" When copper started see young than me . "
Anyone who has passed the age of, say, 30 knows that you start to notice little signs that you’re not as young as you used to be. For me, it was noticing that after napping on the couch instead of my bed, it felt like my body had been hit by a small truck.
So when redditorImStewPodasked, “When did you realize, ‘Oh, I’m not young-young anymore’?” people chimed in with their commiseration. Here are some of the most “yep, that tracks” responses:
1.“One day I woke up still tired, and that feeling never really went away.”
— clarque _
2.“I go to bed at 10 p.m., and I love my nap on the weekend.”
— palbuddy1234
3.“Hearing myself go ‘ooof’ and ‘ahhhh’ when I sit down or stand up.”
— crimsonavenger77
4.“A wee lassie at my son’s school called me a ‘dilf,’ and I went all moral and disgusted and wanted to talk to her parents.”
5.“When coworkers are half your age or more.”
— AngusHenley
6.“When cops started looking younger than me.”
— ViciousSemicircle
7.“Things taking longer to heal/stop hurting.”
— GandalfTheJaded
8.“I asked a guy in his 50s about this. He said things eventually just keep hurting, but everything hurts the same, so you don’t really notice it anymore. Ten years later, and he’s right.”
— chaos8803
9.“When I bought alcohol and they didn’t ask for any ID.”
— Aggressive_Hat_9999
10.“I’m 32 and go to college…so yeah. Every time I have class, I have this realization LOL.”
— Ok_Custard6832
11.“Hangovers now last 2–3 days.”
— MrLavenderValentino
12.“I’m a track coach, 27 years old. They did a coaches' 4x100m relay at the last meet of the year, just for fun. So of course I run it, and just immediately strain the crap out of my quad. Took, like, a week to feel better, too.”
— BearsGotKhalilMack
13.“Bought my first house four years ago and began getting pissed when I kept seeing the neighbor kids walk across my grass on the Ring camera. That’s when it hit me: I’m one of those guys now. I’m 32.”
— Stretchgordon
14.“Getting irritated by the use of ‘vibe,’ ‘vibes,’ ‘vibing.’ I’m 35.”
— SpookyKitter
15.“When at work, instead of being referred to as a young’un, the bosses commiserate with me and talk about the young’uns. I was always the youngest at any workplace, but no longer.”
— This_Replacement_828
16.“Seeing the latest ‘bombshell’ 18-year-old model the media is drooling over and thinking to myself, ‘Ew no, she looks like a child!'”
— JustBrowsing49
17."‘Music these days stinks.’ My father said it. I think Mozart’s father even said it. And now I say it. :)))"
— Beneficial_Test_5917
18.“Professional athletes are 10+ years younger than me.”
— xDUVAL_BRODOWNx
19.“The urge to tell kids to tie their shoes LOL.”
— loafer - fink
20.“When I bought a freezer. I kind of felt like I had to buy stuff that’s more practical than fun.”
— albertkoholic
21.“WatchingThe Last Of UsSeason 2, when Ellie and Dina hook up. The camera kept lingering on them, and I was getting a bit creeped out because ‘Oh wow, they’re not gonna show these kids having sex, are they?!’ These ‘kids,’ it turns out, are 21 and 23. I’m just old enough now that they feel like kids to me. Ouch.”
— rayjaymor85
22.“Group of teenagers called me ‘Unc.'”
— KillaKanibus
23.“When I heard someone talking about having sex in the shower and my first thought was, ‘That sounds like a recipe for disaster. One of you could fall and hit your head!'”
— gordonf23
24.“Going on a walk, and some kids come and tell me there’s a kitten in the storm drain. I think, ‘Damn, they need an adult…ah s***, it’s me, isn’t it?'”
— WeirdJawn
25.“Me at 30: still going out, can hang with college/early 20s, loves new tech and busy cities. Me at 31: dive bars, annoyed with college kids, can’t stand technology, and want to get away from society. ‘Twas an eventful year.”
— Jaesuschroist
26.“For me…I have always loved TV shows and movies. Some of my favorite shows ever premiered around 2000. So when I read things like ‘25th anniversary,’ or when I see those actors in new roles, aged and all…yeah, it hits me.”
— Ancesterz
27.“I went to one of those indoor trampoline parks. My body let me know it was a bad idea pretty quick.”
— ironmanthing
