At what age did you start feeling old?

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I'm 34 years old and have started to feel old. I have 3 kids, sahm...recently we went to the airport and a man who looked same age as me in security said 'aunty is this your milk' referring to my babies milk bottle. I felt so embarassed and for the first time I felt 'old'.

I'm 60s. Realise I look older now but that only hit me late 50s. I have never put on weight (I eat healthily in general, but don't restrict calories) and I've always exercised regularly - more in the past few years than when I was bringing up kids. I have no medical conditions. Only signs of old age I notice, beyond some wrinkles and more grey hair, are odd aches and pains that come and go and no longer feeling like I want to stay up till 2am....ever.

Are you sure "auntie" wasn't "excuse me"?

Depending on accent, it could have easily been misheard?

Think yourself lucky, when I look in a mirror I see my DAD looking back at me. I've never been a beauty but, trust me, that is a hard one to get over.

I'm 34 and I don't feel old as such, but I am aware that I reaaaaally need to start taking better care of myself, as you can't get away with treating your body the same as you could when you were 18!

But what I would say, is that there's no point "feeling old".

Your life will pass, however you feel, and whatever you do. Nothing can stop the passing of time, but you CAN change how you spend that time.

Take care of yourself, spend time with those you love, and do what you love to do. That's all any of us in life can do. What other people think doesn't matter, and one day you would give anything to be 34 again and feel like you do now.

Earlyish 60s and not for a good while yet I hope.

OK, I have grey hair and the odd wrinkle but I work at health and fitness every day. My brother is the same, perhaps it's in our genes.

We have a 91 year old friend who says he is far too young to give up running. He's out every day, just a mile or two, I admire his attitude.

55 for me, I had an accident which caused me to have a major operation so that could have contributed to me feeling old. I'm very fit and active but tire more easily and have just felt my age recently.

34 is waaay too young to be feeling old. You're probably stuck in a rut after 3 kids and feeling down.

I’m 40 this year and still feel really very young. I exercise quite a lot and take care of myself up to a point, but still enjoy a good time. Don’t feel the need for any Botox, fillers or any hair dye to try and keep looking youthful.

went to an actual proper rave the other day and went to be at 5.30am. I can give the kids a run for their money 😂. If you’re feeling old at 34 then maybe you need to make some changes.

Funnily enough I was thinking about this the other day because up until a couple of years ago I was regularly asked for ID whenever buying alcohol etc in supermarkets (I'm 38 now) but the other day whilst buying my partner a bottle of wine in the supermarket I was, again, asked for ID and just as I was about to happily take my licence out my purse the 20-odd year old guy goes... "only joking"!!! I thought Jesus am I now at the age where we joke about me not possibly being under 25 😭 well I quietly put it straight back in my purse and tried to pretend I was joking too 😂 I've had a baby in the last two years so I'm putting it down to that!

Late 40s when I was undergoing chemotherapy and radiotherapy. I feel like I've aged several decades overnight.

I'm 58. I definitely feel older, but not ancient.

My "children" are in their twenties now, with the eldest nearing 30 and the youngest currently 22. Yes, that makes me feel the passage of time, but not in a bad way (yet). I'm postmenopausal and enjoying some freedom.

I remember when my youngest was still at primary school and I began to realise that most of the school staff were now younger than me! When my eldest first started at the same school years previously most had been older than me!

Another thing that made me feel older was when I realised that my children were learning in their school history lessons about stuff that to me had been current affairs - Winter of Discontent, Margaret Thatcher as PM, Falklands Conflict, Ronald Reagan as US President etc.

My mother is now almost 90 and was a child in the Second World War. She refers to herself as a living history book.

My 9 year old niece is an aunty, so I don’t see it as an age related comment.

Well done to you! It's so hard, but doable.

I went through this exact same thing albeit in my early 40s. I was determined that peri would not defeat me as it hit me so hard not just in terms of weight gain, inability to sleep, but also my sex drive and sense of self. Just as I was beginning to feel (and look like myself again), I got cancer. Once more, I find myself determined to not let dominate my life. Once I'm fully recovered from treatment, I will find myself again. I've done it once, I know I can do it again, more so if I can get through cancer treatment!

The children's auntie would be your sister - who could be older or younger than you.
I'm fifty and tbh I don't know how I got to such a big number and still feel so young!

Aunty doesn't mean old you could be 20 and be an Aunty. You are an Aunty if your siblings have children so not sure what you mean.

Perhaps Auntie was a slip of the tongue. How many children without thinking have called their teacher Mum? I did. Perhaps you looked like his Auntie, you don't have to be old to be an Auntie. My Dad was an Uncle when he was 6.

38- knees went, got roseacea, put back out and it was the year my mum started to ‘be’older (44 now)

Oi-you? maybe you just misheard.
I was 40 when I noticed joints aching, not being able to run as far or as fast, everything just gets more effort for less reward every year that passes!

I'm 71 and not there yet. It's a state of mind IMO.

When you go to weddings and are looking at your watch from about 9:00pm, wondering if it's acceptable to leave now.

I'm 45 in a few weeks and I've just found my first white eyebrow hair and I started hrt in October.

I don’t feel old but I certainly feel a wee bit older physically a month away from being 67 than I did even 4 months ago.

Late fifties and I'm starting to feel 'older', if not properly old.

I've been through a lot of grief and stress in the last few years and my god is it showing on my face. I look mid-60s. I've put on weight. I can't do things as easily as used to a few years ago. My knees are knackered. I'm stiff and noticeably lost muscle strength. I've lost my 'vim'.

I'm aware it's a tipping point for me to eat better, sleep better, and exercise more to try and reverse some of this. I wasn't expecting to be like this for at least another 10 years.

30s is nothing.

Auntie is a common term of respect for some cultures and anyway, I became an auntie in fact as a child so I definitely don't connect it with 'old'.

Aunty is an asian and eastern european term of respect.

I sometimes buy the Big Issue from the guy outside my local supermarket. Based off his accent, he's some flavour of eastern european, and he always calls me aunty, despite being quite obviously 10-15 years older than me!

I'm 60. Don't feel old at all. Mind you, my mother is 90 so that's a big help! I have a great life, gym three times a week, sea swimming, cycling, seeing friends. I don't understand how someone would feel old at the OPs age.