What makes you feel old?

[Raining_Roses]

I've been moaning about it for a while now, but as the years go past it gets worse. I feel old. And it's not necessarily a physical feeling- although that's there in the slower pace of my walk and the quick strain of a wrist- it's a feeling that the world is quickly progressing and you're having trouble keeping up. A few things that make feel old (without getting political!):

Dating
I'm not a complete dinosaur- I attempted internet dating around 15 years ago, but back then there was no 'Swipe left/right' and bar the odd cam, there were no video calls, filters, etc, etc. And even back then, I felt like a fish out of water. I much preferred the traditional ways of meeting someone through a friend or in pub/club. I can't tell if I want to go out with someone from a picture and a few typed messages, but I don't do video anything, so that's not going to happen!
Also, dating tends to be a sexual hobby these days (to both male and female) instead of an activity to find and/or bond with a suitable partner. It's become manufactured.

Buying make-up/make up in general
Contouring, shading, lip-plumping, blah, blah, blah. All I want to do is hide the blemishes and bags under my eyes and avoid scaring little children! I have no desire to look like a brats doll and am still to find the non-clitoral rationale for the bee-stung lips that are the fashion, so really do I want a lip-plumping, fish-pout enhancing lip colour? Do I need fake eye lashes? What's wrong with my own? Where do they go? And I still don't get the brow thing! Is a unibrow fashionable these days? If so, what's with the threading? So many questions, but such little interest in the answers or trailing around make-up stores, feeling like a lab rat in a maze, so I may resort to scaring little children when this bottle of foundation is gone.

Drugs
I remember a time when the selection was low. You had your hard drugs- cocaine, crack and heroine. Then your psychedelics and party drugs- mushrooms, LSD and E's, amyl nitrate and then your come down- weed. Now there's MDMA, Spice, Meth, ketamine, stronger force-grown versions of weed (skunk), an array of legal drugs sold on the street, etc- I can't keep up with them all (although I'm not daft enough to realise that some of what they're using now are old ones in a purer form). And now, while we have a generation of young adults that know the dangers of smoking, they are quite open to the dangers of vaping (which has equal health negatives, except tastes nicer) and see nothing wrong with pumping themselves with horse tranquilizer.

What makes you feel old?

 

[Chip_TheViking]

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[PennyDreadful2]

Looking at my reflection in the mirror!

 

[HappyNutz]

When I catch myself involuntarily going 'aaarrrgggggghhhhh' whenever I get up or sit down

 

[LadyOnArooftop]

Yes, grey hairs in places you really don't want grey hairs. Sex, no it doesn't improve with age, in fact, it now takes you all night to manage to do what you used to do all night... getting older - it's bloody awful!

 

[Equilibrium]

When the mind is still as active, but the body doesn't respond!

 

[elwoodbluz1966]

Life and people

 

[Moriarty]

When the mind is still as active, but the body doesn't respond!

It doesn't need to.
Learn something new every day and a love of knowledge will drive you.
We live in a world where the sum of human knowledge and bullshit is at our fingertips.
It's a playground of thought.
Pick something and study it, then pick something else.

The body will respond when you have to take long walks to try and process it

 

[Raining_Roses]

I feel old when I think back to watching Worzil Gummage when I was a kid and banana man lol.
you can't put MDMA in the same list as spice & ketamine as salvia is organically produced just the same as weed it's the same chemical combination.
it's goodness.
saying that, MDMA is banned in almost every country on earth so that says something
chemical name - Salvia divinorum.

I loved Worzel Gummidge as a kid! Didn't like Aunt Sally so much- she was annoying. Lol

I wasn't categorising drugs- I was pointing out how there are so many now-a-days, as opposed to 30 years ago, when the list of available street drugs was rather low. I'm of an age where I recall the days before Ask Frank and kids TV shows were telling us to 'Just say no', but we weren't sure what we were saying 'No' to. I recall the potent few that we were supposed to refuse, but now-a-days I can only imagine that there's a whole menu. Apparently, drugs like Xanax are now a thing. This makes me feel old, because I still feel that weed and 'shrooms are naughty, but blow me, they're not as bad as the manufactured chemical sedatives the past couple of generations have moved over to.

 

[A_Son_of_God]

Growing old is a once in a lifetime experience - and I mean, even for those of us who believe in the resurrection. Cherish it. Many of us don't get to make it.

Still, what makes me feel old, is that my jokes cause people to raise eyebrows and call them "Dad jokes". Remember when puns were the in thing?

Come to think of it, I wrote a song about it once. It's called "Old Man's Dirge". I don't think it's out there properly, but I might be able to repost it. I'll have a look, and re-edit this comment if so. You'll find the lyrics still though, under one of my musician names.

Come to think of it, I wrote a song about it once. It's called "Old Man's Dirge". I don't think it's out there properly, but I might be able to repost it. I'll have a look, and re-edit this comment if so. You'll find the lyrics still though, under one of my musician names.

Silly me. I just posted this again, and then realised I'd already mentioned it. Anyway, enjoy!

 

[Raining_Roses]

Looking at my reflection in the mirror!

I bet you still look 25, but you're being modest

I was once told- by a man- that women are like fine wines. They become better with age. When I laughed at this through my own insecurities, he explained to me with a dead serious face that the most attractive thing about a woman was her confidence and that only grew with age and experience.
I'm not sure I totally agree with him, but the sentiment was lovely.

I use the mirror to pull faces now-a-days and practice my best witch-face.

 

[Raining_Roses]

When I catch myself involuntarily going 'aaarrrgggggghhhhh' whenever I get up or sit down

I totally understand this! It's only been the past 7-8 years, the random aches and pains in the joints when getting up. And I'm starting to walk slower- not only because I can't keep up my previous pace for the duration I used to be able to, but because I'm simply not in so much of a rush to do everything as I used to be.

 

[Raining_Roses]

Yes, grey hairs in places you really don't want grey hairs. Sex, no it doesn't improve with age, in fact, it now takes you all night to manage to do what you used to do all night... getting older - it's bloody awful!

Lol at the grey hairs in places! Oh yes! I was quite disturbed at the one sprouting out of my chin, the other day. They grow so fast!

As for sex- I really wouldn't know! Lol I've been too knackered for that for over 10 years! I will absolutely take your word for that, as I know that as I've got older, the significance of sexual attraction has lessened.

 

[Raining_Roses]

i probably think it sometimes when i see a few grey hairs

Honey, you're still a babe, so don't worry about them! Grey hairs can add distinction to both men and women.

I, however, use hair dye, so I don't have to look at them for long

 

[Raining_Roses]

Growing old is a once in a lifetime experience - and I mean, even for those of us who believe in the resurrection. Cherish it. Many of us don't get to make it.

Still, what makes me feel old, is that my jokes cause people to raise eyebrows and call them "Dad jokes". Remember when puns were the in thing?

Come to think of it, I wrote a song about it once. It's called "Old Man's Dirge". I don't think it's out there properly, but I might be able to repost it. I'll have a look, and re-edit this comment if so. You'll find the lyrics still though, under one of my musician names.

You are absolutely right and on this we can definitely agree- it is a once in a lifetime experience and we should definitely cherish it I've had many I've held close that didn't make the age I am now and honestly, I don't dislike the psychological process of getting older. There are many aspects that I wouldn't change- the experiential knowledge, the insight into the self and others and the confidence it brings, to name a few.

I do remember Dad Jokes and you're right- they're a dying breed! I only know middle-aged men practicing them now and only us middle-aged women laugh at them. There's definitely generational gaps in certain types of humour and in language in general. I tend to use idioms in speech and find myself having to explain what I mean.

 

[Dardii]

The speed that time flys by.
Mum always said it, and did I listen when young? No..
I don't repeat it much, although most my brood are up and gone off to live lives of their own, and do understand now how fast time goes, especially having children themselves.
But every now and then, my brood and I share those words together... as do Mum and I.

 

[mario2]

This place makes me feel old lol

 

[A_Son_of_God]

I wrote a country-style song on this once. It is called "Old Man's Dirge". Here're the lyrics...the song is not available at present any more for the public though.

Old Man's Dirge

© Speirosmusic 2012​

(ch)
There’s life in us, if you know what I mean.
If you know what I mean, just no trampoline.
There’s life in us, if you know what I mean,
but the world’s not the same as when I was a teen.

(1)
I’d tell you, young lad, all the places I’ve been,
and the many inventions in my day I’ve seen.
But computers and keycards and new-fangled things,
well, I don’t understand them; they’re just not my scene.

(ch)

(2)
Once the milk came from cows, and the rivers were clean,
and we sat by a fire and spoke of our dreams.
But now fires are banned, and our milk’s from some bean!
Well, it isn’t for me man, it’s just not my scene.

(ch)

(3)
I used to be healthy with plenty of steam.
Though my mind is still active, my body’s not keen.
And I struggle with loneliness, friends are unseen.
Well, I don’t understand it, it’s this same old scene.

(ch)

(4)
Progression is halted, employment is lean.
We’ve got lots of experience, we built the machine.
But wisdom and knowledge, they’re useless has-beens
when compared to the labour as cheap as a teen.

 

[Dardii]

I wrote a country-style song on this once. It is called "Old Man's Dirge". Here're the lyrics...the song is not available at present any more for the public though.

Old Man's Dirge

© Speirosmusic 2012​

(ch)
There’s life in us, if you know what I mean.
If you know what I mean, just no trampoline.
There’s life in us, if you know what I mean,
but the world’s not the same as when I was a teen.

(1)
I’d tell you, young lad, all the places I’ve been,
and the many inventions in my day I’ve seen.
But computers and keycards and new-fangled things,
well, I don’t understand them; they’re just not my scene.

(ch)

(2)
Once the milk came from cows, and the rivers were clean,
and we sat by a fire and spoke of our dreams.
But now fires are banned, and our milk’s from some bean!
Well, it isn’t for me man, it’s just not my scene.

(ch)

(3)
I used to be healthy with plenty of steam.
Though my mind is still active, my body’s not keen.
And I struggle with loneliness, friends are unseen.
Well, I don’t understand it, it’s this same old scene.

(ch)

(4)
Progression is halted, employment is lean.
We’ve got lots of experience, we built the machine.
But wisdom and knowledge, they’re useless has-beens
when compared to the labour as cheap as a teen.

 

[Dardii]

It's not working!!!