Times you've felt old (or getting older)

sadie06 · 07-01-2017 07:19PM

fineso.mom wrote: »

About an hour ago. I dropped my son to a match and stopped to talk to a little boy who used to be in the preschool I work in. He was with a few other little 5/6 yr olds. As I walked away I heard another child say to him "was that your nana? ". A little piece of me died inside. I'm about 4 yrs older than his mum. I know 5yr olds are not great with ages but...why couldn't he have said "was that your aunty?"

Awwww...please don't dwell on that. Kids that age haven't a clue! I was a volunteer for a few years in a kid's activity populated by 50 6-10 year olds. There were three volunteers..., one in her mid-40's, myself in late 30's and another girl in her early 20's. I joked once that the oldest volunteer was the boss because she was the oldest. The younger kids piped up that no way, the girl in her 20's was the oldest. The poor girl was horrified!

When I pushed them on it, they thought she must be the oldest because she was the tallest! Take heart!

Lt Dan · 07-01-2017 07:21PM

Realising that you hate pubs when younger and better looking people take up spaces in pubs that were yours when you were a younger buck,some possibly only in nappies when you and your gang ruled the pubs (obnoxiously) finding it hard to deal with the noise, deciding that the point had come when a retreat to the old man's pub is nigh.

Dr Crayfish · 07-01-2017 07:28PM

Sam Kade wrote: »

Think of it this way, every day you live is a day less of your life, happy new year

But every day is also another day in your life!

Stigura · 07-01-2017 07:29PM

blaze1 wrote: »

Going bald @ 18 was bearable, but starting to find grey chest hairs and other places mid 30's is making me feel old

I once started swearing that I'd shoot myself, the moment I discovered my pubes going white.

Thankfully, nature is a wonderful thing and has even that covered

My gut has long since grown so f**king distended; I honestly can't remember the last time I Saw my pubes!

Sam Kade wrote: »

Think of it this way, every day you live is a day less of your life, happy new year

Thanks, Sam

Actually; I'm chuffed as f**k! It was my birthday, last week. And ~ not being the sharpest at counting ~ I was sure it was another '0 year. However, my mate pointed out to me that I was a '9!

Dodged a f**king bullet there, so! New lease on life, me!

Dr Crayfish · 07-01-2017 07:35PM

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

I feel old when trends that you were around for the first time come back again.
Chokers being the most recent one for me.
I think its going to hit me in a few months time when I no longer fit in the
18-24 category on questionnaires :eek:

Wtf is a choker? A sex move? Anyway, please get out of this thread

Lt Dan · 07-01-2017 07:37PM

Anesthetize wrote: »

Because there wasn't one :P

He meant the euros in Sweden. Weird tournament. Ireland ballsed up big time to qualify. Had a great team and were contenders to win!

Barry Badrinath · 07-01-2017 07:38PM

Corkgirl18 wrote: »

I feel old when trends that you were around for the first time come back again.
Chokers being the most recent one for me.
I think its going to hit me in a few months time when I no longer fit in the
18-24 category on questionnaires :eek:

Chokers have been aroind since the 1800's.

How fricking old are you??!

Sam Kade · 07-01-2017 07:46PM

Dr Crayfish wrote: »

But every day is also another day in your life!

Very true, that's how an optimist would look at it where as a pessimist would see it the other way.

ytpe2r5bxkn0c1 · 07-01-2017 07:46PM

Loveinapril wrote: »

My da says I can't grow up until he does... he is 63!

He's still only a child.

Stigura · 07-01-2017 07:48PM

Chokers are just, pure http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n201/ptpc/Hump.gif

Dr Crayfish · 07-01-2017 07:59PM

Stigura wrote: »

Chokers are just, pure http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n201/ptpc/Hump.gif

Chokers are two smiley faces humping? Are they the dog collar things that stereotypical unruly teenage girls wear in the 90s?

sjb25 · 07-01-2017 08:25PM

Was watching a music channel all the songs fecking class enjoying all my favourite nightclub music add break I was watching mtv classics :eek: .......... ****e

Rubberlegs · 07-01-2017 08:29PM

When your childhood friend is going to be a grandmother in a few months. She probably feels older though

Hellrazer · 07-01-2017 08:43PM

[Deleted User] wrote: »

I was 12 in 1994. Thanks for making me feel young

You're welcome!!!

Stigura · 07-01-2017 08:48PM

73Cat wrote: »

When your childhood friend is going to be a grandmother in a few months.

Dunno. When ye see some people, shot down in the street by their own kind. Their Lives Matter ~ apparently. And the tribute reads something like:

" Latisha. 36. Too Young, Sister! Also a loving mom and grandmom ..... "

Perhaps they breed so fast, because they're programmed to regenerate

Anyway, My name is Maximus Desmus Meridius, otherwise known as 'Stigura'. Commander of the Army of the North, General of the Felix Legions, a loyal servant to my true emperor Markus Aurelius. Father to no f**ker, husband to no f**ker and I will have nothing to do with them. In this life or the next.

Can you Feel how I care???

metaoblivia · 07-01-2017 10:04PM

When I think of my niece, who is turning 18 in a month and in her final year of high school. I was 17 when she was born & remember being at the hospital.

Also when I think of the students I taught my first year out of college. They were 12/13 years old. They're now in their late 20s, out of college, starting families. Hell, one could end up being my colleague.

valoren · 07-01-2017 10:07PM

Watched The Commitments over Christmas. It's a quarter of a century old now.

mad m · 07-01-2017 10:19PM

When I was tying my shoe laces one day and my daughter was 5/6 she said to me daddy there is a hole in the top of your head. Jaysus it was my bald spot!

She is 21 now....feel very old...

Graces7 · 08-01-2017 05:47AM

When you are shopping around online for car insurance quotes and the birth date list stops before you can get to your year of birth.

When you accidentally see yourself eg in a mirror and wonder who on earth that wrinkled old crone is.. When I first had this chromebook I was fiddling about as one does and there came a face that was so old as I had hit Camera,,then I realised that when I moved so did it... shut down fast!

BUT bliss when a man holds a door open or traffic stops to let you cross the road

DEFTLEFTHAND · 08-01-2017 06:22AM

28 now.

Have noticed the speed has declined in hurling. I used to have great quickness to the ball. I was known for it, scoop it up and put it over the bar before my marker knew what was happening.

These days I've teens getting there before me. It's very frustrating tbh.

JupiterKid · 08-01-2017 06:52AM

Approaching 42. I still feel quite young at heart and my 70 year old neighbour called me "young" but I got my BA degree 20 years ago and my Masters almost 19 years ago. Yikes!:eek:

Anyone under 30 who thinks they are getting old should be horsewhipped!:D

Graces7 · 08-01-2017 08:48AM

JupiterKid wrote: »

Approaching 42. I still feel quite young at heart and my 70 year old neighbour called me "young" but I got my BA degree 20 years ago and my Masters almost 19 years ago. Yikes!:eek:

Anyone under 30 who thinks they are getting old should be horsewhipped!:D

got mt b.a ..... lol.......would you believe well over 50 yrs ago.... I still remember Finals... Had my 21st on an exam day,,they let me keep the cards on my desk

5rtytry56 · 08-01-2017 08:06PM

When freeware like Google Picasa no longer means anything anymore to the majority home users of PCs or Macbooks.

5rtytry56 · 08-01-2017 08:07PM

valoren wrote: »

Watched The Commitments over Christmas. It's a quarter of a century old now.

And the lead singer worked as a Dublin bus bus-conductor in the movie.

lulu1 · 08-01-2017 09:30PM

The day I was in the doctors surgery when my son was 2 and a little boy of about 7 calls to me

"Are you his granny ? at the top of his voice

I could have flattened him. His mother thought it was the funniest thing ever.

hairyslug · 08-01-2017 09:33PM

I had to explain to someone in work, I think he's 19 or 20, who OJ Simpson is.

Also the cold, damp weather hurts my knees.

Times you've felt old (or getting older)

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