People Over 30 Years Old Share Which Things They Didn’t Believe About Aging Turned Out To Be True

This is such a good thing. I totally don't give a f**k and I cannot believe now what made me uncomfortable and how I cared about every stupid s**t in youth.

I HATE it when shops revamp and rearrange things.

Hahaha absolutely! When did I replace the washing machine was it last year or 8 years ago? The concept of time is relative!

I find it's come full circle, and the genre I enjoy - heavy metal - is thriving with amazing new bands and sounds.

You start to feel pain in places you didn’t know you could.

Staying up at 3am? No thank you. 9:30 at a stretch.

So very true. Doesn’t help that shops have already brought in Easter eggs and hot cross buns.

Kids commiting the same mistakes we did. Telling them not to do it only "encourages" them.

Vintage is a great word until your own youth is in that category.

Got some great dog-face socks with ears that stick up for Christmas!! It's boring socks that are bad - warm, fluffy, quality or fun socks are wonderful.

I'm 57 & still feel like I'm playing grown-up.

Add cultural differences to this and it becomes even worse. Here in Korea I tell them my birth year and let them to the maths.

All of this is true...

I wish the hair on my head grew even half as quickly!

At least you could finish it. You are half way dead during eating once you reach 40.

Same for young people. (Or at least me)

Truth! So many baby faces!

I got....round. Entirely my fault. I blame nobody but me! And I still enjoy my food, but more carefully since I prefer to live. But damn it, I used to be able to breathe and lose the weight, now it takes a miracle for every ounce....

The last 7 or 8 years I have really enjoyed it getting dark in the winter. Come 6 pm "it's dark kids, bedtime!" And we all pile up early and watch Netflix or read. I hate it when it's still sunny at 8 pm.

I've been worrying about this since elementary school LOL so I'm prepared. However, doctors are getting younger and cops too. I was a little shaken when being pulled over one day, and when the cop came up to my window, I calmed down since he looked like he was 12. But he was very nice to an old lady. If only he knew.

I have to call my cell phone number on my landline phone just to locate it....only to realize it is as actually laying next to me...dear lord.

I'm in stitches here! That's the best one! :-D

For me it's not so much the falling but the inability to get up again due to the impact and shock. I have balance problems (nothing to do with age) so do end up kissing the ground more often than I would like to. Don't ping back up like I used to. ☹

Background music on tv that you have to turn down and dialogue which you have to keep turning up. WHY? I'm not sure that's entirely my ears at fault.

same! i was always like "why are people putting on moisturizer all the time?" and now i keep a spare bottle in my desk at work

My husband loves saying " I can't even remember what I had for breakfast, now you want me to remember things from way back?"

My shoulders on down sound like rice krispies.

We in our 30s shouldn't complain yet either. People in their 60s would laugh at our minor 'aging' complaints compared to their far more serious ones.

And this serious effect on health when you can't sleep one night for some reason (travel, work or smth). In youth - nah, nothing. Now - feeling like I would surely die, week of worst health issues...

Losing weight? What on Earth is that?

Regularly! :-D

This. So true :(

I once knocked my kneecap out of place getting out of bed. That was a heavy swearing day!

And every 10 years or so I look back and think how stupid I was 10 years ago. I don't care much what people think of me any more, other than being honest & having integrity, and that's really freeing. I'll get on the dance floor by myself - I can just be the crazy old lady & not worry about being cool.

I don't know who many people are in the gossip columns now. Although, unfortunately, I know more about the Kardashians than I'd like to without even trying.

I read that in Abe Simpson's voice.

And unable to get up, like a turtle on its back.

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Oh this! I got an invitation for an art show opening that started at 9:00 PM. I was like, "It *starts* at 9:00 PM on Tuesday? No way, maybe if *ended* at 9, I would consider going, but I have to have my make up off and my jammies on no later than 9:30 or I can't function the next day."

When I was looking for used cars, I kept thinking, 2009 is not too bad, and then I realized it's an 11-year-old car!

The first time I heard smells like teen spirit on the classic rock station I wanted to cry. Things got real that day.

But the apple cider vinegar thing has been a godsend to me. I can't eat like I'm 12, but I digest a lot better than I did 10 years ago.

I'm constantly surprised by the people who are younger than me.

I thought what's always been like that, bo matter my age

my brother had a slipped disc just a few month after his 30th birthday ... now i am afraid what is gonna happen to me when i hit that mark...

In my mid-30's, I remember pulling my eyelid up to do my make-up & it just STAYED that way until I pulled it down. I was horrified.

I'm 40... I almost made it to 12 on New Years eve this year!! 11:30 I was done!...sad

Although I see a lot more variety that is acceptable today, probably depending on your "type." When I was younger, everyone was wearing the same thing.

My 22 yr old son is so full of that youthful bravado and "know it all"ness. I am constantly so embarrassed for him. He corrects me all the time for saying words that he doesn't recognize. "That's not a real word Mom". I'm thinking, "In two decades you haven't heard all the words yet. Heck in five decades I sure haven't".

I was born in '84, so '90-'00 - that was like 100 years. '01-'10 - that felt like maybe 15 years. '11- now - that was a day right? Maybe a few days?

No idea what pedialyte is but I get the gist. I remember when (OMG I just said that) I could drink until the early hours and get up for overtime on a Saturday morning. These days I know a 48 hour recovery period is the minimum.

What is that cute critter?? A pill with antenna?

100% true

LOL, Knees are b******t! Why do they go and fail on you like that!?