Totally agree! Kids nowadays will also never know the pleasure of listening to the radio for hours just to hear that one song, recording it on tape and so on! I'm also glad I got to experience dating before online dating took over. Or having no mobile and the guy I was dating having to ring my parents landline to speak to me. I could go on and on
Not at all it sounds great and I know I need to sort out my attitude, if I keep telling myself I’m old then I will feel old. Attitude has to be a lot of it as we’ve all met someone in their later years who just seems so young and active for their age and people who are young but seem so old. I think it is probably because my 30’s have probably been my most stressful decade with a lot of grown up stuff to deal with so on reflection it’s no wonder I feel ancient. A lot of those thing have are behind me though so I think I need to inject some more fun into my life. I do try to look after myself through exercise but can be a bit bad with my food
I’m definitely going to be working on this because I know a day will come when I’m older and I’ll look back and think what a twit I was!
I find it interesting that for you women are 'older' at a younger age than men, when women live, on average, 6-8 years longer!I don’t feel old yet as I’m 26 but I used to think 35 was the age classed as “old”.. since getting older the number has got higherit went to 40 then 45 then 50. I’d say “old” is when you can’t have kids (for females) and you’re going through the menopause. For men I’d say it’s when they get too tired or weak to be able to work (so basically just a bit younger than retirement age).
I guess it’s because men don’t have an “expiry date” on having children and also men retire at an older age but it’s just what I feel and what I think of when it comes to old age.
I do this too! To me anything after about 2004 I think of as being “recent”I’m 30 and have definitely had a mini-crisis about it! I quite frequently skip an entire decade in remembering things, like thinking 2005 is more like five years ago than FIFTEEN!
I vividly remember arranging an assessment centre for apprentice roles a few years ago and the first time we hired someone with a DOB of 2000 I had to take a little minute
My mum says she is the same but thinks of the 80s being only a couple of years ago. It’s scary how fast time goes! it went to 40 then 45 then 50. I’d say “old” is when you can’t have kids (for females) and you’re going through the menopause. For men I’d say it’s when they get too tired or weak to be able to work (so basically just a bit younger than retirement age).
Sometimes I feel like an impostor adult.
Agreed, I was alright then I read this. I’m 43
controversially I think it’s a generational thing as I find millennials have a much more traditional view of the world than generation x.
I remember when my parents didn’t know anyone other than Kylie and I once got to meet some pop stars (not going to name they really weren’t famous) but my dad took me and mum didn’t want to come. I couldn’t believe she wouldn’t want to meet a pop star. As an adult my husbands niece was obsessed with One Direction and I can honestly say at that time that not only would I not have recognised a single one of them if I’d bumped into them somewhere but also I really would not have cared! That realisation made me feel as old as time!
I can definitely see people having different experiences depending on where they live so thank you for sharing your experience! I live in a fairly expensive city in North America where the average detached house is well over a million dollars and constantly rising so a lot of people hope to get a down payment and mortgage going sooner rather than later.
