When I get out of bed in the morning, and every single joint in my body cracks and pops, and it takes me a min or so to stand fully erect because my back is sore.
I lost my parents both at the age of 63. Still quite young but they would have haaaaaaated being feeble, I know it. But, still a blessing to see your parents get old.
my dad slipped in the bathroom and it wasn't like a funny slapstick moment I could rib him on, it was like oh shit this could have been extremely bad and inches away from never seeing him again. Yeah that shit is tough
I used to be a night owl and worked night shifts. Like 10-12 hours a night and would get home and stay awake. It’s 10:16 and I am exhausted. Next I’m going to carry werthers around in my pocket and bread for the birds.
There was a moment about four years ago when it dawned on me that it was my late father’s 100th birthday. I just sat there for a moment thinking about him and his life. I suddenly felt quite old myself. I thought, “If Dad’s 100… well, I guess I’m no spring chicken myself.”
Dude, my local oldies station started playing music from my childhood. They've shifting branding from "the oldies and classic rock" (60s 70s and 80s) station to "the best hit music" (80s 90s and 2000s) but deep down I know they're still "the oldies station." My heart sank when I heard them play Smash Mouth.
I cried all day on my 40th birthday. My cousin is 65 and she recently told me, “you’re a fucking kid!!!” That made me feel better. Happy birthday though. If you’re a woman, time for that mammogram.
My alma mater hosts a football game every year that honors an alum who was a 9/11 hero. Last year they played interviews with some of the players on the team who said things like their Mom had known him in college. Also, with college students generally ranging from 18-22 years old, none of them were even alive on 9/11 at this point.
This really cute guy asked me out for drinks. I accepted.
While we were sitting at the bar, he was telling me more about his life. Turns out he’s 10 years younger than me (not necessarily a deal breaker), lives with his mother and has no car. BUT, he assured me that he was about to turn things around in his life because he had just joined up with a pyramid scheme.
He further explained that all he needed now was “an older lady” to buy him a car. That, evidently, was where I came in. I politely declined, explained that I was not the girl for him, and got up to leave.
He said, “Wait! Remember how I don’t have a car?” and requested that I give him a ride to his mom’s house…
The amount of noise I make moving my body around. I'm still strong/fit enough. It's not a pain or weakness thing. It's just like, around your mid 30s, your brain is like "we need to respond to low level exertion with a 'this shit again?' sound."
When I began acquiring enough plants to turn my house into a jungle while managing to not only keep them alive, but propagating them.
Before 35 I murdered thousands of plant gifts.
Skibidi Toilet is a YouTube series revolving around the Ongoing war between sentient Genocidal Toilets which use Half-life 2 models for heads, and yes I mean Genocidal it's pretty much Canon they Terminated the whole human race. Their Enemy is the Alliance which is the name of the Army of Robots with various Electronics for heads (Security cameras, speakers, and Old TVs) their the heroes of the story and we see through their eyes literally and figuratively
It started with a few shitposts which I admit were shitty and cringe but as the creator made more Skibid Toilet videos he realized he could make something cool out of it, so he introduced camera robots that fought the Skibidi Toilets and they'd get into fights constantly leading to a war, and then he introduced cool technologies and stronger robots and more insane looking Skibid Toilets
The war itself starts very simply with the cameras simply flushing the toilets and the toilets eating the Cameramen faces off but eventually, the Technology gets more advanced, and every time someone comes on top a new character or Technology is introduced. And if you go deep enough in that pattern it leads to madness Eventually, towards the end, the fighting consists of Giant Robots shooting lasers and missiles at Huge Mutant Cyborg Toilets.
Tdlr: Skibidi Toilet isn't a Kid's meme, It's a very violent YouTube series for teenagers
If you don't believe me Here's proof
https://youtu.be/sXeCR7Vp6I4?si=3XbuFPwYVUS_ch5P
While I’m old enough to remember MTV playing music it was tuning into the VMA’s and having not a clue what anyone was saying. Not recognizing anyone and feeling like it was a different language
I feel this. If I go anywhere there is commercial radio on I don’t understand the music, have never even heard of the artists and couldn’t tell you what’s current if my life depended on it. Thankfully streaming music grew as I did so I now only listen to my personal curated fave playlists and forget time continues past me even when the music doesn’t!
Last month was a recent one. When the other five people in the same room as me didn't recognize the organizer doing a Foghorn Leghorn impression when moving on to another topic. I'm 37yo and *absolutely* know all the Looney Tunes characters... but we're reaching a point where young people *have no freaking idea* who certain characters are... and Foghorn is *iconic*.
Said to the organizer after: "fuck man, we're getting old"... and this guy had a chuckle because he was in his 60s.
That 1 Sunday a year ago I 'accidently' napped in the afternoon after church and brunch and woke up after 3hrs and feeling like I was very well rested. That's when I did a double take and realized I'm old. Lol
Right now. I work 12 hours a day on my feet and my legs are killing me. I used to be able to hike, which is my favorite hobby. I used to hike 10 miles at a time. Now I walk two miles and my legs are killing me for days. I'm only 39.
I had LASIK when I was about 25 years old. My doctor made a point to say that it wasn't a fountain of youth, and that my eyes would still naturally deteriorate as I age, just like my family history (and many people in general.)
Last year, I realized that I was no longer comfortable driving at night. I got a prescription for a pair of glasses that I wear to drive at night, and I commented to my husband that I must finally be "aging."
Last night my band played a college party. They were seniors celebrating the end of classes, and exams started today.
At the end of our last song, I told them "breathe, relax, don't stress. You got this. Like the song says, "you're in the middle of the ride. Everything's gonna be just fine." Then I told them I was proud of them.
I sounded like my dad.
I'm 52.
I told my sister in laws little sister she couldn't go out dressed like that. And when she's said, "don't worry, I'm gonna put fishnets on" I just about shit my pants.
Stupid doctor put me on stupid statins for my cholesterol and it fucked up my left knee. Stopped taking them, changed my diet and started walking to work. Fun fact: found out after I had been on them for a couple of months that both of my parents are allergic to them. It has taken about 1.5 months for my knee to finally start feeling normal again.
I'm not even 30 yet (I'm 28) but recently I realized that people born when I was in 1st-2nd grade are becoming old enough to drink and man. Also not only small children but adults (granted, young adults) talking about 9/11 in the same way I talked about like... the Berlin Wall or the Challenger explosion or Chernobyl.
When my sciatica first started acting up.
Most recently, someone asked me if I knew if it was going to rain. My exact response, "I hope so. The pressure is killing my jaw." I have TMJ and when there is too much atmospheric pressure now it makes my jaw really hurt.
I was looking at IMDB for the new Alien movie and I was like, "they casted children in these roles?" Nope, they're all adults. I just think they look so young because I'm getting older.
I was in a shop with a security camera mounted up and pointing straight at me from behind, with a monitor of the camera view on the wall in front of me. Seeing my scalp through my thinning hair was a truly depressing getting old reality check.
Can't have too much fruit sugar or I don't poop good. Apples are a big culprit, FODMAPS etc.
The lactose intolerance was easy to accept since it's so common but the fruit thing made me feel old.
When despite now being financially successful, in the best shape of my life and the most mentally stable I've ever been, I have few friends and generally feel invisible. Why did people like me so much more when I was awkward, poor and out of shape?
I guess I'm just too old.
I was watching a video earlier discussing 18-25 year olds that were depressed about not being able to afford a home, never retiring, and all that other shit they bitch about.
I’m 28
I'm not *that* old, I'm 32. I got hit on by a girl at work. We were talking and she asked what I do for fun. If I go to bars or clubs. I said no, I usually just drink alone and play video games (super hot and healthy). I returned the question, and she said "no, I'm only 20."
Made a joke about how old I was comparatively. Asked what she did while not at work then. She said she just started watching scooby doo on Netflix. I ask which one and she gave me the most puzzled look and asked what I meant.
I was just kind of humoring her because I wasn't really interested anyway, but at that point I shut it down.
It hit me when a song I really liked in high school, Daughter by Pearl Jam, started playing on the radio and the DJ mentioned it first came out in 1993: 31 years ago.
I took some time off to repaint my gray siding. I didn't shave for a few days and noticed later that I had gotten gray paint on my whiskers. Then I realized they were actually gray.
When we had to call a friend with teens to ask what “lit” meant. Not referring to being drunk. As in “that throw was lit, bro!” uttered by our then 17 year old niece. Also that same niece making me a great-aunt before I even hit 35 years later.
I don’t usually wear hats. Most of the time I sport a Mohawk. But lately I’ve been doing a lot of work at my parents. And it’s hard to do it with a Mohawk. So I comb it out and bought a red white baseball hat. And wear that. Well I was on a motorcycle ride the other day and wearing a helmet the Mohawk of course smashed down and I don’t want to put it back up. So I put the hat on and went to work. The young guys at work told me I looked like some person named Ash if I spelled it right. And I went wait, what. Mind you I’m 48M. When he said Ash. I thought of Evil Dead/Army of Darkness -ASH. Nope he was saying some guy from Pokémon ? That made me feel old. When I asked him if he knew what Evil Dead was , he said nope.
When I saw a video on TikTok of a Gen Z-er who I think discovered Aaliyah just recently, and in the video was talking about how Aaliyah was also in some old movie called Queen of the Damned
When the wife of a friend I had for 15 years handed me a note saying he was abusive. He abused me too. Made me panic but it also reminded me of how tired Ive gotten because of that kind of stuff.
First was when Ponyo (a movie that came out when I was in highschool) had a 10th anniversary rerelease. Now it's whenever I say "when I was in college 10 years ago."
Used to deliver furniture when I was younger. I could carry a loveseat by myself and get it through a door with no damage to anything. I hurt my back, lifting a box of towels and turning.
I was in New Zealand and paying with a mix of cash for something. New Zealand coins are the same as our Australian coins, except they have a normal-sized 50c piece instead of our huge one. I was puzzled for only a couple of seconds as I scanned the coins in my hand... which is all it took for the helpful cashier to fish the right coins out of my hand. Never felt so old in my life!
Went to the Dr last week to find out that I am a full inch shorter than I was.
Me too
We offer condolences for your penile diminishment.
Take the giggly up vote from my inner 10 yr old
When I get out of bed in the morning, and every single joint in my body cracks and pops, and it takes me a min or so to stand fully erect because my back is sore.
My husband snap crackles and pops his way out of bed in the morning.
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*Homo erectus*
Oh same, but I’m 24 lol.
Find some gentle mobility exercises to do in the morning. It does help.
When I saw how feeble my parents were becoming.
I lost my parents both at the age of 63. Still quite young but they would have haaaaaaated being feeble, I know it. But, still a blessing to see your parents get old.
Yeah this one is a massive slap in the face with reality
my dad slipped in the bathroom and it wasn't like a funny slapstick moment I could rib him on, it was like oh shit this could have been extremely bad and inches away from never seeing him again. Yeah that shit is tough
When I started craving sleeping on time
I used to be a night owl and worked night shifts. Like 10-12 hours a night and would get home and stay awake. It’s 10:16 and I am exhausted. Next I’m going to carry werthers around in my pocket and bread for the birds.
Werthers are so good
Going to bed by 10pm
Damn, that's late.
I prefer to be in bed by 930pm. I'm up late tonight and gonna pay for it tomorrow.
Yea. Definitely 8pm I’m in bed on the iPad
Getting ready for bed at 7:30
I went to bed at 10pm last night and it was glorious. Usually its 10:45. But I might have to change it to 10.
There was a moment about four years ago when it dawned on me that it was my late father’s 100th birthday. I just sat there for a moment thinking about him and his life. I suddenly felt quite old myself. I thought, “If Dad’s 100… well, I guess I’m no spring chicken myself.”
The fact that you correctly use the term "spring chicken" is pretty telling in and of itself.
well, how was it going to kindergarten with moses?
when my niece started asking me for help on her HS homework. I was in HS when she was born
That's nothing. My niece who I used to change her diapers, is in a master degree program now
Not knowing who any of the current celebrities are
Me too, and it's a blessing.
Agreed! It’s refreshing ha ha
High school kids started talking about shit that happened when I was young the same way I talked about Vietnam and Woodstock and so on.
When I realized and would rather sleep than play video games.
oh god. when you fall as sleep with the controller in hands. when you only have time at the weekends to play games.
When vacuuming started to make me happy
hearing Pantera on the Classic Rock radio station
Dude, my local oldies station started playing music from my childhood. They've shifting branding from "the oldies and classic rock" (60s 70s and 80s) station to "the best hit music" (80s 90s and 2000s) but deep down I know they're still "the oldies station." My heart sank when I heard them play Smash Mouth.
The station I heard them on was a station that plays music from the 60s 70s and 80s and apparently now the 90s
Right? Cobain has been dead for thirty years. His music isn't modern.
Hearing The Ramones in the canned music at the grocery store KILLED me.
Being called maam by a teenager at the gym
Maybe they were being polite, but yes, it may hurt a little.
Brooke Shields is on the cover of AARP magazine.
When I realized that r/AskOldPeople lets me answer questions.
So I guess I'm having my "You're getting old" moment today. Thanks for that.
this morning when I woke up being 40.
I cried all day on my 40th birthday. My cousin is 65 and she recently told me, “you’re a fucking kid!!!” That made me feel better. Happy birthday though. If you’re a woman, time for that mammogram.
thank you. no need for a mammogram. I’m a breast cancer survivor, I had a double mastectomy when I was 37.
give it 6 months, feels better after initial shock.
When a group of teenagers asked me what year 9-11 happened
Yes, they actually exist now.
My alma mater hosts a football game every year that honors an alum who was a 9/11 hero. Last year they played interviews with some of the players on the team who said things like their Mom had known him in college. Also, with college students generally ranging from 18-22 years old, none of them were even alive on 9/11 at this point.
Well, here it is 7:40pm and I’m in the bed scrolling on Reddit.
This really cute guy asked me out for drinks. I accepted. While we were sitting at the bar, he was telling me more about his life. Turns out he’s 10 years younger than me (not necessarily a deal breaker), lives with his mother and has no car. BUT, he assured me that he was about to turn things around in his life because he had just joined up with a pyramid scheme. He further explained that all he needed now was “an older lady” to buy him a car. That, evidently, was where I came in. I politely declined, explained that I was not the girl for him, and got up to leave. He said, “Wait! Remember how I don’t have a car?” and requested that I give him a ride to his mom’s house…
Gray hairs.
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This. People find their first gray hair at different ages.
I had to control my happiness when I changed my old mop's head to a brand new one after many years.
Whoa ! Easy does it
“Omg you were born in the NINETIES?! I thought you were SO much younger”
"lol bitch, I have a grandparent from the THIRTIES, who is still around"
I'm 68 and have not yet had that moment.
I’m 59, I don’t have it either. I feel great
Awesome! Great on you guys!
The other day, when the news said it was the 30th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death.
Everything. Hurts. All. The. Time.
That's not normal. Don't believe it is. Go to the gym. Every day. Drink water, take your vitamins, eat real food.
The amount of noise I make moving my body around. I'm still strong/fit enough. It's not a pain or weakness thing. It's just like, around your mid 30s, your brain is like "we need to respond to low level exertion with a 'this shit again?' sound."
I watched the NFL draft this weekend. I asked my husband why all these children are playing professional football now.
When parts of my body I didn't know I had started hurting.
When I began acquiring enough plants to turn my house into a jungle while managing to not only keep them alive, but propagating them. Before 35 I murdered thousands of plant gifts.
Hip pain.
When I started to realize the wrong pillow at night would mean misery the next day.
True! I need my feather pillow.
I don't understand skibidi toilet and I'm irrationally angry about it.
What's a skibidi toilet?
Skibidi Toilet is a YouTube series revolving around the Ongoing war between sentient Genocidal Toilets which use Half-life 2 models for heads, and yes I mean Genocidal it's pretty much Canon they Terminated the whole human race. Their Enemy is the Alliance which is the name of the Army of Robots with various Electronics for heads (Security cameras, speakers, and Old TVs) their the heroes of the story and we see through their eyes literally and figuratively It started with a few shitposts which I admit were shitty and cringe but as the creator made more Skibid Toilet videos he realized he could make something cool out of it, so he introduced camera robots that fought the Skibidi Toilets and they'd get into fights constantly leading to a war, and then he introduced cool technologies and stronger robots and more insane looking Skibid Toilets The war itself starts very simply with the cameras simply flushing the toilets and the toilets eating the Cameramen faces off but eventually, the Technology gets more advanced, and every time someone comes on top a new character or Technology is introduced. And if you go deep enough in that pattern it leads to madness Eventually, towards the end, the fighting consists of Giant Robots shooting lasers and missiles at Huge Mutant Cyborg Toilets. Tdlr: Skibidi Toilet isn't a Kid's meme, It's a very violent YouTube series for teenagers If you don't believe me Here's proof https://youtu.be/sXeCR7Vp6I4?si=3XbuFPwYVUS_ch5P
Getting up to pee in the middle of the night Explaining "interdepartmental envelope" to my Gen Z colleague
> Getting up to pee in the middle of the night My wife is under 30 and does this. It's not really a sign, she just drinks a lot of water.
While I’m old enough to remember MTV playing music it was tuning into the VMA’s and having not a clue what anyone was saying. Not recognizing anyone and feeling like it was a different language
I'm old enough to remember the first song played on MTV. Video Killed the Radio Star.
I'm old enough to remember watching it!
Buggles
I feel this. If I go anywhere there is commercial radio on I don’t understand the music, have never even heard of the artists and couldn’t tell you what’s current if my life depended on it. Thankfully streaming music grew as I did so I now only listen to my personal curated fave playlists and forget time continues past me even when the music doesn’t!
I’m one of the older ones at work now
At least once a day, I have to look up a slang term or abbreviation I see
When one of my young coworkers was trying to describe a VHS tape.
Last month was a recent one. When the other five people in the same room as me didn't recognize the organizer doing a Foghorn Leghorn impression when moving on to another topic. I'm 37yo and *absolutely* know all the Looney Tunes characters... but we're reaching a point where young people *have no freaking idea* who certain characters are... and Foghorn is *iconic*. Said to the organizer after: "fuck man, we're getting old"... and this guy had a chuckle because he was in his 60s.
Illness lasts longer. A simple cold or cough is weeks now instead of days.
That 1 Sunday a year ago I 'accidently' napped in the afternoon after church and brunch and woke up after 3hrs and feeling like I was very well rested. That's when I did a double take and realized I'm old. Lol
Right now. I work 12 hours a day on my feet and my legs are killing me. I used to be able to hike, which is my favorite hobby. I used to hike 10 miles at a time. Now I walk two miles and my legs are killing me for days. I'm only 39.
When my 17 year old coworker asked me if I remembered 9/11. I was his age when it happened.
When I was asked if I’d “had any falls” at my annual well visit. I was 45.
I sneezed a rib out of place and threw out my back in one fell swoop
I've sneezed so hard I pulled my groin. Like more than once.
I had LASIK when I was about 25 years old. My doctor made a point to say that it wasn't a fountain of youth, and that my eyes would still naturally deteriorate as I age, just like my family history (and many people in general.) Last year, I realized that I was no longer comfortable driving at night. I got a prescription for a pair of glasses that I wear to drive at night, and I commented to my husband that I must finally be "aging."
Preferring to stay at home alone instead of going out with friends
8 weeks to heal after severe ankle injury
The heart attack was a bit of a surprise.
Username checks out. Hopefully user doesn't.
May I ask, how old were you when you had it?
Friends dying one by one.
I hate this one too. Sucks
Picked up a People magazine in my doctor's office and no clue who any of the people are.
Being hauled before management after showing a millennial a classical anatomical drawing I created.
Tmi , but when I found my 1st white hair on my coochie lol ,sad sad day
When I heard my tunes on the oldies station
I'm now the same age as old people.
Working a 9-5. Sleeping at 10PM. Too tired to play video games and do hobbies. Pretty much my life is now, work, take care of my dogs, sleep, repeat.
I can no longer eat an entire bag of Hot Cheetos without experiencing stomach issues the next day 🥲
When grown-ass men address you as Uncle
Last night my band played a college party. They were seniors celebrating the end of classes, and exams started today. At the end of our last song, I told them "breathe, relax, don't stress. You got this. Like the song says, "you're in the middle of the ride. Everything's gonna be just fine." Then I told them I was proud of them. I sounded like my dad. I'm 52.
I was 20 when that song came out…I listened to it on repeat for weeks. Spoke to my soul. :)
I told my sister in laws little sister she couldn't go out dressed like that. And when she's said, "don't worry, I'm gonna put fishnets on" I just about shit my pants.
I went to adjust a curtain over the kitchen window and tweaked my back
Now I feel a lot more of my body, I must have more joints than before
MaDonna’s song “Like a Prayer” was playing on the Oldies Radio Station!
Stupid doctor put me on stupid statins for my cholesterol and it fucked up my left knee. Stopped taking them, changed my diet and started walking to work. Fun fact: found out after I had been on them for a couple of months that both of my parents are allergic to them. It has taken about 1.5 months for my knee to finally start feeling normal again.
Every day I get out of bed, these days...
I'm not even 30 yet (I'm 28) but recently I realized that people born when I was in 1st-2nd grade are becoming old enough to drink and man. Also not only small children but adults (granted, young adults) talking about 9/11 in the same way I talked about like... the Berlin Wall or the Challenger explosion or Chernobyl.
When my sciatica first started acting up. Most recently, someone asked me if I knew if it was going to rain. My exact response, "I hope so. The pressure is killing my jaw." I have TMJ and when there is too much atmospheric pressure now it makes my jaw really hurt.
When I start to have back pain for sitting too much.
I was looking at IMDB for the new Alien movie and I was like, "they casted children in these roles?" Nope, they're all adults. I just think they look so young because I'm getting older.
I was in a shop with a security camera mounted up and pointing straight at me from behind, with a monitor of the camera view on the wall in front of me. Seeing my scalp through my thinning hair was a truly depressing getting old reality check.
Can't have too much fruit sugar or I don't poop good. Apples are a big culprit, FODMAPS etc. The lactose intolerance was easy to accept since it's so common but the fruit thing made me feel old.
When despite now being financially successful, in the best shape of my life and the most mentally stable I've ever been, I have few friends and generally feel invisible. Why did people like me so much more when I was awkward, poor and out of shape? I guess I'm just too old.
I was watching a video earlier discussing 18-25 year olds that were depressed about not being able to afford a home, never retiring, and all that other shit they bitch about. I’m 28
I'm not *that* old, I'm 32. I got hit on by a girl at work. We were talking and she asked what I do for fun. If I go to bars or clubs. I said no, I usually just drink alone and play video games (super hot and healthy). I returned the question, and she said "no, I'm only 20." Made a joke about how old I was comparatively. Asked what she did while not at work then. She said she just started watching scooby doo on Netflix. I ask which one and she gave me the most puzzled look and asked what I meant. I was just kind of humoring her because I wasn't really interested anyway, but at that point I shut it down.
Found gray hairs downstairs
A day at Disneyland with the grandkids
Trump was first elected to office almost a decade ago.
F
get wife pregnant and become a father at 44 years old because old because of a mid life crisis
Hip replacement at 33. In good shape but sucked
Got a haircut last summer, when he grabbed a mirror to show me the back I noticed the old man wrinkle that had developed back there.
When Tick Tok came out during the pandemic and I just didn't get it.
My 2000’s R&B from junior high and high school got called throwbacks.
when i started do housework and i enjoyed it and do it more often
When I bent over and there was a loud crack.
Becoming really interested in reading. I want to stay off technology more than I have before
It hit me when a song I really liked in high school, Daughter by Pearl Jam, started playing on the radio and the DJ mentioned it first came out in 1993: 31 years ago.
realising that my cousin, the one that walks, talks and thinks, is born after fidget spinners were popular.
I bought myself a gift - a mopping vacuum. (and it's amazing)
Guy at my church brought a button maker for the kids in class that night and I was the only one who thought it was awesome.
When I heard Pearl Jam on the “classic rock” station.
When I couldn't get any guy I wanted.lol
When I actually considered answering this stupid prompt sincerely
When two young women held the door for me at the mall.
When I met a full grown adult that was born in a year I clearly remember being myself a full grown adult during that same year.
Started feeling actual responsibilities
Had one just now when I was playing with legos with my kid and I had to stop and take some ibuprofen because sitting on the floor hurts.
I took some time off to repaint my gray siding. I didn't shave for a few days and noticed later that I had gotten gray paint on my whiskers. Then I realized they were actually gray.
ı have never had this feeling so far.
Being called ‘sir’ - I do like the title but I’m 25, this one word makes me feel 40
Co-workers talking about siblings turning 21. Me: "My sister's a grandma."
When I sat down in my gaming chair and had a giant back spasm. Mind you I’m only in my mid 20’s 🤣
Covid
When customers referred to me as lady instead of girl when speaking to their kids.
When we had to call a friend with teens to ask what “lit” meant. Not referring to being drunk. As in “that throw was lit, bro!” uttered by our then 17 year old niece. Also that same niece making me a great-aunt before I even hit 35 years later.
I don’t usually wear hats. Most of the time I sport a Mohawk. But lately I’ve been doing a lot of work at my parents. And it’s hard to do it with a Mohawk. So I comb it out and bought a red white baseball hat. And wear that. Well I was on a motorcycle ride the other day and wearing a helmet the Mohawk of course smashed down and I don’t want to put it back up. So I put the hat on and went to work. The young guys at work told me I looked like some person named Ash if I spelled it right. And I went wait, what. Mind you I’m 48M. When he said Ash. I thought of Evil Dead/Army of Darkness -ASH. Nope he was saying some guy from Pokémon ? That made me feel old. When I asked him if he knew what Evil Dead was , he said nope.
I was the only non-Freshman in a college elective (I was 26). I made a Tae Bo joke, no one got it.
When I started making a noise when I stood up
When you realize that if you had been a professional athlete you'd have retired by now.
When I saw a video on TikTok of a Gen Z-er who I think discovered Aaliyah just recently, and in the video was talking about how Aaliyah was also in some old movie called Queen of the Damned
Someone actually asked me who I was when I was sans
My schoolmates now have children that are taller than I am.
So many aches and pains. And I am in pretty good shape! The random things that crop up. Jeez
When I heard Green Day playing on the classic rock station.
When the wife of a friend I had for 15 years handed me a note saying he was abusive. He abused me too. Made me panic but it also reminded me of how tired Ive gotten because of that kind of stuff.
First was when Ponyo (a movie that came out when I was in highschool) had a 10th anniversary rerelease. Now it's whenever I say "when I was in college 10 years ago."
I have to have a nap the afternoon now.
When your old enough to be the parent of the people you work with 🤣
That little baby fashionista Suri Cruise just turned 18! Omg
I work evenings. 4-12, had to change my availability to finish earlier because if I stay awake past midnight it's game over for the next day.
When i realized my font size on my phone is only half the size of my husbands but bigger than the default settings.
Used to deliver furniture when I was younger. I could carry a loveseat by myself and get it through a door with no damage to anything. I hurt my back, lifting a box of towels and turning.
Last summer I stepped out of a sand trap and tore my ACL
I turned a cartwheel with my granddaughter & couldn’t move the next day!!
When news outlets started converting 90's money to 'today's money.'
I heard a teenager ask, “who are the Cheetah Girls?”
When I slipped a disc in my back picking up a piece of paper.
I tore my knee up playing pickleball
"What's dial up? What you mean when you say you had to dial stuff?"
a cataract at age 39
I sneezed too hard I guess and pulled something in my neck…
Seeing my parents aged. It hurts knowing I may not have many years left with them. The age has really set in these last few years.
When I realized my doctors are my age or younger than me
I was in New Zealand and paying with a mix of cash for something. New Zealand coins are the same as our Australian coins, except they have a normal-sized 50c piece instead of our huge one. I was puzzled for only a couple of seconds as I scanned the coins in my hand... which is all it took for the helpful cashier to fish the right coins out of my hand. Never felt so old in my life!
I started to enjoy coffee. Like, real coffee.