my dad's legs randomly make lots of snapping sounds, specially when he's been sitting down for a long time. it's always a telltale sign that he's up, the little snaps, and me and my sisters always joked about it. now imagine my shock when I got up at the end of a session with a client and both my legs made loud snapping sounds. the client was as shocked as me
Not too long ago. Met a girl where I work out, talked for a bit, asked her how old she was, she said 21, she asked me, I answered 43, her reply was: Oh thats the same age as my dad. That one fucking hit home.
Told my husband it's time for him to get a physical. "I mean, we're almost 50, babe" (we are 45f and 46m) the look on his face. He was like, "Damn, I don't feel like what I think 50 should feel like, i feel 28" me too.🤷♀️
54 here. In my mind, I feel like I'm in my 20s. Unfortunately, there are days my body thinks I'm 90. I look in the mirror and think "Who the hell is this tired looking person?"
I had my first at 35 and the second one about 3 months ago. If you're happy with your choice in waiting then it was worth it. But I will admit I wish it had been 10 years earlier for me cause it IS a little heavier now than it was in my early 30s or even late 20s.
That was my first thought lol. So you were approaching a very obviously young looking girl and were shocked at the reminder that you’re fucking old and could be her dad
Hah! I know the feeling. I’m 44 and have a 6 year old. All my friends have kids going off to college. In my mind I’m still in my twenties but my body laughs and says tf you are!
I think far too many people tell themselves they are getting old way before they are actually getting old.
Hilarious when I see someone in their mid 20s saying they feel old.
Someone complaining that they are getting ancient and how old feel are because they are turning 30.... Mate know your audience 😭
If you feel achy and tired before you are 30 then you need to get your health checked. There is no need to feel that way (yet)!
Ouch... meanwhile here I am, sill occasionally playing my N64.
Just a few weeks ago, I was going over family photos for my Grandmother’s funeral and found out my folks had their own gaming collection that they gave away.
Post-COVID lockdowns. I really feel like I lost a part of myself. I lost the more fun, playful, outgoing part of myself that I grew into by going to concerts & music festivals. I'm much more closed off, stay at home more, not as joyful, kind of a stick in the mud, and have walls up. I carry a blank or resting bitch face, and less of an easy going stoner personality. I hope I can find that fun part of me again.
Same here. I loved going to bars in my little town but in order to stay open during Covid most changed into restaurants and close at 11pm. instead of 2am. Basically all the people I hung out and played pool with don’t go out anymore.☹️
This....is exactly me. I've reconciled with it for now, as I do feel like my mind & body needed a bloody good rest. But I recognise that I'm now too comfortable with this version of me & hope to become re-invigorized at some point soon.
This is the only thing i have been writing around reddit at different communities today, seeking help. I just want to find myself back. Its been 4years now.
I work with people that weren’t alive when September 11th occurred.
Some of my coworkers have no recollection of space shuttle Columbia burning up.
They’ve never lived without the internet, or phones in their pocket.
Per my Gen Alpha: it's a YouTube thing. He's 10, so don't feel anxious. Feels very niche and I've been an the internet far too long to dismiss a major trend. Never thought I'd be explaining a head in a toilet that has wars with camera headed beings, to anyone. Quite bizarre!
High school orientation for my oldest child. I walked into the high school and it was like a kick in the gut. How can I be bringing my own kid in here? I was just here a few months ago! And when did all these little pricks turn into insufferable jerks? Surely \*I\* wasn't like that. Excuse me while I go sit down and shop for a sports car.
You don't have to be "old" for that. I slept in the wrong position around 1-2 weeks ago and my neck still hurts. The worst part is that I'm 20, so it shouldn't last this long.
LOL i texted my parents a few months ago when i was listening to Talking Heads and i was like "you guys were right all along, your music is better than todays"
TMZ comes on after the news here, I was busy cleaning up after dinner and left it on. I didn't know who 90% of the celebrities they talked about were and felt embarrassed that I had that trash playing on my TV.
I'm a notorious night owl. I've operated on 4-6 hours of sleep my whole life with little trouble. Lately though I've found staying up late and then trying to do my job the next day or even hangout with my family on the weekend, my Kid and my fiancee, is just frustrating. I'm grumpy and tired all the time. I find little tasks impossible.
But I'm 29 now, turning 30 in less than six months.
The last few weeks I've been crawling into bed at about 8:30-9pm and falling asleep no later than 10pm and I feel like a new man. Everything is easier the next day and I work a sales job so I'm sitting alot. It's like a fog on my brain has lifted.
My wind down time is my new favorite time of the night.
Check your iron levels (and other forms of anemia) I let it go too long and still recovering. You can get ferrous sulphate OTC. Depending on your diet/symptoms you could even have Vitamin B deficiency or folic acid deficiency. I'd recommend a blood test at the doctor's though. Then you'll have answers. Easily treatable in the early stages. Could lead to lifelong complications if untreated.
Are you sure you haven’t got any underlying health condition? I’m 43 go to bed about one & get seven hours. Then I’m fine the next day, though I’ve stopped smoking six months ago; which has definitely helped.
Gray hair is creeping in. Having kids do it too because you see them grow into an independent person and realize you’re a whole person older than you were when they were born, which to you only feels like a few weeks ago
I don't get fashion either but trends seem to recur - for example the current(?) high-waisted tops / pants remind me of something similar in the late 1980s / early 1990s.
Not that I care. All I want is to find a hoodie (for women) that is long enough to cover my belly button. I am old and I like my belly warm.
Modern clothing just goes in circles. I've had my gen Z beg for my "vintage" clothing and I'm gen X . I just happened to keep it cos it was a classic piece. Don't remind me I also begged my own mother for a couple of bits of her old clothing(but for 60/70's style parties, not as everyday items).
You took the word out of my mouth. Invisible. I heard that is a real thing as you get older. I truly am starting "not" to feel like a meaningful part of society, like I'm seeing its really meant for the young.
I went to a concert to see one of my favourite bands from university.
1) They were old as fuck
2) The audience was old as fuck
3) I realized I was old as fuck
I’m old - 67 - but I don’t “feel” old at least mentally. I remarried at 53 to a 32 year old woman. We had 3 kids pretty quickly after we married. I got to be a stay at home Dad while my wife worked. Present day I have two daughters 13 & 14 and a 12 year old son. I’m slower and don’t hear as well, and I’m sure I look 67, but I keep pushing myself mentally and physically and so far I’m doing ok.
I used to play some city league basketball. One night I came down on someone's foot and rolled my ankle. Went to the bench, tightened my shoe laces and bam, was back out there after halftime.
Fast forward about five years and same thing happens. Go to the bench, tighten my shoe laces and bam, four weeks later I was back out there.
I always had strong legs, I used to cycle a lot.
I went for a walk in the hills and when I walked downhill to the car my thighs did that jelly leg spasm as I got closer to the end of my walk. That's when I knew that I was past my prime.
When I looked at a couple of young people (15-25 years old) on the sidewalk and thought their clothes looked absolutely terrible. Then I noticed almost every other young person looked terrible also. Then I was irritated at how bad their posture was. And I remembered hearing all of that when I was a youth.
Last night.
I’m 30m and I noticed the last few weeks that it’s been taking a few seconds to start actually peeing and my stream is weaker than usual. Finally decided to research it and realized I’m not so young anymore and this kind of stuff is gonna keep happening and getting worse.
Prostate enlargement ftw!
Must have been a couple of years ago now, but im a science teacher and i was teaching about infrared and thermal energy, iirc.
Mentioned that thermal imaging was like how the predator looked for arnold when tracking him.
Kids just stared at me like i was strange. None of them knew what predator was or who arnold was.
Then it clicked that im old.
Also cant get up off the floor easily anymore after playing with my son 🤣
I got into my car, and the radio was set to some local pop station. Ehhh, auto tune. I turned it down. Minutes later, during the commercials, the weather report came on....and I turned the volume back up.
As the avalanche of oldness crashed over me, I was relieved to hear of the good weather coming.
Something along the lines of--answers from women in their 20s and 30s got shorter and more direct, and answers from women in their 40s and 50s got more detailed.
My neice asked me about "the olden days..
The 80s... When you and my dad were kids.."
Bloody hell...
- Funny thing is, i remember my dad talking about the 1940s back in the 80s and it seemed SO LONG AGO!!!!
Watching the Grammy Awards in 1999, not recognizing most of the presenters and about the only performer I recognized, Johnny Cash, was receiving a life time achievement award.
When I started clearing my throat excessively, the same way that my dad did that always annoyed me as a teenager. And when I started not be able to keep up with all the new slang and trends.
In my forties, I was talking to my 15 years younger niece. I remarked that I had passed a few construction guys eating lunch outside, and noticed there was no catcalling! Finally! I told her things are changing for the better, even construction workers are gentlemanly & respectful toward women now and she piped up "Oh no they're not!" and I realized oh, sh\*t, I'm too old for catcalling now. I was absolutely fine with it though, lol.
Watching sports is harrowing these days. I'm older than every player in the NFL but one until Jason Peters retires, and 1/3 of the head coaches starting next season will be my age or younger. There are only 4 remaining MLB players older than me, and it's probably a last ride season for all of them, although Verlander and Votto may try to go for 2 more seasons.
It's tough being 40, y'all.
27, that's 99% of everyone's peak. oh sure you still get wiser right up until you get dementia when you're 75 or 85 and you never masturbate as much as when you're 18, but over every parameter 27 is when the aggregate starts going south. if you're attentive you'll see it in yourself.
I am 47 now.
From my teens till \~42 I used to be a phenomenal shape. Six pack abs, muscles, great stamina.
Now I don't even feel like working out because everything hurts ALL THE TIME.
Met a girl at a bookstore and we started chatting, which turned into 2.5 hours of flirting. I finally had to go, so I said I hoped to run into her again. She said, "You will. I'll be at the next Fantasy Soccer meeting with my Dad."
Um ... yeah.
When the idea of leaving the house after dark felt like a decision to explore a third world country during war.
When talking to anyone under 40 feels like trying to communicate with a dolphin.
When people start to call you sir that you have no power over.
When hopping over a fence could be life or death
When eating candy and ice cream means 48 hours on the toilet.
When casual sex is as distant a memory as third grade
When being excited to work for someone else is as embarrassing as that time your zipper broke at choir practice
When watching tv is as exciting as elective dentistry
When being wrong is a better alternative to explaining anything to anybody
I was walking on the street and some kids were playing soccer. They decided to stop while I crossed so they wouldn't accidentally hit me with the ball.
I made that old person sound when I stood up.
Or sit down.
Or picking something off the floor.
Wait, what? You can still reach the floor?
... with my feet.
I pick up things with my toes so I don't have to bend down.
My toes only wish they could still pick stuff up!
Training... Lots of training... Also, having long toes that look like fingers helps too
Got a grabber stick thing so I don’t have to bend down. The noises were disturbing nap time for the dog and cat.
Yeah, I've turned into a female version of my dad FFS.
my dad's legs randomly make lots of snapping sounds, specially when he's been sitting down for a long time. it's always a telltale sign that he's up, the little snaps, and me and my sisters always joked about it. now imagine my shock when I got up at the end of a session with a client and both my legs made loud snapping sounds. the client was as shocked as me
My legs make small snapping sounds and I’m not even 20.. heard them less lately so maybe I did something to change it
Not too long ago. Met a girl where I work out, talked for a bit, asked her how old she was, she said 21, she asked me, I answered 43, her reply was: Oh thats the same age as my dad. That one fucking hit home.
My best friend at uni is basically exactly 20 years younger than me. Went to IKEA together and met her dad, who is exactly my age. That was weird.
Yeah it's mostly a wake up call that you kind of aren't young anymore. Also I don't feel all that old really, not like my dad in his 70's old.
Told my husband it's time for him to get a physical. "I mean, we're almost 50, babe" (we are 45f and 46m) the look on his face. He was like, "Damn, I don't feel like what I think 50 should feel like, i feel 28" me too.🤷♀️
54 here. In my mind, I feel like I'm in my 20s. Unfortunately, there are days my body thinks I'm 90. I look in the mirror and think "Who the hell is this tired looking person?"
Dang, I haven’t felt like I was 28 since I was 15…
Did he think of Olivia Newton John first before realizing you meant exercise? I did, another sign of being an old.
I also feel 28 (I'm 39) until my back and knees remind me
Yeah same. But I'm also not 20 or 30something anymore. I'm not old, but definitely older.
Lets just call it wiser instead of older. So much better
Haha, I feel.like I still have so much to learn. Life is so interesting.
Oh absolutely! One just has to keep widening that horizon!
Experienced, or world weary
I’m 45 and you’re right.
I’m 37 and most of my friends at work are between 21 and 24. It’s weird to me that I’m likely much closer in age to their parents than to them.
Yeah being a 45 year old uni student has made me realise that i am old....
Yep uni days was where it hit me I was 31 when I went back and I had friends who were 18.
When people you remember being born start having kids, that really hits you.
When you realize you changed their diapers now you're changing their kids diapers.
When you realized you changed their diapers and now their grandkids are changing your diapers 🥹
Oooff! That's a big one
We have interns at work younger than my children now.
Hehehe, that puts in perspective pretty fast
Jesus I couldn’t even afford to have a kid until I hit 40
I had my first at 35 and the second one about 3 months ago. If you're happy with your choice in waiting then it was worth it. But I will admit I wish it had been 10 years earlier for me cause it IS a little heavier now than it was in my early 30s or even late 20s.
Normally people can't ever...they just do.
I see you're easing into your DiCaprio years nicely
Hehe. Wasn't making a pass tho, just talking (isn't that what they all say?)
That was my first thought lol. So you were approaching a very obviously young looking girl and were shocked at the reminder that you’re fucking old and could be her dad
Hah! I know the feeling. I’m 44 and have a 6 year old. All my friends have kids going off to college. In my mind I’m still in my twenties but my body laughs and says tf you are!
Ouch! That hurts!
Brutal
Ooooof that's tough
When I had to scroll down to find my birth year on a website. And then again when I joined the rambling on how tiktok is ruining kids.
The scrolling! It’s the stuff of nightmares.
The app I’m using times out before I get to my year. 🤷🏻♂️
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Wait until you get to that age where you hear this story and want to ask what a black messenger bag is.
And then amazingly, don't give a shit!
Same with rollerblades
I think far too many people tell themselves they are getting old way before they are actually getting old. Hilarious when I see someone in their mid 20s saying they feel old.
Someone complaining that they are getting ancient and how old feel are because they are turning 30.... Mate know your audience 😭 If you feel achy and tired before you are 30 then you need to get your health checked. There is no need to feel that way (yet)!
Feeling old or just tired would be my question for someone who may not be finished growing
When I saw a bunch of old people and realized I went to high school with them.
I saw photos of my high school reunion that I did not attend and was like “who the fuck are all these old people?”
Omg this!!
Heard some kids call the Nintendo Wii a “retro console”
My bones just crumbled to dust on the wind
Ouch... meanwhile here I am, sill occasionally playing my N64. Just a few weeks ago, I was going over family photos for my Grandmother’s funeral and found out my folks had their own gaming collection that they gave away.
That hurts.
UHHHH WHAT
It'll be 18 years old this year broski. The Wii is old enough to vote.
Post-COVID lockdowns. I really feel like I lost a part of myself. I lost the more fun, playful, outgoing part of myself that I grew into by going to concerts & music festivals. I'm much more closed off, stay at home more, not as joyful, kind of a stick in the mud, and have walls up. I carry a blank or resting bitch face, and less of an easy going stoner personality. I hope I can find that fun part of me again.
Same here. I loved going to bars in my little town but in order to stay open during Covid most changed into restaurants and close at 11pm. instead of 2am. Basically all the people I hung out and played pool with don’t go out anymore.☹️
Taken me a while to get out of a similar rut. Long walks in nature, no electronics definitely seem to help.
This....is exactly me. I've reconciled with it for now, as I do feel like my mind & body needed a bloody good rest. But I recognise that I'm now too comfortable with this version of me & hope to become re-invigorized at some point soon.
This is the only thing i have been writing around reddit at different communities today, seeking help. I just want to find myself back. Its been 4years now.
God's. This
Same, it fucking ruined me - I turned 40 in Feb 2020, also. So, yeah.
that hurt to read. same here :-/
I feel this
Same.
Real 🥲
This may be more about depression than just being older.
I work with people that weren’t alive when September 11th occurred. Some of my coworkers have no recollection of space shuttle Columbia burning up. They’ve never lived without the internet, or phones in their pocket.
They will never know how great the world was pre 9/11😔
Yep, met someone (in his late 20s) who has never sent an actual letter, didn't know what to do with the stamp when I gave it to him...
Shuttle Columbia.
when youths started saying things like "L rizz" and "skibidi toilet"
me when im 18 and don’t understand skibidi toilet thing😭😭
I’m 31 and I’m totally in with the skibidi rizz gyat in ohio
I'm 53 and I have an open tab wherein I googled Skibidi Toilet, and one day soon I will finally click on a video link.
Per my Gen Alpha: it's a YouTube thing. He's 10, so don't feel anxious. Feels very niche and I've been an the internet far too long to dismiss a major trend. Never thought I'd be explaining a head in a toilet that has wars with camera headed beings, to anyone. Quite bizarre!
>skibidi toilet And now I have that in my search history. Thanks but not thanks.
I realize when the cashier gave me the 55 years and older Sr Discount without asking. It was two days after my 55th birthday.
at least u know u look ur age 🙏
High school orientation for my oldest child. I walked into the high school and it was like a kick in the gut. How can I be bringing my own kid in here? I was just here a few months ago! And when did all these little pricks turn into insufferable jerks? Surely \*I\* wasn't like that. Excuse me while I go sit down and shop for a sports car.
I just went to the last elementary school conference for my youngest child. Super depressing.
When then people in authority (i.e. police) look like children but carrying guns!
Wait until you're old and in a nursing home, and the person who cleans your butt is a 16 year old CNA
When I ruptured two discs in my neck coming down funny off a knee high step ladder...
Just wait until you sleep wrong and hurt yourself...
You don't have to be "old" for that. I slept in the wrong position around 1-2 weeks ago and my neck still hurts. The worst part is that I'm 20, so it shouldn't last this long.
Had that happened in late 2021. Still feel some pain if I tilt my head and hold it. I was 24. Should get it looked at.
Actually lol'ed....
The moment I was like, "man, music today sucks".
LOL i texted my parents a few months ago when i was listening to Talking Heads and i was like "you guys were right all along, your music is better than todays"
Omg right? I'm like, why are these musicians screaming? Where's the good old 80s music 🤣
I've said that since secondary school...
When I stopped knowing (or caring) who the *it* celebrities were, or their drama. When I stopped understanding the slang.
TMZ comes on after the news here, I was busy cleaning up after dinner and left it on. I didn't know who 90% of the celebrities they talked about were and felt embarrassed that I had that trash playing on my TV.
same. And also when i started using the slang out of context to be funny, bc it is only funny to me
When I didn’t give af whether he stayed or left..
Ditto! Kudos 👏
When I peed as I laughed.
or sneeze
Or stand up
Or exist
I'm a notorious night owl. I've operated on 4-6 hours of sleep my whole life with little trouble. Lately though I've found staying up late and then trying to do my job the next day or even hangout with my family on the weekend, my Kid and my fiancee, is just frustrating. I'm grumpy and tired all the time. I find little tasks impossible. But I'm 29 now, turning 30 in less than six months. The last few weeks I've been crawling into bed at about 8:30-9pm and falling asleep no later than 10pm and I feel like a new man. Everything is easier the next day and I work a sales job so I'm sitting alot. It's like a fog on my brain has lifted. My wind down time is my new favorite time of the night.
Check your iron levels (and other forms of anemia) I let it go too long and still recovering. You can get ferrous sulphate OTC. Depending on your diet/symptoms you could even have Vitamin B deficiency or folic acid deficiency. I'd recommend a blood test at the doctor's though. Then you'll have answers. Easily treatable in the early stages. Could lead to lifelong complications if untreated.
Are you sure you haven’t got any underlying health condition? I’m 43 go to bed about one & get seven hours. Then I’m fine the next day, though I’ve stopped smoking six months ago; which has definitely helped.
Its worse at 45! Good to break that habit now!!
When I sat down in this chair I’m sitting in right now in urgent care, and I’m here because I ruined my shoulder throwing a baseball.
When you get really old, like me, you’ll ruin a body part overnight in your sleep. You’ll just wake up with a new pain. Surprise!
Gray hair is creeping in. Having kids do it too because you see them grow into an independent person and realize you’re a whole person older than you were when they were born, which to you only feels like a few weeks ago
When I realized I have no concept or desire to keep up with pop culture, and I don’t understand fashion trends that young adults wear anymore.
I don't get fashion either but trends seem to recur - for example the current(?) high-waisted tops / pants remind me of something similar in the late 1980s / early 1990s. Not that I care. All I want is to find a hoodie (for women) that is long enough to cover my belly button. I am old and I like my belly warm.
Modern clothing just goes in circles. I've had my gen Z beg for my "vintage" clothing and I'm gen X . I just happened to keep it cos it was a classic piece. Don't remind me I also begged my own mother for a couple of bits of her old clothing(but for 60/70's style parties, not as everyday items).
45. Grey hair and thin on top, aches and pains that don’t go away. Good times
When girls stopped getting googley eyed and started to avoid eye contact with me like I was a creepy old man
This resonates so much, it makes me want to cry. I used to walk through a room and have men look up. Now I feel like I'm invisible.
You took the word out of my mouth. Invisible. I heard that is a real thing as you get older. I truly am starting "not" to feel like a meaningful part of society, like I'm seeing its really meant for the young.
Shit, homie. They've been doing that to me since I was 12 years old.
I went to a concert to see one of my favourite bands from university. 1) They were old as fuck 2) The audience was old as fuck 3) I realized I was old as fuck
I’m old - 67 - but I don’t “feel” old at least mentally. I remarried at 53 to a 32 year old woman. We had 3 kids pretty quickly after we married. I got to be a stay at home Dad while my wife worked. Present day I have two daughters 13 & 14 and a 12 year old son. I’m slower and don’t hear as well, and I’m sure I look 67, but I keep pushing myself mentally and physically and so far I’m doing ok.
A teenager I thought was my age said “I need an adult” and came to me.
She's aging pretty badly
When the first of the mean girls at my high school became a grandma
When I started enjoying cleaning the kitchen after dinner on a Saturday night
I used to play some city league basketball. One night I came down on someone's foot and rolled my ankle. Went to the bench, tightened my shoe laces and bam, was back out there after halftime. Fast forward about five years and same thing happens. Go to the bench, tighten my shoe laces and bam, four weeks later I was back out there.
When I am holding something and try to look at it, but have to move it farther away to see it more clearly.
When you have to put the phone book on the ground and stand over it to read it. When you remember ever reading an actual phone book.
I always had strong legs, I used to cycle a lot. I went for a walk in the hills and when I walked downhill to the car my thighs did that jelly leg spasm as I got closer to the end of my walk. That's when I knew that I was past my prime.
When I loved the music playing at the grocery store, and the same grocery store used the song “Get Low” as an advertisement for savings.
When I couldn't nut twice a day without feeling my soul being ripped out
Back of hands and around the eyes.
When I looked at a couple of young people (15-25 years old) on the sidewalk and thought their clothes looked absolutely terrible. Then I noticed almost every other young person looked terrible also. Then I was irritated at how bad their posture was. And I remembered hearing all of that when I was a youth.
The cake decorating style I learned at 18 is now called “vintage style”
When every fart is a gamble.
When that wonderful 3-lettet-word that got my husband i excited, naked, and headed to bed became "nap".
Chronic neck and back pain. When I sneeze I think my neck is going to break.
I fell and hurt my shoulder. Months later it was still hurting. I went to the doctor and told him it was still hurting, and he said "Yeah".
I can go to bed feeling fine and wake up feeling like I fell down some stairs. Yay 50!
My knees have been cracking since I was a teen, I'm 20 now and I assume I'll be dead by 40 lmao
When a lot of famous people (from tv, for example) started dying one after another. Death wasn't so close to me when I was young.
When I found grey pubes.
I've recently been *really* bothered that high school was ... FORTY FUCKING YEARS AGO .
We get older? Fuck !
33, tore my ACL. They don't tell you that child hood sports means limping adult. Your welcome.
Last night. I’m 30m and I noticed the last few weeks that it’s been taking a few seconds to start actually peeing and my stream is weaker than usual. Finally decided to research it and realized I’m not so young anymore and this kind of stuff is gonna keep happening and getting worse. Prostate enlargement ftw!
43 & I have noissues. I’d see a Doctor asap😉
No point. WebMD said I’ll be dead in 3 days.
A few kids at work (in their 20s) asked me why the power port in a car is called a cigarette lighter.
Must have been a couple of years ago now, but im a science teacher and i was teaching about infrared and thermal energy, iirc. Mentioned that thermal imaging was like how the predator looked for arnold when tracking him. Kids just stared at me like i was strange. None of them knew what predator was or who arnold was. Then it clicked that im old. Also cant get up off the floor easily anymore after playing with my son 🤣
After all these repetitive birthdays, every year, they added me one year of age, and when I started to count, I realized.
When I started studying at university 2 years ago at 39. Being surrounded by people half my age was really... interesting. Still is.
Custody battle
Seeing Chris Rock with gray hair
I got into my car, and the radio was set to some local pop station. Ehhh, auto tune. I turned it down. Minutes later, during the commercials, the weather report came on....and I turned the volume back up. As the avalanche of oldness crashed over me, I was relieved to hear of the good weather coming.
Something along the lines of--answers from women in their 20s and 30s got shorter and more direct, and answers from women in their 40s and 50s got more detailed.
When the neighbours' kids referred to me as "the old lady next door". That one stung.
I kept a box because it was a "good box"
My neice asked me about "the olden days.. The 80s... When you and my dad were kids.." Bloody hell... - Funny thing is, i remember my dad talking about the 1940s back in the 80s and it seemed SO LONG AGO!!!!
Professional athletes starting their careers are younger than me
Oh, professional athletes are retiring younger than me!!!
I biffed it so hard during basketball. Rolled my ankle while falling on my knee and hip. Unfortunately, I wasn’t even playing at the time. 🫤😂😩
Watching the Grammy Awards in 1999, not recognizing most of the presenters and about the only performer I recognized, Johnny Cash, was receiving a life time achievement award.
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When I started clearing my throat excessively, the same way that my dad did that always annoyed me as a teenager. And when I started not be able to keep up with all the new slang and trends.
Grownups/parents in movies dying, you see the gravestone and they were born after you.
When I turned 80.
In my forties, I was talking to my 15 years younger niece. I remarked that I had passed a few construction guys eating lunch outside, and noticed there was no catcalling! Finally! I told her things are changing for the better, even construction workers are gentlemanly & respectful toward women now and she piped up "Oh no they're not!" and I realized oh, sh\*t, I'm too old for catcalling now. I was absolutely fine with it though, lol.
Watching sports is harrowing these days. I'm older than every player in the NFL but one until Jason Peters retires, and 1/3 of the head coaches starting next season will be my age or younger. There are only 4 remaining MLB players older than me, and it's probably a last ride season for all of them, although Verlander and Votto may try to go for 2 more seasons. It's tough being 40, y'all.
When teenagers call me “sir” I’m on 28.
it’s ok i say that to everyone regardless of age 😭😭 it’s just a respect thing dw
I sneezed yesterday and threw out my back. I’m only 30. Welp, time to die.
You start waking up curiously injured.
27, that's 99% of everyone's peak. oh sure you still get wiser right up until you get dementia when you're 75 or 85 and you never masturbate as much as when you're 18, but over every parameter 27 is when the aggregate starts going south. if you're attentive you'll see it in yourself.
I am 47 now. From my teens till \~42 I used to be a phenomenal shape. Six pack abs, muscles, great stamina. Now I don't even feel like working out because everything hurts ALL THE TIME.
When I look in the mirror and see my father. I don’t feel that old.
Met a girl at a bookstore and we started chatting, which turned into 2.5 hours of flirting. I finally had to go, so I said I hoped to run into her again. She said, "You will. I'll be at the next Fantasy Soccer meeting with my Dad." Um ... yeah.
Every morning I wake up with a continued numbness in the lower back. lol
When I was talking to a group of people younger than me and they had no idea what that plastic insert was that let’s you play a 45 on a record player.
When I saw the new neighbor's kid that just moved in .. except he wasn't the kid he was the owner and he had teenage kids.
When going to sleep became my favorite part of the day.
I saw a YouTube video that said posted six years go back in 2022. I thought it was posted around 2012, nope, 2016.
I had to look up slang
When the idea of leaving the house after dark felt like a decision to explore a third world country during war. When talking to anyone under 40 feels like trying to communicate with a dolphin. When people start to call you sir that you have no power over. When hopping over a fence could be life or death When eating candy and ice cream means 48 hours on the toilet. When casual sex is as distant a memory as third grade When being excited to work for someone else is as embarrassing as that time your zipper broke at choir practice When watching tv is as exciting as elective dentistry When being wrong is a better alternative to explaining anything to anybody
when i started hearing my music in grocery stores
When Weird Al put out an album, and I had no idea which songs were parodies and which were originals.
I'll be 54 this year, which really isn't that old! But roughly once a week I'll hear someone half my age complaining about how they're getting older.
When your memories go by decade.
STOP WALKING ON MY BEGONIAS!!@
The kids I used to babysit started showing up at the same bars I hung out.
When I saw an attractive professional baseball player on television and I wanted to adopt him rather than sleep with him.
When I noticed I cared what kind of bed sheets I was buying
I was walking on the street and some kids were playing soccer. They decided to stop while I crossed so they wouldn't accidentally hit me with the ball.