What Makes You Feel Old?

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Not liking the music anymore
Ugh same! I feel like everything past a certain year - can't pinpoint which one exactly - got so tit. It's very rare I like any of today's music and if I do it'll be one random song not even a particular musician/band, so I generally just stick to my comfort music I've been listening to for years.

Same for films/TV series too. Everything is so overproduced and crap.
 
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The fact that to some this is a normal face now. To me she looks like she’s been in a fight with a swarm of hornets 😳 and the lashes 🕷👃🕷
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I was watching a TV clip from 2004 with my son and in my eyes it looked like it could have been filmed within the last five years.

He turned to me and said “Was this when colour TV first came out? It’s all flickery and old looking.” 😭

And then when I thought about it I felt so sad that I think of the early 00s as being very recent but it’s 20 years ago. Ffs.
 
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I was watching a TV clip from 2004 with my son and in my eyes it looked like it could have been filmed within the last five years.

He turned to me and said “Was this when colour TV first came out? It’s all flickery and old looking.” 😭

And then when I thought about it I felt so sad that I think of the early 00s as being very recent but it’s 20 years ago. Ffs.
Similar happened to me, a student asked what year a textbook was from, I looked at the date and said "2000, not that old" she looked at me and said "23 years ago?" For me it seems recent
 
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Ugh same! I feel like everything past a certain year - can't pinpoint which one exactly - got so tit. It's very rare I like any of today's music and if I do it'll be one random song not even a particular musician/band, so I generally just stick to my comfort music I've been listening to for years.

Same for films/TV series too. Everything is so overproduced and crap.
Everything on tv seems to be geared toward thickos

one good film then spawns 37 sequels 🙄

oh and everything aches every day 😭
 
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I still can't get over the state of people's faces these days. I live in Essex - exactly where all the Towie lot live - the Wrights go to my gym. There are young pretty girls who have ruined themselves with trout pouts, breast implants and Lord knows what with their bums, but also people in their 50s and 60s who are doing it too. Blonde hair extensions, pulled tight faces with these horrid pulled up thick eyebrows and huge lips. They look waxy.

The worst thing is that they look so pleased with themselves and that you're looking at them with admiration. Grumpy and up themselves. I avoid them completely as they look so off putting.
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They must look at me like I'm something out of the ark with no embellishments.
 
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I pick staying in with good tv and nice food over going out drinking and socialising.

Mentioning Kylie and my kids thinking it’s Jenner. No, its Minogue and they have no clue who she is.
THIS IS A CRIME! my 8 year old self is calling the police
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I still can't get over the state of people's faces these days. I live in Essex - exactly where all the Towie lot live - the Wrights go to my gym. There are young pretty girls who have ruined themselves with trout pouts, breast implants and Lord knows what with their bums, but also people in their 50s and 60s who are doing it too. Blonde hair extensions, pulled tight faces with these horrid pulled up thick eyebrows and huge lips. They look waxy.

The worst thing is that they look so pleased with themselves and that you're looking at them with admiration. Grumpy and up themselves. I avoid them completely as they look so off putting.
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They must look at me like I'm something out of the ark with no embellishments.
I deliberately do this. The other day on the tube, there was a woman sat opposite me who clearly thought lots of people were staring at her for her looks so I refused to look at her out of rebellion lol. My eyes are closed !!! I see nothing !!! And if I were to look at her it would be at the ridiculous lips and lashes. How can anyone think that looks normal and or attractive?
 
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I’ve been alive so long that those big brown circular belts are coming back into fashion😂
 
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The first thing I do in the morning is check the weather app, before switching on my bedroom light or putting on my reading glasses (my optician said to me when I got them a few years back "welcome to middle age")!
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On my bike ride this morning, there was a lady walking with some children, spread out widthways, along the track. As I approached them, she told the children, "Come on, over this way - let the old lady past" :oops:
A friend a few years younger than me messaged me as the news said to check in with older friends and family this winter!
 
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I’ve found a tea I love 🤦🏼‍♀️ Tetley Gold in case you’re wondering……
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I still can't get over the state of people's faces these days. I live in Essex - exactly where all the Towie lot live - the Wrights go to my gym. There are young pretty girls who have ruined themselves with trout pouts, breast implants and Lord knows what with their bums, but also people in their 50s and 60s who are doing it too. Blonde hair extensions, pulled tight faces with these horrid pulled up thick eyebrows and huge lips. They look waxy.

The worst thing is that they look so pleased with themselves and that you're looking at them with admiration. Grumpy and up themselves. I avoid them completely as they look so off putting.
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They must look at me like I'm something out of the ark with no embellishments.
It’s such a shame when they’re evidently really young and they’ve had stuff done. It’s just not needed. I can tell when someone has had Botox/fillers a mile off and I find that quite sad tbh. I’m not adverse to a few tweaks. I’m mid 40’s and would love a bit of Botox but it seems as if it’s the norm now, whatever your age. I really worry for my 3 girls tbh
 
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It depresses me most when I see quite sensible people around my age dabbling - and starting to look a bit tweaked (surprised looking eyebrows, shiny smooth foreheads and that lip flick). They just look daft.
 
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I was talking to my husband about how mad I feel about how hard his life has been. I said "you're 50. You've maybe only got 20 years left." And we both just stared at each other. We felt old but it also lit a fire under us to actually enjoy however many years we have left.
 
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A friend complaining that her daughters were going through the menopause and realising that if my older children were girls not boys they would be complaining about hot flushes as well.
Watching television and getting adverts for river cruises and adjustable beds.
 
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We've just paid off our mortgage and my husband is now talking about preplanned (and pre-paid) funerals for us both! ⚰⚰😭
 
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