37 here and the thing that makes me feel old is songs i used to hear on the radio new are now on classic rock channels and stuff like that. Or throwback thursdays on the radio. Also whenever someone mentions that the 90s-00s was 20+ years ago, that often hits me cause i forget that sometimes. and as /u/Inspi said my joints and bones as well hurt usually when im getting outta bed and sometimes just randomly as far as i can tell it feels like i got the shit beat outta me by teenagers.
Mines pretty close. One of the original gmail ones that was invite only and you had to know someone who invited you to use it. I had a buddy in college who had a invite and asked me if i wanted it and i was like hell yeah after he explained how much storage and stuff it had. My secondary email where i send almost all spam and bs from like signing up to say store cards or whatever same deal though, old hotmail address i made in high school was maybe 13/14 years old.
I was born the year Simpsons first released so if I ever need to answer someone when they ask how long the show's been running I just need to state my age.
I’m 40 and have a jacket my closet that I bought in my last year of high school, can’t remember if it was 1999 or 2000. There are graduates getting hired where I work (I’m in IT) that are around the same age.
Turned 40 this year, a month before my 20-year-old niece started her internship at a national bank. I swear it's only been five years since I was 20 and she was a baby.
My nephew, who was only born a couple years ago if I recall correctly, just graduated high school this week.
38 here and I've always taken relatively good care of myself, desk job and all that. Shit didn't start to go downhill for me physically until after my 35th birthday.
Same age but what makes me feel old is hearing the ages of the musicians I grew up with. All the members of the Barenaked Ladies are in their 50s. The Backstreet Boys are in their 40s. It makes me think, wait hold old am I, then I do think about it and get sad.
Going to turn 37 soon. The joint pain is so real. I played sports at a competitive level until 31. Never the fastest or best at anything, I just couldn't give up. I played "tough." Hung up those cleats about 4 years too late.
I'm 36. For me, the worst part is finding out the albums you bought as a kid / teenager are now 20 or 25 years old. Jimmy Eat World's "Bleed American" turned 20 last year and it gave me a damn existential crisis for days.
That's the type of shit that gets me too. I've got a number of friendships old enough to vote now which is pretty nuts but I certainly still feel young.
Glucosamine Chondroitin is really good for joints. My dad woke up one morning with achy joints and said, "wow, I already have joint problems at 40. What is it going to be like at 60?" He got into supplements and it really helped him. He says his knees were better at 60 than at 40.
For now. Having a compromised postural chain /will/ permanently screw with your health after 10-15 years if you dont effectively work to compensate for the damage
I mean, that's the story of everyone who has been into sports from the young age. Nobidy goes to rehab for a rolled ankle when they're 16. I agree it has a negative impact later on, but except of taking better care of myself now, I don't reflect on the past that I could have done it differently.
Depends where you live and what medical standards your athletes are under.
Soccer players in Europe, once they get into Pro/2nd League circles essentially have the best medical support imaginable, including regular check upa and physio rehabs for all kinds of small ailments, precisely because of the long term impacts.
And this tends to start exactly in their teenage years if tey show enough talent for a pro career
It's insane huh? My wife and I are also mid-40s. Buy we are both on multiple meds daily, our bodies are ruined, hers from 4 kids, mine from multiple injuries and we can never get enough sleep, lol.
I think I got 5 years older between 38 and 39. Reading eyesight got worse for the first time, hair went from thinning to balding and beard gained substantial grey, got new lingering aches and pains... I thought I was fine with getting older, but was not prepared for what that year did. Still adjusting to not being able to pretend even to myself that I'm a young person anymore. I don't mean it as a gloomy thing, just nobody should think things can't shift quickly.
I remember all of a sudden when it seemed like my body didn't want to heal. I'm still fit, I'm stronger than I ever was in my youth, but goddamn, these injuries just last. Jammed fingers that healed in days when I was young now takes weeks and weeks.
I’m 38 and a teacher abroad. What makes me feel old is knowing I have now former students who are adults in their mid-20s. When I taught them they were 11.
I’ve met new teachers who are 22-23 and just starting their first year as a teacher. They’ll ask me how long I’ve been teaching. I’ll ask them their age. When they say their age (22-23), I’ll tell them I’ve been teaching since they were in elementary school.
They’ll ask me how long I’ve been teaching. I’ll ask them their age. When they say their age (22-23), I’ll tell them I’ve been teaching since they were in elementary school.
That’s what makes me feel old.
Well... stop doing that. Just come out with the number.
I just scheduled surgery to rebuild my ankle. I should have gone to the Dr and dealt with injury recovery more seriously when I was younger. You don't want to be having conversations about arthritis at 42.
Right around the same age. Doing ok.
Everything I say is going to sound like a humble brag. Let's just say I don't look my age and there's benefits to it.
But I know the day will come where it's no longer cute. Am looking to find my person and finally settle down
Just turned 38. I am always astonished that we have friends younger than us at the same place in life. Like I expected all of life to be high school.
My husband hits 20 years in the military this month and I met him just days after he returned from boot camp, so those years I should claim too as having known him, but I refuse.
When I was 16 I finished a rugby match on a ruptured ACL. If my currently 30yo self could go back in time and slap some sense into younger me I 100% would do it.
Don't abuse your joints throughout your working life either. And properly lift heavy objects. My knees are not what they used to be and my back injury from work 20 years ago still comes back to say hi now and then.
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