“At first, I thought, this couldn’t possibly be right.
But then I realized I’m 39, and it’s absolutely possible.”
I remember thinking that ten years post-grad felt like a faraway lifetime that would never come.
Here’s what people had to say, including some responses from theBuzzFeed Communityand a few of my own.
“When you are excited by kitchen gadgets.
Don’t you dare take the joy from the pasta maker add-on to my KitchenAid mixer.”
“One of the guys I work with pointed out that I could be his mother.
I was appalled at first because hes 23, and that couldnt possibly be right.
But then I realized Im 39, and its absolutely possible.”
katerumtruffle
3.
“I’m from the Netherlands, and here we have two different words for ‘you.’
We say ‘u’ to people who are older and in formal parameters.
Suddenly, younger people in restaurants or stores say ‘u’ to me.
That’s when I realized I’m getting old.”
I had to pull over and just stare at her.
I’ve felt old ever since.
Oh, and hurting my back while sneezing doesn’t help either."
“Coming home and trying to hang out with old friends.
Realizing we had nothing in common anymore beyond the memories.”
u/Competitive-Term-618
6.
“Seeing my older brother’s age makes me feel old.
“When I had to ask, ‘what the f*** is a rizz?’
u/burninghippies
8.
“Having to scroll really far down for my birth year to show up on an online form.”
“My teenage niece loves TikTok and sending me memes.
I consider myself relatively young, but I still have no concept of the humor in any of them.
wouldnt you like to know
11.
“I have body piercings that are old enough to drink .”
Years ago, I knew all of them.”
“For me, its when celebrities pass away.
Im always like, ‘No way!
Theyve been around since I was…. Oh no!
The math is the worst part…”
u/bald_alpaca
14.
Now, I’ve had these exact thoughts and totally get where he was coming from.”
u/hootyowlscissors
16.
“I was a camp counselor one summer before college.
Now, my campers are starting to get married.
I wasn’t mentally prepared for the first Instagram post where one announced she’d had a baby.”
JedLeland
19.
“Realizing that I now feel excited to decorate or clean my house.”
“Learning that Dr. Dre is 58 broke my brain.
My heart will ache once I can process the information.”
Sugar, Spice, And Chemical X
21.
“I’m 39 and pregnant.
But the majority make me feel ancient.
They’re like 23 and breezing through their pregnancies.
I’m delighted to be pregnant, but it’s painful and exhausting!”
“My knees crack when I get up.
Also, I do that weird dad groan when I go to stand.”
u/NewParent23
25.“TikTok.
When this social media platform dropped I just instantly morphed into a dinosaur .”
“Seeing the stats of an Olympic athlete who wasbornon my 18th birthday really did me in.”
A_Panda
27.
“I always used to think professional athletes were so much older than I am.
Now I’m 35, and I’m older than most pro athletes.
In fact, a lot of them look like babies to me.”
“Kids born during the year I graduated from high school can almost all drink legally now.
Talk about feeling like a dinosaur.”
morganleslay
29.
“I was talking with the daughter of a friend who is 15.
She said to me, ‘Harry Potter is an old people thing.
I wasn’t even born yet when it came out.'”
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