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We all tend to think of ourselves as spring chickens, right up until the moment our knees sound like a jackhammer on gravel and we are shocked to hear the year recent high-school graduates were born in.
Someone asked netizens “What’s your “I’m old now” indicator?” and people shared the moments they knew that youth was over. So get comfortable as you scroll through, prepare to date yourself, upvote your favorites and be sure to share your thoughts and experiences in the comments section below.
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#2
I hate unnecessary noise. I really appreciate silence and calm.
#3
You start feeling that music from your childhood is better than anything coming out today.
#4
When I was a kid in 90s, the 60s were ancient history. I refuse to make the logical connection about the current state of the 90s. The 90s were just a few years ago. .
Little Wonder 7 months ago
I'm sure I've said this before here (or somewhere) but it tickles me so I'll say it again. I used to buy LPs in the 90s as well as CDs and I once bought "With the Beatles", I bought that in 1993 when it was 30 years old. I also bought the new release "August and Everything After" by Counting Crows. Which is now 30 years old. (31!). So that's when I realised I'm ancient.
#5
I can't stand up without making some sort of noise. It might be a groan, a creak, a pop, or a sigh. My days as a ninja are over.
#6
I'm almost always tired. But not like sleepy tired and more like feeling thin tired.if that makes sense.
#7
It dawned on me when I started thinking policemen looked too young to be in charge of anything.
#8
My “I’m old now” indicator was when I started sympathizing with the parents in teen movies.
Little Wonder 7 months ago
I've long said you can tell if you're old by watching Ferris Bueller's Day Off. If you watch it and think Ferris is awesome, you're still young. If you watch and think he's a self centered brat, you're old now.
#9
Realizing that I consider 9 p.m. a perfectly reasonable time to say, "Well, it's about time to hit the hay!".
Antony Aston 7 months ago
I go to bed at the same time I used to go out (in my 20s) and get up at the same time I used to get home!
#10
When you’re filling out surveys and questionnaires then you realize you’re selecting the next age range.
#11
My nephew that I used to babysit and change his diapers is turning 41 this year. His kid is turning 13.
#12
I went back to my home town after being gone about 20 years. I heard myself say "man, this is crazy. I remember when this was all dairy farms."
Novadoe (She/They) 7 months ago
Not too far outside my neighborhood is a lot of new buildings...I remember when it was just an open field. It's quite sad
#13
My back hurts, and that's the default state.
And when I have to pee, there's no buildup. I don't have to pee, for hours, and then at some random second, I'm immediately doing the peepee dance and running to the bathroom.
#14
I have no idea wtf my young (20-25) coworkers are talking about half the time.
#15
I square up my spine and get into a safe position quickly before I sneeze.
My boobs are more threats vs assets now.
#17
My favorite hobby is sleeping.
keyboardtek 7 months ago
Especially if you buy a memory foam topper and put it on a memory foam mattress. Heavenly!
#18
Being more exited about the blossoming of trees and the end of winter than the next party
This actually was a topic with younger friend.
Ample Aardvark 7 months ago
Oh yeah, the lilacs and cherry blossoms! Then it all dies out in two weeks and I'm dreading summer again
#19
I have an app for identifying bird calls, I'm happy when I can hear the mocking bird that seemingly nests in my neighborhood.
#20
I want to be home before the street lamps turn on.
keyboardtek 7 months ago
Because the floaters inside your eyes and the cataracts that are forming cause so much headlight glare and it is impossible to drive at night.
#21
Music awards shows. Wife and I spend the entire time asking each other; “Who?”.
detective miller's hat 7 months ago
The last time I watched the Grammy awards was back in like 2002. The only thing I remember is Lou Reed having to hand a Grammy to Gwen Stefani (for her solo sh*t, not for No Doubt), and the look of utter disgust on his face was priceless.
#22
When you hear Nirvana being played on Adult Contemporary radio stations.
#23
Just knowing that now whenever someone takes a photo of me on their phone and then shows me the photo, I will always see a little “old lady” staring back at me. .
Mark Fuller 7 months ago
I see a hamster on steroids. Puffy and flushed, even though I'm not that overweight.
#25
Refilling my pill pack on Saturday evenings. IYKYK.
#26
I say "when I was your age..." unironically.
doredde 6 months ago
We are relicts from the last millenium. When one of my nieces was three years old, she asked me if I ever saw a living dino, when I was a child...
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Caitlin M. Maguire 6 months ago
Or when 9/11 happened, and you remember it meanwhile your younger cousins learned about it as history (even though cousins aren't much younger than you).
Maripat Webber 6 months ago
Yup. I say I got my MA in 1976. And a student blurts out, that’s before my MOTHER was born!”
Jude Laskowski 6 months ago
There are three of us in my office - ages 23, 52, and 70. I feel like grandma.
Sven Horlemann 7 months ago
I was talking to my team lead about a film we saw in the cinema back then, and he says... that's before I was born, ha ha. But my 2 teams are great people, I love working with them.
Glen Ellyn 7 months ago
Ooooh. The woman in gold looks like she's wearing a "tent dress!" Anyone remember those?
#27
I never had kid,s but suddenly all my friends are grandparents.
#28
When people ask me how old I am, I respond with "how old do I look" and get really excited about the guessing game.
Mark Fuller 7 months ago
I despise this - they always guess 10-15 years off course. Heartbreaking.
#29
All those adults I used to see around with young kids are my peers now.
Also, there are a lot less people who are way older than me now.
#30
When you are just chatting to someone and they compare you to their mother.
What do you think ?
Gavin Johnson 7 months ago
My daughter is going to Paris with her school in a couple of weeks, at the meeting to tell us all about the details I sat there looking at her teachers thinking ‘are they old enough to be allowed to do this?’. 😂
Jude Laskowski 6 months ago
I've been a night owl all my life. I takes me a week to get over having to get up at 0530 for an early doctor appointment. I make the early appointment (0730) so he's not backed up yet.
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 7 months ago
Friend's kids complaining how so many things make them feel so old.
CG 7 months ago
As someone doing Karate now, my lack of flexibility is a good sign I'm getting old. When I was a kid, I used to be able to put my foot on my brother's head (while he and I were standing up) to stretch my legs. Nowadays, I do a kick wrong, and I nearly pull a muscle.
Jude Laskowski 6 months ago
Consider, perhaps, studying Aikido. One sensei at my friend's dojo is 94 and still teaching. Very few injuries.
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Dan St John 7 months ago
I grew up in Montana, but it wasn't until I got older, did I start appreciating all the beauty in nature. I live in a different state and every day, I am in awe about something I see in my surroundings.. Sometimes it is just a crow, who clucks like a chicken and comes by everyday for a piece of bread, to a whale swimming so close to our boat you could jump on it's back or river otters sliding down a hill into the river or hundreds of elk, grazing in a field, everyday is stunning and makes my heart happy.
Jude Laskowski 6 months ago
Wish I could move to a more country type place, but I'm visually disabled and need public transit.
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Ricardo Ferreira 7 months ago
I'm starting to be a litle annoyed with the number of medicines I have to take every day. Even more annoyed because a few of them will be for life.
Danish Susanne 7 months ago
I was at my new doctor and she told me, I needed to start a new medicine. I said Oh no I take 7 already and then she said It is just a little pill. That shocked me as if she thought I was a small child. I don't use the medicine she prescribed because I lost all trust in her.
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Austin Sauce 7 months ago
I told a younger girl at work “I’ve got t-shirts older than you!” She said “Yeah right!” The next day under my scrubs I wore my 1998 Pearl Jam “Yield” tour shirt. I’ve never been more sad to be right.
Jude Laskowski 6 months ago
I still have a tee shirt from a charity walk in 1988. I only wear it at home.
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Penguin Panda Pop 7 months ago
My moment came when I was in my early 30's and was out on the town of an evening. I was seeing these young women wearing short skirts in winter and instead of thinking they looked hot, I was worried that they might be cold.
Shelli Aderman 7 months ago
When all of the hits from the 80s started playing in grocery stores!
Toothless Feline 7 months ago
My first “I’m old” moment was when I realized, as a pharmacy technician, I was filling birth control pills for people who hadn’t been born when I graduated from high school. The second was a few years later, when I realized I was filling birth control for people who hadn’t been born when I graduated from COLLEGE.
Livingwithcfs 7 months ago
People say wow i thought you were 40! I it makes me feel like im 18 again And the floor - how far away it is these days. Getting down is hard and getting up is worse
Mike Beck 7 months ago
I always say that the ground is a little farther away every year.
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Bruce Mills 7 months ago
I remember the exact moment i transitioned into adult. Some neighbourhod kids were kicking their soccer ball against our new fence at the place i rented. They were excited that if they kicked hard enough they could dent it. I had to lean out and say 'Can you kids do that somewhere else!'. "Sorry Mister." They ran off, taking the last of my youth with them.....
Andy Frobig 7 months ago
Seven years ago I went to see Mike Watt play in Brooklyn. I looked at the audience and thought, "why do all these old people have such cool T-shirts?" They were my age
Zedrapazia 7 months ago
Someone called the Nintendo Wii ancient, and the music I grew up with is 16 years old now
Thomas Hunt, Jr. 7 months ago
When you're talking about E.R. and a youngster has no idea what you're talking about. Happened two weeks ago. My mind is still reeling from the blasphemy
Molly Whuppie 7 months ago
When you find yourself buying, eating and enjoying those "weird" foods you wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole when you were younger. Things like Blue Cheese, brussels sprouts, and dark chocolate.
KatSaidWhat 6 months ago
I just crawled under a desk to replace some cables. Suspect I won't be doing that again.
BravePanda 6 months ago
I met my niece, when she was a child. My husband and I were dating and I met all his nieces and nephews. I felt old on her wedding day and older yet when she made me a grand-aunt. 20 years is a generation, but I have an 11 year old and she has a 2 year old.
Dane 7 months ago
For me, it was when I realized I was older than the DJ's on the radio. Having said that, I disagree about modern music - I still enjoy the classics, (Beatles, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, etc), but Dave Matthews was great when they came along, and Billie Eilish and Backseat Lovers are pretty phenomenal now.
ROSESARERED 7 months ago
I'm now working with new employees who I remember as toddlers and babies...either I'm too old, or I've been working there too long...but most likely both. I'll be over the hill when they get married and have kids too. Happily I'll be retired by the time that set start work.
Gavin Johnson 7 months ago
My daughter is going to Paris with her school in a couple of weeks, at the meeting to tell us all about the details I sat there looking at her teachers thinking ‘are they old enough to be allowed to do this?’. 😂
Jude Laskowski 6 months ago
I've been a night owl all my life. I takes me a week to get over having to get up at 0530 for an early doctor appointment. I make the early appointment (0730) so he's not backed up yet.
Load More Replies... The Original Bruno 7 months ago
Friend's kids complaining how so many things make them feel so old.
CG 7 months ago
As someone doing Karate now, my lack of flexibility is a good sign I'm getting old. When I was a kid, I used to be able to put my foot on my brother's head (while he and I were standing up) to stretch my legs. Nowadays, I do a kick wrong, and I nearly pull a muscle.
Jude Laskowski 6 months ago
Consider, perhaps, studying Aikido. One sensei at my friend's dojo is 94 and still teaching. Very few injuries.
Load More Replies... Dan St John 7 months ago
I grew up in Montana, but it wasn't until I got older, did I start appreciating all the beauty in nature. I live in a different state and every day, I am in awe about something I see in my surroundings.. Sometimes it is just a crow, who clucks like a chicken and comes by everyday for a piece of bread, to a whale swimming so close to our boat you could jump on it's back or river otters sliding down a hill into the river or hundreds of elk, grazing in a field, everyday is stunning and makes my heart happy.
Jude Laskowski 6 months ago
Wish I could move to a more country type place, but I'm visually disabled and need public transit.
Load More Replies... Ricardo Ferreira 7 months ago
I'm starting to be a litle annoyed with the number of medicines I have to take every day. Even more annoyed because a few of them will be for life.
Danish Susanne 7 months ago
I was at my new doctor and she told me, I needed to start a new medicine. I said Oh no I take 7 already and then she said It is just a little pill. That shocked me as if she thought I was a small child. I don't use the medicine she prescribed because I lost all trust in her.
Load More Replies... Austin Sauce 7 months ago
I told a younger girl at work “I’ve got t-shirts older than you!” She said “Yeah right!” The next day under my scrubs I wore my 1998 Pearl Jam “Yield” tour shirt. I’ve never been more sad to be right.
Jude Laskowski 6 months ago
I still have a tee shirt from a charity walk in 1988. I only wear it at home.
Load More Replies... Penguin Panda Pop 7 months ago
My moment came when I was in my early 30's and was out on the town of an evening. I was seeing these young women wearing short skirts in winter and instead of thinking they looked hot, I was worried that they might be cold.
Shelli Aderman 7 months ago
When all of the hits from the 80s started playing in grocery stores!
Toothless Feline 7 months ago
My first “I’m old” moment was when I realized, as a pharmacy technician, I was filling birth control pills for people who hadn’t been born when I graduated from high school. The second was a few years later, when I realized I was filling birth control for people who hadn’t been born when I graduated from COLLEGE.
Livingwithcfs 7 months ago
People say wow i thought you were 40! I it makes me feel like im 18 again And the floor - how far away it is these days. Getting down is hard and getting up is worse
Mike Beck 7 months ago
I always say that the ground is a little farther away every year.
Load More Replies... Bruce Mills 7 months ago
I remember the exact moment i transitioned into adult. Some neighbourhod kids were kicking their soccer ball against our new fence at the place i rented. They were excited that if they kicked hard enough they could dent it. I had to lean out and say 'Can you kids do that somewhere else!'. "Sorry Mister." They ran off, taking the last of my youth with them.....
Andy Frobig 7 months ago
Seven years ago I went to see Mike Watt play in Brooklyn. I looked at the audience and thought, "why do all these old people have such cool T-shirts?" They were my age
Zedrapazia 7 months ago
Someone called the Nintendo Wii ancient, and the music I grew up with is 16 years old now
Thomas Hunt, Jr. 7 months ago
When you're talking about E.R. and a youngster has no idea what you're talking about. Happened two weeks ago. My mind is still reeling from the blasphemy
Molly Whuppie 7 months ago
When you find yourself buying, eating and enjoying those "weird" foods you wouldn't touch with a ten foot pole when you were younger. Things like Blue Cheese, brussels sprouts, and dark chocolate.
KatSaidWhat 6 months ago
I just crawled under a desk to replace some cables. Suspect I won't be doing that again.
BravePanda 6 months ago
I met my niece, when she was a child. My husband and I were dating and I met all his nieces and nephews. I felt old on her wedding day and older yet when she made me a grand-aunt. 20 years is a generation, but I have an 11 year old and she has a 2 year old.
Dane 7 months ago
For me, it was when I realized I was older than the DJ's on the radio. Having said that, I disagree about modern music - I still enjoy the classics, (Beatles, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, etc), but Dave Matthews was great when they came along, and Billie Eilish and Backseat Lovers are pretty phenomenal now.
ROSESARERED 7 months ago
I'm now working with new employees who I remember as toddlers and babies...either I'm too old, or I've been working there too long...but most likely both. I'll be over the hill when they get married and have kids too. Happily I'll be retired by the time that set start work.
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