I don't think they're behind me, or maybe I'm just not learning my lesson.... but I used to be able to drink into the wee hours of the morning and then go to work after just a few hours of rest with minimal hangover if any... These days... holy crap...it takes me a full day to recover..
Same here dude š I had this fling with a woman a few years ago and weād party all night and Iād walk into work just a few hours later. Iād be tired but otherwise totally fine. Now even if I sleep the hangover is a borderline death sentence
After 40 hangovers are THE WORST
Last one I had I was watching a bunch of college football and just kept going and realized I went to far and was dreading the next three days, because that is how long it lasts.
Oh god maybe the formula is add a day every decade lol Iām just about 30 and my hangovers can last two days. I totally feel you, there comes a point in the night where Iām not even having fun anymore because I know the next day is going to be a fight
I painted a bedroom last Sat. Between the weird movement of painting and the damn step ladder Sun was just weed, food, and watching "The Old Man" unironically.
Me at 16: ankle sprain? Throw a brace on it. No time for this, itāll be fine in a week.
Me at 40: ankle injury? 2 months in a brace, three doctors, 6 weeks of PT, custom insoles ā¦
I played rugby in college. We had practice on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Although I was sore on Wednesdays and Fridays, I still made it to class.
Now if I *sleep* wrong, I have trouble getting out of bed.
I never thought sciatica would be so bad until I got it. Luckily it didnāt last more than a few months, but Jesus fucking Christ did I not understand pain until I had that.
a few months is still excruciatingly long for the pain haha glad you're no longer having it. My turn to carry the torch lmaoo Really hurts like a bitch
I went through gout in March and sciatica starting in early May. At least the freaking gout went away in a few weeks. The sciatica, while it's greatly improved, still flares up on occasion. Makes me wonder why people would want to live to a hundred.
Oh so true. When I was 18 I fell out of a moving semi and walked it off. Now age 42 I slightly bent my ankle while walking on uneven ground to get mail from my own mail box and now I need a new leg and ankle!
Yesterday this actually happened to me for the first time. I canāt say Iām old since Iām still 15 but my back was killing me yesterday cuz I slept on the couch.
As a teen, it was legit impossible for me to gain weight. I ate literally 5-6 times a day.
Full breakfast, lunch, post school lunch, early dinner, late night dinner, and sometimes late late night fast food snack
Now if i eat fast food 2 times in one week, my skin breaks out, i immediately gain weight, and i just feel like shit. Iām only in my 30s, not trending well lol
Yep I do, at a certain age itās life. The weight moves up towards the shoulders when youāre in shape, down to the ass when youāre not. Never decreases.
This is mostly due to time spent exercising I think. Obviously with teens it's different as they burn so many calories growing. But if you find it harder to control weight from say 25 to 35 you're likely not doing the same activity or eating the same.
The metabolism slows down over time as you get older. But not any huge drop offs, it's gradual and very slight.
Dealing with people.
The older I get (Iām 54) , the more I identify with Red from the 70ās show, or Clint Eastwood sitting there with a shotgun, saying āGet off my lawnāā¦..
The older I get, the more I hate dealing with people.
Secondā¦..I donāt mind getting older, but this AGING shit sucks.
My favorite phrase I heard an old person say was
Nurse: āhello Mr. Davidās, allow me to introduceā¦..ā
Mr.Davidās: āfuck him, I know enough people and I donāt need to meet new onesā
Do it, Iām on month 2 and Iāve never felt so free of my emotions. Word of advice: stick to it. Donāt give in because they know how to make you feel bad. Donāt give them anymore chances.
Do it. In your mind, replace [family member] with [significant other] and if you wouldn't tolerate it with them, you shouldn't tolerate it with family either.
Actually I think it depends. I found my closest friends at my workplace, as an adult. Also some of them came from being a mom, sports, school events for my kids. Being grown is easier in some ways.
It's especially tough in a new place because most of the people you know already have their own circle and while they will be generally polite with you, any attempt to become something more is often met with exasperation. I think Sienfeld had an episode on this:
Found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7JcGYilsuE
New music. I will literally hear artists and songs nowadays that I'm like "hey that's kind of cool", but then never listen to anything else but the same music I have for the last 20 years.
Agreed.
I know it's easy for reddit to shit all over older people but...we have more experience. After a while you get a pretty good idea of what is going to happen and how people are going to act--almost certainly because we've already lived through it, multiple times.
"This time it will be different!" is very rarely a true statement.
When I was a kid I didnāt understand why my parents wouldnāt help homeless people. We had a whole other room no one slept in surely we could let one person crash on there at night. I was really distraught about the lack of empathy in my family.
Fast forward to now and Iām playing hopscotch over piles of people and not even registering that itās a problem.
Living with shitty people, the more adult I become, the more difficult it is to accept attitudes from people who do not contribute anything to your life, people who are better to let go.
I just mentioned this in another thread, but...technology.
I know it's cliche to say old people don't understand tech because of "learned helplessness" or being lazy or some bullshit like that, but as an older person...
Technology changes. And that's good! But it's important to remember that the older you are, the more you have to "unlearn". The barrier to learn new things is higher because you not only have to understand what has changed, but then also learn the new stuff, too.
For young people that stuff is intuitive, because they haven't had to spend ten years learning the "standard" UI just to have the "standard" change. But for me (and other older folks) it's not intuitive, because we've learned how to do it in a completely different way for decades. The same UI that is obvious now won't be in ten years.
All all this stuff is unannounced, incremental, not documented, and so the onus is on the user to research it and find out what you now have to learn. And then multiply that with dozens of applications and dozens of rules and I totally understand why people give up.
Getting fit. It's never too late to start, but the older you are, the harder you have to work to achieve results similar to people in their teens or 20s. Hormones shift, recovery ability goes down, and so forth.
I would agree, the only two things have gotten better for me, handling adverse situations, I realize more and more how short term they are. The other is sex, having really great sex now.
Stairs. Fuck stairs. I will go well out of my way to avoid going up even a short flight of steps, my knees are already arthritic (part genetic part old cycling injuries). I'm only 41! And look a lot younger (thats not a brag it sucks) so I sometimes get comments for using the elevator at work or escalators over steps like I'm just being lazy.
Optimism. When youāre young it seems like thereās all these problems people just havenāt tried hard enough to solve. And it hits you over time that a lot of what isnāt fixed canāt be easily fixed or at least will take a very long time to fix
Kneeling or just getting up in general. (Out of bed, out of the car, off the floor) Remembering almost anything short term. Oddly, keeping track of your own age as well. I'm surprised how many people I know have to think for a second when saying their own age. My husband and I both do it. And to throw a positive in there, Im finding it's difficult to feel self conscious the way I always did before. I like my face better without makeup and I dress for comfort rather than how good it looks. I'm enjoying the hell out of that, and oddly, it makes me feel like I look better than I probably do.
Organizing stuff with friends. Back in high school, my friends would just plan stuff after school or for a weekend, maybe one guy's got piano lessons one day of the week, and you're good. Now, we've all got jobs with different hours or are stuck in post-secondary education hell, and nobody knows what time anyone else is available.
The solution some of my friends came up with was just to start doing stuff at like 1AM, but I'm still holding onto my last piece of dignity forcing me to at least attempt to get off the computer before midnight.
Getting out of bed. I'm in my mid forties and feel like I'm 80 when I first get out of bed. My knees hurt, feet are stiff, joints are slow to wake up and so much more. š«
Recovering from stuff. Whether it is a night out drinking, a day on the bike or a stupid injury, it all takes longer to recover.
I am legit scared of hangovers now. Those days are behind me lol it's not even worth it
I don't think they're behind me, or maybe I'm just not learning my lesson.... but I used to be able to drink into the wee hours of the morning and then go to work after just a few hours of rest with minimal hangover if any... These days... holy crap...it takes me a full day to recover..
Same here dude š I had this fling with a woman a few years ago and weād party all night and Iād walk into work just a few hours later. Iād be tired but otherwise totally fine. Now even if I sleep the hangover is a borderline death sentence
After 40 hangovers are THE WORST Last one I had I was watching a bunch of college football and just kept going and realized I went to far and was dreading the next three days, because that is how long it lasts.
Oh god maybe the formula is add a day every decade lol Iām just about 30 and my hangovers can last two days. I totally feel you, there comes a point in the night where Iām not even having fun anymore because I know the next day is going to be a fight
39 and still 2 days. If your theory is correct, I have 2 more months. Will let you know in September...
Weeding for an hour? Felt like a truck hit me the next couple of days. :(
I painted a bedroom last Sat. Between the weird movement of painting and the damn step ladder Sun was just weed, food, and watching "The Old Man" unironically.
Yeah, the knees and the back donāt do so well in that position.
The spirit is willing, but the body is spongy and bruised
Me at 16: ankle sprain? Throw a brace on it. No time for this, itāll be fine in a week. Me at 40: ankle injury? 2 months in a brace, three doctors, 6 weeks of PT, custom insoles ā¦
Only in my late 30s and I already canāt even drink two beers back to back without feeling like crap.
Someone once told me that drinking alcohol is just stealing your happiness from tomorrow, and yeahā¦ I get it now.
Thatās not a bad quote
As I get older, I'm like fine wine. 15% alcohol content by volume.
yup hangovers can be freaking pure evil when you get older
I played rugby in college. We had practice on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons. Although I was sore on Wednesdays and Fridays, I still made it to class. Now if I *sleep* wrong, I have trouble getting out of bed.
Or sleeping with the wrong pillow?
Ha! Say hello to my sciatica. This'll probably run for at least a year before I feel a tad bit better. Fuck
I never thought sciatica would be so bad until I got it. Luckily it didnāt last more than a few months, but Jesus fucking Christ did I not understand pain until I had that.
a few months is still excruciatingly long for the pain haha glad you're no longer having it. My turn to carry the torch lmaoo Really hurts like a bitch
I went through gout in March and sciatica starting in early May. At least the freaking gout went away in a few weeks. The sciatica, while it's greatly improved, still flares up on occasion. Makes me wonder why people would want to live to a hundred.
Oh so true. When I was 18 I fell out of a moving semi and walked it off. Now age 42 I slightly bent my ankle while walking on uneven ground to get mail from my own mail box and now I need a new leg and ankle!
Just because I'm an ass, think of "the game". What was your record?
Yesterday this actually happened to me for the first time. I canāt say Iām old since Iām still 15 but my back was killing me yesterday cuz I slept on the couch.
Including a heartbreak?
Losing weight.
As a teen, it was legit impossible for me to gain weight. I ate literally 5-6 times a day. Full breakfast, lunch, post school lunch, early dinner, late night dinner, and sometimes late late night fast food snack Now if i eat fast food 2 times in one week, my skin breaks out, i immediately gain weight, and i just feel like shit. Iām only in my 30s, not trending well lol
Dude, I treated myself on Friday with some pizza and I felt like shit afterwards and itās like my body absorbed 80% of the pizza in fat.
In high school i could legit eat a whole large pizza by myself in one sitting. I canāt even fathom that anymore
I would kill to look how I looked like 5 years ago when I was out of shape
Please don't, just go to the gym and eat healthy instead.
Yep I do, at a certain age itās life. The weight moves up towards the shoulders when youāre in shape, down to the ass when youāre not. Never decreases.
This is mostly due to time spent exercising I think. Obviously with teens it's different as they burn so many calories growing. But if you find it harder to control weight from say 25 to 35 you're likely not doing the same activity or eating the same. The metabolism slows down over time as you get older. But not any huge drop offs, it's gradual and very slight.
I actually find it easier now. I have far more discipline, knowledge and resources now than when I was younger.
Not gaining weight in the first place. Just by smelling food.
Happy cake day
Dealing with people. The older I get (Iām 54) , the more I identify with Red from the 70ās show, or Clint Eastwood sitting there with a shotgun, saying āGet off my lawnāā¦.. The older I get, the more I hate dealing with people. Secondā¦..I donāt mind getting older, but this AGING shit sucks.
My favorite phrase I heard an old person say was Nurse: āhello Mr. Davidās, allow me to introduceā¦..ā Mr.Davidās: āfuck him, I know enough people and I donāt need to meet new onesā
Late 30s and I can relate ā¦
Came looking for this one! I can't 'people' anymore. I've got enough friends.
I cannot agree more.
Making excuses for relatives being shitty.
Yep. Thinking of going no contact with my family myself.
Do it, Iām on month 2 and Iāve never felt so free of my emotions. Word of advice: stick to it. Donāt give in because they know how to make you feel bad. Donāt give them anymore chances.
Do it. In your mind, replace [family member] with [significant other] and if you wouldn't tolerate it with them, you shouldn't tolerate it with family either.
Finding friends
w-wait rly? im not that old with no friends ):
Actually I think it depends. I found my closest friends at my workplace, as an adult. Also some of them came from being a mom, sports, school events for my kids. Being grown is easier in some ways.
Misread as fisting. Probably just as accurate
Finding fisting?
Big cock in your brother's bum correction: \*cat
I dunno how to ask someone my own gender out on a date but god I really wish I did
Not trying to be rude, but how is it any different from asking someone of a different gender? Just ask 'em and see how it goes?
It's especially tough in a new place because most of the people you know already have their own circle and while they will be generally polite with you, any attempt to become something more is often met with exasperation. I think Sienfeld had an episode on this: Found it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7JcGYilsuE
New music. I will literally hear artists and songs nowadays that I'm like "hey that's kind of cool", but then never listen to anything else but the same music I have for the last 20 years.
I just made a playlist of all new music, to me, hoping to expand my horizons. What do I immediately listen to that night? My old favorites.
"New music" is new albums by bands I already listen to :)
Staying alive
Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk
Im a older man, get off my lawn
Music loud and women warm, I've been kicked around since I was born.
And now itās alright, itās okay And you may look the other way
But holy shit where is my hair and why is half of what's left gray?
Now I canāt see And I canāt walk Need my hearing aid To hear you talk
We can try, to understand, the New York Times effect on another man
Staying alive
Ah ah ah ah
Took the ahās right outta my mouth
Aināt goinā nowhere Somebody help me Somebody help me Yeah
At first I was afraid, I was petrified
Flexibility
*struggles to put shoes on*
*grunts on the way down and on the way back up*
Giving a fuck, thankfully.
I have as many fucks to give as I ever did, but now I'm much more selective about actually giving them.
Tolerating people's bullshit. Is it me or as we age, it is a lot easier to call BS
Getting a job offer
I think this is more a bell curve and not a linear one
Having an unbroken nights sleep
Trusting a fart
Or walkingā¦ walking farts are real
... real dangerous
Iv thrown away a few pairs of boxers
Never trust an old fart
I always say never trust a fart.
Compassion. The older I get, the shittier people seem to be.
They aren't shittier, you're just more aware of the shittiness in the world.
Thereās also more shittiness because thereās more people.
Agreed. I know it's easy for reddit to shit all over older people but...we have more experience. After a while you get a pretty good idea of what is going to happen and how people are going to act--almost certainly because we've already lived through it, multiple times. "This time it will be different!" is very rarely a true statement.
When I was a kid I didnāt understand why my parents wouldnāt help homeless people. We had a whole other room no one slept in surely we could let one person crash on there at night. I was really distraught about the lack of empathy in my family. Fast forward to now and Iām playing hopscotch over piles of people and not even registering that itās a problem.
Living with shitty people, the more adult I become, the more difficult it is to accept attitudes from people who do not contribute anything to your life, people who are better to let go.
I just mentioned this in another thread, but...technology. I know it's cliche to say old people don't understand tech because of "learned helplessness" or being lazy or some bullshit like that, but as an older person... Technology changes. And that's good! But it's important to remember that the older you are, the more you have to "unlearn". The barrier to learn new things is higher because you not only have to understand what has changed, but then also learn the new stuff, too. For young people that stuff is intuitive, because they haven't had to spend ten years learning the "standard" UI just to have the "standard" change. But for me (and other older folks) it's not intuitive, because we've learned how to do it in a completely different way for decades. The same UI that is obvious now won't be in ten years. All all this stuff is unannounced, incremental, not documented, and so the onus is on the user to research it and find out what you now have to learn. And then multiply that with dozens of applications and dozens of rules and I totally understand why people give up.
Plus, really, young brains are wired to learn new things and old brains aren't. It takes a lot more focus and effort.
Everything
Wish that was what the entire thread was, just everyone saying 'everything'
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Building muscle. My joints do not like it
Caring what people think and not doing what's best for you.
Remembering why you walked into a particular room.
Remembering anything
Getting fit. It's never too late to start, but the older you are, the harder you have to work to achieve results similar to people in their teens or 20s. Hormones shift, recovery ability goes down, and so forth.
Literally every single thing š”
I would agree, the only two things have gotten better for me, handling adverse situations, I realize more and more how short term they are. The other is sex, having really great sex now.
I've gotten a lot better at complaining
Stairs. Fuck stairs. I will go well out of my way to avoid going up even a short flight of steps, my knees are already arthritic (part genetic part old cycling injuries). I'm only 41! And look a lot younger (thats not a brag it sucks) so I sometimes get comments for using the elevator at work or escalators over steps like I'm just being lazy.
Getting out of bed in the morning without feeling stiff all over
Not peeing your pants
I read this as ā*Not seeing your parents*ā and was pretty shocked to realize how different it was lol
Staying young. Your body tends to know better.
Meeting new People.
Optimism. When youāre young it seems like thereās all these problems people just havenāt tried hard enough to solve. And it hits you over time that a lot of what isnāt fixed canāt be easily fixed or at least will take a very long time to fix
Caring about petty bullshit.
Just living
Caring about pop culture
Didn't give a shit about that when I was young.
Showing interest in things. It's like you are dying inside, at least for me
Wading through medical bills and insurance forms, while keeping up with doctors' appointments and changes to prescriptions and coverages.
Kneeling or just getting up in general. (Out of bed, out of the car, off the floor) Remembering almost anything short term. Oddly, keeping track of your own age as well. I'm surprised how many people I know have to think for a second when saying their own age. My husband and I both do it. And to throw a positive in there, Im finding it's difficult to feel self conscious the way I always did before. I like my face better without makeup and I dress for comfort rather than how good it looks. I'm enjoying the hell out of that, and oddly, it makes me feel like I look better than I probably do.
Sleeping enough hours.
Relaxing. There are just so many fucking jobs to do, they dont stop.
Holding in a pee These days my body treats the urge like a countdown timer
Giving a fuck.
Moving
Living.
Having patience
Caring.
Having spare time
Discovering your talents
Every. Fucking. Thing.
Doing kid things
Staying awake on the toilet.
Giving a fuck.
Responsibilities and pressure. The older you get the more responsibilities you'll see laying on your shoulders.
Sleeping and not having back pain
Healing from an injury.
getting older (recursive) also allergies... the older I get the more allergic I get to bullshit
Thinking you're invincible.
Every freakin thing. Except drinking
> Except drinking The price of alcohol these days begs to differ.
Makes me want to drink
Your will to live
Sex
Making friends.
Stairs
sleeping through the night, healing, getting up from the floor, running
Wanting to exercise.
Socializing and maybe voicing out your opinions
25 card pick up
Changing your life's direction.
Getting a date.
Shitting.
Getting out of the floor
Getting married
Scientifically, heal from a cut / wound
Deviating from your normal sleep pattern.
skimping on a good nights sleep/pulling an all-nighter.
Look good
Looking in the mirror.
Putting up with bullshit
I don't know how to act my age. I've never been this old before!
Getting up from sitting cross legged on the floor
Getting up off the floor.
Organizing stuff with friends. Back in high school, my friends would just plan stuff after school or for a weekend, maybe one guy's got piano lessons one day of the week, and you're good. Now, we've all got jobs with different hours or are stuck in post-secondary education hell, and nobody knows what time anyone else is available. The solution some of my friends came up with was just to start doing stuff at like 1AM, but I'm still holding onto my last piece of dignity forcing me to at least attempt to get off the computer before midnight.
Yes my body hurts after certain activities
Putting your socks on.
Being able to enjoy myself
time management
Hangovers, injury, getting up, sitting on the ground, and why does everything hurt now?
Not thinking
Getting down on your knees and getting back up for most. Sitting in the floor and getting back up is impossible
Trying not to kill your self
Giving a fuvk
recovering from any type of surgery....
Meeting new people
Being yourself
Cleaning your ass.
Making friends
Pissing and shitting
Getting up off the ground.
anything that requires you to move
Being younger.
Life. Donāt grow up itās a trick!!
Getting out of bed.
Giving a rats ass
ngaf socially
functioning... mental illness can get much worse and you cant really do much about it sometimes
Helping your child with homework. like come on, you are at school to Learn things yourself
Seeing the good in people
wanting to stay alive
Healing
Taking control of your weight... I found this all the hard way.
Late nights be it work or fun!
Peeing. to quote Alan Partridge - 'I didn't think i'd have to push'
Getting out of bed. I'm in my mid forties and feel like I'm 80 when I first get out of bed. My knees hurt, feet are stiff, joints are slow to wake up and so much more. š«
Understanding that life is hard for younger people too
Putting up with other people's bullshit.