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How Did You Know You're Getting Older?

the conservative atheist said:
When your coworkers weren't alive on 9/11/01.
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We were out at dinner one night and someone made a Paula Dean reference and the server just glanced over it like it never happened. We all cook/grew up with cooking shows. I asked the server if she ever heard of Paula, and she said no, She hadn't graduated High School yet. I did the math and Figured out she was born after 9/11. I've asked every of the same generation, If someone was born after 9/11 they where too young to see her get cancelled. This theory has held true since then.


My real answer was seeing friends kids in dating apps, I sound like a bowl of rice cripys in the morning, or when I get called my mothers brother.
 
FleshEater said:
I promoted this kid to a supervisor who is 23. He grew up like an 80’s kid and is a damn good worker. Seeing him pull all nighters on the house he just bought makes me feel OLD. Like, dude was up until 5 am two nights in a row gutting carpet and burning it, then came to work on Monday. That would have put me down for 3 days. :laughing:
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I'm not old but this is the first sign in experiencing. Not that long ago I could easily pull all nighters and kick ass at work. Lately if I look at the clock after midnight I know the next day is going to be rough!
 
I've been here almost 25 years and I'm now the same age as the old guys were when I started. All the old guys are retiring now.

My oldest niece is 22 and she and her husband announced this weekend that she is pregnant.
 
I'm only 40, but....

When I discovered what TUMs were for

When I couldn't eat then immediately go to bed without feeling like total shit

When I started waking up sore

When I wake up feeling hungover but I haven't drank in a month

When I got gout and the doctor said "welcome to getting old":laughing:

Most recently doing the suspension work on my Tacoma and feeling like I got ran over by the truck the next day.
 
My beard is at least half grey. I need reading glasses. But the biggest eye opener was when I was at the PA Gambler 500 sitting around the campfire drinking beer and age came up in the conversation. I thought most/many of the people were my age when I said I was 49. I was wrong. I was roughly 10 years older than the next oldest person in the group.
 
Never thought about it much then started realizing things like I was older than any pro sportsball players and most cops. Beards mostly gray now and starting to match on top with major hair thinning. And lots of people younger than me dead already. Having people not think I qualify for 55 or older discounts makes me feel slightly amused.
 
My general mentality when I work on shit is to ignore whatever pain is going on until I finish and then figure out what happened. I used to heal up really fast. I have a bruise on my leg that has been there for over a month and it's still sore.

I changed out the radiator on a POS car last week and my hands still have cuts on them from it.

When I was younger, I never thought I would see 40 with the kind of risks I took. I thought surely I'd roll snake eyes at some point. Now when I stand up, other people start looking around to see what that grinding noise is.

My strength is going also, I used to be very strong, now I'm not sure I could lift any more than the average 13 year old. I'm not sure if it's nerve damage in my spine or something else or just typical old man shit.

I noticed old age spots starting to show up on my face this weekend as my youngest finished her masters degree.
 
Will12785 said:
I'm not old but this is the first sign in experiencing. Not that long ago I could easily pull all nighters and kick ass at work. Lately if I look at the clock after midnight I know the next day is going to be rough!
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Yeah…staying up late anymore has the same effect as a hangover!
 
Having friends passing away from "old age" at a more frequent rate has caught my attention. I'll be 68 this year. Accepting that I have maybe 20 good years left at best, gives me pause. At least good life planning has put me in a position where I can live out my remaining years financially secured, so there's that.....
 
Cheater lenses in my welding hood ☑️
Fuck led lights at night ☑️
Gray beard ☑️
Aches and pains are normal ☑️
Worry about my retirement savings ☑️
Beer make my belly bigger ☑️
Remember better vehicles for the money ☑️
All music except what I like sucks ☑️
 
det107 said:
When I started getting AARP membership invitations in the mail. Fuck off-
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I was 32 the first time I got something from them.

At 57yrs old I am in LESS pain than I was in my 20's, 30's and 40's. I didn't go gray enough to start coloring my hair until I was almost 40. Needed reading glasses at 50.

My back was horrible starting at 19yrs old for me. then the neck injuries started.

I was IT certified in 2000 and now I can't figure out tech at all. New payment machines at the stores fuck me up bad.

Boyfriend being 20yrs younger reminds me constantly how old I am. :laughing:
 
I'm 56 now and this is all stuff that has manifested itself over the last 10-12 years:
Something ALWAYS hurts and/or aches.
Cant bend, twist, run, jump and throw like I used to.
Getting up off the floor is a small challenge, even worse if getting off of a creeper in the shop.
Started wearing reading glasses after a lifetime of perfect vision.
Goatee turned gray.
Gained quite a bit of extra weight without increasing how much I eat.
Loss of enthusiasm and energy.
Decreasing tolerance of people in general.
Seeing longtime friends become grandparents.
Thinking more often about my own mortality and how much time I have (or don't have) left on this Earth.
 
If you follow sports, the old guys and retiring guys are your age or younger. Same for going to the dentist/doctor or whatever and realizing many are younger than you.

Doing work at a college campus and all the females look like they should be in high school.
 
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