What made you feel old today?

rgr

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:19 pm

bigsis144 wrote:

Remembering that 1994 was 30 years ago???

We are closer to 2040 than 2006 TMI

chocolate moose

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:26 pm

I was in high school when Princess Diana got married and I work in Lower Manhattan, right across from the Twin Towers. I saw the 2nd one fall.

Busybee5

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:27 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

I was in high school when Princess Diana got married and I work in Lower Manhattan, right across from the Twin Towers. I saw the 2nd one fall.

You're old 😜 omg at the twin towers 😮

JasmineDragon

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:34 pm

mommyla wrote:

Good one!

Some more:
“You were ALIVE on 9/11?” (Yes darling, I was in high school.)

How old was the person who said that? 9/11 was less than 25 years ago. I'm still in my 20s and I was alive during 9/11 (I don't remember it, though).

I felt old the first time I realized that one of my friends was born in the 2000s.

patzer

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:39 pm

chocolate moose wrote:

I was in high school when Princess Diana got married and I work in Lower Manhattan, right across from the Twin Towers. I saw the 2nd one fall.

Just curious ... in what year did she get married?

Busybee5

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:42 pm

patzer wrote:

Just curious ... in what year did she get married?

1981

amother

Sienna

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:46 pm

When my son said to me , were you in the olden days?

What year were you born, 2000 and what?
Im born in the 1990's!

What did you have in the olden days? And I explained to him about cameras and films abd how we had to send off the filn and wait a good week or 2 to get the pictures back.

On a side note Im going grey at 31.
Im in that process of feeling proud until Il be embaressed and want to dye it.
Im blonde.

mummy-bh

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:47 pm

I was in the hospital on 9/11, having just given birth to my 4th child
I watched Charles and Diana's wedding on TV.
My great grandparents immigrated to London around the turn of the century

Busybee5

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:51 pm

amother Sienna wrote:

Don't forget the tapes that got unwound and tangled up!

mommyla

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 6:57 pm

JasmineDragon wrote:

How old was the person who said that? 9/11 was less than 25 years ago. I'm still in my 20s and I was alive during 9/11 (I don't remember it, though).

It was my teenage son.

amother

Rose

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 7:06 pm

When I realized that I have coworkers who are closer in age to my 10 year old than to me!

MiracleMama

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 7:51 pm

I asked DD to take my phone and send a text to DH, which I dictated to her, while I was driving. She told me afterwards that she added punctuation because "that's what old people do."

GLUE

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 8:39 pm

Having a daughter that wants to drive and is old enough for a license.

amother

Electricblue

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 8:39 pm

We were talking about crocs and I told my 4 year old dd Crocs weren’t around when I was a kid… she asked if shoes were invented and if I traveled by horse and buggy! Can't Believe It

amother

Mimosa

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 8:49 pm

amother Electricblue wrote:

We were talking about crocs and I told my 4 year old dd Crocs weren’t around when I was a kid… she asked if shoes were invented and if I traveled by horse and buggy! Can't Believe It

And my 5 year old wants to know why we wore such funny crocs and not floafers... Banging head

amother

Smokey

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 8:50 pm

Most of you guys are about the same age as my DD!

I feel old when I read the things asked here.

kenz

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 8:50 pm

MiracleMama wrote:

I asked DD to take my phone and send a text to DH, which I dictated to her, while I was driving. She told me afterwards that she added punctuation because "that's what old people do."

😆

amother

Mimosa

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 8:59 pm

I feel old when my cousins who were just toddlers at my wedding are being bar mitzvah and the ones just a lil older are getting married! They weren't even Part of my cousins group, they were like the next generation.
Also I'm pregnant now in mid 30s and it's so much rougher on me than my earlier pregnancies in my 20s.

amother

Tuberose

Wed, Mar 13 2024, 9:01 pm

Today? Nothing. I volunteered at an org that supplies services to the aged. Most of the clients are over 80 and there are people on the books who are over 100. I feel like a teenager, even though I've been eligible for senior citizen discounts for a few years now.

However--when I see smooth-skinned police officers who look like they're still in high school or go to a doctor who is younger than some of my shoes...ouch.