What makes you feel old?

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I was in a shop that had cute things I would have loved when I was a teen (I bought a Care Bear bento while I was there.) As I was browsing, a young lady told me how much she liked my purple cane. We discussed fashion and mobility aides for awhile. Then she said I reminded her of her grandma. Ouch!

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  2. challam Avatar

    The mirror. 😱

  3. W1derWoman Avatar

    Being the same age as the mother of some of my colleagues.

  4. Coffeenomnom_ Avatar

    I (retired woman) went into a donut shop for coffee. The cashier, a young man, began ringing it up but stopped to look me up and down before telling me the amount.
    I paid & left, thinking, “Wow! I still got it!”
    Until I looked at the receipt.
    He gave me a senior discount.

  5. Amazing-Artichoke330 Avatar

    Double takes about my appearance. Fish eyes by guards who wonder if I’m homeless, merely because I’m old.

  6. Striking-Anxiety-604 Avatar

    Teaching the children of my former students.

    Having coworkers who are younger than my own children.

    Having to specify which dog I’m talking about when I talk about my former dogs, because I’ve had three, but never more than one at a time.

  7. Regular_Seat6801 Avatar

    the truth (in my case) I always feel YOUNG at heart 🙂

    only people around me spoil that notion lol

  8. thewoodsiswatching Avatar

    People who are in the same house but text each other to talk. Or guys who come home from work and spend every waking hour gaming.

    I feel like I’m not even in the same century as people who do this.

  9. Fuzzzer777 Avatar

    The back of my hands… I see my grandmother’s hands.

  10. Jack748595 Avatar

    Taking 7 different prescription drugs and havng an ICD…

  11. Grouchy_System6535 Avatar

    Walking past a mirror.

  12. _Haych_Bee_ Avatar

    Having a granddaughter who has left high school, drives a car, and has a real job!
    How fast did that happen!!

  13. Rlyoldman Avatar

    I feel 24, but pictures tell a different story.

  14. AxeMasterGee Avatar

    Hearing kids’ slang and pop music. Also my white beard.

  15. Reddit62195 Avatar

    The first thing that made me feel really freaking old (and I wasn’t even "old" yet!! I was checking out the monthly issue of PlayBoy and when I saw the playmate of the month.and saw when she was born, two things happened that day!

    1. That was the very last time I looked at a PlayBoy magazine!
    2. I actually remember where I was in the world and what I was doing when the playmate of the month had been born!

    Worst feeling EVER!!

  16. NigelLeisure Avatar

    Throwing out my back when toweling off after a shower. 

  17. witchbelladonna Avatar

    At the grocery store last week. Cashier, "you get the senior discount, right?"

    Um, no… not yet… first time I felt my age.

  18. LoreKeeper2001 Avatar

    When I go to my cardiologist’s office. The waiting room. "Jesus Christ, look at all these broke-down geezers with their bad tickers. Oh wait. I am one."

  19. AnybodySeeMyKeys Avatar

    My daughter has had a friend since she was six. Even thought her friend moved away, they’ve always stayed in touch, and make sure to see each other several times a year.

    The other night, the friend was in town and came over to our house for dinner. I made her a martini and then she had a glass of red wine with dinner. Just hard to wrap my mind around that.

  20. superslinkey Avatar

    I dated a young woman way back when who told me she cried the first time someone called her ma’am.

  21. Testcapo7579 Avatar

    Chronic fatigue

  22. Redkneck35 Avatar

    The music I listened to as a teen has replaced chamber music in stores and elevators (when they play music)

  23. twYstedf8 Avatar

    The mirror, and the front facing camera on my phone.

  24. ApprehensiveCamera40 Avatar

    The scary old lady that follows me around in mirrors.

  25. BayouVoodoo Avatar

    My back, hips, and knees.

  26. Luckyangel2222 Avatar

    Getting senior discounts when I don’t ask for them

  27. naked_as_a_jaybird Avatar

    Not worrying if I can afford relatively cheap shit before buying it.
    At 25, I didn’t order the expensive steak. Double that age now and I order whatever I feel like eating without worrying if I can afford it.
    Feeling old isn’t always bad. Usually, yeah, but not always.

  28. egm5000 Avatar

    When I can’t squat down to pick up something on the floor and have to bend over because if I squat I will ever be able to stand back up.

  29. CapitanianExtinction Avatar

    That’s when you whip out that cane and yell "get off my lawn you young whippersnapper!"

  30. Alive-Marketing6800 Avatar

    When people older than me (usually woman) say we’re old now or they make remarks like this and include me. It really makes me angry.

  31. Just1n_Credible Avatar

    The pain in my joints on cold, wet days.

  32. BeginningUpstairs904 Avatar

    Precancerous lesions on my forehead due to sun damage. Dr.wants to do this horrific blue light treatment on my face which causes you to look beet red and scaly for months. Yeech

  33. konqueror321 Avatar

    Actually being old really makes me feel old. And saying ‘you’re only as old as you feel’ makes me feel even older.

  34. SemanticPedantic007 Avatar

    Trying to think of a witty example of something I couldn’t remember anymore for a Reddit comment, and not being able to remember any of them.

  35. CaptainTime Avatar
    • Being 10 years older than my mother when she died
    • Visiting antique shops and seeing all my childhood toys
    • Knowing my sons are in their 40s
  36. MeRegular10 Avatar

    I only feel old when I light a Yahrzeit, a Jewish memorial candle, on the date I lost a relative or friend. I lit one 2 weeks ago and found myself saying, “Has he really been gone 58 years !?”

  37. PandoraClove Avatar

    When you have to explain things like Watergate and the Beatles.

  38. Lumbergod Avatar

    I can’t run or jump anymore. I used to be fairly good at both, not so much now. The mind is willing, but the body is weak.

  39. ObligationGrand8037 Avatar

    Being called Ma’am for the first time.

  40. Here_there1980 Avatar

    Making a reference that’s too old for everyone in the room … and realizing it right after I say it.

  41. ArtsyTraveller Avatar

    Young people can be too honest. I get it.

  42. Alarmed-General8547 Avatar

    The Tonight Show. More and more not knowing any of the guests whether actors or musicians.

  43. johndotold Avatar
    Trying to stand up. Trying to walk.  Trying to breathe without coughing.  Age spots, wrinkles and white hair. 
    
     My hobbies are starting at the wall and waiting to croak.
  44. domusvita Avatar

    I did the lawn today and I’m exhausted and my back is barking!

  45. _DogMom_ Avatar

    Catching a glimpse of myself in a public mirror.😬

  46. vauss88 Avatar

    Unusual pains for no reason. Voltaren is my friend.

  47. Ill_End_8015 Avatar

    Having to be mindful of NOT sitting on my balls

  48. rozkosz1942 Avatar

    I was in a family owned, small pricey grocery store. The checker gave me a long look and rang up my items. When I got home I looked at the receipt.
    It said Senior Discount 15% !! Wow first time ever.

  49. Yesitsmesuckas Avatar

    The fact that I look exactly like my Mother did at this age. It was attractive on her, but definitely not on me.😩

  50. Imaginary_Step_5150 Avatar

    My early onset rigor mortis. 😛

  51. Imaginary_Step_5150 Avatar

    No one mistaking my grandbabies as mine 🤔

  52. hushpuppy212 Avatar

    Reading that, at age 42, Justin Verlander is the oldest player in the majors.

    He could be my son

  53. Ithaqua-Yigg Avatar

    Arthritis, Five crushed vertebrae, Torn Ligaments in both knees. Young people never ever put your body through the stress of caring for violent development disabled adults. Insurance companies lie, workers comp lies. They may say if you’re injured at work we will care for you, for the most part it’s a lie.

  54. Chimom65 Avatar

    All I need to do to realize I’m old is look in the mirror.

  55. Stock_Block2130 Avatar

    My aches and pains, especially back pain.

  56. OhTheHueManatee Avatar

    At 36 I jokingly said "I could, in theory, legally have sex with someone half my age". I chuckled and then a gross feeling of "damn I’m old" hit me like a surf wave.

  57. eatshoney Avatar

    When I’m out with my young kids and they aren’t sure if I’m the mom or grandma. But what gets me is them leaning in a getting a closer look and then deciding grandma. Somehow that closer examination is what gets me. Because I’m the mom. Grew them in my body and everything.

  58. Lakelover25 Avatar

    When a man calls me “young lady” I know it’s because I am not really young.

  59. StringSlinging Avatar

    I overheard a young guy say “Ohio Sigma Rizz”, everyone nodded in agreement and I have no clue what any of that means.

  60. The_Living_Tribunal2 Avatar

    Watching the Grammy awards show made me feel old. I’m like who are these artists? Pop-culture has passed me by.

  61. Jazmo0712 Avatar

    The mirror. My feet & ankles. I’m in my 20s until I move.

  62. imgomez Avatar

    Getting up off the floor.

  63. Tomuch2care Avatar

    Knowing I am turning 60 F and my mom died at 65.

  64. Poohgli16 Avatar

    Walking with a cane

  65. Poohgli16 Avatar

    Walking with a cane

  66. ResidentTerrible Avatar

    Stairs. Stairs make me feel old. And pain. I did not expect old age to be so painful. I’ll be 80 in a few weeks, and still get around OK, but walks are getting shorter.

  67. Willing_Arm_7044 Avatar

    Guns N Roses on the fucking classic rock station…

  68. Haunting_Law_7795 Avatar

    Going to an antique store and seeing things my grandmother or mother had. Then I tell my mom not to get rid of something because it’s worth a lot of money. I’m now seeing Tupperware in antique stores. Tupperware? Really?

  69. Vermonter-in-Exile Avatar

    When I bend over. Also knowing that someone born on my 21st Bday has been able to drink now for over 10 years. Also I’m almost at the age where my grandfather passed away months before I was born.

  70. BreadButterRunner Avatar

    the side by side twin turkey proto-waddles under my chin.

  71. Carrollz Avatar

    When I go to the doctor’s with a complaint and he says that’s just a part of getting old. Otherwise I feel like a precocious 7yo with too many responsibilities and too many problems. 

  72. Taz9093 Avatar

    I’ve worked for the same doctor for almost 26 years. The babies grew up and are now having babies. It’s crazy to think I’ve watched these kids grow up into adults and are bringing their babies to us.

  73. NeiClaw Avatar

    A few days ago, I had to download a bunch of pdfs to sign. I can annotate a pdf in my sleep, but I still screwed up. I screwed up pretty badly and some of them had to be redone, which was humiliating. Just unbelievably frustrating to feel like I’m losing my ability to cope with even the most basic technology.

  74. Potential-Buy3325 Avatar

    Knowing my oldest daughter is turning 50 this year. It seems like she was just born.

  75. Eye-love-jazz Avatar

    Her grandma is probably someone she loves and admires and can talk to easily.💜Take what she said as a compliment.

  76. Turtlesrsaved Avatar

    My hands, they look like mine but have age spot, wrinkles, callouses. They seem foreign to me.

  77. BonCourageAmis Avatar

    Feeling like the 1990s were yesterday

  78. Turbulent-Pride5981 Avatar

    Compressed discs in my lower back. Other than that I don’t feel old at all. I’ll still do dumb stuff on a whim, like I did when I was young. Last week I helped my nephews string a barrel up in a tree so they could pull it up into the tree and then drop it on things to crush. They loaded the barrel with rocks and wood and it became too heavy for them to lift so I got my tractor and used that to pull the rope.

  79. SubstantialDonkey981 Avatar

    Carhart used to be for the working poor.