When was the moment you began to feel old?

[AZPaul3]

I may be old but I'm still a newbie without privilege. I can't "like".

Consider my "likes" sprinkled throughout this thread like sugar on your donuts.

 

[DanteEXT]

Either when my friends wished me a happy half-century birthday or when I first heard Nirvana on my local classic rock station.

 

[Runwildboys]

Either when my friends wished me a happy half-century birthday or when I first heard Nirvana on my local classic rock station.

Yeah, hearing the songs you grew up with on the "oldies" station is a good one!

Like when you realize your favorite albums have had their 50th anniversary.

 

[HungryLion]

I just turned 40.

About a year ago I was sweeping the floor, and I bent down to pick up the dust pan and must have pinched my sciatica.

I was in so much pain and could hardly move.

I wouldn’t even turn to the right for like 2 weeks.

Luckily it was just a temporary thing and my back went back to normal.

But man that made me feel old. Like damn I can’t even sweep the floors without risking injury now. lol

 

[Runwildboys]

I just turned 40.

About a year ago I was sweeping the floor, and I bent down to pick up the dust pan and must have pinched my sciatica.

I was in so much pain and could hardly move.

I wouldn’t even turn to the right for like 2 weeks.

Luckily it was just a temporary thing and my back went back to normal.

But man that made me feel old. Like damn I can’t even sweep the floors without risking injury now. lol

Welcome to the club nobody wants to join!

They say getting old is better than the alternative, but I'm not so sure.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Four years ago I was in town with my dog. Young man about 17 approaches, interested in the dog. He asked me how I came up with her name. That discussion led me to ask him what he thought of the name I had for the puppy I was getting in a few weeks. I figured there was a connection between the two names and I wondered if he would put two and two together. Told him I was thinking "Bonzo". He asked why. I answered that it was the nickname of John Bonham. He said "who?" I sighed internally and answered "the drummer for Led Zeppelin". he said... drumroll please... "who?" I had never felt as old as I did in that moment.

One of the best and smartest dogs we ever had was named Bonzo, a Border Collie who was extremely intelligent. She never could get the hang of the Bonzo triplets though.

 

[CyberB0b]

I started Brazilian jiu jitsu at 40 and feel old every time I step on the mats.

 

[Catpappy]

When this dang kid called me Santa at a restaurant.

 

[Runwildboys]

When this dang kid called me Santa at a restaurant.

Just one reason you shouldn't let strange kids sit on your lap!

 

[TheMarathonContinues]

You began to feel old? For me, it was in the last couple years when folks at the feed mills started asking if I was sure I didn't need help loading. Dang! I've been tossing 50lb bags into the bed of a truck for a long time. Now I look so old, I shouldn't be able to do it anymore?

Physically I feel good…..but when I started seeing guys being drafted names Shaquille and Raekwon? That was like my oh crap I’m getting old moment lol.

 

[Jammer]

I discovered I was old when I noticed the years blur. I remember when 5 years seemed like a long time, but now it's a drop in the bucket. There is a mathematical formula explaining how our sense of time changes as we get older. It's basically ratio of our lives. When you're 10 years old then adding 5 years is basically adding half your life experience. Being over 60 the 5 years ratio is much smaller and doesn't seem as significant.

If you have 12 month prison sentence and 3 months are added it seems as if the additional months are torture, but adding 3 months to a 20 year sentence is nothing. That's what the years feel like when you get older. The years don't pack as much punch.

 

[dreghorn2]

I discovered I was old when I noticed the years blur. I remember when 5 years seemed like a long time, but now it's a drop in the bucket. There is a mathematical formula explaining how our sense of time changes as we get older. It's basically ratio of our lives. When you're 10 years old then adding 5 years is basically adding half your life experience. Being over 60 the 5 years ratio is much smaller and doesn't seem as significant.

If you have 12 month prison sentence and 3 months are added it seems as if the additional months are torture, but adding 3 months to a 20 year sentence is nothing. That's what the years feel like when you get older. The years don't pack as much punch.

It was told to me that you discount the first 5 years of life, after that the passage of time is the same from 5 to 10 as 10 to 20 as 20 to 40 as 40 to 80.

As i think back on my own life those ratios seem about right.

 

[Runwildboys]

I discovered I was old when I noticed the years blur. I remember when 5 years seemed like a long time, but now it's a drop in the bucket. There is a mathematical formula explaining how our sense of time changes as we get older. It's basically ratio of our lives. When you're 10 years old then adding 5 years is basically adding half your life experience. Being over 60 the 5 years ratio is much smaller and doesn't seem as significant.

If you have 12 month prison sentence and 3 months are added it seems as if the additional months are torture, but adding 3 months to a 20 year sentence is nothing. That's what the years feel like when you get older. The years don't pack as much punch.

I was in a bit of a state of shock, when I realized the "temporary" house I currently live in has been my home twice as long as the house I grew up in.

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

I don't think anyone is mentioned hair yet, I would pay good money to keep the hair from growing in my ears

 

[Catpappy]

I don't think anyone is mentioned hair yet, I would pay good money to keep the hair from growing in my

I don't think anyone is mentioned hair yet, I would pay good money to keep the hair from growing in my ears

And nose

 

[Catpappy]

If I didn’t tweeze my nose I’d have a beard up to my eyes

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

And nose

I can deal with that, easier to trim. Always seems to be somewhere in my ear i cant reach.

 

[nightrain]

Four years ago @ 58 when had my first wear and tear surgery (meniscus).

 

[SlammedZero]

Things that make me feel old:

When albums you listened to as a kid/teen turned 25-35 years old.
When you realize there are teens/young adults walking around that didn't experience 9/11
When you just watched your daughter turn 26, and you remember 26 like it was a few years ago.
When you check out a cutie walking down the street and realize you could be her dad. (I hate that one lol)
When you're complaining about today's new music and how much is sucks (like your parents did).
When you're watching all the action heroes from your childhood getting really old or dying off.
When getting drunk wrecks you for days at a time.
When a year 2000 sports car is a 25 year old classic.
When the last time you watched your favorite NFL team win a Super Bowl, VCRs were a common household electronic.
When you realize you now say "Back in my day!"
When you remember life before the internet.
When 5 years gets behind you like it was one 1 year.

 

[SlammedZero]

Oh, another thing….

Every time I get some random pain in my chest, I think “uh oh, is this it?”

This is one I forget to put in my list. I swear the older I get, the more health anxiety I have.