# "I'm so old!" "You're not old!" **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 10, 2009, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-old-youre-not-old/480643 "2009-01-10T05:29:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Asimovian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asimovian/32/172_2.png) [@Asimovian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asimovian)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-old-youre-not-old/480643/61 "2009-01-13T21:01:56Z")
> [@Antinor01](#): > > 30 is not old! 30 is young and vibrant! > > Now get off my lawn damnit. > > Regards, > Russell - who is facing 33 this year. When I was your age, I often wondered what being 33 was like. Well, I’ve been here for several months, and let me just tell you, it’s amazing! Mindblowing sex, uncountable wealth, newly acquired super powers…it’s unbelievable, man! I mean, unless it was just me that got all that stuff… ---
**Author:** ![lorene](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@lorene](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lorene)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-old-youre-not-old/480643/62 "2009-01-13T21:42:55Z")
> [@Zoe](#): > > It beats the alternative. > > Come on, Louis. You’re still in your sixties. I have a friend who just got engaged for the first time in his life in his late sixties. It doesn’t _have_ to be a dead end, you know. My best friend is ninety and has more energy and better skin than I do. My ninety-six year old mother wants a new pair of red shoes. She goes to visit her boyfriend once a week. They still adore each other. I like this attitude (says the almost-41-year-old). Getting old isn’t a punishment for doing something bad. It’s a reward for not dying. Of course, I’m _barely_ a few weeks out of the phase where I was crying every day because I am old and hideous, so reading about you “old” 20-somethings makes me want to bop someone. ---
**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:** [January 13, 2009, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-old-youre-not-old/480643/63 "2009-01-13T21:55:51Z")
I once told a 15 year old that I remembered the 1960’s. She literally fell out of her chair. Her: How old are you? Me: 53 Her: _Omigod! I thought you were in your late 30’s._ ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [January 13, 2009, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-old-youre-not-old/480643/64 "2009-01-13T22:04:30Z")
When my GF and a friend’s wife turned 30, we all went to Las Vegas. My friend’s wife was like “did you ever think you would be married to a 30 year old?” “Sure…when I turn 60” he replied. The day ended…badly. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2009, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-old-youre-not-old/480643/65 "2009-01-14T01:14:43Z")
I’m 63, and most people think I’m in my late 40s. All my gray hair is in my goatee; the hair on top is still dark brown (I’ve been accused of dying it). My partner is exactly 20 years younger, and has more gray hair than I do. I recently ran into an old friend of mine from high school, who is actually a year younger than I am. I couldn’t help thinking, “Damn, she looks like an old woman!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-so-old-youre-not-old/480643.md?page=3)