Thread: I'm doing it again...

Originally Posted by JMS

...I'm showing signs of getting old!!

Mark, manners have no age. Perhaps you are wise enough to know when to correct a wayward youth. Yeah, that's it. You should have broken out a straight razor and shaved right in front of him.

You are to be applauded, courtesy is the grease of life, it makes the cogs turn alittle easier.

Originally Posted by JMS

...I'm showing signs of getting old!!

Any day now you'll be yelling for kids to get off your lawn.

I realized I was getting 'old' a couple of months ago.

During the normal course of the day, I see several beautiful cute 23 year olds.
And sometimes - to tease my wife - I say things like 'It's no problem if you have to work late, I'll just ask Maya to come over' or something silly like that.

A long time ago, my best friend broke up with his girlfriend, (they were 23) and sometime later she was seeing a 32 year old guy (she got pregnant pretty soon after that) and we were all thinking the following 2 things (or variations thereof):
- what does she see in him? the guy is way too old for her.
- horny old guy looking for a green leaf.

And then a couple of weeks ago it suddenly hit me in the face like a half-brick: I have become too old to have a relationship with 23 year old hot girl.

Now don't misunderstand me. I love my wife, and I have no plans to leave her anytime soon, but just the realization that I could never again have a relationship with a 23 year old without people thinking I was an old fart looking for a green leaf... that hurt
I always felt like a young guy (still do) but suddenly the last 10 years caught up with me.

Originally Posted by Bruno

I realized I was getting 'old' a couple of months ago.

During the normal course of the day, I see several beautiful cute 23 year olds.
And sometimes - to tease my wife - I say things like 'It's no problem if you have to work late, I'll just ask Maya to come over' or something silly like that.

A long time ago, my best friend broke up with his girlfriend, (they were 23) and sometime later she was seeing a 32 year old guy (she got pregnant pretty soon after that) and we were all thinking the following 2 things (or variations thereof):
- what does she see in him? the guy is way too old for her.
- horny old guy looking for a green leaf.

And then a couple of weeks ago it suddenly hit me in the face like a half-brick: I have become too old to have a relationship with 23 year old hot girl.

Now don't misunderstand me. I love my wife, and I have no plans to leave her anytime soon, but just the realization that I could never again have a relationship with a 23 year old without people thinking I was an old fart looking for a green leaf... that hurt
I always felt like a young guy (still do) but suddenly the last 10 years caught up with me.

This made me happy inside. I don't know why, but it made my night

I had a similar "feeling old" moment a few months ago. I was out buying new clothes and started layering some polo shirts and sweaters. I liked it, then I looked in the mirror and had a mini crisis! I turned to SWMBO and said "I look so old in this" and she goes "no, you look grown up". Great...

To top that one though, I was told by someone that I sounded like their dad. Of course they were right, and when I realized that, it was like Bruno's brick.

What about the rest of you old fogeys? Got any stories to tell?

I was at the mall the other day buying some blank cds, and they were playing some Nirvana on the radio in the store. Much to my horror, some kid walking by said to his friend,

"man, I hate it when they play this oldies crap"

My wife just about had to physically restrain me, but the more I thought about it, the more I realized that this kid was most likely so young, he and Cobain were never alive at the same time. So, I guess I am old. The themesong of my generation is considered "oldies"

MY grand father is in his 90's and this is what he told me a couple of years ago, " Inside of every old man is a young man asking WTF happened. " Afew years ago a friend of mine and myself were standing at the check out line and he was watching the girls, and then it dawned on him that he wasnt watching the girls, but watching their mothers instead, he hasnt been the same since.