What makes you feel old?

[BlueStarryHat]

Realizing that when I get out of bed I snap, crackle, and pop more than a bowl of Rice Crispies.

 

[Poohlove]

My knees

 

[John VN]

Upon waking on my 50th Birthday I went into the Bathroom, looked in the Mirror and said to the image looking back, "You are now 50 years old and most likely have lived LONGER than what you have left to live and likely before you die you will be told "You Have Cancer" so accept life as it is and get on with LIVING, not just existing EVERY DAY.

I wake up in pain every morning and do have cancer but I try to make each day be better than the day before.

The 22nd anniversary of the DAY I FIRST FELT OLD is less than 2 months away.

 

[DisneyOma]

Upon waking on my 50th Birthday I went into the Bathroom, looked in the Mirror and said to the image looking back, "You are now 50 years old and most likely have lived LONGER than what you have left to live and likely before you die you will be told "You Have Cancer" so accept life as it is and get on with LIVING, not just existing EVERY DAY.

I wake up in pain every morning and do have cancer but I try to make each day be better than the day before.

The 22nd anniversary of the DAY I FIRST FELT OLD is less than 2 months away.

(((hugs))) I remember turning 50, and crying - but they were happy tears. I was diagnosed with cancer at age 44 and was so happy to have lived to be 50! That meant my girls were adults, and I had lived long enough to see them be independent.

Old for me is having to explain to my high school students how I had to write research papers on paper, and then type them up on a typewriter, after doing my research in the library, looking through a card catalog to get my sources.