SparklyUnicorn Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I know what is fun about that? LOL I just have these moments sometimes where I think, "Oh my gawd, I'm that old uncool mom person now." Crazy thing is I don't feel all that different. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hikin' Mama Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Ya, I usually feel 25, until I look in the mirror and ruin the whole charade. :) (I'm 48.) 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mothersweets Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) What is that saying? Something like, Inside every old person is a young person wondering what the he*l happened! :laugh: (I'm 47) Edited March 25, 2016 by Mothersweets 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathnerd Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 My baby niece who lives abroad showed up for a visit after several years - she is in her 20s and a professional working full time and was talking grown up topics with other grown ups - this was the kid that I babysat and whose diapers I changed long ago when I was young! And her older brother who I tutored is now getting married. I feel terribly old after meeting them, though I like to think that I have not aged much :) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lara in Colo Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I saw an old dude wearing neon orange tennis shoes the other day and though" man he is too old for that color"-- I go on to tell my daughter how I used to wear the neon orange and green and pink clothes back in the day---then it struck me--man I am too old for those colors too!!!!! Crap, when did that happen????? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elfknitter.# Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 1. Target has retro 80s outfits for my 12 yo in a similar fashion to what I wore around 10-12 yo. 2. Just got a 20 yr anniversary reunion invite to my undergrad college. <insert mopey smilie here> 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottakee Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Yesterday I was doing something and looked down at my hands and they looked OLD. I have OLD hands....and I only 46. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristie in Florida Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 My baby sisters are mothers. Well, two of them are. I remember the days each were born. Now they have babies and toddlers of their own. It is surreal. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loesje22000 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 When you try to explain how studentlife used to be without internet, without your own telephone, and without a computer. My studentlife to be exactly. She looked at me like I was a Flinstone... (And I am not that old) 10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Ya, I usually feel 25, until I look in the mirror and ruin the whole charade. :) (I'm 48.) Yeah, for me it is sometimes when I see a photo someone else took candidly of me. Then I say, "I look like that in my every-day life? Oh, no." 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laura Corin Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I feel younger than I have in years, but yes, I have my mother's hands and my father's grey hair. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 When you feel young, but look in the mirror at your eyes and realize you look exactly like you remember your grandmother looking. Wrinkly eyes and all. When your baby niece is getting married. The one that was born AFTER you lost your first baby and stole your heart. When your oldest daughter is dating a man. A grown stinkin' man. When you realize that ALL of your children are older than you were when you started dating your husband. Age spots on your hands. What the heck?! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 We've felt that quite a bit recently as we've been spending time on college campuses (ours and those our boys attend/attended). We feel like we still fit in with the students. They look at us like we're the old and wise ones. We listen to their hopes and dreams for their upcoming lives - so enthusiastic - and realize we were that way too, but now we've made our choices (good ones) and lived them already. Our kids are grown. We're enjoying empty nesting, but wow, I wish we could start the whole ride over again (from college, not early teen years). It'd be helpful if we could retain our current knowledge. :lol: 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Girls' Mom Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Yeah, for me it is sometimes when I see a photo someone else took candidly of me. Then I say, "I look like that in my every-day life? Oh, no." Oh, so much this. I had to get a new driver's license photo this week. It is a horror. I have jowls. I don't have jowls in real life! (do I??!!!) I look OLD. I hate DMV photos. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I started feeling old when classmates of mine started becoming grandparents. Most of my closer friends got married younger than I did. I think out of about 90 in my class (we count those who didn't finish at our school but attended at some point during high school), 15 are grandparents now. I think the kids of our classmates range from 31 as the oldest, down to 6 as the youngest. I am 49. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 When my orthopedic surgeon told me that "We usually don't correct this injury in MIDDLE AGED NON-ATHLETES." I can concede the "non-athlete" part, but c'mon! Middle aged?!? 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alice Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 My 3rd child was born when I was at the "Advanced Maternal Age" category. Which is kind of silly since anyone over 35 falls in it, but it still makes you feel decrepit. I actually feel more comfortable and happier as I get older. I don't mind being middle-aged. The few times I look in the mirror and groan about the grey hair or wrinkles I also realize there is no way I would want to go back and be 20 or even 30 again. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 When my orthopedic surgeon told me that "We usually don't correct this injury in MIDDLE AGED NON-ATHLETES." I can concede the "non-athlete" part, but c'mon! Middle aged?!? Awww, come on, lady! You don't really need full function of that knee for dottering around the house and knitting, right? ;) 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teachermom2834 Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I went for an eye exam a couple years ago and I was asked if I wore bifocals. I was really annoyed. What the heck? Bifocals? Do I look old enough to wear bifocals? No one has ever asked me that before. I have an eye appointment today. I think I need bifocals 😟 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I noticed that I have to take my glasses off to read the ingredients on a jar in the supermarket, or to thread a needle. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elegantlion Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 We're watching Blade Runner in our Ethics class. It came out in 1982. I'm only the student in the classroom that was alive when it came out and I remember being upset because it was rated R and I wasn't yet 17. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) We just got DH's 25 year high school reunion notice. My last two OBs have been younger than me. How is that even possible? I'm officially labeled "advanced maternal age" when pregnant... For the last three pregnancies. :P ;)I have THREE teens???? Edited March 25, 2016 by BlsdMama 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prairiewindmomma Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 My first hint of this was when I was sitting in the waiting room of my obstetrician and I realized that the pregnant, married mother next to me was of an age that she could have been my daughter. My youngest says that the fairies come and turn all of my hair white where they land (in trying to explain my roots--it's a white hair convention up there). I had to put a shelf next to my bathroom sink to hold my anti-aging products because they were overflowing the countertop and drawer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ravin Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 For me, it was the last time I visited home and it sank in that my parents have gotten old. Like, approaching the time when one or the other may need to lean on me, old like I remember my grandparents were when I was young. That, and trying to explain the concept of Saturday Morning Cartoons to my 5 year old, who has had access to on-demand programming his whole live and only watches any live TV when the internet is down...and at that point has a 24/7 broadcast kids' TV station to watch (Qubo). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ethel Mertz Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 My 30th reunion for grad school is coming up. So is my 40th high school reunion. Yikes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happypamama Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 We just got DH's 25 year high school reunion notice. My last two OBs have been younger than me. How is that even possible? I'm officially labeled "advanced maternal age" when pregnant... For the last three pregnancies. :p ;) I have THREE teens???? I know I have said this before, but when I was a new, young mama, my first pediatrician was an experienced mom of two in her early thirties; she gave me breastfeeding advice and reassured me that I was doing just fine. When I was a mom toting a newborn and a preschooler, my second pediatrician was a mom of two in her early thirties; we swapped sibling stories and were peers. Now that I'm an experienced mom of five, my third pediatrician (well, family doctor) is a sweet young woman in her early thirties, newly married but no children; she checks their growth and bodies and asks if I have any concerns. I am completely amused at how MY perspective has changed and what "early thirties" means to me. I am feeling old this year because my daughter turned fourteen, and this fall she will be a ninth grader, which is how old I was when DH and I met. Also, I feel old because this fall, we will have been together twenty-five years. A quarter century. I am sure we were just graduating from college and getting married the other day. . . how is it that we've been married almost eighteen years? It's not possible. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Elf Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I feel old when I think about my mom's age. I still feel she's in her 40s, but now it's me in my 40s. That just doesn't seem right. My baby just turned 18. I now have 3 young adults. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 When the girl doing your eyebrow wax asks if you also want a lip wax. :/ 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
4everHis Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) Just saw a photo from my hometown newspaper. Wondered who some of the 'older' gentleman were and, low and behold, . . . classmates. They looked OLD! I'm 52. I have a 10 year old, they have grandkids. Edited March 25, 2016 by connib 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Home'scool Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I saw a card, it had a person on the front on the phone saying "Hello, Youth? When do you think you'll be coming back?" I laughed, then realized I laughed because it related to me .... cuz I was old! That, and the fact that I used to be able to just get out of the car. Now I have to turn, put my feet on the pavement, and hoist myself out. I am just not limber anymore :( 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DesertBlossom Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Yesterday I was doing something and looked down at my hands and they looked OLD. I have OLD hands....and I only 46. I am only 35 and I feel like my hands look old already. In fact my 7 year old told me I had grandma hands. *faints* 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 When your 18 yo laughs uncontrollably over photos of you with 80s hair (tight curl perm, giant hair). 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Ds loves to read the description on Netflix and tell me how many years ago a show came out. I feel really old sometimes!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T'smom Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I always do a double-take when I see high-school classmates pics on Facebook! They look so old! But they are my age! And some who had kids early are posting about their kids high school graduations, meanwhile, I am changing diapers. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartlikealion Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 When the girl doing your eyebrow wax asks if you also want a lip wax. :/ nah, that wouldn't make me feel old. Lots of people have hair on the lip when they are young. But I did feel a little old when the hairdresser asked if I needed to dye over any grays once. My hair looks basically jet black and any and every white hair I see probably sticks out like a sore thumb. I'm 33. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I always do a double-take when I see high-school classmates pics on Facebook! They look so old! But they are my age! And some who had kids early are posting about their kids high school graduations, meanwhile, I am changing diapers. The last time I went to a reunion I went with the three friends I'm still in touch with. We've seen each other over the years, so we aged in front of one another gradually. It's the people we haven't seen who suddenly looked older. At our reunion we looked around and one friend said, "Who are all these old people at our class reunion?" :lol: 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carol in Cal. Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 That creaky when you get up thing. It's a thing now. This is really unacceptable. It's not an injury or anything in particular, which makes it that much worse. It's just general creakiness. Ugh. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittleBears Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 For me it was when I asked myself, " Can I wear this (fill in clothing article) and not look like I'm trying to dress like a teen?" 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lllll Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) nm Edited March 28, 2016 by _kathy_ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
creekland Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 This is what's strange for me to think about. Half of my babies are now legal adults. None of my babies are even teens anymore. My youngest was pretty excited to share the news. :glare: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) I don't realize I'm old until I hear of some of my high school friends are grannies and nanas. Edited March 25, 2016 by lynn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I dunno, I generally look and feel whatever age I am, and I'm OK with that. At least it's gradual. :P My kids seem to think my age should embarrass me though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnnE-girl Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 My husband has smile lines around his eyes and his hair is getting grayer and thinner. He's 36 only a year older than me. I think I still look the college girl in the pictures of the two of us when we first met until I look in the mirror. I also can't accept that the nineties were 20 years ago. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Oh the horror when you're looking over your grocery receipt and you realize the cashier gave you the senior discount which, according to the store website, is for age 55+. And you're still a few years away . . . 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Penelope Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) . Edited March 26, 2016 by Penelope Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SparklyUnicorn Posted March 25, 2016 Author Share Posted March 25, 2016 Oh the horror when you're looking over your grocery receipt and you realize the cashier gave you the senior discount which, according to the store website, is for age 55+. And you're still a few years away . . . Oh dear. Then again I'm not going to argue with a discount. LOL 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinder Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 Oh dear. Then again I'm not going to argue with a discount. LOL Yeah, I decided to look at the upside of it too. :D 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 (edited) They ask for my ID for the over 65 discount and I'm only 51. Sometimes they just give it to me without even asking for ID. Oh well. It was fun when I was 14 and the 16 year olds were nice to me because I could buy beer and they couldn't. < cringe > Edited March 25, 2016 by Guest 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almondbutterandjelly Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 I also can't accept that the nineties were 20 years ago. I'm pretty sure that's not true. I believe the nineties were just a few (like 5) years ago. Definitely. 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 25, 2016 Share Posted March 25, 2016 When you watch old reruns from the 1980's and think, "I used to dress like that. I used to be hip. I knew the latest fashions." And then you realize that was THE LAST TIME you were on top of the fashion scene. Not that this happened to me last night while I was watching Family Ties or anything... You made me LOL! I am thankful for the capability of texting photos because now I consult DD by phone before I buy clothes. I did it today, buying shoes. I sent her a picture and said, "I like these. I think I'm buying them. Are they cool?" She texted back, "yes, but you have to lose the tall socks. Get no-show socks. The shoes look dorky like that." 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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