Batya33 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Turning 27 in a couple months, not "old" but getting there and feel like it some days. +1 on the body aches. I have had a herniated disc since I was 20~. My whole back is messed up these days from years in sport karate. If it ain't my back, it's my feet, knees, and/or shoulders. The physical ailments definitely makes you feel old. My vision is also garbage now; without contacts I am legally blind, used to never wear glasses/contacts as a teenager. Also I still play video games and I play with these damn kids, 13, 16, etc. Makes me feel old hearing people born in 2000 and things. Also my niece makes me feel old, I held her as a baby in high school now shes growing up to be a young woman. Oooh I can top that. Two of my three nieces have children of their own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 Yup my nieces and nephews are becoming adults. My son too. I am not sure why many feel the marker for old is 30. But everyone has their own reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy longstocking Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Yup my nieces and nephews are becoming adults. My son too. I am not sure why many feel the marker for old is 30. But everyone has their own reality. yeah 30 is just a kid to me lol ...late 40's for us is when I noticed , the changes to my face in the last couple of years is quite apparent .. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 yeah 30 is just a kid to me lol ...late 40's for us is when I noticed , the changes to my face in the last couple of years is quite apparent .. Oh gawd me too pippy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApocalypseDreams Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 The lack of spontaneity that becomes part and parcel of adult life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 The lack of spontaneity that becomes part and parcel of adult life. I miss that too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ApocalypseDreams Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 It sucks. Unfortunately, adult friendships start to resemble this satirical piece too. SOME friends in their mid-thirties have made a vague, doomed plan to have a drink. 36-year-old Tom Booker called 38-year-old Stephen Malley to arrange going to the pub the following week. Malley agreed that this was a good idea and that despite needing to check with his wife it would “be fine”. Booker said: “I didn’t suggest a venue as that seemed a bit heavy. I just sort of left it that we would speak again. “To be honest, during the conversation I started to wonder whether it was a good idea. It’s nice to see friends but going out is so tiring.” Malley said: “Initially I was enthusiastic. I even suggested calling some other people, although I didn’t go so far as to name them. “The upshot was that we both agreed that we were theoretically into going to an unspecified place, possibly as part of a larger group, on an unspecified date. “It’s never going to happen.” Booker said: “I think I’ll just not call him and hope he doesn’t call me. “Somehow this all really makes me think about death.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 It sucks. Unfortunately, adult friendships start to resemble this satirical piece too. Eh, yeah, a lot does become like that. The pressure of working even part time like I do and then family life and everything make me super tired. Especially after getting sick. I try to keep up with friends. I think I do a fair bit. But it definitely declines as we get older. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happpybear Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I was talking with 2 female colleagues this week about aging, not sure how we got on the topic, but they are both around 45 and started telling me about how much it sucks, physically speaking. Like how the random, daily aches and pains started soon after their 40th B-days, and how they have noticed their hair thinning out, especially at the front hairline, and the fine lines around the eyes, they both complained that they can't manage their weight like they used to, one noticed an increase in chin whiskers and upper lip hair, and that she is paranoid about her developing jowls... I was just..."get me outta this convo" and I went back to my desk and realized I only have 5 more years until I hit 40... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 I was talking with 2 female colleagues this week about aging, not sure how we got on the topic, but they are both around 45 and started telling me about how much it sucks, physically speaking. Like how the random, daily aches and pains started soon after their 40th B-days, and how they have noticed their hair thinning out, especially at the front hairline, and the fine lines around the eyes, they both complained that they can't manage their weight like they used to, one noticed an increase in chin whiskers and upper lip hair, and that she is paranoid about her developing jowls... I was just..."get me outta this convo" and I went back to my desk and realized I only have 5 more years until I hit 40... Late 40's physically life sucks! And it doesn't matter how much you exercise and what kind of physical shape you're in either . My brother who is in fabulous shape in his late 40s still says the aches and pains are there . Oh yeah anything past late 40s and you're going to hurt, your skin is not the same, your hair is not the same . On Tuesday I enter my fifth decade and I'm scared . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batya33 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I didn't have that experience at 45. I was married only a few years, had a 3 year old, incredibly active (home with him full time- out and about most of the time) - I had mostly quit all diet soda so I was in better shape than in my 40s. Obviously some changes happen but it's on a spectrum, not a given, and negativity about it makes it worse. At 49, I got my driver's license and now at 50 I've just gone back to my career pre-child (part time) and it feels like a new beginning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaggerJim Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Hearing teens calling their significant other "bae and boo". *Cringe* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 I didn't have that experience at 45. I was married only a few years, had a 3 year old, incredibly active (home with him full time- out and about most of the time) - I had mostly quit all diet soda so I was in better shape than in my 40s. Obviously some changes happen but it's on a spectrum, not a given, and negativity about it makes it worse. At 49, I got my driver's license and now at 50 I've just gone back to my career pre-child (part time) and it feels like a new beginning. Our life feels like a beginning because we have an adult and can do more now. It is like we have not seen each other in 2 decades... lol. We can't completely have our own life yet but it is nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wiseman2 Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 I actually talk to people, I'm not "snapchatting" :surprise: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 I actually talk to people, I'm not "snapchatting" That too! ....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmFCA Posted November 12, 2016 Share Posted November 12, 2016 Hearing teens calling their significant other "bae and boo". *Cringe* I relate to this one. I feel older because I can see the next phase of things, in a hazy vague manner I can see a variety of lives post-childcare. As someone said, you're only young once, but you may be immature for a lifetime. In that sense I feel young. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seraphim Posted November 12, 2016 Author Share Posted November 12, 2016 My husband and I use pet names. ❤️ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy longstocking Posted November 13, 2016 Share Posted November 13, 2016 Hearing teens calling their significant other "bae and boo". *Cringe* oh tell me about it ..it makes me cringe as well , my daughter says it .. arghhhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sportster2005 Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 When my son and I watch YouTube. Pop culture has gone in some really interesting directions. When I see photos on the news and they look really old, and I realize I was an adult during that period. My hair is finally starting to thin. I can still get it up, just can't get it in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmFCA Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 Watching a biopic last night, set against the backdrop of history in the american south. I was alive for much of the "history" lesson. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy longstocking Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 I can still get it up, just can't get it in. care to elaborate ya big hunk of man'ness Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fudgie Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 The Home Alone movie is 26 years old this year. Say what you want but my God, that makes me feel ancient. I don't have too much of it anymore but back pain makes me feel very old. As a whole though, I don't feel too old though. I think that will change as I get older but I don't feel afraid of aging within itself: I am just afraid of things that come with it. I am not worried about metabolism slowing down as much as I am worried about osteoporosis (I am high risk and it runs in my family) and other health issues. I worry about feeling lonely. I worry about saving up for retirement. Overall though, I strive to live my life as well as I can, I plan my life path according to what I want to do, I live where I want, I avoid the people and responsibilities that I don't want in my life, I try to find meaning in what I do, and take a lot of time for myself, doing things I enjoy. Yesterday, I slept in very late, got up, ate sushi, drank water, went for a looong walk, and then played a new mystery game on my Playstation that I've been meaning to start. That was fun. I needed a "me" day, even though I try to take "me" time everyday. Things like this make me feel not old, not young, but ageless. I have a few years until my 30s. I'm in my late 20s. I have no anxiety about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredhal Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 When talking with my friends about back in the day we begin the sentence with: "Do you remember..." lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pippy longstocking Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 When talking with my friends about back in the day we begin the sentence with: "Do you remember..." lol haha yes , oh when you sound like your mother welcome to the forum fred x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edmund Exley Posted November 14, 2016 Share Posted November 14, 2016 When I hear a favorite song or see an old favorite movie and I realize said song or movie is 30 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
.jpg.3e85d5d4c4ee969a7b00fd1045c3ab7d.jpg)
Recommended Posts
Archived
This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.