# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/41 "2010-10-23T01:15:50Z")
This year I hid my own Easter Eggs. mmm ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/42 "2010-10-23T02:21:44Z")
Yesterday morning I was caught in traffic behind a DeLorean. [http://www.businesspundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/delorean1.jpg](http://www.businesspundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/delorean1.jpg) I was sitting there thinking about how cool it was to see one, and how the stainless steel really did seem to be holding up well. That’s when I noticed the black and white antique car license plates. . . :: pulls knife from chest:: ---
**Author:** ![Chicken\_Fingers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Chicken\_Fingers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chicken_Fingers)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/43 "2010-10-23T04:44:55Z")
I plan ahead and practically pack for my trips up and down stairs. ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/44 "2010-10-23T06:18:25Z")
You’re not married, no prospects. Your parents were done having kids (had 4 bio kids) ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/45 "2010-10-23T06:22:00Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > You’re not married, no prospects. Your parents were done having kids (had 4 bio kids) I’m confused. How does this mean you’re getting old? ---
**Author:** ![etv78](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/d78d45/32.png) [@etv78](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/etv78)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 6:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/46 "2010-10-23T06:25:11Z")
> [@Nobody](#): > > I’m confused. How does this mean you’re getting old? Just that, by the time my parents were my age, they were further along in life than me. ---
**Author:** ![kaiwik](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaiwik/32/3978_2.png) [@kaiwik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaiwik)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 6:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/47 "2010-10-23T06:49:34Z")
My parents (mom and stepdad) recently celebrated their 33rd anniversary, which means I graduated high school 33 years ago! I finally gave in and had my very long, virgin hair cut and colored. The stylist told me that I have over 40% grey hair! I recently bought a house in another state, and my parents were telling me (teasingly) that all the kids in the neighborhood would be cutting across my lawn and stealing apples. I was horrified when I heard myself saying "Those damn kids had better stay off of my lawn! And I shook my walking stick (sounds so much younger than cane!) vigorously! Then I thought about my reaction. Yep, I am old. The best part of getting old for me has been the appearance of the first of my grand children. Being a cool gramma is awesome! ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/48 "2010-10-23T06:59:22Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Just that, by the time my parents were my age, they were further along in life than me. OK, I see what you’re saying now. ---
**Author:** ![EvilTOJ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ee59a6/32.png) [@EvilTOJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilTOJ)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/49 "2010-10-23T08:03:23Z")
> [@RTFirefly](#): > > Kids that were born the year I graduated from college (1976) would be old enough to be President if they ran and won in 2012. > > ETA: Oh, and kids born on my 35th birthday can now drink legally. Vote EvilTOJ in 2012! 😃 😃 😃 ---
**Author:** ![TruCelt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/trucelt/32/523_2.png) [@TruCelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TruCelt)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/50 "2010-10-23T11:55:00Z")
> [@etv78](#): > > Just that, by the time my parents were my age, they were further along in life than me. Now I get it, thanks. If it helps, the day my Celtling was born, I was two years younger than my Grandmother was the day her first grandchild was born. Don’t sweat it, and for heaven’s sake don’t rush it! ---
**Author:** ![Smeghead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Smeghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smeghead)\ **Post date:** [October 23, 2010, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/51 "2010-10-23T12:10:56Z")
I’ve got the bushy eyebrow thing going on, but I quite like that, as it works well with my planned career of mad scientist. ---
**Author:** ![BrotherCadfael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@BrotherCadfael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrotherCadfael)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/52 "2010-10-24T00:44:46Z")
My eyebrows have passed Andy Rooney, well on their way to Leonid Brezhnev. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/53 "2010-10-24T01:48:31Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > This year I hid my own Easter Eggs. > mmm And never found them. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 4:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/54 "2010-10-24T04:29:24Z")
Suspenders are damn comfortable. ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/55 "2010-10-24T14:33:35Z")
You see toys you played with as a youngster - in an antique store. You read this thread, thinking how elderly some of the posters are - then realize you’re not that much younger than them. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/56 "2010-10-24T15:43:29Z")
I saw a listing for my very first car in the paper - under Classic and Antique cars. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2010, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/57 "2010-10-24T23:20:05Z")
I am older than the last 3 presidents. Clinton and Bush are 64. Obama is a kid. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2010, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/58 "2010-10-26T18:06:09Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > 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_ That’s nothin’. I was already legally drinking for nearly 12 years by today’s “You Must Have Been Born On Or Before” date. Strangely though, I don’t think much about being older. Quantitatively looking at the numbers and the dates, I think to myself, “damn, I’m old!”. But in terms of my physical health and how I look at the world, and the things I’d like to do yet, I don’t feel old at all. ---
**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 26, 2010, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/59 "2010-10-26T18:18:35Z")
I remember buying the latest technology–a brand new [Sony Walkman](http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20101025/ap_en_mu/us_the_walkman_appreciation) ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2010, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-i-get-old-let-me-count-the-ways/557931/60 "2010-10-27T01:37:38Z")
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