It's a sobering reality, but here's a few signs of aging I've already experienced:

-You've never heard of the artist someone's talking about, eventhough he/she is currently #1 on the charts.

-Teenagers call you "sir".

-You've chosen sleep over sex.

-You run into your highschool classmates and they have kids that are taller than you.

-When driving by a high school, you feel like a perv when you ogle teenage girls walking home (this one happened today and inspired this thread ).

So what are some of your experiences that's reminded you that you're getting up there??
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You get down on the floor and make noises when getting back up.

My joints crack when I sit, stand and sometimes when I get up out of bed in the morning

Fauxie said:

Your time is coming.

Of course,the rest of us will have died from old age by then.

YouOughtaUnderstand said:

Oh, I kinda feel it coming, but it's not quite here yet. I think I have maybe another two years.

I keep forgettin shit

Fauxie said:

johnart said:

I always liked this combo:



or maybe this:



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Clearing my throat like an old man for two hours after I get up in the morning.

johnart said:

Every. Single. TIME.

I've been watching what I eat and exercising for over a month and I've only lost 7 pounds. Ten years ago I would have lost 7 pounds in one week. It's a son of a bitch getting old.

johnart said:

The funny part is that we know why you're on the floor in the first place.

Fauxie said:

Don't laugh at the senile!!


Only kidding.

ernestsewell said:

The really funny part is that you think you you do.

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you watch a sporting event and every one of the players is younger than you.

You can't eat greasy food anymore...your chest will hurt.
You actually reach for the water instead of soda.
McDonalds meals are NOT happy.

You crave foods like hot tea and those thin wafers and brie as a snack instead of chips.
You prefer steak over hamburgers and you need it rare.

You buys shoes for comfort and not just style.

You have a favorite wine.

whistle said:

Yeah. I'm not even into sports, but that gets me every time

A few more:

- You're not willing to make the trip to a distant area just in order to visit a record store.
- You start exercising even if you hate it. You have to.
- It doesn't bother you anymore when people see you in public with your parents.
- You'll go ring the neighbours' doorbells in order to complain about them being too loud
- 18-20 year old girls suddenly start looking really sexy again.

You hold up a lighter at a concert and not a

pippet said:

=

novabrkr said:

Indeed

You hurt yourself doing the simplest things...

I hurt myself turning over in bed the other day....

I also hurt myself by stepping on a slipper...

WTF?

tackam said:

I have done that my entire life..... Oh no, I am Benjamin Button.

Revolution said:

omg, I threw out my back (first time in my life!) while watching tv laying on the couch last year!

It was the weirdest thing EVER.

I hear some of my old Ministry or NIN albums and I wince and turn it off before putting on some expressive, richly layered, ..... Beethoven.

TheVoid said:

omg, I went to the BEST show at First Ave on Thursday night and it SO reminded me of being a teenager and falling in love with music and with a moment. And it wasn't a nostalgia act, this was 2 new bands. I had to get earplugs, of course, but it was just WALLS of noise and it was so, so delicious.
It reminded me (and none too soon) that I'm not that old yet.

CarrieMpls said:

Girl, I'm getting old!

I actually laugh at things that are old fashioned now.


You know that scene in The Sound of Music (why am I asking that--OF COURSE YOU KNOW THAT SCENE) where the Von Trap family finishes performing in front of the nazis and decide to escape into the cemetery? And while they're hiding and being as quiet as possible, the littlest Von Trap daughter looks at Frauline Mariah and says, "Mommy--do you think now is a good time to sing about all of our favorite things?"


I laugh harder at that than the entire whole of the last comedy I saw, "The Hangover"




I'm getting old.

TheVoid said:

ummmmm, that's not cause you're old, that's cause you're gay.






But yeah, me too.

CarrieMpls said: