What makes you feel old?

[DebbieTheCat]

Alexa just played Justin Bieber’s ‘Baby’.

Justin Bieber now has a baby.

Oh my!
Where have the last 15 years gone?! 😳

At work at the beginning of the Sept when the new grads join. I'm acutely aware I'm almost old enough to be their grandma ....

My 3 toddlers

@RockyRogue1001 absolutely!!!

When people I've taught have babies! Thinking about it, I started teaching in 1995, so the 6th formers I taught back then will be in their mid to late 40s That's just all kinds of wrong. And yes, super-young colleagues too! My students always assure me I look much younger than 52, bless their flattering lies!

I am a great auntie 4 times over now, and am embracing the great - with a different emphasis you become a GREAT auntie! I did become an auntie when I was 12 though...my family has very skewed generations

My DGD starting uni.

These don't seem to be as quite as laughable as I originally thought they were.

I play a adult team sport. At one of my first sessions after joining the team, the coach announced their wife's pregnancy. Their child now plays on the team with me.

This, absolutely. Ageist fuckwit adverts.

My little brother had a birthday party for his young son last year and invited some of his friends that I hadn't seen since they were teenagers. I'd just about got used to little bro going slightly grey here and there in a distinguished looking way, but all of the friends had very receding hairlines, one as actually bald and most of them had a bit of a paunch and the beginnings of a double chin. They looked older than their dads did at my brother's parties when we were children.

That there are adults that weren't even born when Nirvana released Nevermind and never lived through Grunge so to them this new 'Grunge' (which isn't Grunge) is unique.

And watching old 80s programmes like Howard's Way and realising I'm the same age as the main adults in it.

Last weekend DH spoke to a new signing at our local football club. This lad absolutely towered over me and then I found out he's the same age as my eldest (almost 21).

I also recently explained the whole BritPop scene of the 90s to a friend who didn't know anything about it as he was born in 1997.

When "getting your leg over" takes on a whole new meaning - DH giving me a hand over a stile in the woods this afternoon on the dog walk...🤦‍♀️

I feel your pain - the children who were in my first class will be 42 now 🤣

Also the fact that both my children have left school now. I don't feel old enough for that.

When I start finding those brochures advertising mobility aids or the above interesting....

Yes to the current events being history and the cultural reference thing- quoting the Fast Show or Harry Enfield characters and getting blank looks.
Alex Salmond has died, my workmates probably don't know who he is. Tony Blair looks old. Bill Clinton looks really old. John Major, Norman Lamont, Ken Clarke, Neil Kinnock are all in their 80s. Hezza is 91. Maggie is dead. Robin Cook is dead. Nigel Lawson is dead. His sexy celebrity domestic goddess daughter Nigella is 64.

I want to do a part time PhD but I'm too old for a student loan.

I had to find a video of "cheesy peas" to show my kids the other day as they didn't understand why when they were talking about a can of beans with cheese in it I randomly came out with "cheesy peas". 🙈

Thanks @TwoLeftSocksWithHoles - exactly what I need! My feet are freezing (probably because they're dressed in your username!) and my hands look 80, they're cold too.

Nooo how can that even be true😦 devastated

I used to use the telephone with the manual round dial, also used to see that colourful screen on a big fat TV, where they were adjusting stuff before transmitting...
Idk what it's called 😁

Only the other day, I worked out that, despite being only 38 (I'm clinging onto the 'only'!) I have lived in five decades. The maths just is not mathsing. It made me feel very old and confused 😂

The test card?

Lol re changing the emphasis, I'm definitely going to give this a go. 🤣

I was an Auntie at 16 so am clinging to that as the explanation for being old enough to have a Great Nephew...my own DD is almost 21 though so more than old enough to make me a Grandma (hopefully not for ages!).