“Me every day unsure if I’m texting him or my doctor.”

There’s no easy way to break it to you, millennial dudes.

Gen Z currently categorizes you as “older men.”

Elderly man sits by a window, resting his head on his hand, looking thoughtful and contemplative. A pair of glasses and a beverage sit on the table before him

like fix it.

A smartphone screen shows a message reading "Cool" with options to Reply, Copy, and Translate

A text message conversation is shown with a response "Ok" and options above it for reactions, including thumbs up, thumbs down, and more

User's message says: "You lucky got 'Ok' mine only gives'" a thumbs up emoji

Oh my GOD YES. The 'ok' or 'Lol' GETS ME. He's 33 ?"

"Had a 35 year old tell me it was 'great to connect' and we should 'stay in touch' after a date"

"Me trying to decipher a 37 year old's texts right now…. So it's not just me???" with a laughing emoji

A comment saying, "Okay so we're all experiencing this" with a smiling face with the sweat emoji

Another person says, "We broke up because of this with a crying emoji. I started getting insecure he didn’t like me but it was just the age gap"

Text message conversation where a man says, "Hi. I had a good time with you last night. Have a good day" and the recipient responds, "Thanks, good day sir?"

Instagram comment: "Dude it’s painful! Tragic! Confusing! Lonely at the same time"

One person commented, "The lack of emojis and exclamation got me overthinking" with a laughing emoji

"NOOOOO LITERALLYYYYY!!!! I thought I was over thinking?? Like bae do you not love me?"

"NO EMOTION BEHIND THEM WHATSOEVER JUST STRAIGHT TO THE POINT and don’t forget the ….. after the message sometimes"

A person says, "He texts normally exactly how I text when I'm annoyed"

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YUP!! And he's probably typing it with one finger too ??

"I have never had an original experience"

"I realized I was old when I didn’t see an issue"

"Seem entirely normal. I'm 40"

A woman with long hair in a plaid shirt gesturing towards herself with a caption that reads, "Oh, so I'm the problem?" from SNL