How do you tell you are not young any more?

[Caveworm]

When one use to be with 'it', but they changed what 'it' is, and now what is 'it', seems weird and scary. To quote Grandpa Simpson.

I was talking to my father today on the phone. He is in his late 60's. Going strong. Anyway, I mentioned (ranting) to him that some teenagers were being rowdy and a bit aggressive; playing music on their phones and well, I guess being teenagers, when my father stopped me mid-sentence and said:

'It has happened son, you finally reached it. You now are that 'age' were you remember things being better in your day'.


Quite a poignant statement from my father as last week I was at a wedding. I was the only one in my late twenties. The rest of the crowd were in their 50-60s or 14-19 bracket. I had to sit at the 'young table' and I tell you, I was quite confused and a bit out of place. The younger people just kept looking at me like some sort of old wizard. Didn't help when I mentioned I use to have a pair of high tops when I was ten, before some of them were born....

I am 28, so I am not super old, but it made me think...

Have I got to the top of the hill? Is it now but a long slide down into my 30s? Or is it just a natural progression of age? I like quite pubs, can't handle so much drink, hangovers take longer to go away...etc etc.

 

[TerribleAssassin]

When today's kids music sound's like shit.


EDIT: Shit miss read the question xD no, you've not hit the peak, you'll think it, but you'll still be 'hip'

 

[DefunctTheory]

Fuck, I hit that point at 21.

It's not the end of anything, OP. You've merely leveled up and gained the 'perspective' perk.

 

[twistedmic]

I think I was already on my way to 'that age' when I was eighteen or nineteen. I had no desire to go out and get drunk or do drugs (never have done either one) at that age. And while out with my friends, a couple of younger teens (13-14) ran right passed us, cutting us off. My response was to say "Goddamn kids don't have any manners anymore."

 

[Luthir Fontaine]

I remeber bitching about "kids" music hell to me it sounds like people screaming at each other

 

[Gustavo S. Buschle]

I'm not old, I'm 15! Sad thing is, I can't and will never be able to say that it was good when I was a kid, and god help me if I will be able to say that "It was better when I was young".

 

[Febel]

For me it's when you start viewing teenagers with mild contempt. So...I was not young at 16 I guess.

 

[danintexas]

When I found myself talking to my dad about repairing the toilet in my house is when I knew I was no longer young.

 

[Lionsfan]

I haven't hit that yet, but I'm sure it's not too far around the corner. You're not alone OP, it's just part of getting older. As for you're age, I don't see what the worry is. From what I hear late-20's to mid 30's is the best time of your life. You're physically in the prime (maybe a little bit after but still) of your life, you've got some experience on you, and there's nothing you can't do because of age restrictions

 

[AMX58]

Mary Kate and Ashly Olson are 25 today damn that make me feel old

 

[sheogoraththemad]

when hair starts to grow on strange and dark places

 

[sheogoraththemad]

when hair starts to grow on strange and dark places

shaving your ears...oh the joy

What?!?

 

[Crazy_Dude]

When today's kids music sound's like shit.


EDIT: Shit miss read the question xD no, you've not hit the peak, you'll think it, but you'll still be 'hip'

One of the best episodes to date.

 

[SilverIntoSteel]

I'm 24 and I always feel old, I really shouldn't, but I always do.

 

[remnant_phoenix]

I don't know what the objective standard for "oldness" is, but here's the point where I "shifted," as it were:

Ever since I hit full-blown puberty I had the ability to eat whatever wanted, whenever I wanted, as much as I wanted, and never gain a pound or feel sluggish. Also, I could stay up until 4 or 5 in the morning and it wouldn't set me back much.

I retained this ability through college, but when I turned about 22 or 23, I hit the wall. My metabolism slowed down and I realized that I had to moderate my sleep and my junk food intake because if I didn't I would just feel like hell afterward. It was then that I began to feel old.

 

[blipblop]

? I like quite pubs, can't handle so much drink, hangovers take longer to go away...etc etc.

this plus im married and having a doughter on the way.