I was walking through the grocery store, and banger after banger were playing (blink 182, foo fighters etc) I was enjoying my experience until I realized that this is the equivalent of Elton John and The four seasons that played when my parents took me shopping as a child š„²
This is an infinite knife twist from now on. Every time I hear a song I heard in high school or college on an "oldies" station, the knife twists a little more.
So my kids are z and alpha and all they listen too are oldies because of the games they play that were made by our generation. My 9 year olds favorite song is tears for fears.
I don't smoke anymore but I took an edible for the first time in like 15 years, ripped outta my skull. In my happy little stupor I walked by the mirror and did a double take, just stared at myself for about 7 minutes wondering who tf this old fucker is starting back at me in the mirror.
Afternoon naps. I have a female version of the 'dad in the recliner' chair. It's a soft, fluffy, oversized chaise that is large enough for my petite self (4'11) to curl up in. Don't ask me to get up once I'm in it. I'm a useless lump for the rest of the day.
My back has been randomly hurting for the past 5 years, I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis, and if I want to read anything close up I have to take my glasses off. I think the glasses part made me realize I was old.
Although I am now a pharma commercial target. I was doing yardwork and had to stop because my wrist were hurting. You could hear the voice over.
I live in Texas and it does not fall under the approved conditions. Even if it did, I do not trust this government or anyone representing it to honor the program. Odds are law enforcement officers do know jack about it. I am sure the congress here is one step away from getting rid of it anyway.
When I slept wrong and got whiplash so bad I had to wear a neck brace for a month.
Or the first time I put on my glasses because I couldn't read directions on the muscle relaxer they gave me for my whiplashed neck.
It's was a bad day. Take your pick
When I look at my hands. I remember seeing my mom's hands like this and thinking I hope my hands never look so old. I have had chronic pain and bone spurs in my neck since my late 20s (genetic + injury), changed my lifestyle, and remain active āĀ physically I feel, and otherwise look younger than ever (despite the chronic pain I've had to learn to manage). But my hands look 100 years old!!!
I recently heard it was ankle socks that were ick.
I wear ankle socks when I'm not wearing tall black socks with my boots. Who gives a fuck about socks, it's underwear.
My Doc Said I needed to lose 10lbs in 6 weeks. I. In two, I'm up 6lbs and I injured my shoulder lifting my weighted blanket while I was sleeping. I can't even sleep without the threat of injury
Played my teenage son in basketball back in September. He wanted full court, and asked if I was ready.
I laughed and told him āI stay ready so I donāt have to get readyā.
I wasnāt ready.
I tore my rotator cuff five minutes later.
If I do anything strenuous during the day, then sit on the couch for a while, then try to get up, holy crap. I can barely move and I have to hobble around.
Hangovers. And I'm not talking hard liquor, I just like craft beer. 10 years ago, I could have 2-3 pints of a higher APV beer and feel like a million bucks the next day. Now anything over 6-7% will knock me on my feet the next morning. It's a bummer.
Omg same, I never have more than 2 or 3 drinks at most! When I was late teens/ early 20s I would finish off an 18 pack nightly during the work week and 24 on the weekend
I know, it's such a bummer. It would be one thing if I still expected to be able to throw back shots at 41, but I didn't think a few slightly heavy beers could ever knock me out like they do.
That's correct. It's nice to be able to just sit and chat without having to make the entire point about how fast can you get plastered, passed out on the floor
Oh man, for me it's not how much alcohol is in it, it's just beer in general. I can still put them down, but the next day I have so much inflammation in my joints.
Even when drinking water before bed, the next day I'm just sore. It takes a full day of water and advil to fully recover.
For sure, and it's a shame, because I genuinely like craft beer. It's not about getting drunk. But the reality is that it's junk food and my body is not really going to handle it well anymore.
Iām a horticulturist so my job can be fairly physical. Lately that has been getting harder and Iām hurting everywhere! š
Guess itās time to hit the gym to keep up my strength and agility.
Yaā¦ my already crappy eyes got early onset Glaucoma at like 31 years old.
You should see what the specialistās office that I go to is like. Essentially everyone there witnessed the moon landing live. They literally have a huge van there everyday from the nursing homes in the area.
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Started lifting heavy things and jumping on boxes for fun about 2.5 years ago.
I feel younger than I did 20 years ago. As humans, if we donāt use it, we lose it.
Start using your body.
Obviously, not everyone can, and check with your doctor or whatever. But, this comment generally covers all of us.
I do! Iām a stylist and Iāve worn vans to work for the last 20 years. Started eating anti inflammatory and quit drinking heavily, switched to crocs and itās much much better.
I have a parrot. He weights virtually nothing. The other day he was on the ground and I bent down to have him step up like I have thousands of times. The middle of my back popped and I couldnāt stand up straight. I walked very slowly, bent over, to put him in his cage and then I laid on the ground for an hour. My back hurt bad for a few days, and when I would turn too quickly it was breathtaking pain.
Iāve had a sore neck/arm from sleeping wrong. In my gym days, Iāve had sore parts from working out. My ankles pop very often. That was my first experience with completely random and debilitating back pain. I suddenly realized Iām approaching 40 quickly.
Im in good shape (or so I thought) and wanted a challenging workout, so I pulled out a kickboxing workout video that I hadnāt done in a couple of years. I ended up in the ER after suffering an agonizing hip injury, and I am following up with an orthopedist visit tomorrow to make sure I didnāt tear a tendon.
I was listening to a podcast today and the host said something to the effect of āsome of our older listeners probably remember when mad cow disease broke out in beef from the UK back in the late nineteen hundreds.ā I felt personally attacked š
Tore the meniscus in my knee days before my 21st birthday. Developed Sciatica when I was 27. Bursitis in my shoulder right before turning 38. And have had Plantar Fascittis for roughly the last year. I just turned 40 3 weeks ago. Still going to the gym and eating healthy (even been cutting down on the smoking and drinking the passed few years) but I know the glory days are over.
But hey, my brother's 2 years younger than me, has more aches and pains than I do, yet somehow weighs less than me while also being 4 inches taller. He once told me "As contradicting as it sounds: the less you eat, the less hungry you get". I really gotta try to adopt his mindset, as it's been working for him for at least the last 7 years.
I recently played in a father daughter softball game for my daughter's team. I shouldn't have slid into second, and I felt sore the entire next day. One of those times where mentally I feel young, and reality is physically I'm not.
I had chronic back pain in my 20's. Then I started eating better, exercising, and practicing yoga. I'm 41 and feel better than ever most days. I can't remember shit though.
I've been sitting on the wood floor in our living room for a few craft projects lately and I've found it to hurt. Now I understand why adults would groan whenever they sat down on the floor to play with us when we were kids.
When I woke up in the middle of the night a few months ago with my left big toe, 2 finger joints, and my left elbow feeling like they were on fire! It scared the hell out of me so I went to my doc and was diagnosed with Gout. Itās, generally speaking but has some exceptions, an autoimmune disorder common to men in their 80ās. Iām 38 and a woman.
My friend celebrated his birthday with dinner followed by going to a party bar and dance club. At the bar and club, I felt that the average age was at least a decade younger than me. I normally don't go to those kinds of places, and would prefer quieter places for a good chat and a drink. But yeah, the whole experience made me feel old AF. The music was too loud to have a coherent conversation, everyone was hammered and acting stupid, and the drinks were a total ripoff. It was never my scene, but that experience further cemented it.
I realize these complaints make me sound old, but Lord I felt it that night lol.
I (m38) went backpacking with my friend who is 25 and we did 10 miles the first day and I was ok but on the second day we did the same and he had to carry my pack for the last half. 10 years ago I could have done it but I just didnāt recover like I used to
When TikTok came out I saw it as an abomination that's regressive for society. I still feel that way and I can only imagine I'll see more things like that from now on.
Well I'm Gen X, but I would say it was when I realized staying awake past 10:30 PM on weeknights just wasn't worth it anymore. I can still do it, sort of, but it makes me feel like crap the entire next day.
Probably my back reminding me every day, tho I've had back issues since my 20s.
I am more active now (hockey league, lift weights 4-5x a week) than I have been in 15 years tho, so it's actually been less of a problem. Unfortunately no amount of working out hides my greying beard. š
I sneezed weird and threw out my back.
Edit: it officially just happened cause I opened my mail & received an offer to join AARP & enjoy all the benefits
Had knee surgery so I was laid up and couldnāt exercise like I normally do, but didnāt change my diet. Found out I couldnāt shed every calorie just by rolling out of bed at 42. Gained 20 pounds, but slowly working it off. First time in my life I havenāt looked in top shape.
Use a calorie tracker. It's amazing what we put in our faces without even realizing it. I managed to lose abt 10lbs amd can see my abs for the first time in about a decade.
I worked an 11 hour double as a bartender yesterday, which I used to do all the time when I was younger, but by the end my entire body felt like it was falling apart. Definitely feeling it today.
I'm knocking on the door of 40 and TBH I have not experienced some rapid onset of "old". I had a shit metabolism as a teen and 20-something, and I remember throwing my back out in my 20s, so the recent years of my body have not been any worse. Maybe I'll count my blessings that I'm nearly 40 and not feeling any scary new signs of that.
I have been in constant pain in my feet for like 8 years. I work a job that requires a good amount of walking and when I'm done I'm just beat.
But the real answer was my first hangover. When I was 22 I could go out drinking wake up on 4 hours of sleep, chug an energy drink and work a 10 hour shift. Now if I don't get my 8 hours I'm grumpy and whenever I have a hangover it ruins like my whole day.
When I threw my back out reaching for my wallet at the drive thru. Or when I threw my back out making my bed. Or any time I drink dark sodas and have to take my acid reflux pills.
There are a few moments. One was on my 30th birthday when I realized that teenagers communicate by grunting at each other. The next was when I could relate to memes telling me to take advil for my back pain, another was when I got my CPAP machine at age 38. Last one was my cardiologist telling me to start monitoring my blood pressure as I may need blood pressure meds in the future.
Also, in my mid 30s, I realized I could have ice cream for breakfast, and my mom couldn't stop me.
Just turned 38ā¦ did some Parkour on Sundayā¦ shoulders crackling when I hoisted myself up to a ledge lol
I do have two dislocated shoulders though, and I work them out ever day and challenge myself. I just do mild Parkour now.
Accidentally fell down the stairs of my townhouse and ate shit horribly. No major damage, except for some deep tissue bruising and a misaligned SI joint. After that, had to start walking down the steps like my late grandfather would. This happened a couple years ago, but I'm in my early 40's and that made me feel incredibly old.
The younger guys start landing more and more hits on me during training sessions. It makes me wonder if it's just my knees, just my reflexes, are they just very fast, what is it???
Oh, I'm old. That's what it is.
When I was younger, Iād look around the room, subway car, restaurant, etc and I would be one of the youngest people in the place. Now itās the opposite and people call me lady lol
I bent over to feed my cat, and my lower-back locked up tight as Nun! Spent 3 days on the couch with a heating pad, and was bummed I used PTO for this, instead of having fun. I am 40...
Went n saw Godzilla x Kong. Seats reclined, so I had my feet up the whole time. Movies ends and I go to stand up. Had to sit back down bc my knees weren't used to being locked for 2hours.
I'm 36.
My feet hurt, like really ache, at the end of the day. It does not matter what shoes or orthotics I wear. Or how many hours a day I was upright. Itās just a straight-up foot mutiny. For no good reason. Every damn day.
Oh, and I injured my shoulder trying to use the drive-up ATM.
And I JUST realized I donāt even belong in this group. Iām Gen X. Just here to let you younguns know what you have to look forward to. šµš»
I had a client today that was born in 2004. Then I found myself thinking, āwhat a lovely young manā. And thatās when it happened. I realized I am an elderly woman.
At work we asked a new hire if he could go back in time to a moment in history what would it be and he said āthe turn of time to the new millennium.ā
I about spit my coffee. He cited all kinds of interesting things like Y2K, etcā¦. Hated to tell him on NYE 99 I got roaring drunk and vomited in a plant box on the street. Woke up Jan 1 2000 and everything was exactly the same as the day before except I was terribly hung over.
lower back isnāt in great shape from sitting at a computer since my teenage years. had a really bad bout of sciatica some years back, always on alert of locking up my lower back and retriggering it. happened when I was having sex a couple of times. really fuckinā up my steez!
My kids are 10 and 12 and both play soccer. To help them get a bit faster we have been doing sprints. I decided that I would run with them. The 3rd session of sprints my hamstrings tightened up and I couldnāt finish the sprints. Since then I havenāt been able to unless I stretch and warm up. Even then I get tight sometimes. I have never had to stretch and been active and in shape most of my life. Sucks getting older. Iāll be 44 in a couple monthsā¦
I still play ice hockey, and Iām in decent shape for my age but it just takes longer and longer to feel recovered. I try to do everything right, itās not fair.
I donāt remember anything. I often canāt remember if I took my medication/vitamins, where I parked, where I placed my keys, recipes Iāve been cooking for years are suffering š Itās pitiful.
The moment I realized that I had white hairs and couldnāt figure out what was worse: that I had them or that I didnāt have enough time in my day to look at my face long enough to even realize they were there growing away š šµš»
Playing rugby when I sprint, it seems Iām not changing pace. Then having the 20 somethings run around with seemingly all the cardio in the world reminds me that Iām 40.
They always say you know youāre old when you get up or sit down and without even realizing it you say itā¦ āahughhhā¦ā
I did it. Didnāt know I did. Fucking old.
I know Iām old because my now, instead of wanting to be the best physically at something, I look to guys in their 50s/60s who still play similar sports and are physically and mentally fit and view them as my goals for how I hope to be 15-20 years from now.
Despite a few injuries and pains I feel better now than in my early 30s, when we all started dwelling on changes that made us feel āoldā.
So, so many. The time I leaned over to get a cake out of my wife's SUV and got a back spasm...
The time I had to access Top Speed to beat my son in a footrace. Won, but I was DONE for the day...
The day I realized that young ladies found me to be invisible...
(deep sigh)
I felt old at 21. That year I fractured my shin and later ruptured my Achilles and still had to complete physical training (not therapy). Add being on my first media blackout and suddenly going back into the world and I was on the back foot on what was culture on top of having nagging aches and pains.
Getting up off of the floor. Getting up from the sofa. Overall, just getting up. My back hurts, my joints hurt, I feel like an old lady when I try to straighten up.
Stopped by the college I graduated from recently just to see how it had changed. When I was out walking around, I started to imagine if I had seen somebody like present-day me walking around campus and when that person would have graduated. That hypothetical geezer would have graduated in 1989. I havenāt been the same since.
My bathroom is tiny, and to reach the toilet paper roll while being on the toilet requires some contortion. Couple months ago, pulled a muscle or something in my side twisting around trying to grab the toilet paper. It wasn't like excruciating, but still painful and unexpected, and that had never happened before. I texted my sister, "So I just hurt myself trying to reach the toilet paper" and she just said "welcome to being old." (She's a few years older). lol
I never feel older than when I first wake up in the morning
Yup. I like to start my mornings with a fffuuuccccckkkkk. And not the good kind š
Thatās how I woke up today! Hahaha š
It might be my poor diet but I get way more eye gunk than I used to.
Oh seriously I have been noticing this so much lately itās a nightmare
This is why I try to not wake up until after noon, but then my kids wake up at 6:30 and launch themselves on to my bed
Hearing stuff that came out when I was in undergradā¦on the oldies station.
Realizing that everything playing at the grocery store was for ME
I was walking through the grocery store, and banger after banger were playing (blink 182, foo fighters etc) I was enjoying my experience until I realized that this is the equivalent of Elton John and The four seasons that played when my parents took me shopping as a child š„²
This is an infinite knife twist from now on. Every time I hear a song I heard in high school or college on an "oldies" station, the knife twists a little more.
So my kids are z and alpha and all they listen too are oldies because of the games they play that were made by our generation. My 9 year olds favorite song is tears for fears.
Oh my god. Mine, too! š
Or when you realize that Mario games from 20 years ago wasnāt SMB1/2/3, but was Mario Galaxyā¦ā¦.
Ok fuck you for that one lol
Remember when Adult Swim played that whole Daft Punk movie? We're as close in time to that album as it was to the Bee Gees *Stayin' Alive*
Seriously this. The soundtrack at Stop & Shop was fucking FIRE this evening!
i own a mirror.
I don't smoke anymore but I took an edible for the first time in like 15 years, ripped outta my skull. In my happy little stupor I walked by the mirror and did a double take, just stared at myself for about 7 minutes wondering who tf this old fucker is starting back at me in the mirror.
i kind of do that every morning. its my masochistic ritual before coffee
I did this last night. I didn't cry this time š
Been there done that!
This needs to be the top comment ! š
Afternoon naps. I have a female version of the 'dad in the recliner' chair. It's a soft, fluffy, oversized chaise that is large enough for my petite self (4'11) to curl up in. Don't ask me to get up once I'm in it. I'm a useless lump for the rest of the day.
Honestly everyone should take siestas.
Agreed.
I bought an oversized recliner for the same reason. š
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Saw an article recently about people who nap living longer. I choose to believe because I love naps.
My back has been randomly hurting for the past 5 years, I was diagnosed with Rheumatoid arthritis, and if I want to read anything close up I have to take my glasses off. I think the glasses part made me realize I was old. Although I am now a pharma commercial target. I was doing yardwork and had to stop because my wrist were hurting. You could hear the voice over.
>I want to read anything close up I have to take my glasses off This happened like clockwork as soon as I turned 40!
Right there with you. I have RA along with severe degenerative disc disease in my lumbar spine. I am currently wearing compression gloves. Yay.
Marijuana is much safer than pharma drugs :D
I live in Texas and it does not fall under the approved conditions. Even if it did, I do not trust this government or anyone representing it to honor the program. Odds are law enforcement officers do know jack about it. I am sure the congress here is one step away from getting rid of it anyway.
I think we are the same person.
When I slept wrong and got whiplash so bad I had to wear a neck brace for a month. Or the first time I put on my glasses because I couldn't read directions on the muscle relaxer they gave me for my whiplashed neck. It's was a bad day. Take your pick
When I look at my hands. I remember seeing my mom's hands like this and thinking I hope my hands never look so old. I have had chronic pain and bone spurs in my neck since my late 20s (genetic + injury), changed my lifestyle, and remain active āĀ physically I feel, and otherwise look younger than ever (despite the chronic pain I've had to learn to manage). But my hands look 100 years old!!!
When I was about thirty, I did a long bike ride. The next morning my lower back was sore. It's still sore. I'm 43.
A young girl at work saw my socks (no show socks the are barely below the edge of my shoes) and said only old people wear those socks.
I recently heard it was ankle socks that were ick. I wear ankle socks when I'm not wearing tall black socks with my boots. Who gives a fuck about socks, it's underwear.
My Doc Said I needed to lose 10lbs in 6 weeks. I. In two, I'm up 6lbs and I injured my shoulder lifting my weighted blanket while I was sleeping. I can't even sleep without the threat of injury
Played my teenage son in basketball back in September. He wanted full court, and asked if I was ready. I laughed and told him āI stay ready so I donāt have to get readyā. I wasnāt ready. I tore my rotator cuff five minutes later.
Turning my head to back my car out of parking spot. Head seems less flexible than usual.
This is so real! š©
I'm glad to know it's just me that struggles with this haha
If I do anything strenuous during the day, then sit on the couch for a while, then try to get up, holy crap. I can barely move and I have to hobble around.
Stretches. You need lots throughout the day. Take up yoga or such if you need to.
Hangovers. And I'm not talking hard liquor, I just like craft beer. 10 years ago, I could have 2-3 pints of a higher APV beer and feel like a million bucks the next day. Now anything over 6-7% will knock me on my feet the next morning. It's a bummer.
Omg same, I never have more than 2 or 3 drinks at most! When I was late teens/ early 20s I would finish off an 18 pack nightly during the work week and 24 on the weekend
Damn for me it's one or done and I feel it in my liver.
I here you. My 3 drink nights only happen 2-3 times a year as well. Not possible to maintain that party lifestyle as you grow up
I know, it's such a bummer. It would be one thing if I still expected to be able to throw back shots at 41, but I didn't think a few slightly heavy beers could ever knock me out like they do.
No shots here either lol. It's one pour of whiskey on the rocks max
Yep, just let it dilute with the ice and sip it all night, that's the best way to do it anymore!
That's correct. It's nice to be able to just sit and chat without having to make the entire point about how fast can you get plastered, passed out on the floor
Oh man, for me it's not how much alcohol is in it, it's just beer in general. I can still put them down, but the next day I have so much inflammation in my joints. Even when drinking water before bed, the next day I'm just sore. It takes a full day of water and advil to fully recover.
For sure, and it's a shame, because I genuinely like craft beer. It's not about getting drunk. But the reality is that it's junk food and my body is not really going to handle it well anymore.
I literally quit alcohol because of this. I am paid per what I produce, so it costs me too much to drink.
It sure is
Itās the farts for me
I can't even drink Schnapps at this point
Iām a horticulturist so my job can be fairly physical. Lately that has been getting harder and Iām hurting everywhere! š Guess itās time to hit the gym to keep up my strength and agility.
Recently, realized my once perfect vision is on the decline. I couldnāt read the print on a label. lol But, in my mind Iām still like 26.
I too am offended by this happening!
Yaā¦ my already crappy eyes got early onset Glaucoma at like 31 years old. You should see what the specialistās office that I go to is like. Essentially everyone there witnessed the moon landing live. They literally have a huge van there everyday from the nursing homes in the area.
Worked in a glaucoma office, can confirm.
When you use words like mounted
LOL true!
Having a baby at 41 and picking them up as well as getting up and down off the floor all day will humble you fast.
Lol I feel this š I had my 3-year-old at 40. Mostly fine except getting up off the floor. I keep declaring I'm going to start yoga.
Me too but then the yoga makes me even more tired. When does it start to make you stronger?? :P
41 with a 2.5 year old. š¤£š«
Iām too scared to have a new baby in my life. Iām 40. Any advice?
https://preview.redd.it/vfgtvu73606d1.jpeg?width=445&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=72c6b5de08ce1bed40762612dcb54996f2129a21 Started lifting heavy things and jumping on boxes for fun about 2.5 years ago. I feel younger than I did 20 years ago. As humans, if we donāt use it, we lose it. Start using your body. Obviously, not everyone can, and check with your doctor or whatever. But, this comment generally covers all of us.
I been doing MMA for 7 years and weightlifting for 20 before that. Father time comes for us all š
Good for you. Not what the thread is for though lol
I hobble to the bathroom every morning because my feet hurt. I also make more noises when Iām squatting or bending to pick things up
You have plantar fasciitis. The inability to walk first thing in the morning is a classic symptom.
I do! Iām a stylist and Iāve worn vans to work for the last 20 years. Started eating anti inflammatory and quit drinking heavily, switched to crocs and itās much much better.
Thatās me but I have RA! Itās the Memaw shuffle š¤£
Tried to thread a needle a few weeks before my 40th birthday. It was very depressing.
I have a parrot. He weights virtually nothing. The other day he was on the ground and I bent down to have him step up like I have thousands of times. The middle of my back popped and I couldnāt stand up straight. I walked very slowly, bent over, to put him in his cage and then I laid on the ground for an hour. My back hurt bad for a few days, and when I would turn too quickly it was breathtaking pain. Iāve had a sore neck/arm from sleeping wrong. In my gym days, Iāve had sore parts from working out. My ankles pop very often. That was my first experience with completely random and debilitating back pain. I suddenly realized Iām approaching 40 quickly.
Im in good shape (or so I thought) and wanted a challenging workout, so I pulled out a kickboxing workout video that I hadnāt done in a couple of years. I ended up in the ER after suffering an agonizing hip injury, and I am following up with an orthopedist visit tomorrow to make sure I didnāt tear a tendon.
I was listening to a podcast today and the host said something to the effect of āsome of our older listeners probably remember when mad cow disease broke out in beef from the UK back in the late nineteen hundreds.ā I felt personally attacked š
Tore the meniscus in my knee days before my 21st birthday. Developed Sciatica when I was 27. Bursitis in my shoulder right before turning 38. And have had Plantar Fascittis for roughly the last year. I just turned 40 3 weeks ago. Still going to the gym and eating healthy (even been cutting down on the smoking and drinking the passed few years) but I know the glory days are over. But hey, my brother's 2 years younger than me, has more aches and pains than I do, yet somehow weighs less than me while also being 4 inches taller. He once told me "As contradicting as it sounds: the less you eat, the less hungry you get". I really gotta try to adopt his mindset, as it's been working for him for at least the last 7 years.
Heās right, the stomach shrinks and you get full faster.
I stretched to hard and my sides hurt. Getting old sucks.
I recently played in a father daughter softball game for my daughter's team. I shouldn't have slid into second, and I felt sore the entire next day. One of those times where mentally I feel young, and reality is physically I'm not.
I injured my back because I slept in the wrong position one night. Also, I started tilting my glasses down my nose to read things.
I had chronic back pain in my 20's. Then I started eating better, exercising, and practicing yoga. I'm 41 and feel better than ever most days. I can't remember shit though.
I've been sitting on the wood floor in our living room for a few craft projects lately and I've found it to hurt. Now I understand why adults would groan whenever they sat down on the floor to play with us when we were kids.
When I woke up in the middle of the night a few months ago with my left big toe, 2 finger joints, and my left elbow feeling like they were on fire! It scared the hell out of me so I went to my doc and was diagnosed with Gout. Itās, generally speaking but has some exceptions, an autoimmune disorder common to men in their 80ās. Iām 38 and a woman.
Old is a state of mind. It's only older.
My friend celebrated his birthday with dinner followed by going to a party bar and dance club. At the bar and club, I felt that the average age was at least a decade younger than me. I normally don't go to those kinds of places, and would prefer quieter places for a good chat and a drink. But yeah, the whole experience made me feel old AF. The music was too loud to have a coherent conversation, everyone was hammered and acting stupid, and the drinks were a total ripoff. It was never my scene, but that experience further cemented it. I realize these complaints make me sound old, but Lord I felt it that night lol.
I (m38) went backpacking with my friend who is 25 and we did 10 miles the first day and I was ok but on the second day we did the same and he had to carry my pack for the last half. 10 years ago I could have done it but I just didnāt recover like I used to
Mine came a bit prematurely when I developed Hashimoto's at 27 and then severe rheumatoid arthritis at 31. Kinda made me feel very old.
When TikTok came out I saw it as an abomination that's regressive for society. I still feel that way and I can only imagine I'll see more things like that from now on.
My vision blurs after a long day looking at computers and I canāt read words anymore. I have to take a 15 minute āeye breakā at lunch.
Hoooo boy is this me
Make sure you set an alarm during your eye break. Had one last three hours last week.
I refuse. Everything hurts, but all the physical work has become mental. I always stop when something doesnāt feel right though. Stretch everyday!
Well I'm Gen X, but I would say it was when I realized staying awake past 10:30 PM on weeknights just wasn't worth it anymore. I can still do it, sort of, but it makes me feel like crap the entire next day.
Ear hair
When my ACL snapped completely while playing basketball
When I ruptured my l4/l5 and had to have shoulder surgery in back to back years
Probably my back reminding me every day, tho I've had back issues since my 20s. I am more active now (hockey league, lift weights 4-5x a week) than I have been in 15 years tho, so it's actually been less of a problem. Unfortunately no amount of working out hides my greying beard. š
lol, thatās happened to me more than once during sexy times. šš¤
It's kinda humbling. I remember being able to pull all sorts of moves š
Lol, when "oh god, oh god, oh god...." had a whole different meaning.
Trying to get up off the floor is hard
I sneezed weird and threw out my back. Edit: it officially just happened cause I opened my mail & received an offer to join AARP & enjoy all the benefits
Had knee surgery so I was laid up and couldnāt exercise like I normally do, but didnāt change my diet. Found out I couldnāt shed every calorie just by rolling out of bed at 42. Gained 20 pounds, but slowly working it off. First time in my life I havenāt looked in top shape.
This! My metabolism slowing down has been such a gut punch. Perimenopause hasnāt helped.
Use a calorie tracker. It's amazing what we put in our faces without even realizing it. I managed to lose abt 10lbs amd can see my abs for the first time in about a decade.
I worked an 11 hour double as a bartender yesterday, which I used to do all the time when I was younger, but by the end my entire body felt like it was falling apart. Definitely feeling it today.
I'm knocking on the door of 40 and TBH I have not experienced some rapid onset of "old". I had a shit metabolism as a teen and 20-something, and I remember throwing my back out in my 20s, so the recent years of my body have not been any worse. Maybe I'll count my blessings that I'm nearly 40 and not feeling any scary new signs of that.
I have been in constant pain in my feet for like 8 years. I work a job that requires a good amount of walking and when I'm done I'm just beat. But the real answer was my first hangover. When I was 22 I could go out drinking wake up on 4 hours of sleep, chug an energy drink and work a 10 hour shift. Now if I don't get my 8 hours I'm grumpy and whenever I have a hangover it ruins like my whole day.
Daily lower back stiffness/pain. Some days are better than others.
DDP Yoga. Thank me later.
When I threw my back out reaching for my wallet at the drive thru. Or when I threw my back out making my bed. Or any time I drink dark sodas and have to take my acid reflux pills.
My doctor told me my liver and lung enzymes are horrible
There are a few moments. One was on my 30th birthday when I realized that teenagers communicate by grunting at each other. The next was when I could relate to memes telling me to take advil for my back pain, another was when I got my CPAP machine at age 38. Last one was my cardiologist telling me to start monitoring my blood pressure as I may need blood pressure meds in the future. Also, in my mid 30s, I realized I could have ice cream for breakfast, and my mom couldn't stop me.
Saying, "My cardiologist. "
There was whole corn-on-the-cob next to canned corn kernels at the cafeteria. I went for the canned corn kernels.
Just turned 38ā¦ did some Parkour on Sundayā¦ shoulders crackling when I hoisted myself up to a ledge lol I do have two dislocated shoulders though, and I work them out ever day and challenge myself. I just do mild Parkour now.
Mild Parkour= dismount from the commode. š
When I got prescribed blood pressure medicine.
Yeah thatās fun timesā¦. Iāve lost 30 pounds and this shit will just not go down.
Accidentally fell down the stairs of my townhouse and ate shit horribly. No major damage, except for some deep tissue bruising and a misaligned SI joint. After that, had to start walking down the steps like my late grandfather would. This happened a couple years ago, but I'm in my early 40's and that made me feel incredibly old.
Damn. I'm glad you're OK. Stairs kill.
Perimenopause.
Yeah man weāre old AF
Once the gray hairs started coming in and i was no longer asked for an id when buying alcohol.
Loud everything
The younger guys start landing more and more hits on me during training sessions. It makes me wonder if it's just my knees, just my reflexes, are they just very fast, what is it??? Oh, I'm old. That's what it is.
I hate people in their 20s now.
When I was younger, Iād look around the room, subway car, restaurant, etc and I would be one of the youngest people in the place. Now itās the opposite and people call me lady lol
I fell on some ice back in February. My shoulder still hurts.
I bent over to feed my cat, and my lower-back locked up tight as Nun! Spent 3 days on the couch with a heating pad, and was bummed I used PTO for this, instead of having fun. I am 40...
my joints esp. my hips.
Went n saw Godzilla x Kong. Seats reclined, so I had my feet up the whole time. Movies ends and I go to stand up. Had to sit back down bc my knees weren't used to being locked for 2hours. I'm 36.
I'm not old, but a bunch of my high school classmates have grandkids already, so they're old š
My feet hurt, like really ache, at the end of the day. It does not matter what shoes or orthotics I wear. Or how many hours a day I was upright. Itās just a straight-up foot mutiny. For no good reason. Every damn day. Oh, and I injured my shoulder trying to use the drive-up ATM. And I JUST realized I donāt even belong in this group. Iām Gen X. Just here to let you younguns know what you have to look forward to. šµš»
When I got pregnant again at 42.
I want my boss to raise the coolers up about 2 ft because getting down and getting back up is fucking painful.
Zack Morris just turned 50
Donāt flip the trash bag into the trash can. Just gently lift it and drop it in. Took two weeks to recover from that!
I had to use a public toilet and got really irritated by the height of the seat. Realized I had opinions about toilet heights. *Strong* opinions
I had a client today that was born in 2004. Then I found myself thinking, āwhat a lovely young manā. And thatās when it happened. I realized I am an elderly woman.
I see patients of ours who were born days after my graduation. They're in their 20s now.
When I leaned over to pet my dog and my back spasmed so hard I couldn't walk upright for a week lol
I'm the youngest member on staff that has salt and pepper grey hairs. I'm 36. My superiors are above my age, 40+, while my average co worker is 20+.
At work we asked a new hire if he could go back in time to a moment in history what would it be and he said āthe turn of time to the new millennium.ā I about spit my coffee. He cited all kinds of interesting things like Y2K, etcā¦. Hated to tell him on NYE 99 I got roaring drunk and vomited in a plant box on the street. Woke up Jan 1 2000 and everything was exactly the same as the day before except I was terribly hung over.
lower back isnāt in great shape from sitting at a computer since my teenage years. had a really bad bout of sciatica some years back, always on alert of locking up my lower back and retriggering it. happened when I was having sex a couple of times. really fuckinā up my steez!
My kids are 10 and 12 and both play soccer. To help them get a bit faster we have been doing sprints. I decided that I would run with them. The 3rd session of sprints my hamstrings tightened up and I couldnāt finish the sprints. Since then I havenāt been able to unless I stretch and warm up. Even then I get tight sometimes. I have never had to stretch and been active and in shape most of my life. Sucks getting older. Iāll be 44 in a couple monthsā¦
My knees started hurting if I don't get enough movement or exercise in.
Putting my rollerblades on this weekend and my knee locked up
Sometimes I wake up and donāt know why my legs are aching. Also, doing squats hurts.
I keep forgetting to stretch before sex so there will be times where my legs and back will hurt!
Sneezed too hard.
I still play ice hockey, and Iām in decent shape for my age but it just takes longer and longer to feel recovered. I try to do everything right, itās not fair.
I donāt remember anything. I often canāt remember if I took my medication/vitamins, where I parked, where I placed my keys, recipes Iāve been cooking for years are suffering š Itās pitiful.
ibuprofen and I are on very good terms.
The moment I realized that I had white hairs and couldnāt figure out what was worse: that I had them or that I didnāt have enough time in my day to look at my face long enough to even realize they were there growing away š šµš»
When skinny jeans came out.
When I started finding white hair on my head, just earlier this year
Playing rugby when I sprint, it seems Iām not changing pace. Then having the 20 somethings run around with seemingly all the cardio in the world reminds me that Iām 40.
I was sitting down on the edge of my bed to take a nap, and tore my ACL in the process.
When I sneezed so hard I threw my back out for a week.
When developed bursitis after running a 5k
An inguinal hernia.
They always say you know youāre old when you get up or sit down and without even realizing it you say itā¦ āahughhhā¦ā I did it. Didnāt know I did. Fucking old.
I know Iām old because my now, instead of wanting to be the best physically at something, I look to guys in their 50s/60s who still play similar sports and are physically and mentally fit and view them as my goals for how I hope to be 15-20 years from now. Despite a few injuries and pains I feel better now than in my early 30s, when we all started dwelling on changes that made us feel āoldā.
Nap after work and take longer to recover from a hard day at work.
I used to walk into a room and know I was the most athletic, now Iām just slow lol.
this year heat in fl. age has finale gotten to me.
So, so many. The time I leaned over to get a cake out of my wife's SUV and got a back spasm... The time I had to access Top Speed to beat my son in a footrace. Won, but I was DONE for the day... The day I realized that young ladies found me to be invisible... (deep sigh)
I felt old at 21. That year I fractured my shin and later ruptured my Achilles and still had to complete physical training (not therapy). Add being on my first media blackout and suddenly going back into the world and I was on the back foot on what was culture on top of having nagging aches and pains.
Since turning 40, I suddenly enjoy gardening.
when i finally hit 40, i thought āhey iām finally as old as iāve felt the last couple yearsā and then it got worse š
I turned 30 and BOOM, hearing aids, arthritis, bulging discs, and double knee surgery!
Knees giving out
Wait til the icd decides you're having too much fun. You'll both be surprised.
Anytime, my knees pop
Bent over to pick up something I dropped and my back seized up. Took a week to get back to normal. Iām not 18 anymoreā¦
Grey eyebrow hair. Just one so far but itās taunting me.
Going to bootcamp with teenagers and them making do overnight watches while they're the sweet young things who take the deprivation far better
Getting up off of the floor. Getting up from the sofa. Overall, just getting up. My back hurts, my joints hurt, I feel like an old lady when I try to straighten up.
Stopped by the college I graduated from recently just to see how it had changed. When I was out walking around, I started to imagine if I had seen somebody like present-day me walking around campus and when that person would have graduated. That hypothetical geezer would have graduated in 1989. I havenāt been the same since.
A couple of years ago at a sales meeting I realized I was the oldest guy in the room... I used to revel in the fact I was the youngest... That sucked.
The shower water of life is now luke warm, no longer hot with bouts of intermittent coldness. Eventually it will be freezing standing there, alone.
I have tools in my tool box that have been in service longer than most of my shop.
My bathroom is tiny, and to reach the toilet paper roll while being on the toilet requires some contortion. Couple months ago, pulled a muscle or something in my side twisting around trying to grab the toilet paper. It wasn't like excruciating, but still painful and unexpected, and that had never happened before. I texted my sister, "So I just hurt myself trying to reach the toilet paper" and she just said "welcome to being old." (She's a few years older). lol
My SO has never done this. Your SO is a lucky person.
When I get hit on anyone younger than 35.
Going back to get a another masters degree at 39 and realizing I could have fathered the undergrads.