It's Official: I'm Old

tarcone · 03-08-2015, 08:48 PM

My wife and I were taking a walk this evening. We were coming to our house and the neighbor kids were out playing. There are 2 neighbor kids and they had a friend with them. They are early elementary and mid elementary age. I waved and said hello.
The friend asked who we were. The neighbor kid says "Those are the old people that live next door."
Really? Man, when did this happen?

Suicane75 · 03-08-2015, 08:51 PM

Challenge them to a dance off. That'll show em who's old.

timmae · 03-08-2015, 09:01 PM

Flash a hundo... then you are old and rich!

PilotMan · 03-08-2015, 09:18 PM

When we moved into our house 7 years ago we were the young couple with the little kids. Since then 4 neighbors have moved out, 2 have gotten divorced and now we are the old people with the old kids. Everyone else is just having babies now. I don't think it's fair that I've gone from one to the other so fast. I ain't even 40 yet!

EagleFan · 03-08-2015, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by PilotMan

I ain't even 40 yet!

F*** you....

revrew · 03-08-2015, 09:33 PM

Yeah, you don't know what old is until you hit 40. That's when it bites you in your ever-drooping a$$.

Wolfpack · 03-08-2015, 10:16 PM

I had an "I'm old" moment earlier today. My daughter was watching the most recent Muppet movie on TV and Tina Fey comes on in her Russian uniform, which has that vaguely Soviet look to it. The thought strikes me that there are kids who have graduated college now who never knew a world where the Soviet Union existed.

Julio Riddols · 03-08-2015, 10:40 PM

Time to get really into being the old guy. Cardigans, robes, pipes, monocle, no trespassing sign in yard, no soliciting sign on door, gruff exterior, tiny little heart of gooey marshmallow goodness buried in a lump of hardened coal deep within the chest.

BYU 14 · 03-09-2015, 09:08 AM

As I get another year past 50 today, no fucking comment

heybrad · 03-09-2015, 12:07 PM

This was a few months back... I went to the grocery store on a Tuesday morning to grab some stuff. When I checked out it was a fairly young girl. After the usual pleasantries, she looked at me and said, "Aren't you glad it's Tuesday?" I asked her why I should care if it was Tuesday. She said, "Because you get your senior discount today." Now, I don't think I look old (blonde hair, not gray) and I'm only 45. I must have looked shocked and I answered with, "How old do you think I am?" She went completely pale and just said, "Oh, I'm sorry."

path12 · 03-09-2015, 12:19 PM

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Originally Posted by BYU 14

As I get another year past 50 today, no fucking comment

Seconded.

path12 · 03-09-2015, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by heybrad

This was a few months back... I went to the grocery store on a Tuesday morning to grab some stuff. When I checked out it was a fairly young girl. After the usual pleasantries, she looked at me and said, "Aren't you glad it's Tuesday?" I asked her why I should care if it was Tuesday. She said, "Because you get your senior discount today." Now, I don't think I look old (blonde hair, not gray) and I'm only 45. I must have looked shocked and I answered with, "How old do you think I am?" She went completely pale and just said, "Oh, I'm sorry."

Yeah, my dad also tried to pull off the "my hair isn't grey, it's BLOND goddamnit" card for a lonnnng time. :P

Kodos · 03-09-2015, 01:19 PM

At least I always get people guessing I'm younger than I am. Sometimes to a ridiculous extent.

cuervo72 · 03-09-2015, 01:28 PM

I had a guy give me the senior discount at Taco Bell, but I assume he was just being cool and doing me a favor.

Fidatelo · 03-09-2015, 01:49 PM

I've always looked young for my age but I've noticed in the past couple years I'm starting to age. The grey is beginning to show up, but I'm actually cool with it. For once in my life maybe I'll start getting treated like a real adult, not getting carded for booze at 35 and asked if my parents were home by solicitors when I was 32.

AlexB · 03-09-2015, 02:08 PM

I got a letter through saying my town was doing free health checks on the NHS, and i was on the list of people my doctors surgery thought might be interested. Rough translation you're over 40 and we want to make sure you're not about to kark it.

I was told I was in great shape, and I should carry on doing what I am doing. That weekend I was doing tequila shots in Seville in a youth hostel bar with some 19-20 year US college students... that part was great: the following (late) morning I felt very old though!

Kodos · 03-09-2015, 02:36 PM

My wife gets mad because I don't have any gray hair at 44, and she's had some for years despite being 3 years younger.

sposfan · 03-09-2015, 02:37 PM

I was at a Bar Mitzvah the other day and as it wound down I realized how old I was because I wondered how do kids today know when a dance is over? They don't play Stairway to Heaven anymore.

Toddzilla · 03-09-2015, 04:56 PM

just don't be a porchdick

Alf · 03-10-2015, 02:20 AM

I know I am old because at work, I am invited to more "retirement" cocktails than to "child birth/wedding" cocktails.

*shurg*

03-08-2015, 09:01 PM	#3
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03-08-2015, 09:18 PM	#4
PilotMan Head Coach Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Seven miles up	When we moved into our house 7 years ago we were the young couple with the little kids. Since then 4 neighbors have moved out, 2 have gotten divorced and now we are the old people with the old kids. Everyone else is just having babies now. I don't think it's fair that I've gone from one to the other so fast. I ain't even 40 yet! __________________ He's just like if Snow White was competitive, horny, and capable of beating the shit out of anyone that called her Pops. Like Steam? Join the FOFC Steam group here: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/FOFConSteam

03-08-2015, 09:33 PM	#6
revrew Team Chaplain Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Just outside Des Moines, IA	Yeah, you don't know what old is until you hit 40. That's when it bites you in your ever-drooping a$$. __________________ Winner of 6 FOFC Scribe Awards, including 3 Gold Scribes Founder of the ZFL, 2004 Golden Scribe Dynasty of the Year Now bringing The Des Moines Dragons back to life, and the joke's on YOU, NFL! I came to the Crossroad. I took it. And that has made all the difference.

03-08-2015, 10:40 PM	#8
Julio Riddols College Prospect Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Bryson Shitty, NC	Time to get really into being the old guy. Cardigans, robes, pipes, monocle, no trespassing sign in yard, no soliciting sign on door, gruff exterior, tiny little heart of gooey marshmallow goodness buried in a lump of hardened coal deep within the chest. __________________ Recklessly enthused, stubbornly amused. FUCK EA

03-09-2015, 01:19 PM	#13
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	At least I always get people guessing I'm younger than I am. Sometimes to a ridiculous extent. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties.

03-08-2015, 08:51 PM	#2
Suicane75 Coordinator Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: NJ	Challenge them to a dance off. That'll show em who's old.

03-08-2015, 10:16 PM	#7
Wolfpack Pro Rookie Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Raleigh, NC	I had an "I'm old" moment earlier today. My daughter was watching the most recent Muppet movie on TV and Tina Fey comes on in her Russian uniform, which has that vaguely Soviet look to it. The thought strikes me that there are kids who have graduated college now who never knew a world where the Soviet Union existed.

03-09-2015, 09:08 AM	#9
BYU 14 Coordinator Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The scorched Desert	As I get another year past 50 today, no fucking comment

03-09-2015, 12:07 PM	#10
heybrad Norm!!! Join Date: Nov 2000 Location: Manassas, VA	This was a few months back... I went to the grocery store on a Tuesday morning to grab some stuff. When I checked out it was a fairly young girl. After the usual pleasantries, she looked at me and said, "Aren't you glad it's Tuesday?" I asked her why I should care if it was Tuesday. She said, "Because you get your senior discount today." Now, I don't think I look old (blonde hair, not gray) and I'm only 45. I must have looked shocked and I answered with, "How old do you think I am?" She went completely pale and just said, "Oh, I'm sorry."

03-09-2015, 01:28 PM	#14
cuervo72 Head Coach Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Maryland	I had a guy give me the senior discount at Taco Bell, but I assume he was just being cool and doing me a favor. __________________ null

03-09-2015, 01:49 PM	#15
Fidatelo Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Winnipeg, MB	I've always looked young for my age but I've noticed in the past couple years I'm starting to age. The grey is beginning to show up, but I'm actually cool with it. For once in my life maybe I'll start getting treated like a real adult, not getting carded for booze at 35 and asked if my parents were home by solicitors when I was 32. __________________ "Breakfast? Breakfast schmekfast, look at the score for God's sake. It's only the second period and I'm winning 12-2. Breakfasts come and go, Rene, but Hartford, the Whale, they only beat Vancouver maybe once or twice in a lifetime."

03-09-2015, 02:08 PM	#16
AlexB Pro Starter Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Newbury, England	I got a letter through saying my town was doing free health checks on the NHS, and i was on the list of people my doctors surgery thought might be interested. Rough translation you're over 40 and we want to make sure you're not about to kark it. I was told I was in great shape, and I should carry on doing what I am doing. That weekend I was doing tequila shots in Seville in a youth hostel bar with some 19-20 year US college students... that part was great: the following (late) morning I felt very old though! __________________ 'A song is a beautiful lie', Idlewild, Self Healer. When you're smiling, the whole world smiles with you. Sports!

03-09-2015, 02:36 PM	#17
Kodos Resident Alien Join Date: Jun 2001	My wife gets mad because I don't have any gray hair at 44, and she's had some for years despite being 3 years younger. __________________ Author of The Bill Gates Challenge, as well as other groundbreaking dynasties. Last edited by Kodos : 03-09-2015 at 02:37 PM.

03-09-2015, 02:37 PM	#18
sposfan Mascot Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Montreal, Canada	I was at a Bar Mitzvah the other day and as it wound down I realized how old I was because I wondered how do kids today know when a dance is over? They don't play Stairway to Heaven anymore.

03-09-2015, 04:56 PM	#19
Toddzilla Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Burke, VA	just don't be a porchdick

03-10-2015, 02:20 AM	#20
Alf Pro Starter Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Rennes, France	I know I am old because at work, I am invited to more "retirement" cocktails than to "child birth/wedding" cocktails. shurg __________________ FOFL - GML - IHOF - FranceStats

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