Today fucker. Why you got to remind me I just turned 40. Fuck!
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I’m 50 and still don’t.
I'm 42 and same here.
I see a lot of posts in this thread that, on the surface, seem to be more health and lifestyle issues than solely age. I still play ice hockey, climb mountains, stay out late, enjoy alcohol, play in a band, play computer games, bartend, throw parties, travel, and generally live life to the fullest. I’ve been fortunate to not have any debilitating genetic problems, but I’ve also kept myself physically active and emotionally healthy throughout my life. I truly wish society supported more people to be able to live that way. As I’ve aged I’ve become more of an activist for a shorter work week, better support from the government, and much higher wages. I hope, those of you who want to, can find ways to reverse some of the things that make you feel old beyond your years.
Seconded, fully. In addition, doing new things really helps: all the time I've been spending challenging myself and learning new skills has basically been keeping me mentally young and flexible.
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When the moms at the skatepark seemed too young to flirt with.
Shortly after turning 34, it occurred to me I was closer to my 50th birthday than 18th.
Yeah somewhere between 32 and 34. So long youth, I guess I had my go.
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I was at Warped Tour many years ago, talking with randos in the campground. I mentioned which bands I was there to see, and this guy gave me a huge smile and yelled 'You're old' in my face.
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When I noticed how excited I get about good quality appliances.
IMO fuck everyone who doesn't care about good quality appliances. They are to blame for how common shitty ones are these days. Especially developers who just get something that looks nice but actually sucks when you use it.
Glares at oven that takes forever to preheat, doesn't keep the temperature even once it does, and has a drawer oven that takes even longer to preheat than the shitty main oven takes to preheat and COOK things
I sell appliances and the number of times I hear “It’s for a rental”, as a reason to get the cheapest thing, is depressing.
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Well, throwing out my lower back bending over a table a couple weeks ago sure didn't help...
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Within the past few years, once my neck problems started getting worse and I finally went for an MRI and was diagnosed with arthritis.
0/10, do not recommend.
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When I honestly felt that what my homemade juice/blended smoothie thingy needed more of was celery and that without enough celery it was too sweet and lacked body. That was the day there was no more pretending. Only a year before had I suffered through my first back injury, so they can go together.
Otherwise, the beginnings of it for me were when I noticed warming up for physical exercise took longer. 10-15 minute bicycle commutes used to require no warm up at all. Then I’d feel warmed up only by the end of them. That’s when I knew I was turning the corner.
I was speaking to someone at a party recently and realised they where both in their 20s and born after 9/11. Was quite a moment.
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When I realized I could say "I've been doing this for 20 years".
When my cousin's babies that used to play in my grandmothers house had children of their own
When I realized that the games I enjoyed in college were released over twenty years ago.
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When I started sharing aches and pains over lunch with friends.
when the web became an application platform
At my BF's cousin's 18th birthday party, a small family do at the uncle and aunt's house. The living room was full of people 60+, so as 30 something young people we naturally headed out into the hallway to hang with the cousins and their friends. All these young people barely registered us and just moved aside to let us past, they didn't even look at us, just carried on talking to each other. We got to the kitchen and looked at each other and just went oh shit, we're old aren't we. Grabbed drinks and headed back to the old folk, at least they would speak to us!
When I turned 50 this year...
The first time was when even the "old man" veteran professional athletes were younger than me.
Cellulite. :(
When I address my peers suddenly as "old white men", and then realize they're just as old as me.
First time I picked up the laundry basket and my back hurt. I'm careful now to lift with my legs but my back hurts more or less in the same place when it does hurt. My vision's going too, but that's genetics, not age related.
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When I had to fill a survey and I filled age group 25-35 instead of 18-25
When kids born after I could drive started getting their licenses. That's when I knew I was a grown up for real.
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When I got blackout drunk last week and I'm still feeling the hangover effects.....I'm 29 for fuck sake! Let me do what I did ten years ago and still come out strong!
When I was 23, I was in a conversation with some teenagers and realized I didn't understand half the things they said.
The gap grew at 30. Teens and social media challenges? Planking? Chili powder? Tide pods?
Now at 40... YouTube drama? Lil skizzle doing a pop tart on Biancas Insta made her reem? I don't even wanna know.
I'm concerned that I'm not sure if you were making up words or not.
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People have started calling me ma'am.
40 essentially. Intensified when my anxiety peaked from tapering off meds, and realized that at 60 im 75% done with my span statistically.
When I started to need to constantly crack my lower back.
When I was 21, and I got the first of my "arthritis."
It's in quotes because years later it was diagnosed as an entirely different (and even more debilitating) disease, but I still effectively have arthritis a lot of the time, I just now also have constant insomnia and fatigue.
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When I looked in the mirror one day and saw all the gray in my hair and beard.
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