# How do I get old? Let me count the ways... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 21, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931 "2010-10-21T20:25:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Deeg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/deeg/32/2955_2.png) [@Deeg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Deeg)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/1 "2010-10-21T20:25:31Z")
I now buy my ibuprofen in 500-count bottles. I went to Old Navy not too long ago to get a new pair of jeans. I caught myself thinking “I am **not** paying $60 for a new pair of jeans that have more holes than the ones I’m replacing!” ---
**Author:** ![kapri](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4491bb/32.png) [@kapri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kapri)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/2 "2010-10-21T20:40:57Z")
I find that it’s been so long since I’ve seen certain classic movies/read certain books that it may be time to revisit them because my memory of them is becoming faint . . . very faint. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2010, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/3 "2010-10-21T20:58:01Z")
> [@kapri](#): > > I find that it’s been so long since I’ve seen certain classic movies/read certain books that it may be time to revisit them because my memory of them is becoming faint . . . very faint. Especially if it was just yesterday. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/4 "2010-10-22T04:33:23Z")
A couple of months ago I had a temp job working in various schools. I went to my old high school, and it dawned on me. I graduated 18 years ago, which means that seniors today were born when I graduated. That made me feel old. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 6:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/5 "2010-10-22T06:05:55Z")
When some kid on the SDMB asks you about the old days and it turns out he is talking about the 70’s and 80’s. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/6 "2010-10-22T06:08:44Z")
And I should add “Get off my lawn!” ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 8:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/7 "2010-10-22T08:24:26Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > A couple of months ago I had a temp job working in various schools. I went to my old high school, and it dawned on me. I graduated 18 years ago, which means that seniors today were born when I graduated. That made me feel old. It’ll get even better in a couple of years: kids that were born the year I graduated are, this year, becoming old enough to drink (legally). _sigh_ ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/8 "2010-10-22T09:17:42Z")
I was catching up with an acquaintance of mine who I hadn’t talked to in awhile. I’d joked offhand that I was going to start looking in the obituaries in her city. She said “what’s an obituary?” I said it was listings in the newspaper when people die. She said “I’ve never read a newspaper, so I wouldn’t know.” Ouch. FTR, she’s 15 so I don’t feel THAT old. Although… my kids are in their teens too, and now that I think of it I don’t think I’ve ever seen them read a newspaper either. As for the OP, I had a bike wreck on my way to work and ripped some small holes in the knees of my one good pair of jeans. I was at Old Navy looking for more, and when I saw them with holes I figured I just saved $35 because holes in jeans are fashionable again yaaay! ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 12:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/9 "2010-10-22T12:43:19Z")
Without thinking, I commented on how short my sister’s skirt was before she headed out for the night. My forty-something, _older_ sister. It’s scary hearing your mother’s voice coming out your own mouth…! ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/10 "2010-10-22T13:02:28Z")
Funny. I often think to myself: _this_ is a sign of getting old, next time there is a thread about it I’ll post it. But then the thread comes and I can’t remember any of the things that _this_ was. ---
**Author:** ![pbbth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f9ae1b/32.png) [@pbbth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pbbth)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 1:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/11 "2010-10-22T13:04:17Z")
Two days ago we were walking to the train and passed by a Bath and Body Works. I pulled my husband inside to smell all the wonderful soaps and the were all _awful_. Nothing in there smelled good, not even the candles. When we left I looked at him and said, “I feel old. I don’t like Bath and Body Works anymore and they pretty much dominated my bathroom from 14-22!” ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/12 "2010-10-22T13:17:08Z")
Got the invite for my tenth college reunion. I have no idea what I’ve been doing for ten years. Ten years! ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/13 "2010-10-22T13:17:42Z")
Looking at the [Billboard Hot 100](http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100#/charts/hot-100?begin=1&order=position) I’ve never heard \*\*any \*\* of the songs and I only recognize a few of the artists (and Taylor Swift, Nelly, and Eminem account for most of those). Who or what the hell is a Trey Songz? ---
**Author:** ![corkboard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@corkboard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/corkboard)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/14 "2010-10-22T13:18:44Z")
In my 20’s, I could drink beer all night and wake up fresh as a daisy. In my 30’s, I found that I had a limit- after a while, I just didn’t want anymore, and even though I had stopped, in the morning I had a hangover. In my 40’s, I not only drink less than I used to, and still have hangovers, but after drinking about 3 beers at night, I now have to get up at least twice during the night to pee. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/15 "2010-10-22T13:34:50Z")
Why should I go see a Broadway revival when I saw the original show at 1/3 the price? ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/16 "2010-10-22T13:35:54Z")
New Years Day from the late 1960’s through the late 1980’s: Oh, my head! Get me a Bloody Mary. Order yourselves a pizza, I’m going back to bed. New Years Day from the late 1980’s to the present: Maybe sleep in an extra hour or two, then business as usual! And a relief it is, too! Haven’t had a hangover in years, and for that I am fervently glad. Just saw a picture of Danny Lloyd, the kid in The Shining. Dude is all growed up, goatee and receding hairline. And it seems Mr. Sali and I went to see The Shining just last year! Where does the time GO? Seriously. Years and years and years zip by in a flash. This is the scariest part of aging, so far. ---
**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/17 "2010-10-22T14:19:11Z")
> [@Zsofia](#): > > Got the invite for my tenth college reunion. I have no idea what I’ve been doing for ten years. Ten years! Tenth? My fortieth high school reunion is next month. My younger brother is a grandfather twice over. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/18 "2010-10-22T14:26:45Z")
> [@Deeg](#): > > I now buy my ibuprofen in 500-count bottles. > > I went to Old Navy not too long ago to get a new pair of jeans. I caught myself thinking “I am **not** paying $60 for a new pair of jeans that have more holes than the ones I’m replacing!” You were right to not pay $60 for Old Navy jeans. Around here they retail for $25-30 and you can get them on sale for under $20. ---
**Author:** ![LouisB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dfb087/32.png) [@LouisB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LouisB)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/19 "2010-10-22T14:28:48Z")
Kids who were born the year I graduated high school are now middle aged IF they live to be 100. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2010, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/20 "2010-10-22T14:31:31Z")
I’m well into my second generation of students (the kids of former students). You feel really old when you find yourself saying “Back when I taught your father how to do this…” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931.md?page=2)