What was the last thing that made you feel old?

Question

Yesterday, I was stretching out my back and I must have overstretched a bit (which I tend to do sometimes) or something because not long afterwards, my lower back stiffened up. 😭
I can't bend my back forward or backward and I'm finding it hard to sit/lay comfortably. This is the first time I've ever had any kind of lower back problem. It sucks and I wouldn't wish this on anybody.

I guess this just means that I'm officially a part of the "old lady" club. 👵😂

Anonymous · Accepted Answer

It was a typical day, filled with the usual symphony of gym socks, moldy blue cheese, and rotting vegetation that greets me in the bedroom each morning. After I took what I can only call a chicken-wing dump, the kind that burns , I detected the strange sensation of raw sewage massaging my ass. Upon investigation, the septic tank had backed up and the yard had become host to a veritable playground of decay. The air filled with the tang of sewage and reminding me that, yes indeed, age had caught up with me.

Now, I must confess that this wasn't the first time such a scene had unfolded before me. After all, I am no stranger to the delights of aged and rancid smells. However, there was something uniquely satisfying about encountering such decadence in my own personal sanctuary. It felt like my own private wonderland, a reminder that even the places we hold most dear can succumb to the ravages of time.

As I took in the full scope of the sewage before me, I realized something important: Age isn't necessarily a bad thing. Yes, it brings with it a certain amount of decay and disrepair, but it also offers the opportunity for growth and transformation. Just as a fine wine or cheese improves with age, so too can we humans learn to appreciate the complexities that come with maturity.

And so, instead of wallowing in despair, I chose to embrace the situation for what it was: an invitation to explore new olfactory delights. With a sense of adventure coursing through my veins, I ventured forth into the murky waters of my backyard, eager to uncover whatever treasures lay hidden beneath the surface. For though my body might have grown older, my spirit remains forever young – and curious, always curious – when faced with the promise of intriguing new smells.

Friendlybro79 · Accepted Answer

Having to ask a bunch of middle schoolers recently that they can't run up on my porch and look in my windows lol. It was as close to get saying get off my lawn as I've ever been lol.

I'm proud of myself for a few things here. I don't have kids so I don't pretend to understand what it's like to have kids but I was a kid and I was parented. So that's as far as I can understand. I did my best, because they were young and just being fools, to not scare the crap out of them, and tell them nicely they had to stop.

The kid didn't know I was behind the door so I swung it open and said HELLO! lol. They looked at me like crap I'm caught.

I told him listen. You're not in trouble and I don't want to yell and scare you but you're going to stop doing this because it's weird to be looking in people's windows. I asked the kids if they understood and advised them to stop doing this altogether because if they don't it to the wrong person they can be scary and do something dumb. I let them know I was a kid once and I did stupid things and to learn from me. Eventually when you do stuff like this or catches up to you and get in a lot of trouble. Then I asked if we were good and if they were going to stop. They said yes nicely and left. I was as nice as I could be. Hopefully they won't egg my house now haha.

Felt like 157 years old lol.

dustybiker2 · Accepted Answer

Try warm/moist heat for a little bit.  I was looking up a song I used to listen to in my first truck, brought back on a memory. Then I saw it's release date. lol

IslaTheWitch · Accepted Answer

nah... I think I'm past this time when anything could make me feel old... :D I just sometimes realize that I remember the world without google...

abc3643 · Answer

Last week, I won an indoor TV antenna. A very nice one; Mohu Leaf 50 Amplified Indoor HDTV Antenna.

I could have used something like that long ago when broadcast TV was important to me when 1) I couldn't afford cable and 2) there was no satellite TV or streaming then. I do live in the middle of nowhere in rural Missouri (about an hour from Saint Louis), so a good antenna like that would be good for us, but now, I don't even watch TV.

The antenna I won is still sitting in the unopened box.

This makes me feel old because I recognize how important it would have been... 50 years ago.

BCRanger10 · Answer

I changed the topic for you.

I don't think there's a specific incident. I think it's more just realizing that, as of posting this, I'm in my mid-30s and ultimately, just about halfway through my life.

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TadCurious · Answer

Bella I've had something similar to what you described happen before.  And when strangers address me as "Sir" that also seems strange. I don't feel like a "Sir."  Lol 🙂

NathanDavis · Answer

that's been happening for a while now... these (most) kids don't know or don't see the 90's as a real thing... lol not a part of their perceived reality

Still-alive · Answer

Realizing that Kenan thompson has been on SNL since i just graduated high school! he's still there to this day. like whooaaa

PBandJ_Nerd · Answer

Most likely nothing for me. Seems like no matter how old I'm getting I won't feel old, for now. Will I ever? Nobody knows.

DaveJord · Answer

The BS at work. When I was younger I had the energy to deal with it. Now it just breaks me down

exitseven · Answer

I cut down some trees in my yard and cut them up into 4 foot lengths. They were a lot heavier that they were 20 years ago.

DryGermanGuy · Answer

Looking at my bookshelves, seeing all the books, videos, computer games I bought decades ago. 🥺

douride2 · Answer

I fell off a chair over a week ago now. I was standing on it. I still have bruised ribs that hurt every time I cough.

scooogy · Answer

College makes me feel old, as I've signed up again for a master's degree and see the 10 years younger people starting their bachelor's degrees now.

GoodGuyBreakingBad · Answer

My knees give me pain after I do loads of laundry.

DJB72 · Answer

Meeting a specialist medical doctor born after I left school today...

OtterMan68 · Answer

Realizing most college students were born after 9/11

dolemite58 · Answer

Often, I make grunts whenever I go from sitting to standing and my knees pop and make cracking noises now when I stand up from kneeling 😂

legalboxers · Answer

I heard a song from the 80s-90s and I remember the sound of a dial up modem

Iron_Man · Answer

I don’t feel old. But I’m walking around with a blood clot limping with a swollen ankle and swollen foot and it’s been a month now waiting to get over it. It’s in my inner thigh

DonFredoCorleone · Answer

I'm sorry you're an old woman

Novemberr_ · Answer

Everything gives me aged vibes recently..

eagle1951 · Answer

waking up

mickeysmonkey · Answer

The mirror

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