What makes you feel old? (1 Viewer)

[arctic_panzer_wolf]

I'm 35. Players I watched growing up are now coaches/announcers or if they have kids in college/pros make me feel old. Bands I grew up listening to releasing 20th anniversary stuff. My disappearing hair. Nose hair. The two day hangover. The must be born after date for cigarettes at gas stations. When I bought a pair of New Balance shoes. When I eat Taco Bell. When my friends/neighbors are having a discussion about grass(not the smokable kind). The list could go on and on.

 

[stbugs]

My oldest son. Visiting the grandparents this week and talking about high school and knowing it is only 2 more years. High school was just a discussion about the oldest kids in the neighborhood, now I am almost there as a dad.

 

[Arizona Ron]

When I bang chicks 15 years younger than me who are still old enough to drink alcohol.

 

[Fennis]

sex less then 6 times a week

Being unable to complete the transaction.

Ending the event with a Charlie horse instead of explosion.

 

[Keerock]

Definitely the eyes going bad. Frustrating as hell trying to read a menu.

 

[McGarnicle]

When I bang high school girls and they've never even heard of Pearl Jam.

 

[Rove!]

Today, guitarist Slash turns 48 yo

 

[Keerock]

Today, guitarist Slash turns 48 yo

Slash is exactly 1 year younger than me

 

[Rove!]

Alyssa Milano is now a MILF

 

[snellman]

Alyssa Milano is now a MILF

 

[flapgreen]

Only getting 1/2 chub

 

[belljr]

i moved up a class to GILF watching

 

[McGarnicle]

i moved up a class to GILF watching

 

[Christo]

i moved up a class to GILF watching

I've been dating a grandmother.

There are people who consider the first iPod to be from their childhood.

 

[Treynwreck3]

I used to ride fences all day long. The next day, the horse was useless. Now it takes me a week to get over a day in the saddle.

 

[McGarnicle]

I used to ride fences all day long. The next day, the horse was useless. Now it takes me a week to get over a day in the saddle.

That's a very melancholy tale there, desperado.

 

[Plorfu]

Monica Lewinsky turned 40 today.

 

[McGarnicle]

Monica Lewinsky turned 40 today.

Best one yet. :(

 

[RBM]

Alyssa Milano is now a MILF

Hillary Duff = #1 MILF currently

 

[Kenny Powers]

There are people who consider the first iPod to be from their childhood.

I dont recall ever seeing what is called "the first ipod" in that link which is nothing like an ipod, but I'll be damned almost that entire list didnt bring back memories from the late 80's to mid 90's. About the only thing it was missing was Pogs.

 

[jamny]

Going to more funerals than weddings.

 

[17seconds]

Definitely the eyes going bad. Frustrating as hell trying to read a menu.

I DON'T KNOW NUTTIN' WIDOUT MY READIN' GLASSES!

 

[17seconds]

Monica Lewinsky turned 40 today.

I ever really thought of her as young. I know she was an intern but she looked 30 back then

 

[the moops]

When I bought a pair of New Balance shoes.

 

[Popinski]

There are people who consider the first iPod to be from their childhood.

I dont recall ever seeing what is called "the first ipod" in that link which is nothing like an ipod, but I'll be damned almost that entire list didnt bring back memories from the late 80's to mid 90's. About the only thing it was missing was Pogs.

For me, the ring toss game and the book fair brochures are things I had long forgotten about.

 

[Super King]

i moved up a class to GILF watching

I've been dating a grandmother.

There are people who consider the first iPod to be from their childhood.

I used to love gym class when they brought out #48.

 

[Reginald Cornsilks]

to me, it's always about music.

I cannot stand about 98 percent of anything that has come out since 2008 or so. it all sounds so different to me. I've always prided myself on loving all music if it was good.

I date women who listen to the top 20 channel on Sirius and want to stab myself in the ears with almost every song I hear.

I'm 31

 

[Reginald Cornsilks]

my buddy's and I from grade school all still talk most of the day using a group chat app for the iPhone.

they are talking about baby names and how many groomsmen are in their wedding. of the 12 guys, 9 have kids or kids on the way.

still blows my mind as I'm nowhere near mentally prepared for children.

 

[Kenny Powers]

my buddy's and I from grade school all still talk most of the day using a group chat app for the iPhone.

they are talking about baby names and how many groomsmen are in their wedding. of the 12 guys, 9 have kids or kids on the way.

still blows my mind as I'm nowhere near mentally prepared for children.

agreed. Im a few years younger than you. but kids are the last thing on my mind. maybe its just my crew (2 friends married, 1 with kid), but to me thats something Im considering when Im 40, not 30.

 

[Zow]

Yeesh. I used to think I was one of the youngest guys on this board. Now, even in this thread , I see recognizable posters who are younger than me.

 

[ShaqAttaq]

How I feel: I m 42 and need a knee replacement. My shoulder injuries prevent me from golfing.

How i look: while im not balding more than a little bit in the forehead corners, I'm really gray. Me beard is nearly all gray. I recently lost a few lbs and I've had two clients ask me if I'm sick when they see me.

I've hired interns the last two years who don't understand nearly any of the cultural references i make. They're in their early 20s but I must appear to be another species to them.

 

[SWC]

when you open up tghe hood of a car now days you get something right out of star treck and mister spock sure as hell is not going to stop by and help you overhaul the carb on one of those spacemobiles take that tot he bank brohans

 

[IC FBGCav]

My Old man hairy balls. When then drop 6" you in trouble

 

[Arizona Ron]

Knowing my IBS triggers.

 

[AAABatteries]

How i look: while im not balding more than a little bit in the forehead corners, I'm really gray. Me beard is nearly all gray.

My stubble finally started turning grey this year - definitely made me feel old. Grey pubes too.

 

[sdp1226]

I used to be attracted to older women.

In my early 20's I'd chase the 30 year olds. Now that I've caught up with them, I'm chasing the early 20 yr olds.

 

[McGarnicle]

I used to be attracted to older women.

In my early 20's I'd chase the 30 year olds. Now that I've caught up with them, I'm chasing the early 20 yr olds.

I always preferred younger, even 18-20 when I was in my late 20's. Loved a tight young body and considered it a challenge when they could have much fitter guys their own age. Also they liked to party and didn't want a relationship, and my maturity level has always been about 10 years below my actual age anyway.

Then there was a hot girl at my office when I was about 27 or 28 who kept flirting with me. She was 32 which actually made me think twice. Ridiculous in retrospect, but that was just my taste at the time. What should have given me pause was that she was married. She said they were separated but I found out later that he just traveled for work a lot.

 

[Christo]

my maturity level has always been about 10 years below my actual age anyway.

There's a surprise.

 

[McGarnicle]

my maturity level has always been about 10 years below my actual age anyway.

There's a surprise.

 

[Brony]

I've always been tolerant of youth culture and fashion, but the trend of wide brim baseball hats has me shuked. I just assume that everyone else thinks those Rob Drydek DC Shoes hats are worn by ###holes, and that attitude makes me feel old.

 

[Koya]

I remember when the had smoking sections. On Airplanes. Seems just unfathomable now.

When I realize that I was born less than 10 years after blacks were allowed to fricken vote (are you ####### kidding me? Either Im that old, or we are that slow and pathetic a group of people to have taken so long or, well, both)

That the time between the early years of the great depression to my birth is the same as from my birth to now.

 

[jamny]

I don't understand why people feel old because some random celebrity is a certain age or you saw some ballplayer's father play baseball when you were younger, or even because some piece of electronics has been out for however long. Those kinds of things just never make me feel old. I guess maybe I'm just not really a nostalgic type person. I can see trying to interact with a 20 year old and having nothing in common, or the aches and pains of life but some of the replies are strange to me.

I'll be 50 next year and I really don't feel much different than in my early 30's. I guess never having kids has helped.

 

[kentric]

Sir

 

[McGarnicle]

I've always been tolerant of youth culture and fashion, but the trend of wide brim baseball hats has me shuked. I just assume that everyone else thinks those Rob Drydek DC Shoes hats are worn by ###holes, and that attitude makes me feel old.

This is correct.

 

[glock]

I can't listen to any of the "classic rock" stations anymore and love a great deal of what I would call today's "alternative" but can't really find it on the dial. I resort to the cable music channels at home routed through my AR's...

Oh- and did I mention that I still listen to the radio?

 

[the moops]

to me, it's always about music.

I cannot stand about 98 percent of anything that has come out since 2008 or so. it all sounds so different to me. I've always prided myself on loving all music if it was good.

I date women who listen to the top 20 channel on Sirius and want to stab myself in the ears with almost every song I hear.

I'm 31

The top 20 channel from any year will make you want to stab yourself. The current top 20 is no worse than that from 10 or 20 years ago

 

[Ilov80s]

to me, it's always about music.

I cannot stand about 98 percent of anything that has come out since 2008 or so. it all sounds so different to me. I've always prided myself on loving all music if it was good.

I date women who listen to the top 20 channel on Sirius and want to stab myself in the ears with almost every song I hear.

I'm 31

The top 20 channel from any year will make you want to stab yourself. The current top 20 is no worse than that from 10 or 20 years ago

I am 31 as well and I have to agree. To try and make some argument that Madonna's music was so much better than Lady Gaga's or that "Whoomp There It Is" is some kind of work of art compared to "Thrift Shop", is really a bad argument. The music didn't change, Reg did. In 2000, he was 18 and likely grinding his drunk sack all over some young hotties as the "Thong Song" was bumping loud. If the "Thong Song" was released today, he wouldn't give it 2 seconds before declaring it a completely worthless piece of garbage.

 

[The General]

Sir

This is a good one.

A few weeks ago I had to yell at some college kids who are renting the house next to mine to shut the party down as it was 3 in the morning on a weekday. It was already pretty old-manish to be the guy telling them to keep it down, they then apologized and called me sir more then a few times.

My wife instead of thanking me for taking care of business just shook her head and said "I can't believe they called you sir".

 

[jamny]

Sir

This is a good one.

A few weeks ago I had to yell at some college kids who are renting the house next to mine to shut the party down as it was 3 in the morning on a weekday. It was already pretty old-manish to be the guy telling them to keep it down, they then apologized and called me sir more then a few times.

My wife instead of thanking me for taking care of business just shook her head and said "I can't believe they called you sir".

I met David Wright in Vegas at whatever that steakhouse is at the Wynn. This was after his rookie year and he was hanging with some friends. When one of them introduced him to me, he shook my hand and said "nice to meet you sir" It was great to meet him but my wife still laughs about the sir thing.

 

[jamny]

Some nerdy kid also called me sir while I was still in high school. That was weird.