With days passing at the speed of a hadron collider, it’s easy to forget how fast time flies. It seems just yesterday you were listening to Smashing Pumpkins on your Walkman sipping on Capri Sun, and now you’re dragging a bunch of grown-up people responsibilities in what feels like an ultra marathon.
But even then, we often remain totally unaware of the fact that hey, we are not kids anymore. So when Redditor u/spp25 asked “When did you realise that you are officially 'not young' anymore?” the answers started rolling one after the other, with people sharing all too relatable moments.
From realizing Avril Lavigne falls under the category of what teens call “dad rock” to medical emergencies that happen only when you age, like dislocating your jaw while yawning, these are some of the most telling responses that make you go, “wait, this is me.”
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When I saw a smoking hot redhead on the subway, and instead of thinking "wow, she's smoking hot" I thought, "I hope she uses lots of sunscreen because she's vulnerable to skin cancer."
When a song I loved as a teenager appeared as an oldie on the radio.
When I opened a new pack of sponges for dishwashing and became all excited to use a fresh sponge.
Nope. I'm young, and opening a new anything is always exciting!
Bored Panda reached out to the author of this thread, Redditor Spp25, who said the idea to ask people “when did you realize that you are officially 'not young' anymore?” came while he was busy doing chores. “Basically I was doing some cleaning and I dropped something and it broke,” Spp25 recounted.
“Instead of swearing I said the word 'ratbags.' I laughed because this is something my mam used to say around us children growing up and I always thought it was an old person's thing to say,” the author explained.
When I went to a nightclub last weekend and everyone looks like children...
I felt a sneeze coming on while I was bent over and legitimately thought, "I have to stand up straight for this if I want to keep my back."
When I only got 4 hours of sleep before work and felt like I was literally going to die. Ten years ago, I would drive 5 hours after work on Friday to see my SO, we’d party all weekend, then I’d leave at 1am on Monday, drive all night and go to work Monday. And i was exhausted but fine. Now, just one night of not enough sleep… I got old.
Just five years ago i was working with one day off per week and during this off i was going on tours, going to the beach, eat out and go for a drink at night too! Now i need two offs per week, i do almost nothing and still trying to pull myself together the next day at work!
As for the responses, the Redditor was surprised by how many stories were the same. “People with back issues, for example. It was nice knowing we aren't going through aging alone. Another one was how people who were aging had to really work to keep up with all the types of new slang!”
When I hated loud music, wanted to go home early and wanted my neighbors to keep the noise down. I am now Squidward.
I've been like this since I was a teenager. It's not exclusive to "old" people.
When I started getting excited for 9pm bedtime.
Believe me, after having a long day, most people would get excited for an 8pm bedtime
Saw some neighborhood kids messing with a stop sign while driving home. I slowed the car down, rolled down a window and said,
"Hey... I think maybe you shouldn't be doing that."
Which in my mind meant cut it out before an adult catches you.
But these kids look sheepishly at the ground and give me an ok like I was the adult in the situation. Which I was, gently chastising children for fooling around with public property.
Well, either that time or when I buried my father and realized I was the oldest living male in my family. That was more sobering than fun.
When asked whether our society overestimates age and aging, Spp25 said we actually underestimate it. “I suppose what the thread has taught me is that it's a different process for everyone and happens at different times.”
“You can be in your 20s and feel in the prime of your life then someone will say something and knock you off your perch! I have a good relationship with it.”The Redditor said he's at peace now since “I've accepted the fact I now have a role,” he said. Moreover, “I'm an uncle who tries to embarrass his nieces and nephews and if I want to know what the new slang is, I google it. I will do it with pride,” Spp25 concluded.
When a 22 year old offered me their arm to get down steps. I'm not old, I was just tired you little punk!!
I’m scared of teenagers now
I'm actually in awe of teenagers. I'm twenty this year and I see some 14 year olds doing things I can't even dare and 18 year olds building empires. Awesome
When I realized having a one in front of my birth year is all anyone needs to know I'm old enough to purchase alcohol. I don't know why but that dumb fact just hit me like a ton of bricks.
It used to be that 30 was supposed to be the traumatic birthday. Well, for me it was 25...when I realized it wss a quarter of a century.
When my daughter asked to listen to oldies. Like nirvana, pearl jam, foo fighters. I'm thinking no they are not oldies.
I’ve figured out that the problem is since music feeds on what’s gone before and things are always being recycled and reinterpreted by the next generation, it’s hard to listen to something supposedly “new” when you’re old enough to remember the band that influenced it. I heard something a few years ago that, to my grizzled ears at least, sounded completely ripped off from Joy Division. My thoughts were that , as I went out and bought the original 40 years ago, this “copy” couldn’t hold a candle to it. Of course the original is also tied up with my teen years and all the extreme emotions, memories and experiences so will always resonate with me more. The “rip-off” will probably have the same emotional resonance to someone in their teens now. The soundtrack of our lives is never just a song or a genre, it’s much much more 🙂
My daughter came home and asked if I'd heard of a really old band called Oasis.
I'm laughing because if I don't, I'll cry. Definitely Maybe came out in 1993!
Load More Replies...Pearl Jam is timeless! My teens hate them...kudos to you for the fact that your daughter asks to listen to them.
Calling that "oldies" is not right... what's the term for Hendrix or the Zeps then?
I know the names of these but can't say I have ever "heard" them! Here's one for you Scott Joplin!
I noticed that I am (getting) old when I listened to the top ten charts music..and found every single song awful and meaningless. I can't find anything good in the music nowadays. But I am happy ABBA is back!
Foo Fighters is still going strong, last I knew. Also, they were after. Just to clarify
Ok but i’m in school and I don’t consider foo fighters oldies, they still play live!
I used to listen to The Clash (still do) since I was a teenager. A teen and preteen can enjoy oldies, that doesn't make you old in itself. It just makes you someone who's genuinely curious about music, and prefers to explore the old because the new is already out there, so no need to actively pursue it, unless you want something that's not mainstream.
Load More Replies...When i stopped healing as fast as i used to.
Mystery bruises aren't from partying anymore, it's probably from gently brushing against something
I just bought a new mop and was really excited to go home and use it :( I mopped the whole apartment in absolute bliss. I finally decided that I will not fall for the Swiffer commercials again.
I think this has to do with the person. I’m 18 and I get excited about new cleaning products because I love cleaning
We went to a trampoline park for a friend's birthday. I pulled a muscle in the first ten minutes.
Neighborhood kid next door, must be 22 or so calls me sir. First time it happened I was like “sir? Dude I’m like….okay a lot older than you.”
When my best friend and I were planning for a concert next month and for the first time in our lives we were like "Do we... want to buy seats instead of standing in the pit?".
It hits you when you’re 36. That’s the year you could’ve had a child at age 18 who would become 18 and possibly have a child, making you old enough to be a grandparent.
When I dislocated my jaw lying in bed yawning. Didn't even think it was even possible.
s**t! that's a possibility? i dislocated my toe trying to adjust the blanket once though.
When one of my younger coworkers took it upon herself to explain to me who Cardi B was. I already knew who she was and was familiar with her music. Apparently I just looked like I needed to be supplied with this info.
When I started viewing guys on motorcycles with concern instead of awe… damn kids gonna get himself killed vs. oooh look at that hot rebel.
Read about Bikers Against Child Abuse and you can still look at bikers in awe. :)
"reasonably recent" references are met with dead silence and confusion by young adults/teens.
Kids call you "sir" or "that man over there"
Body aching the morning after moderate physical activity.
Food starts to give you problems while you used to eat tons of it with no repercussions.
Yes! "Reasonably recent." I will hear that Hollywood is doing a remake of a movie and I'm like "but that just came out!" Yeah, 25 years ago when I was in grad school.
7/23/2021 I was drying off after a shower looked down and realized... I am 40 and now have graying pubes. I actually wrote this on my calendar.
...and when I was 50 I had to slightly bend over in order to see my gray pubes below my belly.
One day my back decided to leave a memo
Yep. At age fourteen I fell into a 4 meter deep well and just walked it off. Last week I cricked my neck by laughing too hard and was sore for two days...
It was when I went to casually step off a 4 foot drop.
I had one foot of the ledge and my brain screamed Danger, I had to stop reset and prepare myself to absorb the impact and make sure I bent my knees.
20 year old me wouldn't have thought at all about that.
I was in my mid thirties at the time.
I got "ma'am"ed by a random twenty-something. Broke my heart
I took my fiancé back to the University I attended and we went for a drink at my old favorite bar. Ordered a margarita & the waitress said, “Do you want the well tequila that we serve to everyone or like…. adult tequila?”
Looking in the mirror. I'm in my mid 20s, but within the past year I've noticed that my reflection has reasonably changed and I definitely wouldn't be mistaken for a teenager anymore.
Wait until your brain is still telling you that you're still young and people are thinking, "what is this crazy old person thinking?". That was me. Talking to my neighbor like she as an old lady and I was still the hip younger neighbor. I said something that offended and she barked back, "we're just about the same age you know?" My brain screamed, "NOooooooooo". Then I knew.
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Yep. Getting up from anywhere will elicit many strange noises from me...
Load More Replies...When everything is "too". Too loud, too cold, too late, too far, too old for this s**t.
Ha! My favourite saying is "I'm too old for this s**t!"
Load More Replies...When everybody in a store politely is waiting for the (older) Lady to be served.... i'm waiting with them - only to find out that everybody is waiting for me 🙈🤣
I used to know this old guy who every time was asked how he was, he would respond by, “well, I woke up and everything hurts and it means that I’m alive, so I’m good I guess.” This is the reality, folks. So let’s look at the bright side.
When I was a child, my aunt lived right next to us and in summer I would always look if she was sitting outside doing some work and then go over and chat with her. Yesterday I sat outside and was preparing my holly for cooking syrup when suddenly some kids visiting my neighbour peaked around the hedge looking at me. Only then it slowly dawned on me - now I am the woman sitting in the garden and others are the kids in an otherwise very much unchanged scenario. It did not make me feel "old" though, I rather liked the idea...
I watched the VMAs last night. I didn't didn't who most of the people were and I was like why tf are so many people nearly naked, I don't want to see your butt or 99% of your boots, ffs. Realised I sound like my mom.
This happened 4 years ago but I still crying 😂 My very young coworker told me she was preparing to go to a 90s retro party that night and I was like "the 90s were practically yesterday". That was the moment I realised I'm ancient.
I'm about 150% certain that the 90s was less than ten years ago.
Load More Replies...For me it was when I looked at today-teenagers and thought 'was I that cringy when I was that age?' (the answer is yes)
You know you're old when you're assigned a new mysterious illness/disease once the last one seems to have cleared up.
For me, it was when I bought a new suitcase for my last Europe trip (pre-COVID, so it's been a while), and it was a regular suitcase (with wheels), because I didn't want to schlep around the trusty backpack that I have always traveled with since my 20's. Plus I knew the farthest I'd have to take it was on sidewalks from the airport to the train/cab, and then again to the hotel where a bellhop would take it to my room. No more wandering around a strange city with my backpack without knowing where I was going to spend the night.
When I was in my early twenties my first job was in a childcare program - we're talking kids aged 6-12. Just last week I ran into a young man with stubble, and realised he used to be one of those six year olds. THEY'RE ALL ADULTS NOW WHUT. (At least he was happy to see me again after all these years!).
When we bought a new vacuum cleaner and had a bit of an argument about who would use it first...
1) I mentioned the Beatles to a younger guy once back in the 80s. He asked me who they were, & what songs they played... I was so taken back (appalled?) my mind blanked. All I could think of to say was, "Love Me Do". This also counts as my first "senior moment". 2) I asked a young engineer fresh out of school that I was working with to knock some ball around on the racquetball court... He looked at me like I had to be kidding, and I got my first "old man". "No, don't want to play, you old man". I wasn't that much older, the little a**hole. 3) I "hit the wall" when I was 32. I had heard about it, but thought it would not apply to me. The metabolism slowed down to sloth levels. In a year, I put on 60 pounds. None of the clothes fit. Horrors, they were right. Still haven't got it off. 4) Hair stops growing where you want it to grow. It starts growing in places you don't want it to grow. 5) You can throw out your back just bending over to tie your shoes. 6) Your back goes out more than you do. (p.s. young people: don't mock, you are not immune. This will happen to you, too. You will know you are old when you look back and say, "Man! Where did the last 30 (40?) years go?"
Young gay unfamiliar with "The Beatles" was simply an ignorant.
Load More Replies...The babies born on September 11th, 2001 are now in college. Let that sink in.
Meh, I'm already used to the fact my adorable little nephew is now taller than I am ♡
Load More Replies...As soon as you turn 40 you WILL need to start wearing glasses/spectacles to be able to read (if you don't already). Also, a random ailment will be allocated to you, and it may bring a friend.... Sneezing will become a more risky event, which may result in anything from wetting yourself to throwing your back out. Losing weight becomes increasingly more difficult and necessary.
I read this thread, and then ten minutes later found a coffee shop sidewalk sign had fallen over, and threw out my back putting it upright again.
When you listen to a record bought new in 1982 and realise almost 40 years have passed. And then you count them off on your fingers just to confirm it.
When you realise you are defending the pop band you hated in your teens.
I've grown more interested in some of the newer justin bieber music than I should be. Actually, scratch that. I just like mellowness of the music. I couldnt' give less of a rats ass who made it.
Load More Replies...Over the phone I gave a customer service agent my birthday. "WOW, you sound like you were born in the 90s!" she said. I was born in the 70s. "Uh...ha ha...thanks?" I replied.
When I got the senior discount without them asking me what my age is. I'm only 46 not 64. But I didn't correct them. A discount is a discount.
Odd, but I never felt old until this year. If I wanted to carbon-date myself I would tell people that I remember the first day that MTV was on ("Video killed the radio star" on repeat, basically). Not even needing a year of PT for a back injury to get back to training for a marathon made me feel old... my trigger: losing my mother this year to cancer (round 4 for her). Grief aside, I felt (and sometimes still feel) old.
Oh, I remembered the days MTV was all about music... and a class about this new thing: a video clip...
Load More Replies...I felt old by age 20, but I have to admit, there's old-in-spirit, then there's that first white hair, and it brought so many friends!
When I have to scroll rightly high to select my birth year while filling up any kind of form online.
I am 30 and have lost interest in almost everything.(partying,attending weddings,hanging out with friends,gossips etc) I feel like I have lived a 100 years and my life should come to an end now
Standing ready to tee off, my 75 year old mom looking over at some senior golfers on a green thinking "Wow. How nice that those old people over there can still play golf." Then she realized she was one too. But hey! Still playing golf Mom!
We need a post about all the best things about getting older. I love the way I am treated now in my 30s opposed to how I was treated in my 20s. I love that I now only have work instead of school and work. I love that in my free time (first time having that) I now also have money to do something. I love being able to eat out without checking my bank account 6 times to reassure myself that I can afford it. I love that all my bills are automatic payments and I don't think twice about if I have enough in my bank account. First time in my life I have not lived in poverty. First time I can go someplace and get a hotel room instead of sleeping in the car in a Walmart parking lot. Getting older (in my case) has been amazing!
It's not old age, it's adulthood. Believe me, I am twice as old as you.
Load More Replies...About 10 years ago I was carded for a bottle of wine. I am one of these people who looks much younger than I am. My moms the same. It's genes. I have nothing to do with it. So when the kid cards me I jokingly say "I'm probably older than your mom." He looks at my ID. Straight faced hands it back to me "yeah, you are." I was 35. So now I'm 45 & can't have kids so I sometimes forget that I'm the "adult." My department works hand in hand with another department & I work with A LOT of 20/21/22 year olds. If I'm being honest. Early 30's too. They only have their s**t together slightly better than the 20 somethings.
please tell us what vitamins & herbal meds you are taking
Load More Replies...Getting excited, like really really excited, about new doorknobs, new outlet covers, etc..
1. The first time someone said "Excuse me ma'am" and I was looking around to see who was being spoken to... 2. When my colleague said " I always forget you're oooold..." Was meant as a compliment (and to his defence, his parents are in the same age bracket). 3. When David Bowie died and I had to explain to my colleagues who he was and what he meant for modern music. Not a music afficionada but I think this one hurted the most. 4. My mind making up all sorts of plans and my body asking "are we dead yet"
I knew I was getting old, years ago, when the Nissan car company used the guitar riff from The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?" in their commercials. My wife knew she was getting old when she heard the local "classic rock" station playing Guns n' Roses.
I used to be called "miss"/"girl" by retailers... Then covid happened, after 6 months of lockdown - i became a "ma'am"
As a teacher, I know that time is passing me by because I see my little ones move into the older primary grades (I've been mostly K and TK), then go off to middle school, etc. It's not unusual for them to visit, or bump into me. One former student dated the grandson of a friend of mine, of all things. (We met again at that friend's Christmas event.) What''s really sealed the deal on being old was the arrival of a new principal a few years back. At an end of year staff meeting, he made a point of recognizing one of the teachers for putting in 30 years with the district,. Then he commented that he was 8 years old when she started teaching. Which makes him young enough to be my son, since my SIL and I are the same age and he's around my nephew's age. It's not just that way with my former principal, either. I now tell people that, except for a few of the staff, I can go around to them all and say, "I'm old enough to be your mother/I would have babysat you."
I'm 44...I've realized I hate shoes that tie (I was a sneaker and boot addict as a teenager) and life revolves around how bad your lower back hurts lol no I'm not overweight I'm very active actually but I've worked in healthcare since age 19 and arthritis set in right around age 30...kids take good care of your spine!
I knew I was getting on when I saw my first car in a classic car show. My brother realized it when the fist thing he saw on the Scuba magazine cover was the equipment, not the lovely model wearing it.
There was a day about thirty years ago when my co-workers and I were talking about the day President Kennedy was shot. My friend said "I wasn't born yet." So we switched to the day Bobby Kennedy died. She said, "I wasn't born yet then, either." From that day I have felt old.
When the doctor no longer asks if you could be pregnant before doing an X-ray
Mine came last week when I got excited about getting a new recycle bin. Next stop, the old old folks home.
When my dentist said, "Your gums are really quite healthy, especially for someone your age."
I'm 50 but I have teen aged kids. I'm like that older person who still acts like I'm 20 something, vibin, saying words my peers don't get or hate. Not in a hurry but waiting to yeet up off this mortal coil. I love Gen Z
aging is in the mind. i'm 40+, and i'm sure that when i'll die i'll die with a 14 yo kid brain. regarding the body, it's not a problem neither. if you do regular sport, you can expect to be healthier than most of teenagers at 80. there's still something i learnt from all the pasted years. the pasted time can't be caught back. So whatever your probs during the youth don't waste your time, don't behave like a fool. get yourself a target and stick to it
When you wake up and your body is just achy for no reason whatsoever.
Being called "sir" and "ma'am" is pretty normal in the south. It doesn't mean you're old.
Looking at photos of people I used to know when I was a teenager, thinking, they don't look as young, perky or spry as they used to, then realizing I am the same age. I'm only 27, but it has begun.
Mine was when I would look at a police car and say, "I bet that has a lot of trunk space".
When people I find attractive look through me like I'm invisible. Owait, that's happened my whole life...
Ehehehhe I like your attitude. Speaking of it, though, my tastes in what I find attractive have changed with age too.
Load More Replies...At least, they are called sir, ma'am. In India, they are called aunty if mistaken for being older or uncle. A kid called me aunty when I was 15 and in 11th grade as I'm overweight. Brutal,🥲, and my sister was finding it funny . Once, one of our cousins was 17 when I was in 3rd grade and my sister was 5, one of our friends, who was a year younger than my sister called her aunty. My cousin told her to think of her as an elder sister.
I'm confused. I'm 70. My hair never turned white, my vision is good, I take no medication of any kind, I can walk upright without canes or walkers..
Being offered a senior discount at the grocery store. (I was 35 at the time)
Had a doctor ask me why I don't wear a bra - I responded with "When a girls incidentals are no bigger than two lentils." Is that why you don't wear a jock strap?
I think it’s hilarious that I’m young, and I don’t know a lot of popular music and people and stuff… lol
My husband realized he was getting older a little sooner than most. We were 25 working at Nintendo of America and my husband (who was a game play counselor) was talking to a kid on the phone and somehow the conversation turned to where my husband replied with "Steve Perry...and not the singer from Journey." And the kid on the other end said "Who's that?"
There is a solution to all back problems and its called weight training, enough sleep and healthy food. Wait... why am I talking like an old person now... 🤣 no, but seriously people, when getting older taking good care of yourself becomes more and more important. I am closer to 50 than to the 20 now, but my body is stronger and fitter now than ever before, even compared to my teenage years!
When I sold my 1970 Mustang Mach I and my 1970 Mustang Coupe and bought a house.
Smells like Teen Spirit.....the Muzak version....in the supermarket
I went to the dollar store to buy cheap garbage bags. I used to care about the brands, now I don't.
Quite recent - I've seen Gossip girl when it aired and wanted to take a look at the 2021 version (just curious). Children are children, that's ok. But why teachers are children too??
the actors in the current GG reboot all look like they are grim 29 year-olds. Why would the director hire people 12 years out of high school to play cool high school kids? And it just got renewed for another season!!??
Load More Replies...Yep. Getting up from anywhere will elicit many strange noises from me...
Load More Replies...When everything is "too". Too loud, too cold, too late, too far, too old for this s**t.
Ha! My favourite saying is "I'm too old for this s**t!"
Load More Replies...When everybody in a store politely is waiting for the (older) Lady to be served.... i'm waiting with them - only to find out that everybody is waiting for me 🙈🤣
I used to know this old guy who every time was asked how he was, he would respond by, “well, I woke up and everything hurts and it means that I’m alive, so I’m good I guess.” This is the reality, folks. So let’s look at the bright side.
When I was a child, my aunt lived right next to us and in summer I would always look if she was sitting outside doing some work and then go over and chat with her. Yesterday I sat outside and was preparing my holly for cooking syrup when suddenly some kids visiting my neighbour peaked around the hedge looking at me. Only then it slowly dawned on me - now I am the woman sitting in the garden and others are the kids in an otherwise very much unchanged scenario. It did not make me feel "old" though, I rather liked the idea...
I watched the VMAs last night. I didn't didn't who most of the people were and I was like why tf are so many people nearly naked, I don't want to see your butt or 99% of your boots, ffs. Realised I sound like my mom.
This happened 4 years ago but I still crying 😂 My very young coworker told me she was preparing to go to a 90s retro party that night and I was like "the 90s were practically yesterday". That was the moment I realised I'm ancient.
I'm about 150% certain that the 90s was less than ten years ago.
Load More Replies...For me it was when I looked at today-teenagers and thought 'was I that cringy when I was that age?' (the answer is yes)
You know you're old when you're assigned a new mysterious illness/disease once the last one seems to have cleared up.
For me, it was when I bought a new suitcase for my last Europe trip (pre-COVID, so it's been a while), and it was a regular suitcase (with wheels), because I didn't want to schlep around the trusty backpack that I have always traveled with since my 20's. Plus I knew the farthest I'd have to take it was on sidewalks from the airport to the train/cab, and then again to the hotel where a bellhop would take it to my room. No more wandering around a strange city with my backpack without knowing where I was going to spend the night.
When I was in my early twenties my first job was in a childcare program - we're talking kids aged 6-12. Just last week I ran into a young man with stubble, and realised he used to be one of those six year olds. THEY'RE ALL ADULTS NOW WHUT. (At least he was happy to see me again after all these years!).
When we bought a new vacuum cleaner and had a bit of an argument about who would use it first...
1) I mentioned the Beatles to a younger guy once back in the 80s. He asked me who they were, & what songs they played... I was so taken back (appalled?) my mind blanked. All I could think of to say was, "Love Me Do". This also counts as my first "senior moment". 2) I asked a young engineer fresh out of school that I was working with to knock some ball around on the racquetball court... He looked at me like I had to be kidding, and I got my first "old man". "No, don't want to play, you old man". I wasn't that much older, the little a**hole. 3) I "hit the wall" when I was 32. I had heard about it, but thought it would not apply to me. The metabolism slowed down to sloth levels. In a year, I put on 60 pounds. None of the clothes fit. Horrors, they were right. Still haven't got it off. 4) Hair stops growing where you want it to grow. It starts growing in places you don't want it to grow. 5) You can throw out your back just bending over to tie your shoes. 6) Your back goes out more than you do. (p.s. young people: don't mock, you are not immune. This will happen to you, too. You will know you are old when you look back and say, "Man! Where did the last 30 (40?) years go?"
Young gay unfamiliar with "The Beatles" was simply an ignorant.
Load More Replies...The babies born on September 11th, 2001 are now in college. Let that sink in.
Meh, I'm already used to the fact my adorable little nephew is now taller than I am ♡
Load More Replies...As soon as you turn 40 you WILL need to start wearing glasses/spectacles to be able to read (if you don't already). Also, a random ailment will be allocated to you, and it may bring a friend.... Sneezing will become a more risky event, which may result in anything from wetting yourself to throwing your back out. Losing weight becomes increasingly more difficult and necessary.
I read this thread, and then ten minutes later found a coffee shop sidewalk sign had fallen over, and threw out my back putting it upright again.
When you listen to a record bought new in 1982 and realise almost 40 years have passed. And then you count them off on your fingers just to confirm it.
When you realise you are defending the pop band you hated in your teens.
I've grown more interested in some of the newer justin bieber music than I should be. Actually, scratch that. I just like mellowness of the music. I couldnt' give less of a rats ass who made it.
Load More Replies...Over the phone I gave a customer service agent my birthday. "WOW, you sound like you were born in the 90s!" she said. I was born in the 70s. "Uh...ha ha...thanks?" I replied.
When I got the senior discount without them asking me what my age is. I'm only 46 not 64. But I didn't correct them. A discount is a discount.
Odd, but I never felt old until this year. If I wanted to carbon-date myself I would tell people that I remember the first day that MTV was on ("Video killed the radio star" on repeat, basically). Not even needing a year of PT for a back injury to get back to training for a marathon made me feel old... my trigger: losing my mother this year to cancer (round 4 for her). Grief aside, I felt (and sometimes still feel) old.
Oh, I remembered the days MTV was all about music... and a class about this new thing: a video clip...
Load More Replies...I felt old by age 20, but I have to admit, there's old-in-spirit, then there's that first white hair, and it brought so many friends!
When I have to scroll rightly high to select my birth year while filling up any kind of form online.
I am 30 and have lost interest in almost everything.(partying,attending weddings,hanging out with friends,gossips etc) I feel like I have lived a 100 years and my life should come to an end now
Standing ready to tee off, my 75 year old mom looking over at some senior golfers on a green thinking "Wow. How nice that those old people over there can still play golf." Then she realized she was one too. But hey! Still playing golf Mom!
We need a post about all the best things about getting older. I love the way I am treated now in my 30s opposed to how I was treated in my 20s. I love that I now only have work instead of school and work. I love that in my free time (first time having that) I now also have money to do something. I love being able to eat out without checking my bank account 6 times to reassure myself that I can afford it. I love that all my bills are automatic payments and I don't think twice about if I have enough in my bank account. First time in my life I have not lived in poverty. First time I can go someplace and get a hotel room instead of sleeping in the car in a Walmart parking lot. Getting older (in my case) has been amazing!
It's not old age, it's adulthood. Believe me, I am twice as old as you.
Load More Replies...About 10 years ago I was carded for a bottle of wine. I am one of these people who looks much younger than I am. My moms the same. It's genes. I have nothing to do with it. So when the kid cards me I jokingly say "I'm probably older than your mom." He looks at my ID. Straight faced hands it back to me "yeah, you are." I was 35. So now I'm 45 & can't have kids so I sometimes forget that I'm the "adult." My department works hand in hand with another department & I work with A LOT of 20/21/22 year olds. If I'm being honest. Early 30's too. They only have their s**t together slightly better than the 20 somethings.
please tell us what vitamins & herbal meds you are taking
Load More Replies...Getting excited, like really really excited, about new doorknobs, new outlet covers, etc..
1. The first time someone said "Excuse me ma'am" and I was looking around to see who was being spoken to... 2. When my colleague said " I always forget you're oooold..." Was meant as a compliment (and to his defence, his parents are in the same age bracket). 3. When David Bowie died and I had to explain to my colleagues who he was and what he meant for modern music. Not a music afficionada but I think this one hurted the most. 4. My mind making up all sorts of plans and my body asking "are we dead yet"
I knew I was getting old, years ago, when the Nissan car company used the guitar riff from The Smiths' "How Soon Is Now?" in their commercials. My wife knew she was getting old when she heard the local "classic rock" station playing Guns n' Roses.
I used to be called "miss"/"girl" by retailers... Then covid happened, after 6 months of lockdown - i became a "ma'am"
As a teacher, I know that time is passing me by because I see my little ones move into the older primary grades (I've been mostly K and TK), then go off to middle school, etc. It's not unusual for them to visit, or bump into me. One former student dated the grandson of a friend of mine, of all things. (We met again at that friend's Christmas event.) What''s really sealed the deal on being old was the arrival of a new principal a few years back. At an end of year staff meeting, he made a point of recognizing one of the teachers for putting in 30 years with the district,. Then he commented that he was 8 years old when she started teaching. Which makes him young enough to be my son, since my SIL and I are the same age and he's around my nephew's age. It's not just that way with my former principal, either. I now tell people that, except for a few of the staff, I can go around to them all and say, "I'm old enough to be your mother/I would have babysat you."
I'm 44...I've realized I hate shoes that tie (I was a sneaker and boot addict as a teenager) and life revolves around how bad your lower back hurts lol no I'm not overweight I'm very active actually but I've worked in healthcare since age 19 and arthritis set in right around age 30...kids take good care of your spine!
I knew I was getting on when I saw my first car in a classic car show. My brother realized it when the fist thing he saw on the Scuba magazine cover was the equipment, not the lovely model wearing it.
There was a day about thirty years ago when my co-workers and I were talking about the day President Kennedy was shot. My friend said "I wasn't born yet." So we switched to the day Bobby Kennedy died. She said, "I wasn't born yet then, either." From that day I have felt old.
When the doctor no longer asks if you could be pregnant before doing an X-ray
Mine came last week when I got excited about getting a new recycle bin. Next stop, the old old folks home.
When my dentist said, "Your gums are really quite healthy, especially for someone your age."
I'm 50 but I have teen aged kids. I'm like that older person who still acts like I'm 20 something, vibin, saying words my peers don't get or hate. Not in a hurry but waiting to yeet up off this mortal coil. I love Gen Z
aging is in the mind. i'm 40+, and i'm sure that when i'll die i'll die with a 14 yo kid brain. regarding the body, it's not a problem neither. if you do regular sport, you can expect to be healthier than most of teenagers at 80. there's still something i learnt from all the pasted years. the pasted time can't be caught back. So whatever your probs during the youth don't waste your time, don't behave like a fool. get yourself a target and stick to it
When you wake up and your body is just achy for no reason whatsoever.
Being called "sir" and "ma'am" is pretty normal in the south. It doesn't mean you're old.
Looking at photos of people I used to know when I was a teenager, thinking, they don't look as young, perky or spry as they used to, then realizing I am the same age. I'm only 27, but it has begun.
Mine was when I would look at a police car and say, "I bet that has a lot of trunk space".
When people I find attractive look through me like I'm invisible. Owait, that's happened my whole life...
Ehehehhe I like your attitude. Speaking of it, though, my tastes in what I find attractive have changed with age too.
Load More Replies...At least, they are called sir, ma'am. In India, they are called aunty if mistaken for being older or uncle. A kid called me aunty when I was 15 and in 11th grade as I'm overweight. Brutal,🥲, and my sister was finding it funny . Once, one of our cousins was 17 when I was in 3rd grade and my sister was 5, one of our friends, who was a year younger than my sister called her aunty. My cousin told her to think of her as an elder sister.
I'm confused. I'm 70. My hair never turned white, my vision is good, I take no medication of any kind, I can walk upright without canes or walkers..
Being offered a senior discount at the grocery store. (I was 35 at the time)
Had a doctor ask me why I don't wear a bra - I responded with "When a girls incidentals are no bigger than two lentils." Is that why you don't wear a jock strap?
I think it’s hilarious that I’m young, and I don’t know a lot of popular music and people and stuff… lol
My husband realized he was getting older a little sooner than most. We were 25 working at Nintendo of America and my husband (who was a game play counselor) was talking to a kid on the phone and somehow the conversation turned to where my husband replied with "Steve Perry...and not the singer from Journey." And the kid on the other end said "Who's that?"
There is a solution to all back problems and its called weight training, enough sleep and healthy food. Wait... why am I talking like an old person now... 🤣 no, but seriously people, when getting older taking good care of yourself becomes more and more important. I am closer to 50 than to the 20 now, but my body is stronger and fitter now than ever before, even compared to my teenage years!
When I sold my 1970 Mustang Mach I and my 1970 Mustang Coupe and bought a house.
Smells like Teen Spirit.....the Muzak version....in the supermarket
I went to the dollar store to buy cheap garbage bags. I used to care about the brands, now I don't.
Quite recent - I've seen Gossip girl when it aired and wanted to take a look at the 2021 version (just curious). Children are children, that's ok. But why teachers are children too??
the actors in the current GG reboot all look like they are grim 29 year-olds. Why would the director hire people 12 years out of high school to play cool high school kids? And it just got renewed for another season!!??
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