Someone told me my Blockbuster graphic tee was vintage. I was at the gym and someone went “OOOOooo I love your shirt- vintage!!”. I just sat there for a minute after saying “thank you” and contemplated my life for a moment.
When I started going to bed at 8 and up at 4. I was always a night owl. Loved staying up late! But that full 8 hours of sleep and having a couple cups of coffee while the sun rises, is perfection for this 54 yr old
My little brother found an old video tape in the closet that belonged to a camcorder I used as a kid and brought it to me, he asked me if I could play it and I told him the tape player / the camera had been gone for years..he confidently said “we still have a video tape player!!” he went away for a minute and came back with my old boombox with a cassette player in it. :,)
i have no idea what the kids are saying anymore. what’s rizz. what’s skibidi toilet. why is it in target. i don’t want to google it, i was raised with blue waffle and im not taking any chances
I went back to school for a career change and I’m the oldest of the cohort. I was born in 1995, my new friends were born in 2007… I started highschool when they were months old!! So when we were talking about some video games, like Roller Coaster Tycoon, I talked about the CD-ROM games we would get in cereal boxes and none of them knew what I was talking about.
Oh there’s multiple. But I definitely had that feeling when Aaron Carter’s son made a red carpet debut, posthumously, a few days ago. Damn, not only is my childhood crush deceased, he also died a father and this is his offspring.
When I uttered “I heard the most interesting NPR segment on my way from work today! Before I tell you about it, do you know where the heating pad is? My knee is acting up”
I told my students about how my cell phone broke in half and they were WAY more upset about it than I thought they’d be. I had to explain what flip phones were.
When I look in the mirror in the morning and see the bags under my eyes, gray eyebrow hairs (!) and gray hair. I dye my hair and eyebrows, but I’m not getting any surgery on my face. I have friends who got botox and filler, and it’s expensive and doesn’t last long. I’m lucky because I don’t have a lot of wrinkles. My hands look old, and I have age spots on my arms and legs. I think to myself, what did you expect when you got older?
I like to focus on the benefits. I make a lot of money, and I have someone to clean my house and cut my grass. I have the luxury of time now, so being old isn’t so bad. I get to take great vacations, too. And I have better insurance!
Walked into the liquor store and saw the sign about “if you were bron before [x] date you can purchase alcohol” sign… 2004. It’s 2004. Kids born in 2004 are 21 or turning 21 this year.. like…. stop… 🥺😩😭
My niece was born in 2005. She is supposed to be like 12, but she about to turn 20. But that is beside the point and not the thing that made me feel old.
Or the fact that if you are asked your birth year, to buy an age restricted product they don’t let you get past 19–. Even if you were born in 1999 you are at least 26.
What made me feel old was this:
We found a rotary land line phone when she was younger. She initially thought you put the to lip of your finger into the circles in the dial like they were buttons to press. I showed her how you had to dial a number. She then asked me how you “back spaced” if you messed up and dialed a wrong digit.
She was dead ass serious.
When I told her you had to hang up and start over she stared at me in horrific disbelief like I told her that she should punt a kitten.
That is when I felt 112 years old. The looked at me like I should have long ago died by scurvy or some disease that was easily cured by penicillin.
….Like I didn’t even have the right to use my cell phone to call my friends and complain about how old I felt.
….Like I should have used a quill and penned an angry missive on a sheet of parchment by candlelight instead to my eldest confidant instead. 😩🤣
I know the exact moment: at age 36, I found a a skin discoloration on my forehead—thinking, “do I have cancer??!” I went to my doc. She laughed and said it was just a sunspot….because…I’m old now…….My words not hers😂
I already knew I was old but recently checking in for an appointment and the receptionist asked for date of birth and I told her May 01, ’68. I saw the wheels turning in her head with her hands frozen on the keyboard. (She was a trainee so not experienced and it was an OBGYN so most women were much younger and pregnant). Anyway when I realized she was lost, I told her I was from the future (2064). Nothing. I finally said 1964. Sigh.
Also, being called ‘mam’ for the first time and receiving endless AARP membership offers.
I will never share my name or anything personal about myself on social media. Hell, I hate social media in general unless it’s forum/chat room-esque. (i.e. Reddit and Discord)
I’m also starting to feel like “I value my privacy” might make me old by itself.
I was watching a hockey game on TV and the camera focused on a guy in the crowd singing along to Blink 182. I thought, “How does that old guy know my generation’s music?” Then I realized the “old guy” was probably not more than 5 years my senior.
I saw a tiktok of a girl saying 2004 born with my 2025 born and her baby bump and ultrasound pics. I went to the comment section expecting comments about kids having kids and they were all supportive congratulation messages.
She was old enough to be a mom, there was nothing odd about it. But ????????? I sat like that with the tiktok playing in my hand and me staring at the ceiling for a long time
Watching my kid play soccer, I turned to my friend and said, “Number seven on the green team has to be a Smith.” Because she looks just like the Smiths around here. Like… that is exactly what my Grandmother used to say when she met my friends. Hi, I’m ThatLittleRedhead’s grandma, and YOU must be a Jones with a nose like that! I have lived long enough to recognize the Smith eyes, and the Jones nose.
Wanting to go to bed at 9pm but can’t because I just ate bacon wrapped jalapenos and don’t want heartburn…waited an hour…took three Gaviscon… elevated my adjustable bed…and still woke up with heartburn and had to take more pills.
A person drove by with music on loud and the windows down on a sunny day. I rolled my eyes and whispered please shut up to myself then realized how old I’ve gotten
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Every year around this time I remember what year the upcoming high school graduates were born. This year is 2007 babies 😭
When fashion trends cycled round to the same as when I was a teenager!
A post on Tumblr about someone finding their mother’s X-Files fanfic on the Gossamer archive.
The other day I was trying to remember how many recessions I’ve lived through.
Someone told me my Blockbuster graphic tee was vintage. I was at the gym and someone went “OOOOooo I love your shirt- vintage!!”. I just sat there for a minute after saying “thank you” and contemplated my life for a moment.
I went to sit on the ground and heard a large crack.
Turns out it was both of my knees.
I’m addicted to drinking black coffee.
Bedtime is 8 PM.
I hate tiktok and refuse to get it. I hate those tiktok dances too. All those trends. Just don’t get it.
Things from my childhood (clothes, music) started being described as “vintage”.
When I had to show someone how to write a check a few years ago. Oh dear God…
My coworker of legal drinking age telling me that she wasn’t born when 9/11 happened
Grey pubes
Me being older than all of my team and 30 years older than my immediate boss.
When songs I listened to in the late 90’s and early 2000’s started getting rotation on the classic rock station.
When a friend’s sibling who was born in the 2000s has their first child and you automatically think it’s a teen pregnancy
I still kinda picture myself as a college kid. Then I see real, current college kids and the illusion breaks lmao
When I started going to bed at 8 and up at 4. I was always a night owl. Loved staying up late! But that full 8 hours of sleep and having a couple cups of coffee while the sun rises, is perfection for this 54 yr old
My little brother found an old video tape in the closet that belonged to a camcorder I used as a kid and brought it to me, he asked me if I could play it and I told him the tape player / the camera had been gone for years..he confidently said “we still have a video tape player!!” he went away for a minute and came back with my old boombox with a cassette player in it. :,)
Having to explain who Doug Funnie is to my 20 something coworker
I explained to my coworker what dial-up internet was
Got excited over my CVS savings 💔
People my kids age are making “I knew I was old when” TikTok’s.
i have no idea what the kids are saying anymore. what’s rizz. what’s skibidi toilet. why is it in target. i don’t want to google it, i was raised with blue waffle and im not taking any chances
I went back to school for a career change and I’m the oldest of the cohort. I was born in 1995, my new friends were born in 2007… I started highschool when they were months old!! So when we were talking about some video games, like Roller Coaster Tycoon, I talked about the CD-ROM games we would get in cereal boxes and none of them knew what I was talking about.
My son is the same age I was when I got pregnant with him. Yeap that realization made me feel old.
New makeup mirror is 20X.
realizing the person I’m talking to wasn’t alive for 9/11. no joke it’s like a measurement of time for me
When I left my pillow behind and it was an absolute crisis.
Oh there’s multiple. But I definitely had that feeling when Aaron Carter’s son made a red carpet debut, posthumously, a few days ago. Damn, not only is my childhood crush deceased, he also died a father and this is his offspring.
BRO WAS PUBESCENT WHEN I FIRST SAW HIM.
The music I grew up listening to is now “classic”.
When I uttered “I heard the most interesting NPR segment on my way from work today! Before I tell you about it, do you know where the heating pad is? My knee is acting up”
Explaining anything 90’s or early 2000’s related to a fresh graduate
Coworker didn’t know who Alan Rickman was until i said, “Snape from Harry Potter?”
We are DOOMED
I told my students about how my cell phone broke in half and they were WAY more upset about it than I thought they’d be. I had to explain what flip phones were.
When I look in the mirror in the morning and see the bags under my eyes, gray eyebrow hairs (!) and gray hair. I dye my hair and eyebrows, but I’m not getting any surgery on my face. I have friends who got botox and filler, and it’s expensive and doesn’t last long. I’m lucky because I don’t have a lot of wrinkles. My hands look old, and I have age spots on my arms and legs. I think to myself, what did you expect when you got older?
I like to focus on the benefits. I make a lot of money, and I have someone to clean my house and cut my grass. I have the luxury of time now, so being old isn’t so bad. I get to take great vacations, too. And I have better insurance!
Walked into the liquor store and saw the sign about “if you were bron before [x] date you can purchase alcohol” sign… 2004. It’s 2004. Kids born in 2004 are 21 or turning 21 this year.. like…. stop… 🥺😩😭
When I heard myself say “I don’t want to go back to AI school” in response to aging out of tech.
Your inner ear ages and you can no longer sit on a swing without getting nauseous
My niece was born in 2005. She is supposed to be like 12, but she about to turn 20. But that is beside the point and not the thing that made me feel old.
Or the fact that if you are asked your birth year, to buy an age restricted product they don’t let you get past 19–. Even if you were born in 1999 you are at least 26.
What made me feel old was this:
We found a rotary land line phone when she was younger. She initially thought you put the to lip of your finger into the circles in the dial like they were buttons to press. I showed her how you had to dial a number. She then asked me how you “back spaced” if you messed up and dialed a wrong digit.
She was dead ass serious.
When I told her you had to hang up and start over she stared at me in horrific disbelief like I told her that she should punt a kitten.
That is when I felt 112 years old. The looked at me like I should have long ago died by scurvy or some disease that was easily cured by penicillin.
….Like I didn’t even have the right to use my cell phone to call my friends and complain about how old I felt.
….Like I should have used a quill and penned an angry missive on a sheet of parchment by candlelight instead to my eldest confidant instead. 😩🤣
I know the exact moment: at age 36, I found a a skin discoloration on my forehead—thinking, “do I have cancer??!” I went to my doc. She laughed and said it was just a sunspot….because…I’m old now…….My words not hers😂
When I have to turn down the music so I can concentrate on the road
I already knew I was old but recently checking in for an appointment and the receptionist asked for date of birth and I told her May 01, ’68. I saw the wheels turning in her head with her hands frozen on the keyboard. (She was a trainee so not experienced and it was an OBGYN so most women were much younger and pregnant). Anyway when I realized she was lost, I told her I was from the future (2064). Nothing. I finally said 1964. Sigh.
Also, being called ‘mam’ for the first time and receiving endless AARP membership offers.
Everything hurts 😭
I will never share my name or anything personal about myself on social media. Hell, I hate social media in general unless it’s forum/chat room-esque. (i.e. Reddit and Discord)
I’m also starting to feel like “I value my privacy” might make me old by itself.
I was watching a hockey game on TV and the camera focused on a guy in the crowd singing along to Blink 182. I thought, “How does that old guy know my generation’s music?” Then I realized the “old guy” was probably not more than 5 years my senior.
All the grocery stores are playing awesome songs. The whole playlist is solidly my favorite music.
the top 40 i grew up with is referred to now as “throwback hits”
The first cancer death in my circle…
I saw a tiktok of a girl saying 2004 born with my 2025 born and her baby bump and ultrasound pics. I went to the comment section expecting comments about kids having kids and they were all supportive congratulation messages.
She was old enough to be a mom, there was nothing odd about it. But ????????? I sat like that with the tiktok playing in my hand and me staring at the ceiling for a long time
Watching my kid play soccer, I turned to my friend and said, “Number seven on the green team has to be a Smith.” Because she looks just like the Smiths around here. Like… that is exactly what my Grandmother used to say when she met my friends. Hi, I’m ThatLittleRedhead’s grandma, and YOU must be a Jones with a nose like that! I have lived long enough to recognize the Smith eyes, and the Jones nose.
Every time I try to read a label.
It happened yesterday while I was at work…I had to go into the Accessibility options on my phone and increase the text size.
Wanting to go to bed at 9pm but can’t because I just ate bacon wrapped jalapenos and don’t want heartburn…waited an hour…took three Gaviscon… elevated my adjustable bed…and still woke up with heartburn and had to take more pills.
When my son was talking about his age and said he turns 30 this year. Like wtf?! I’m supposed to be 30 not him!!
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Matchbox Twenty on the classic rock station and NSYNC and the Backstreet Boys playing in the grocery store…
When my 12 yrs younger sister says smth meant to be a joke and I find it stupid.
A person drove by with music on loud and the windows down on a sunny day. I rolled my eyes and whispered please shut up to myself then realized how old I’ve gotten