To think that if you’re over 35 and still calling yourself an “old soul,” you’re just boring?

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Liking jazz and drinking tea isn’t a personality, it’s a Tuesday.

Well I hate both so can I say I am not a boring old twat? 😂

What are you talking about?

I thought an old soul was someone wise beyond their years.

Who the heck are you to decide who is boring just because of how they describe themselves? What someone enjoys doing or how they choose to word that is of no consequence to you, so why do you feel the need to be so condescending?!

Absolutely - you’re officially exempt! 🤣
What’s your alternative “not boring old twat” vibe then?

Just that calling yourself an ‘old soul’ past a certain age feels a bit redundant - most of us do like a quiet night in by then! Or do you disagree?

'Old soul' is usually the kind of kindly thing people say about a 10 year old who likes watching Antiques Roadshow or listening to the Archers. I mean, I'm not sure it has any applicability whatsoever to adults!

Isn’t that op’s point?

I don't hear anyone calling themselves an old soul. But you're just incompatible. They're boring to you and you're probably boring to them.

Yabu to be the least bit bothered by it. Live and let live and unless someone is hurting you let them crack on

Don't associate with them if you don't like them (or the way they describe themselves). They aren't for you but will appeal to someone else.

It’s just a tongue-in cheek take, not a decree! People can call themselves whatever they want - I just find ‘old soul’ a bit overused past a certain point. No offence meant!

Drinking tea applies to much of this country surely. If anything I’m a young soul I refuse to accept the person in the mirror with the double chin and frown lines could possibly be me!

ISWYM OP it’s a phrase best used to describe an unusually mature child, not someone over 35.

That's not quite my understanding of the term and not how I would use it. I would say that person just has old man tastes.

For me it is someone who demonstrates wisdom beyond their years. A deep thinker; an intellectual.

This is weirdly specific and obviously about someone in particular 😂

I would probably still be classed as a boring old twat to be honest 😂Just one that doesn't drink tea or listen to jazz. I am more of an Irn Bru and Metallica type 😂

No, I understand what you mean, OP.

Many people do appreciate an occasional treat 8pm bedtime after 35. Tea is nice, at any age. Jazz... has its place.

The vast majority of people in their late 30s / early 40s aren't crawling out of nightclubs at 4am on a Wednesday morning, because by that age, even if your body and mind are up for it, most of us have shit to do, like going to work etc.

Banging on about this just smacks of 'ooh, I'm so special and quirky / not like other girls!'.

Old soul means you've witnessed and lived some really shitty things at a young age and learned from them.
It isn't staying in and drinking tea pretending to be your Nan.

To be fair, I've been, what could be described as 'an old soul', since I was about 8-years-old in the 1980s! I always loved listening to old 50s and 60s music, always loved a cup of tea and enjoyed reading, knitting and going to jumble sales! But, now, having read your reply, I get what you mean about it being used to describe an older person, it wouldn't make sense, you'd just be old, I guess! But then, who wants to just describe themselves as old?! Ha ha!

I've never called myself an old soul and don't know anyone who does. The only time I've heard it used was if someone was wise beyond their years. Nothing to do with tea or jazz and I love both.

Old Soul is an American saying I think. I preferred Young Fogey, as it more accurately expresses how boring I am / was. “Old Soul” is an attempt to romanticise it. Now I’m in my early forties most of my cohort have caught up with me now though, so you’re right in that sense, OP.

Isn't that more the phrase 'an old head on young shoulders' though? And, also, why 'old man tastes'? I know plenty of older women who like cups of tea and jazz! I may be being pedantic for argument's sake now (also an older person's privilege)!

'Wise old bird' my older brother called me when I was 18 and he was 22.

I can still thump him, that's fine.

But yes - wise beyond your years. Not fucking knitting. Sorry 😂

Jazz has always been quite cool with the likes of Ezra collective and everyone likes tea surely?