“My Brain Still Thinks I’m 25”: People Reveal The Worst Things About Their Current Age

Going on 53(f). After living on my own for 10 years, I don't think I could ever live with anyone ever again. House is quiet, no chaos. Next boyfriend/husband can live across the street and come visit.

56 and living exactly this. 🙄

i don''t bother anymore.

My mom keeps wanting me to date how she did! "Why doesn't he pick u up?" "Why does he text? He should call like a gentleman"!

I swear... the absolute "w-t-f"ness of dating - no, just the THOUGHT of 'dating' after a certain age... it's such a pain in the a$$. Methinks this is why many people stay in a "meh" marriage, because it's ilke "Do I really ... REALLY want to go through all that?" 'cuz honestly... from what I'm seeing (at an age now where lots o' friends are getting divorced), everyone still ACTS like they're 20-25 while dating and it's stupid... like, has NO ONE learned anything?

ICR.

so much. If I don't put a pillow under my knees, I'm f****d in the morning.

The neck! Aaahh!

Spot on, I turned 42 last month, and since a few weeks I wake up with pain in m left shoulder that disappears after a few hours, my body is starting to stop me from fooling myself I'm still young... 😄

Been there, spent months recovering.

You shouldn't have to explain your reasons to anyone

It isn’t anyone’s business. My wife (now past childbearing age) found that those asking the most were the ones who were dissatisfied with motherhood and couldn’t wait for her to join them. We’re still happily married and happily child free but happy to be aunt and uncle to those friends who had kids.

I never wanted kid and I always thought that if someone gets very insistant about asking why I don't have kid, I will start crying and saying that I never manage to conceive and that I never got over it. Just to have this person feel bad :D

Not to take anything away from women who get pestered about having kids - more like sharing the pain. Men, too, get pestered all the time about 'settling down and having a family.' At least now, people don't speculate aloud about a single man's sexuality they way the used to. The best response is to tell them something that makes them feel bad like, I cannot father since since I was injured trying to save that woman who was being abducted.

I find, ‘why do you ask?’ Or, simply ignore the question. Perhaps parry with ‘ you look so great! Did you lose weight?’ Enjoy your youth while you can.

Not quite reached that age yet, but agree with the sentiment. Did or said something stupid? Only those around you will know. Now the whole world can constantly be aware of it. Going out for the day with your mates and back when you got hungry. No one checking up on you. Yes, sometimes bad things happened, but they still do today. That freedom of just being was amazing,

Try being a teenager in the 60s. Loads of cool fun. Not to mention the first color TV in my lifetime. You youngins' don't know what you missed.

I'm almost 59. I graduated high school in 1982 and spent most of the 80s in college and law school. It was a great time to be that age. Fun was everywhere and risks were low. Not every action was governed by whether there was a lawsuit in the making. Our mistakes weren't all on display for eternity because there were no cell phone cameras and no internet.

I hate that kids today will never know what it was like to grow up free range - worry-free roaming the neighborhood or nearby woods all day, out of contact or surveillance until the streetlights came on

For me, being a teenager in the 70's was greater ;)

I wish you a future better than okay and tht the worst is behind you. Hugs.

So true. You matter, everyone matters, even if you temporarily don't see it.

I am so sorry for what you have been through, worse still, that you were bullied out. Glad to hear that you have found a new and hopefully fruitful path in life.

Or, on the other hand, NOTHING matters. Your worries? Your fears? Your regrets? In 100 years those will all be forgotten, along with 99.999% of us. Some people find that terrifying. But it is also very freeing.

Don't worry, in another 10 years you'll start getting hairs in all kinds of weird places.

I hate that the picture shown here is of a female when post states "35m" as though weight gain and hair loss is only troublesome for the females. Also the picture used is of a perfectly healthy looking slim female. This should be changed.

Can I ask, why is it that hairs begin to sprout in the strangest places? As a woman I am shocked to find black little hairs sprouting under my chin, I don’t have any hair this colour except for the mutations that have issued forth from my protesting pores. Failing eyesight has not spared me of finding these little monstrosities either!

Get your thyroid checked. Weight gain and hair loss are signs of hypothyroidism. Especially if it's rapid.

Why are you worried about your hair? It looks like you lost your weiner, dude.

Difficult but worth the wait to not compromise and settle for being a stepparent to a child you never wanted.

Met my partner aged 37 - neither of us had, or has, kids. Surely there's a filter for that on the modern dating apps?

very tricky. I have unmarried girlfriends who, without batting an eyelid, will say that they don’t want to have children just to get married, try to find out from them whether they really don’t want children or are just desperate

If you are female then please don't hesitate to contact me. 🤭

W here. Can we get like our OWN dating site? Everyone else has one! Anyone want to start one with me?

Social expectations are the worst! Luckily, the more after 30, the less you usually care! So at least there's that waiting for you on the other side of 30 :D

One year closer to running out of f***s. Embrace it

Wait, there was supposed to be a "fruitful 20s stage"?