What makes you feel old?

[anniemae]

Working with people that are young enough to be my actual children. Realizing ‘wow, I’m old enough to be her mom’ really hurt, considering I like to think of myself as part of the gang. Nope. I should be serving them milk and cookies LOL

This.

 

[Princess_Ariel_5]

Teaching high schoolers has made me feel SO old - it’s brutal! The other day, one of them referenced the show “Friends” in class as “this old tv show that you guys might not know but it’s so funny”. I was like “I remember when new episodes came out!” And they were all stunned.

 

[Southernmiss]

So no joke. Christmas Eve my siblings and their families and my mom were all over.

My brother born in 1974 has been feeling 'off' lately and asked us if we had a blood pressure cuff. Why yes, yes dh does. So he takes his reading. It's high then dbil takes his reading. It's in the same range. Then dh. Yep all near same numbers. So my sister takes hers to see if the thing is reading right. Hers is much lower, as us girl's tend to be low.

We joked that the one with the highest bp better open his gifts first as he would be the next to 'go'. And that we'd open gifts in descending bp order that night.

I looked at my mom and said 'Did you ever think you'd be watching your kids compare high blood pressure readings?'

Yep, we are getting old.

 

[Domo]

Mirrors in general.

 

[smokeyblue]

Having guys in my dating age range have kids that are in college; some even have grandkids . Having 24 year olds hit on me and me realizing I was about to head off to high school when they were born.

 

[scrhsa]

Regarding scrunchies.....I just told my dd 22 that before they made scrunchies I cut the top off of a knee high panty hose. She just looked at me and shook her head. Like she was thinking " poor thing, she had to suffer though so much"

Watching "vintage" movies with same dd and having to explain who some of the actors were and that some of them were a pretty big deal for awhile.

 

[Southernmiss]

Regarding scrunchies.....I just told my dd 22 that before they made scrunchies I cut the top off of a knee high panty hose. She just looked at me and shook her head. Like she was thinking " poor thing, she had to suffer though so much"

Watching "vintage" movies with same dd and having to explain who some of the actors were and that some of them were a pretty big deal for awhile.

Like Winona Ryder as the mom in Stranger Things. Had that conversation this weekend.

 

[RedAngie]

When I realize I'd rather fall asleep than stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve.

 

[Princess_Ariel_5]

When I realize I'd rather fall asleep than stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve.

YES. This sums it up.

 

[kimblebee]

Regarding scrunchies.....I just told my dd 22 that before they made scrunchies I cut the top off of a knee high panty hose. She just looked at me and shook her head. Like she was thinking " poor thing, she had to suffer though so much"

Watching "vintage" movies with same dd and having to explain who some of the actors were and that some of them were a pretty big deal for awhile.

I find myself doing that a lot with singers and bands. I like to think of myself as pretty knowledgeable about music but when my daughter plays me a song from The Cramps or Ween I feel like a geezer (plus it’s not good) LOL

 

[Momto2minniemice]

The fact my kids have never played nor do they know what Organ Trail is.

 

[amberpi]

I find myself doing that a lot with singers and bands. I like to think of myself as pretty knowledgeable about music but when my daughter plays me a song from The Cramps or Ween I feel like a geezer (plus it’s not good) LOL

You take that back about Ween!

Like Winona Ryder as the mom in Stranger Things. Had that conversation this weekend.

She's stunning off the show - still. Gives me hope

 

[disneychrista]

When I realize I'd rather fall asleep than stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve.

I haven't stayed up on NYE in years. Used to be a big deal for my girls to stay up to ring in the New Year. Now they go out on their own.

 

[low-key]

good question, so many things but when I was a teenager when someone would talk 20 years ago, I would think "come on now, that's ancient history" . Now 20 years ago was yesterday

 

[Someluck]

My sweet baby girl will turn 50 this year! The fact that I was a teen mom no longer means I am "still so young"!

 

[wenrob]

So no joke. Christmas Eve my siblings and their families and my mom were all over.

My brother born in 1974 has been feeling 'off' lately and asked us if we had a blood pressure cuff. Why yes, yes dh does. So he takes his reading. It's high then dbil takes his reading. It's in the same range. Then dh. Yep all near same numbers. So my sister takes hers to see if the thing is reading right. Hers is much lower, as us girl's tend to be low.

We joked that the one with the highest bp better open his gifts first as he would be the next to 'go'. And that we'd open gifts in descending bp order that night.

I looked at my mom and said 'Did you ever think you'd be watching your kids compare high blood pressure readings?'

Yep, we are getting old.

This reminded me of a conversation I had with my best friend of over 30 years. I was telling him about the outrageous quote I got from my dentist for parcels. That morphed into the different kind of teeth/dentures we could get and we both agreed we’d like “snap ins.” After the conversation I went about making dinner etc. and then just started cracking up. We went from being teenagers who had outrageous parties and insane road trips to talking about our kids and getting new teeth!

 

[mi*vida*loca]

When both the Dad and the son look attractive.

 

[mi*vida*loca]

My sweet baby girl will turn 50 this year! The fact that I was a teen mom no longer means I am "still so young"!

I’m 35 and my son turns 18 any day. I don’t really feel old but at times I’m like crap I’m old. Lol

 

[Gumbo4x4]

Getting up on the night to go to the bathroom.

More than once

 

[Gumbo4x4]

When both the Dad and the son look attractive.

This is going back to my early 20's days, riding in a Jeep with some friends who were all 3 years younger. We drove past the city pool and they were all making comments about a couple of the cute teenage lifeguards. I hadn't even noticed any of those girls, but I did notice there were several hot moms at the kiddy pool LOL

About that same time, we got a new gal at work. Julie was quite the looker. Some years later, there was this cute gal who worked the register at the gas station. Turns out, she's Julie's daughter. Did I mention Julie is younger than me? .