You know you're old when...

davemunger
davemunger Posts: 1,139 Member
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... that "edgy" Depeche Mode song from your youth is playing on the Muzak in your neighborhood Ace Hardware

...People your kids' age (if not necessarily your kids) have steady full-time jobs

...You forget the names of young people you meet because they all look the same to you
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  • norahwynn
    norahwynn Posts: 862 Member
    You can name, and sing all the words to most of the songs that have been on the Top 40 list for the last 4 decades.

    And I was just hummng (yes, humming is something my mom only did!) Strange Love (Depeche Mode) just last night...FTW!!
  • MelsAuntie
    MelsAuntie Posts: 2,833 Member
    You go to the family reunion and there are several teenagers you don't recognize, because you're expecting them to be about 9 years old. You look at the backs of your hands and can't recall where those raised veins came from. You tell people you've seen Harry Chapin, Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, and The Who in concerts, and you get blank stares.....
  • henriettevanittersum
    henriettevanittersum Posts: 179 Member
    you can't drink all night and stay up untill it's light without feeling sick for 4 days after... :-(
  • britttttx3
    britttttx3 Posts: 458
    When you realize you've been out of highschool for four years.hollly efff.
  • henriettevanittersum
    henriettevanittersum Posts: 179 Member
    You go to the family reunion and there are several teenagers you don't recognize, because you're expecting them to be about 9 years old. You look at the backs of your hands and can't recall where those raised veins came from. You tell people you've seen Harry Chapin, Gordon Lightfoot, John Denver, and The Who in concerts, and you get blank stares.....

    True story: I was in HMV to get the DVD "Tommy" by The Who. The 16 yr old helping me said "from the WHO"? I said, yes, that's what I said. Her: "WHO". Me "yes"... blank stare... I had to explain it all the way... sigh...
  • AAX2
    AAX2 Posts: 20 Member
    When you leave the house to go out at 8, you feel like a rebel.

    When kids say the movies you grew up on are "oldies".
  • 2essie
    2essie Posts: 2,847 Member
    When you go back to highschool and realise the people there now weren't even born when you were there.

    When your granddaughter is at the same high school you were at.

    Plenty more where these came from but I can't remember them lol.
  • ScottyNoHotty
    ScottyNoHotty Posts: 1,957 Member
    When I had to explain to a co-worker what the Challenger disaster was, and the fact she couldn't name the 4 Beatles.....
  • plateaued
    plateaued Posts: 199 Member
    When you visit a museum and see something you used to use (rotary phone, game of Pong, typewriter).
  • kckBxer396
    kckBxer396 Posts: 460 Member
    When you realize you've been out of highschool for four years.hollly efff.

    4? ...I'm a little closer to a decade...haha
  • cleotherio
    cleotherio Posts: 712 Member
    You realize that the people born the year you graduated college are old enough to buy alcohol.
  • dessertlover27
    dessertlover27 Posts: 385 Member
    When all the singers/artists/current screaming sensations are younger than you.

    When your friend's baby sister that you used to babysit is now an adult and dating a new guy every week.

    When every relatives you meet ask you "So, are you FINALLY going to get married soon?" :noway:
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    When you go to antique fairs and find the CorningWare cookware you grew up with sporting price tags of $145/bowl or casserole dish.

    And your mom won't let you have her stuff to sell on Ebay cuz she still uses her "antique" cookware on a regular basis.
  • KANGOOJUMPS
    KANGOOJUMPS Posts: 6,474 Member
    funny.
  • EdTheGinge
    EdTheGinge Posts: 1,616 Member
    When you go watch Monsters Inc University and see all the little kids, remembering that you were that age when you watched the first one.

    When people ask for friends between 18-22 lol
  • ron2e
    ron2e Posts: 606
    When you remember Kennedy being shot, and everyone around you thinks that is history.
  • imhungry2012
    imhungry2012 Posts: 240 Member
    When you get the 2 day hangover...ugh.
  • horndave
    horndave Posts: 565
    what was the question again, my mind can't keep up with that much stimulation.
  • lightdiva1
    lightdiva1 Posts: 935 Member
    You have "To-do'lists"
    crawling out of bed looks like a monster movie.
    You have clothes in your closet at least two decades old.
  • BeccaBollons
    BeccaBollons Posts: 652 Member
    When the kids you used to babysit and push on the swings pass their driving test. Or even worse, get married!
  • SugarBaby71
    SugarBaby71 Posts: 3,630 Member
    When you go to your brother's wedding and at the rehearsal ask him, "Who is that super hot (young) guy?" and your brother says it's the baby brother of the best man... and you realize the last time you saw him was when he was a new born baby and you changed his diaper while babysitting him and his siblings... about 20 years ago. :sad:
  • jasoncbackus
    jasoncbackus Posts: 131 Member
    A few years ago, when 24 was still on TV, I mentioned to a co-worker that Rick Schroder signed on for a season. The conversation that ensued:

    Co-worker: "Who's Rick Schroder?"
    Me: "He was the kid on Silver Spoons."
    Co-worker: "Was that a western?"
    Me: "How old do you think I am?" (btw, I was only like 4-5 years older than her, but that sure made me feel older!)
  • GTAFrank
    GTAFrank Posts: 730 Member
    You had a typewriter at university. Sigh...
  • Jlennhikes
    Jlennhikes Posts: 290 Member
    When the latest NFL draft picks are young enough to be your child.
  • sugboog29
    sugboog29 Posts: 630 Member
    When you realize you've been out of highschool for four years.hollly efff.

    4? ...I'm a little closer to a decade...haha

    3 decades here!! Yea...I'm old!
  • nytius
    nytius Posts: 173 Member
    When your kids look at your old LPs and ask what they are...

    The same as above with VHS tapes, diskettes, and the first Mario brothers game for nintendo
  • JenAndSome
    JenAndSome Posts: 1,893 Member
    When I had to explain to a co-worker what the Challenger disaster was, and the fact she couldn't name the 4 Beatles.....

    That doesn't make her old. That makes her... uneducated.

    When the kids you babysat for when they were babies are having babies of their own.
  • leebesstoad
    leebesstoad Posts: 1,186 Member
    When you realize you've been out of highschool for four years.hollly efff.

    4? ...I'm a little closer to a decade...haha

    I'm over 4 decades. Geez.
  • Calliope610
    Calliope610 Posts: 3,783 Member
    When your kids look at your old LPs and ask what they are...

    The same as above with VHS tapes, diskettes, and the first Mario brothers game for nintendo

    My 17yo son W, who has a taste for rock n' roll music of the 70's, recently bought a turn-table. My husband offered to let my son go through his collection of LP's from back in the day. W made a day of it and went home with about 3 doz albums. He posted about on FB and said "my stepdad gave me a bunch of albums, Pink Floyd, Zeppelin, and some band called "Nazareth". Got a kick outta that!
  • leebesstoad
    leebesstoad Posts: 1,186 Member
    1. When some young whippersnapper gives you the senior citizen discount at a store and you know you don't qualify for it based on age.

    2. When you use the word whippersnapper.

    3. When you say something and you look around for your parents and realize it was coming out of your mouth.

    4. The first time you say 'GET OFF MY LAWN".

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