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Tell me about a time when you felt old

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Newbie8918 · 15/02/2026 13:11

This is absolutely ‘just for fun’ on a wet Sunday, so please take this in the spirit that it’s intended!

I was at an 18th birthday party a few weeks ago. I went to the buffet and there was hot and cold food (think curry and sandwiches) so I had a plate of both. A lovely young man behind me, asked where I was sitting and whether I needed help, carrying one of the plates back.

Im able bodied and 44 😆 but appreciated the sentiment

Your turn!

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Dappy777 · 15/02/2026 14:24

When I realised people born since the year 2000 were leaving university. Also, the moment I realised the '90s were to the young what the '60s were to me.

mrlistersgelfbride · 15/02/2026 14:21

Great thread.

I was the only person in a packed bar who knew the dance to Saturday night by Whigfield 🤣

I work with students. One or the young lads told us he had been to an underground club in London at the weekend and my colleague jokingly asked if they played Basement Jaxx. He replied he’d never heard of them.

I recently said the internet wasn’t much of a thing when I started university 🙈 (was 2003!)

FeelingALittleWoozyHere · 15/02/2026 14:21

We were watching a film with a rotary pay phone and one of my kids asked 'what's that'

MrsBunny2018 · 15/02/2026 14:20

Went to a Sabrina Carpenter concert and felt like I was the oldest person there by about ten years!!

beguilingeyes · 15/02/2026 14:19

gototogo · 15/02/2026 13:20

On Friday at a gig, got asked if we needed seating, I accepted Grin

I really struggle with standing gigs now (64). It's ok if there's something to lean on...

marginallyawake · 15/02/2026 14:17

When the doctor assumed that I was dc’s grandmother. I was mid-thirties, doctor was at least sixty…

dapsnotplimsolls · 15/02/2026 14:15

I decided to use a clip from the 2012 Olympic Games in a lesson (secondary) a couple of weeks ago and realised that most of them weren't born then, let alone able to remember it!

Headabovetheparapets · 15/02/2026 14:14

Myself (50s) travelling with my mum (70s) on a crowded train & lovely young chap tapped me on the shoulder to offer me his seat & then saw mum, he was very confused & not sure what to do🤣🤣🤣 we both declined.

Mooselooseinmyhoose · 15/02/2026 14:12

I joined a small group fitness class. Was paired with a lovely 17 year old for paired activities. She was amazing at pull ups. First time she did one I said "wow youre amazing they should call you lara croft". She said... "who?" Then one by one all of the group except one other bloke engaged in a conversation about how they had never heard of Lara Croft!. #shamed.

ThatNattyPlayer · 15/02/2026 14:10

Everyday at the moment, my teenager thinks it’s her only purpose in life to make sure I know I’m getting “old”……I’m 36

66babe · 15/02/2026 14:09

I recently changed job and on my last day 4 seperate people asked me if I was retiring .
I’m 58.
I was gutted 😩

SpanThatWorld · 15/02/2026 14:04

Theonlywayicanloveyou · 15/02/2026 13:31

When it turned out a colleague had been born the year I graduated.

I had a previous job where some very keen new recruit was telling me how to do something and I thought, "I've been doing this longer than you've been alive."

The first time someone offered me a seat on the Tube was a bit of a surprise...

Ferrfoxache · 15/02/2026 14:01

When i realised i can't get my sock on my left foot without the feeling that my hip is going to break.
When i walked by a building site and instead of getting wolf whistled, the worker shouted " Sorry about the mess missus !! Do you need a hand down the steps?" ( I was 47, now 57)

Verytall · 15/02/2026 14:01

A teenager was explaining to me some drama that included online bullying. They mentioned it was tiktok, and said 'i know you won't know how tiktok works, so you know how on Facebook they have messenger...' and then proceeded to explain according to the format they presumed was for old people

There's been a few times when I've been to see new young/local bands and people have assumed I'm the parent of someone in the band.

BlackCat14 · 15/02/2026 14:01

I’m 36 and my partner is ten years younger. One of his friends once said to me “you do like a trainer sock don’t you?” Made me feel like such a millennial🤣

ScullyD · 15/02/2026 13:59

I’m doing a degree as a mature student and a classmate said ‘ten years ago when I was in primary school’

ReignOfError · 15/02/2026 13:54

Ducked into a cafe on a chilly day, and the young waitress grabbed my hands and rubbed them between hers to warm them, because, she explained, she knew how her grandmother felt the cold.

I was all of 50.

Astrabees · 15/02/2026 13:54

We did an FTP (?) in my spin class on Saturday to help set up the new bikes. My score was the second lowest in the group and I explained to the instructor that I have an arthritic knee and have not been doing the class for long. She said that it was great that I was going at all given my age. I felt very sad and upset and although I’m 69 just ancient.

GlasgowGal2014 · 15/02/2026 13:51

EmotionalSupportBiscuit · 15/02/2026 13:26

Explaining a fax machine to one of our apprentices. Their mind was utterly boggled that we didn’t just email stuff.

My mind was boggled recently when I found out that some organisations that I work with still use fax machines!

Oneearringlost · 15/02/2026 13:51

At a Christmas get-together, with my 28, 26 and 23 year olds and their peers...my 28 year old was talking to her 28 year old friend, saying how old she felt, compared to some of her 20 year old colleagues....

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Newbie8918 · 15/02/2026 13:47

RampantIvy · 15/02/2026 13:46

When I offered to show the ticket inspector my senior railcard, and he said "No, you're OK" 😁

This now happens to me with ID in bars 😆

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RampantIvy · 15/02/2026 13:46

When I offered to show the ticket inspector my senior railcard, and he said "No, you're OK" 😁

BlueOrangeRed · 15/02/2026 13:44

Talking to younger colleagues at work and mentioning the ‘great storm of 1987’. As I said it I realised most of them weren’t born until a decade after it.

I felt like some aged crone talking about my memories of the Blitz. I’m only in my mid forties!

sydsmum · 15/02/2026 13:43

Last week. Out with a friend for coffee and cake. Given the "seniors special" menu by the waitress. I'm 58.

JoanChitty · 15/02/2026 13:42

Senior railcard gives you a third off rail travel. The lovely man at our local station always says I look too young to have one ! It’s a bit of old flannel but so what. I’m 64.

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