How You Know You Are Getting Older!!

[lovinwdw]

DH & I got together with a few friends over the weekend. We had a great time!!! We have been friends with these people since we were all about 17 or 18. We are all in our 30's now. As we were sitting there talking (and playing beer pong, you can never be too old for some things!!) we realized that we are talking about acid reflux, the price of bed sheets and the fact that I was so excited over getting a new washer & dryer as a present from my boss. WOW!!!! We used to talk about what bar we were going to go to and all kinds of things. We all just sat there and laughed about how much things have changed. But it is nice to know that even though things have changed, we all still remain great friends!!!!

 

[KarenAylwood]

Cheers

It's important to know that you're never to old for beer pong.


I'm 23 and see it starting already!! Instead of talking about funny drunk stories and gossip, we now talk about the best way to get stains out of carpet, which vacuum is the best and how to clean a coffee maker. Bed sheet thread count is also up there on the list.

When did I grow up?

 

[Nickunited]

Flip Cup too Karen!

Hey lovinwdw - that is great - I hope that all my friends now are still friends with me like that after marriage and everything. I dont think it has to do with age though - dont feel old - I just think your priorities have changed. Granted - maybe you cant go out and party like you used to but you are not old by any means! Your lives are just in different places.

As you can see I am a Peter Pan type that wont grow up!

26 here and refuse to say Im getting old

 

[stinkerbelle]

wait until you sit back and say "well...I got my braces off when I was 13, so that was 15 years ago..."

when did things start being "double digit years" ago?

 

[HoneyPooh]

I knew I was getting old the first time I ran into a kid I babysat and he had a kid in school!

 

[wdwgal]

I knew I was getting old this past weekend when I mentioned something about "Morris the Cat" (9 lives commercial some years ago), and a couple of 20-something co-workers said, "Who?!" Oh well...


wdw gal

 

[Shugardrawers]

When one of my friends became a grandma...and the new mommy wasn't in high school.

 

[golfgal]

Tell me about it. I was playing Cranium with the kids last night and they were supposed to act out an actress (Marilyn Monroe) and hadn't heard of her--not that I am quite that old but I know who she is. Then I was supposed to act out a song and I was thinking "this is a waste of time because they won't know who it is" but they did because I guess Queen and Led Zeppelin are making a comeback in the middle school crowd (although I didn't like hearing that it was some "old" band that everyone thinks is cool now). I am going to be *gulp* 40 tomorrow. My kids have some teachers that I had as students when they were in high school who now have kids of their own!

 

[KarenAylwood]

Just thought of another thing...

knew I was getting old when my favorite birthday gift was the household remedy stain sheet my mom gave me... and second place were the Vera Bradley placemats.

Nickunited~ it's funny... was never a flip cup fan in college... that came just this year

 

[Cindy's Mom]

My best friend and I have been close, best friends since 2nd grade, so it really freaks us out when we say that we've been friends for over 30 years. We just laugh and say "eew,that's what old people like our parents say" .

 

[ashjohnson80]

Ok all I want to know is what is beer pong????

 

[Nickunited]

Ok all I want to know is what is beer pong????

 

[ashjohnson80]

Arrrrrrghhhh What is so funny!!?!?!?!??!

 

[KarenAylwood]

Ok all I want to know is what is beer pong????

It's a drinking game where two teams play against eachother, each team is at the end of a long table (think, ping pong table or door taken off it's hinges and held up by a smaller table). Each team sets up 10 solo cups in a triangle and fill each with 1/3 cup of beer (less for wimps, more for crazies, mixed drink for girls who hate beer). This is usually two beers among all 10 cups. There is one or two people on each side, you throw a ping pong ball across the table to try and sink one of the cups. If you do, the other team has to drink the beer and you get another shot (keep shooting till you miss). You miss and it's their turn.

Whoever sinks all 10 of the other team's cups wins, and the other team has to drink all the rest of the beer in the winning team's cups.



I hope that made sense... also some people have crazy rules. Like if it bounces you can swing at it so it misses the cups or something.

 

[Nickunited]

Arrrrrrghhhh What is so funny!!?!?!?!??!

Not laughing at you - just at the question! It is a great question - people (like myself) talk about beer pong like everyone should know what it is - when in reality - Not many people know!!!!


I give you credit for not being afraid to ask!!!!!!!!!

 

[laurie31]

wait until you sit back and say "well...I got my braces off when I was 13, so that was 15 years ago..."

when did things start being "double digit years" ago?

Oh, I can relate to this!! I posted in another thread about something that happened when I was 7, and said it was "21 years ago" and yet I remember it so well. Um....it was *31* years ago! How in the heck can I be old enough to talk about things that happened 30 years ago! I remember as a child being amazed that my parents could remember things that far back! Guess 30 years wasn't as far back as I thought...

Laurie

 

[ashjohnson80]

It's a drinking game where two teams play against eachother, each team is at the end of a long table (think, ping pong table or door taken off it's hinges and held up by a smaller table). Each team sets up 10 solo cups in a triangle and fill each with 1/3 cup of beer (less for wimps, more for crazies, mixed drink for girls who hate beer). This is usually two beers among all 10 cups. There is one or two people on each side, you throw a ping pong ball across the table to try and sink one of the cups. If you do, the other team has to drink the beer and you get another shot (keep shooting till you miss). You miss and it's their turn.

Whoever sinks all 10 of the other team's cups wins, and the other team has to drink all the rest of the beer in the winning team's cups.



I hope that made sense... also some people have crazy rules. Like if it bounces you can swing at it so it misses the cups or something.

Oooh I see. I think I saw that on a movie once. I think I would try to lose on purpose to get the hooch.
I like the drinking games where everyone wins. You know like you're watching the O.C. and everytime they make a pop culture reference take a shot.

 

[Hercules10]

I know age is getting me when a young hottie calls me "Sir"................

 

[KarenAylwood]

Oooh I see. I think I saw that on a movie once. I think I would try to lose on purpose to get the hooch.
I like the drinking games where everyone wins. You know like you're watching the O.C. and everytime they make a pop culture reference take a shot.

For some reason this game has turned into a crazy cultish obsession at most colleges. It's huge bragging rights to say you were "on table" for 2 hours or something crazy like that. Usually those who are really really good at it keep a beer or two on the "sidelines" to keep themselves "hydrated" during games.

I was always just lucky if I could get a guy to play with me who knew what he was doing!!


Now Chandeliers on the other hand... is a CRAZY game.

 

[Nickunited]

For some reason this game has turned into a crazy cultish obsession at most colleges.

Funny - there are places in the city with tables and there are some places around here I heard of that have leagues!! YES LEAGUES!!!!!