You know you're getting old when...

Johnny Versace

Yes, I think I'm officially getting old (I'm 25)

...

Last night I had four pints of Budweiser and I feel like **** today in work.

I want to fall asleep immediately after sex.

I worry about money.

I'm becoming more serious.

My hair feels thinner (although I think I might be paranoid about this.)

Teenagers call me a "man" (god damn, I love foxy 17 year olds!)

My balls are getting leathery (hehh).

It sucks!

Do my symptoms sound similar?

TacT

My god, your only 25man, haven't you heard, life begins at 40?

You know your old when one of the kids says "Ask that man over there..."

projectmayhem

you know your old when kids try to steal your handbag

Rabies

when ya wake up with more grey hairs than ya went to bed with.




i turned 24 today

Sleipnir

It's not your age, it's the fact that you're drinking Budweiser I'd say.

Havelock

I'm 20 and I feel older.

My friends (older than me), call me "sir".
My family come to me for advice.
Policemen call me "sir".
My younger friends call me a dirty old man for liking 18 year olds! Its 2 years!
People are constantly suprized when ever they see me not wearing a suit.
I have stubble at 9am, after shaving at 8am.
I go to bed at 10pm, volentarly.
Secertiers are nice to me.
My friends parents have me over for dinner parties (when my friends aren't there)
I'm asked about cooking, international travel and wine by the above.
I find my self starting sentences with things like "Back then.." and "In my day..."
I have grey hairs.
I nap, everyday, one the bus or in waiting rooms, actually very time I sit down.
All music sounds to loud.
I feel like death is around every corner.

Johnny Versace

HAHA! I suddenly feel great. Thanks

Originally posted by Havelock
I'm 20 and I feel older.

My friends (older than me), call me "sir".
My family come to me for advice.
Policemen call me "sir".
My younger friends call me a dirty old man for liking 18 year olds! Its 2 years!
People are constantly suprized when ever they see me not wearing a suit.
I have stubble at 9am, after shaving at 8am.
I go to bed at 10pm, volentarly.
Secertiers are nice to me.
My friends parents have me over for dinner parties (when my friends aren't there)
I'm asked about cooking, international travel and wine by the above.
I find my self starting sentences with things like "Back then.." and "In my day..."
I have grey hairs.
I nap, everyday, one the bus or in waiting rooms, actually very time I sit down.
All music sounds to loud.
I feel like death is around every corner.

projectmayhem

Originally posted by Havelock
My friends (older than me), call me "sir".

Policemen call me "sir".

it's better then "hey you" or "asshole" etc.

whosurpaddy

Originally posted by Johnny Versace
I want to fall asleep immediately after sex.

I worry about money.

I'm becoming more serious.

Teenagers call me a "man" (god damn, I love foxy 17 year olds!)

Originally posted by Havelock

My family come to me for advice.
My younger friends call me a dirty old man for liking 18 year olds! Its 2 years!
People are constantly suprized when ever they see me not wearing a suit.
I go to bed at 10pm, volentarly.
I find my self starting sentences with things like "Back then.." and "In my day..."
I feel like death is around every corner.

i turned 24 a couple weeks ago and have recently started experiencing the above ones.
id like to add the following ones.

stopped caring whether im cool or not, im me.

stopped wearing labelled clothing, im a lot more picky about what i wear nowadays (is nowadays an older persons phrase) ill wear something because i like it and wont stop wearing something beacuse others dont like it.

dont have a problem pointing out (politely) small things that i would have used to have let go. e.g. if someone skips a queue, return more faulty things etc. think that comes down to less fear of confrontation.

in general i have stopped putting up with a lot of small things. if something bothers me, ill do something about it, and im a lot better for it

have started to get a bit of a gut, and have to work a lot harder to get rid of it than i used to.

have started to think about "my career" and where its going.

think a lot more about how much i love my gf, and how lucky i am to be with her.

have started noticing how expensive a lot of things are, and being more careful about money. (this could just be down to ripoff ireland)

have started spending more time apreciating small things, walks in the park, lie ins with loved one etc

ixoy

Originally posted by Johnny Versace
Yes, I think I'm officially getting old (I'm 25)

...

Last night I had four pints of Budweiser and I feel like **** today in work.

I want to fall asleep immediately after sex.

I worry about money.

I'm becoming more serious.

My hair feels thinner (although I think I might be paranoid about this.)

Teenagers call me a "man" (god damn, I love foxy 17 year olds!)

My balls are getting leathery (hehh).

It sucks!

Do my symptoms sound similar?

Some do yes. I'm 25 too
OK four pints of Bud? Well subsitute four pints of Carlsberg... prolly would know me but I was always a crap drinker....
I always was a cautious spender (not tight! just cautious) and/or serious as the occassion demanded so I don't think that changes.
Hair feels thinner? Shut up we're both paranoid and imagining it as it could never EVER happen
Teenagers are scum, so you can ignore them. Let's chase them off the lawns!

Still there are plenty worse than us here. It's unfortunate Boards is full of young whippersnappers!

vibe666

I'm 27 and I've noticed quite a few grey/white hairs, and the odd one now and again that seems to grow 10 times faster than all the others! whats up with that? by the time i notice i have a grey hair on my chest it's 3 times the length of all the black ones!

i live in an apartment block near the centre of dublin, and I've noticed that I'm in bed before anyone else gets in from the pub! and that the fvckers are always really loud when they come in shouting and hollering at 3am.

more and more when talking about things I have a frame of reference for 'how things used to be' and compare lots of stuff with 'back in the day' etc.

all music is way too loud.

it anoys me they make adverts louder than tv shows so you have to keep turning things up and down when you're watching something.

I'm happy to be settled down with someone nice, and we're thinking about buying somewhere because renting is like thowing money down the drain.

sex is something that more often than not is something that happens in the bedroom. when we moved into my latest apartment, it didn't seem necessary for us to *cough* christen every room. in the past it was compulsory to 'christen' absolutely everything including new cars etc. now it just seems stupid and would be far too uncomfortable.

having sex 3 or 4 times a day like when i was 18 seems like a far off dream. these days 3 times a week is good going!

I appreciate a lot more than i used to, even everyday things.

The Beer Baron

I'm old, I'm 25 but have the liver and lungs of someone 5 times my age.
My fitness level is lower than that of a sloth, my "get up and go" has long since got up and went.

I've frequently talked to kids about the video games we had "in my day".

I find myself listening to a dance track and realising it's ten years old or more.
1993! But that was only...ooh boy!

I've noticed that whereas once I was a punk kid now my generation have disposable income and are working- me and echo were talking about this- all these 80's kids who grew up to be geeks- now we're a demographic. When you realise that well....

I've complained about my bones.
I'm 25, and I complain about my bones.

I can't get out of a chair without going- eeeegh

More and more grey hairs- which I like tbh.

tbh I look a lot older than I am because of the beard, people add anything from 10 to 20 years on me. Still, nu-metal muppets asked me did I like the Rolling Stones. ffs!

I bitch about things more now than ever, I'm like statler, waldorf and eamon dunphy all rolled into one. Thing is, if Arthur Murphy was still around I'd more than likely be writing into Mailbag.

I realise there are people on this board who probably don't remember Arthur Murphy, Wanderly Wagon, Fortycoats, Bosco or Pajo- indeed almost on a daily basis I'm asking someone, be it in rl, irc or otherwise- "you remember this?" or "you remember that?" and they reply no.

If you gave me a Transformer now I'd probably be stumped.

I read the manual before doing anything else.

I identify with those old guys @ the bar more than those yungins.

I identify with old guys in movies. Lee Marvin, Oliver Reed. Richard Haris, Gene Hackman...these are my kinda dudes.

Some friends I hadn't seen in a while were coming up to meet us- they took us by suprise- we actually cleaned the house (kinda)...wtf?!

I have a reknewed interest in teenage girls, and they, god-blessum, seem to be flirting with me more and more, and they're not subtle about it either- or maybe it's my old fart hormones interpreting it wrong. Still, none the less, schoolgirl socks have become something of a facination of mine, the different types and the different colours.

I got socks again this xmas- and this time, I was happy- I needed new socks y'see.

spoofer

Oh to be 25 again.
Me 40+ VAT (value added time)
Does life begin at 40... No way it just goes on.
Have I changed... yes
From teenager... no confidence, fearful, always trying to be liked, trying to please others, very self concious.
To now... not afraid to speak up, afraid of very little, only for siblings/loved ones, being me, if others don't like me, so what someone else will, being more courteous, it pays off, rarely stressed, why worry? you'll only die younger. Experience has taught me that it doesn't really matter what other people think unless they are a loved one. relax, take life as it comes, if you have problems, work on them, it'll get better. It always does. If you're going through a bad patch, it will pass, keep thinking of the good times whether they were yesterday or years ago. They will lift your spirits. Smile while you can and laugh.
Oh and also I tend to give too much advice :-))

whosurpaddy

Originally posted by spoofer
being more courteous, it pays off, rarely stressed, why worry? you'll only die younger.
They will lift your spirits. Smile while you can and laugh.

add these to mine

Originally posted by spoofer
Oh and also I tend to give too much advice :-))

u forgot saying to wear sunscreen

Johnny Versace

LOL!

I swear, I agree with everything that's written here. I guess I'm normal after all

Havelock

Damn 18, 17 and *cough**heavy fit of coughing, in now way covering illegal wants*16*cough**ahem**cough* girls. With their ever so suggestive talk, clothes and actions. Damn their fine figures and sparks in their eyes.

My friends are right I'm a young dirty old man.

Spoofer: Bet you know the difference between schools Junior cycle and Senior cycle socks, if you don't, learn!

:eek:

KlodaX

:eek: ... you guys really are old, you just bitched and moaned your way through this thread!?!?!

I'm lovin what time is adding to me ... I haven't changed one bit ... maybe growing younger .... I think by hitting a mental age of 30 when I was 9 had something to do with it ... but I've learned to become immature and senseless ... I have rice crispies every morning while watching Jackie Chan or Totally spies ... my favourite aurthor is Lewis Carroll .... I get a buzz of doing things and thinking of the consequences later.... I've finally learned what I want to be when I grow up... happy and healthy.

as they say you are as old as you feel ..... from ages 14-18 I never got asked for ID in pubs ... 18-21 ... got asked for ID when going to over 21's clubs ... now 22 pushing 23 I get asked for over 18s ID!

I seriously feel younger .... It must be a mental state ... I know people in their 30s and 40s that hang around with people in there 20s and I couldn't tell who was what age .... especially if they don't have kids... children seem to age you ....

Exit

Arthur Murphy and Mailbag. Hmmm, I vaguely remember him. Any pictures floating around on the net?

whosurpaddy

i think we just need to remember the words of the immortal huey lewis "its hip to be square"

if you're not old enough to remember huey lewis, then you're not old enough to bitch on this thread.

The Beer Baron

What?!!?
Surely everyone knows who Huey Lewis and the News were!
How could they ever sink into obscurity.


Am I that out of touch?

whosurpaddy

off topic: really funny thing on the back to the future trilogy dvd, michael j fox is talking to huey lewis, and huey says jokingly something like "imagine if this killed my career, can u imagine in 10 years time it would be like , who was huey lewis "

DMT

This is not the humour board....

dwayneburke

YOU COULD BE BALD!!!! Relax...perspective is great!!!! Try it

embee

Im 23, so .. Im not old ... but, last Sunday night in my local dishko I witnessed (much to my chagrin) the young wan I used to babysit when I was a teenager dancing like a whore up against some young fella.

Never again.

Tommy Vercetti

Reality has come crashing down around me after reading all this.

jank

you know when your old when.....
your balls drop

its all downhill then im afraid!

jerenaugrim

...when u don't know every tune in the top 10...

mike65

Originally posted by jerenaugrim
...when u don't know every tune in the top 10...

The whole Top 40 more like! :eek: If I catch the end of TOTP on Friday (it was Thursday in my youth) I find myself hiting the mute button and shaking my head at the sheer horror of it all...!

Mike.

The Beer Baron

...when u don't know every tune in the top 10...

I must be practically geriatric then, not since Barry Lang and The Beat Box...

oh gawd oh gawd oh gawd!

(those who don't remember these things must also realise I have yet to discover the joys of non-Irish tv stations in my own home)