that human contact is crucial to keep the brain functioning well.

Unless you need medical attention . . .

I stopped wearing makeup, stopped straightening my wavy hair and let it go natural, and wear clothes that fit well and are comfortable, regardless of whether they’re in style. I don’t chase fads anymore, because I know what I like and what my particular style is.i stopped trying to be what I thought I should be, and started cultivating who I actually am—-and always was tbh, even back in the day when it didn’t make me very popular—-which is a whip smart, funny, nice looking woman who doesn’t take s**t from anyone, and has no qualms about calling them out for it. Love me or love me not. I’m not going to beg you to change your mind. I’m just as happy in my own company as I am in the company of others. I like the real me, now that I found her.

Same here, great ain't it!

By family history, I should have died twenty years ago. So any current aches and pains seem like small time wannabes.

Cheer up. It gets worse.

There usually is a cause for the hurt, but it may have happened decades ago.

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This is why there's been so many days I've lived off of take aways, mac n' cheese and just buying whatever looks interesting at the grocery store just to bring it home and let that eggplant sit to mold.

Snacky food for the win. Not junk food, just snacky good stuff.

Just plan ahead. Write out a weekly menu, (it doesn’t necessarily need to change week to week). Shop groceries specifically for the menu. Spend a day making things to put in the freezer. Make your life easier by not living day to day, a little bit of planning ahead saves on food waste too.

Thats me, and my hubby sits at the table, what are you cooking.

i felt this in my soul. and to make matters worse for me, i can't cook the way i like to eat. if i ever came into a windfall of money, even as small as, say, $50K, the absolute first thing i would do is hire a personal chef.

Sadly most female problems are underfunded. We would have cures for pcos endometriosis etc if the same levels of funding for things like erectile dysfunction was thrown at them.

There are symptoms with menopause you only learn about from other women who've gone through it, like the unexpected anxiety while driving (on highways, over bridges, in the rain, at night), the inability to tolerate heat, and how simple housework like vacuuming can make you break out in a heavy sweat. I felt like I was going crazy.

Had a hysterectomy at 42 but my ovaries were okay so they stayed. After 5 years of perimenopause I wished they had taken the ovaries too. I would have preferred sudden menopause to the 5 years of hell I went through. Did you know that your shins can sweat enough at night that the tickling sensation of the sweat running down your legs wakes you up? I do now.

It would be one thing if it was just monthly cramps (those were no picnic either) but the hot flashes, weight gain, irritability, brain fog. I've had enough.

Lucky I had a very easy menopause... BAM I started my periods... years later, pretty much BAM it ended. No kids so I went through it my early 40s. Happy to be shut of it, and NO kids.

Repetitive movements, over-exertion, pushing your body to it's limits catch up to you in seemingly small ways that end up with big problems, such as physiotherapy and surgeries. It could be wearing the wrong size, wrong fitted shoes for years. Trying to crack your back by twisting around. To an untreated issue you've been holding off forever. Take care of yourself now so you can enjoy a good retirement later.

I really get this one!!! In my head I'm 28, my body is 54!

Like your teeth starting to fall out

My husband and daughter are all the family I have left.

My first friend died when we were 14, so I was already accustomed to death when it came around again. Never easy though.

I checked just recently. Over 30% of my high school graduating class has passed on

I always try to check in with friends. Lost my best friend and then another friend to (BP censor word) "Unaliving" themselves in my 20s. Then the Pandemic and... Then a neighbour who lived here for over a decade died here in his home and that was... Seriously bad. His death had repercussions for those of us who were here while he was doing his illegal stuff years before...... Anyway... I guess... It doesn't get easier but if you stick together, support each other? You'll eventually get through the worst of it... Then it will take time. All The Time That You Need. Grief, in whatever form, takes time to heal from. And it's also okay if it never heals fully, leaves a scar... Some scars fade, some don't. That's okay.

My mother and a few aunts and uncles are still alive, but it won't be long until I'm part of the oldest generation in my family.

Isn't ageism illegal when interviewing? I this treatment being 40 at work. It's not so much they won't hire me or look at me as too old. More like, my younger manager tries too hard to one-up me, either ignores me when I tell her I need to ease up on my tasks so I don't injure myself or turns it into a personal comparison. "I did it alone when I was in your position. And I was pregnant." And I also get the "You need to watch your tone. That's part of growing up, you know. Learning how to control how you sound to others." Then 30 seconds later shouts at the other team while laying an F bomb. Yeah, real mature. /s I mentioned this to my mom. She told me she's gotten the same treatment at her jobs, telling me that people are intimidated by strong women who command boundaries. Not sure if she's entirely right that it's just something fellow women experience as we get older, or if men experience it as well. But I do get the authoritive, firm tone=b***h mentality unfairly placed on women. js

so true

Also, because some young ‘whippersnapper’ will work for less money and won’t have as my medical insurance claims.

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