When did you realise you were officially old?

I didn't feel particularly old, even after 40 until...

I picked my lad up from nursery one day and one of the other kids in the room says to my boy in absolute seriousness "is that your grandad here to pick you up?". I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

I was officially old.
 
Rroff said:
Yeah - saw one of my school friends post on Facebook recently that their kid had turned 23! that was when I felt old. At the point now where acquaintances my age you see them one day and they suddenly look like time has not been kind but it wasn't that long ago they didn't look much different to how you remember them from school.
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I remember having a gander on Facebook 8 - 10 years ago looking up some names that kicked off a memory. It was frightening how much some of them changed. Bald, bellies, drug addicts, prison, criminal records, then the girls changed big time. They looked like something that stepped out of Eastenders/Coronation Street. Rough as old boots. So many of their teenage drinking/smoking lifestyles caught up with them.

Also crazy to think one of the women from secondary school I once knew who's oldest child must be 17 now. She hasn't changed much since school.
 
I'm 30, can't say I feel old in any way yet. I do feel a bit odd when I'm surrounded by 18-20yos they all just look so young to me it's weird. I don't look 30 thought and most people think I'm mid 20s at most.
 
Mysterae_ said:
I didn't feel particularly old, even after 40 until...

I picked my lad up from nursery one day and one of the other kids in the room says to my boy in absolute seriousness "is that your grandad here to pick you up?". I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

I was officially old.
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I know exactly what you mean, that’s never happened to me, but a few years back my daughter-in-law would occasionally ask me if I could pick my granddaughter up from school, granddaughter was 9 or 10.
I’d turn up 5 or 6 minutes before school was out, and stand with the young dads and yummy mummies, aged late 20s to 30s.
Nothing was ever said, but there’d be nudges and sidelong glances in my direction.
I was a skinny late 60s, early 70s guy, with plenty of grey hair cut short, wearing blue jeans and a grey gabardine blouson, but you would have thought that I was Rolf Harris and Gary Glitter rolled into one.
 
Jean-F said:
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I still haven't realised, I still cant grow a full beard at 44. I was quite embarrassed about that when younger but I've accepted it now. It's still filling out like a normal beard would but talk about talking forever. I feel I have normal testosterone also. There were guys that could grow a full beard at at least 15. I remember those days well and thinking, "surely by the time I'm 21 I'll be donning the real thing". But alas, the time ticks on.
 
jsmoke said:
I still haven't realised, I still cant grow a full beard at 44. I was quite embarrassed about that when younger but I've accepted it now. It's still filling out like a normal beard would but talk about talking forever. I feel I have normal testosterone also. There were guys that could grow a full beard at at least 15. I remember those days well and thinking, "surely by the time I'm 21 I'll be donning the real thing". But alas, the time ticks on.
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:cry::cry::cry::cry:

I also remember that. Some guys at 15 had huge sideburns and somewhat pretty strong beards back then. While I had bum fluff. :cry:

It wasn't until past 30 I could get a little beard but it took a good month for it to show and still wouldn't be thick like others. Nor can I get sideburns to this day. :cry:


I also remember after 22 - 25 I still couldn't get sold drink. Had to supply ID while many others got it no problem.
 
Mysterae_ said:
I didn't feel particularly old, even after 40 until...

I picked my lad up from nursery one day and one of the other kids in the room says to my boy in absolute seriousness "is that your grandad here to pick you up?". I didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

I was officially old.
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Shoulda stuck the nut on him. :D
 
V F said:
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I also remember after 22 - 25 I still couldn't get sold drink. Had to supply ID while many others got it no problem.
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I was in a club in Binghamton, upstate New York with two 20 y.o. girls, (absolutely nothing in it, my hand to God), I was 37-38 and ordered some drinks.
The barman said “Can I see your I.D.s?”
I said to the girls, “I guess he means you two.”
One of them said, “This is a college town, they check everyone, which means you too.” :eek:
 
As soon as racing car drivers and astronauts were younger than me I knew I was old.
 
When out with friends and we laugh at each other regarding the distance we have to hold the menu from our faces in order to actually read it... the oldest of which has to take a photo of the menu and zoom in on his phone to order his main course :cry:
 
I am 77 and still can't grow a beard. Not that I want one.
We bought this bungalow when I was 65 and stripped it -plumbed it -wired it and everything else that needed doing - I didn't feel old - Once I hit 70 the roof caved in. I now struggle to get out of bed.:)
 
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