When did you realize you were old?
Me: When I would rather stay in on the weekends than going out.
When my 17 year old nephew saw a female friend that is in his college class and told me to go ask her out because she is nice and she an older woman. When I told him that she was too young for me, he replied no she is not, she is older than me and starting college late, she is 23. I pointed out to him that I am more than twice her age. His answer was; " oh yea I keep forgetting that you are old."
When my desire to not have a hangover or a DUI compelled me to almost always avoid drinking.
Menopause and it’s lovely symptoms.
When I look in the mirror and wonder “How the hell did that happen—and so quickly?”
When having fewer wrinkles and not wanting skin cancer became more important than being tan.
When being comfortable and taking care of my feet and hips outweighs choosing 3-4 inch heels.
Some of the things I notice might be more an effect of maturity as opposed to feeling or being past the middle point.
@Redcupcoffee There are gorgeous shoes in the world that don't put you on your tip toes. I know, beautiful as you are, that you know this!
I woke up with a sleep injury. HOW do you injure yourself sleeping???
I was training MMA about 10 years ago and these kids were getting these nasty injuries, but recoverying pretty quick. I knew if I got even a back sprain, my days as a fighter were gonna be numbered. I felt old right then....haha
@Stevil You aren't kidding! Funny side note, the very night I wrote this, I was moving some only moderately heavy stuff and I tripped over something, but didn't fall...and my back went out...haha!
I'm old? OK, OK, I'm old. I think it was kind of the same thing someone else mentioned below; jumping down from even relatively low heights became daunting, running turned into very cautious loping, climbing ladders is scary, routine things that I didn't much think about doing when I wasn't "old." Then there was the realization a few years back that the little baby girl I used to cradle in my arms was a grown woman with a whole life of her own.
When I asked a younger work colleague if they had ever seen the matrix. He was 19 and said that he doesn't really watch 'old' films. This happened last year. I wanted to punch him. No way is the matrix an old film
I think punching him would've been justified. Even in court.
A week from today, I will turn 60. I'm still not old.
Welcome to 60, my birthday was in January. I am the same way. Am I really old? And then I realize I must be
I agree with the "age is just a number" people. I know 40-year-olds who are old and I know 70-year-olds who can rave with the best.
When some smart ass teenager called me "gramps"
my friend was making a quip to a young thing and she turned around and said " fuck off grandad" that put him in his place forever !
@markdevenish lol
...when I realized I was more mature than my father.
After my wife took off with my daughter and filed for divorce. I went grey after that.
That sucks
Yeah. It really did. @Rudy1962
When half the worlds rock stars keep dying and I'm thinking 'They were how old?'
@Redcupcoffee Indeed! He actually defines the notion that miracles can't happen. How on earth is he still alive?
@Redcupcoffee read his auto biography . it's amazing . all that time he was pretty well monogamous unlike wyman and jagger !
When you realize the Music is way too Loud!~~~~
The people around you look like they could be your daughter or son!
Wow, I just read your profile and at 45 , you consider yourself old?
@Redcupcoffee Touché.
When I got diagnosed with a life-threatening disease like leukemia. Most of my friends/exes have been younger than me.
My kids make me feel old a lot but that's normal. One thing that makes me feel old without their influence is singing along to grocery store music. I was in Wal-Mart the other day and heard Anne Murray and I was so excited because I hadn't heard her for so long, I forgot she even existed!
When my friends started making babies on purpose.