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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The mirror. 😱
Being the same age as the mother of some of my colleagues.
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.
Double takes about my appearance. Fish eyes by guards who wonder if I’m homeless, merely because I’m old.
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.
the truth (in my case) I always feel YOUNG at heart 🙂
only people around me spoil that notion lol
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.
The back of my hands… I see my grandmother’s hands.
Taking 7 different prescription drugs and havng an ICD…
Walking past a mirror.
The mirror
Having a granddaughter who has left high school, drives a car, and has a real job!
How fast did that happen!!
I feel 24, but pictures tell a different story.
Hearing kids’ slang and pop music. Also my white beard.
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!
Worst feeling EVER!!
Throwing out my back when toweling off after a shower.
At the grocery store last week. Cashier, "you get the senior discount, right?"
Um, no… not yet… first time I felt my age.
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."
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.
Aches and pains
I dated a young woman way back when who told me she cried the first time someone called her ma’am.
Chronic fatigue
The music I listened to as a teen has replaced chamber music in stores and elevators (when they play music)
The mirror, and the front facing camera on my phone.
The scary old lady that follows me around in mirrors.
My back, hips, and knees.
Getting senior discounts when I don’t ask for them
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.
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.
That’s when you whip out that cane and yell "get off my lawn you young whippersnapper!"
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.
The pain in my joints on cold, wet days.
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
Actually being old really makes me feel old. And saying ‘you’re only as old as you feel’ makes me feel even older.
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.
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 !?”
When you have to explain things like Watergate and the Beatles.
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.
Being called Ma’am for the first time.
Making a reference that’s too old for everyone in the room … and realizing it right after I say it.
Young people can be too honest. I get it.
The Tonight Show. More and more not knowing any of the guests whether actors or musicians.
Pain
I did the lawn today and I’m exhausted and my back is barking!
Catching a glimpse of myself in a public mirror.😬
Unusual pains for no reason. Voltaren is my friend.
Having to be mindful of NOT sitting on my balls
My age
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.
The fact that I look exactly like my Mother did at this age. It was attractive on her, but definitely not on me.😩
My early onset rigor mortis. 😛
No one mistaking my grandbabies as mine 🤔
Reading that, at age 42, Justin Verlander is the oldest player in the majors.
He could be my son
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.
All I need to do to realize I’m old is look in the mirror.
My aches and pains, especially back pain.
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.
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.
When a man calls me “young lady” I know it’s because I am not really young.
I overheard a young guy say “Ohio Sigma Rizz”, everyone nodded in agreement and I have no clue what any of that means.
Watching the Grammy awards show made me feel old. I’m like who are these artists? Pop-culture has passed me by.
The mirror. My feet & ankles. I’m in my 20s until I move.
Getting up off the floor.
Knowing I am turning 60 F and my mom died at 65.
Walking with a cane
Walking with a cane
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.
Guns N Roses on the fucking classic rock station…
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?
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.
the side by side twin turkey proto-waddles under my chin.
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.
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.
My age
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.
Knowing my oldest daughter is turning 50 this year. It seems like she was just born.
Everyone dying.
Her grandma is probably someone she loves and admires and can talk to easily.💜Take what she said as a compliment.
My hands, they look like mine but have age spot, wrinkles, callouses. They seem foreign to me.
My back, mostly.
My back
Feeling like the 1990s were yesterday
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.
Carhart used to be for the working poor.