Thread: I'm doing it again...

I am 21 and want to smack the crap out of most kids because of the disrespect that goes on. Even the most basic things like taking your hat off in church. I mean there are times when cursing while not nessesary can be helpful, but never in a place of busisness.

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.

Originally Posted by jockeys

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"

I had that realization a couple weeks ago too. One of my favorite classic rock stations started playing 90's music and I got mad because it's not classic to me. Then came the flying brick and I realized that 90's music is 10-20 years old. When the local "alternative" started making fun of early 2000's work the same day, I felt soooo old.

Originally Posted by jockeys

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"

It hurts. the pain...

I was there when they conquered the world. I remember when teen spirit was first place in the top 50. When I was hammered, and getting mauled on the dance floor when they played that song. Ah... Good times.

Finding out that you're actually invisible to the aforementioned 23-year-old is bad enough. My Waterloo came a few years back.

I played my last season of soccer at about 50, in a bar league in Minneapolis. It was bad enough that we usually only had 11 guys and I had to run 90 minutes. It was bad enough that when the game was over, I was usually too fried to get my boots off.

It was when we lined up to shake hands after the last whistle, and the opposition started saying "Nice game, sir!"

F*%*$ that.

j