Feeling old is when?

Question

I feel really old when I see clips of old tv shows or presenters and they look young, yet when I was a kid these same people looked really ancient.

What makes you feel old.

(and there's the old stuff about policemen and doctors)

Answer 1

Feeling old is when you look at sweets like Starburst and say "I'm sure they used to be bigger when I was young...and called something else!"

Feeling old is when you start hating pop music and start listening to something a bit slower with more voilins in it.

Feeling old is when you go to the checkout and get served by someone and you think you're old enough to be their mother or father.

Answer 2

I am 71 and feel old when I look at my classmates at reunions, when I am slow standing up after sitting on the floor, when I look in the mirror, when I can not yell for my dog without hurting my throat and when I feel sexual but do not want to do anything about it. But I felt old at 27 when I was not married yet and friends where younger, felt really old on my 40 year old birthday, etc, etc. Like everything else it is relative. I feel quite young when I am just me doing my life or when I am with someone who is mid 80s plus.

Answer 3

When you cough and you hear your father's cough.
When people refer you as Sir and you look around you to see who they are talking about.
When you feel icky when you find out someone you find attractive was born born in the 80s.
When a 19 year old ask you what an LP is
When you get proprietary aspirations to specific armchairs
When you are out in a club and you turn down drugs because you want to catch something on the radio the next morning.

Answer 4

Hearing favorite song from my youth being played in the elevator on my way to the 11th floor. Or on a tv commercial. Also one day while visiting the airforce plane museum my husband began feeling old when he noticed that the planes in the museum were the same planes that he used to launch off the flight deck while he was in the service!!!!

Answer 5

When I go to my favourite club and see kids there who are 10 years younger than me, that I know from Junior / Infant school! Or when I say things like 'wow, Ive not seen you since you were this high!' (did that last week, I am officially my grandmother lol!) Or when I work out that Ive been working for 8 years, since I left school......so many things! But hey, 26 isnt old!!!! :O) Bxx

Answer 6

For me, a good example would be mentioning things relating to the pop culture of my time and then realizing that no one has a clue as to what I am talking about. There are actually adults who know nothing about The Beatles! I find that so sad.
Of course, the nearly complete loss of libido at age 47, six years ago, hasn't helped a thing!

Answer 7

I remember telling my friends when I was 12 that when 2000 came around I would turn 30....that seemed ancient! Now ancient looks more like 80 or 90...

Answer 8

i feel old when i look at young girls (16+) and think wow she's hot but then i realize that I'm 16 years older then them. it is a real reality check because i tell you i still feel like a 16 year old boy sometimes. and listening to music and realizing i owned this on vinyl and we called albums then.

and when i can remember going to the store with 35cents and being wow. man i am old s$#T

Answer 9

I feel old when I go out with my friends and everyone in the bar or club looks about 12 years old!

Answer 10

It makes me feel old when I realize that I remember events that took place a long time ago. When I think back upon those events and realize "holy s***, that was 20 years ago!" I get the feeling I'm getting old.

Answer 11

Seriously speaking, much like puberty, the onset happened for me in an instant. About the time I turned 35... everything started going south, I no longer felt young... and middle age set in overnight... backaches.. feet hurting... everything but THAT... and I am scared that THAT is next...