# "I'm too old for this..." What are YOU too old for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 1, 2005, 5:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311 "2005-10-01T05:45:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/21 "2005-10-01T18:58:08Z")
> [@vivalostwages](#): > > **brightpenny** : That was a very nice post. šŸ™‚ Thank you for asking the question. ---
**Author:** ![Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ad7895/32.png) [@Long\_Time\_First\_Time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Long_Time_First_Time)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/22 "2005-10-01T21:36:23Z")
Iā€™m too old to go camping. Iā€™ve never enjoyed it - the sleeping bag on the hard ground, pitching a tent, cooking over a fire- yuk. Itā€™s not so much about not having electricity for my blow dryer as having the general level of discomfort outweigh any benefit of being out in the woods. I wonā€™t do it any more. ---
**Author:** ![TheLoadedDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheLoadedDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheLoadedDog)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/23 "2005-10-01T22:04:51Z")
Iā€™ve moved house nearly thirty times. _Finally_, I got settled down with a suburban house, woman, mortgage, lawnmower, car, etc. When I helped the removalists cart my stuff in last year, I rejoiced in never having to move again - not for a long time, anyway. No more landlords, no more not being able to hammer a nail , no more hiding my catsā€¦ My relationship imploded last month. Iā€™m living out of a suitcase, and moving into a flat next week, using a friendā€™s borrowed pickup truck. Iā€™m to old for that shit (35) About five years ago, I decided I was too old for the big crowds of concerts, etc. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 10:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/24 "2005-10-01T22:51:51Z")
> [@whistlepig](#): > > Iā€™m amazed that there are people my age (43) and older who go out drinking for hours on end and stay out until 2 a.m. Iā€™m certainly capable of staying up that late, I just canā€™t think of why I would want to spend it in a bar. If it were a quiet bar with intelligent people engaged in interesting conversation, I could see it. But for every one of those thereā€™s 300 that are too loud to converse, even by shouting. Iā€™m definitely too old for loud bars. ---
**Author:** ![Linty\_Fresh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Linty\_Fresh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linty_Fresh)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/25 "2005-10-01T23:19:56Z")
> [@brightpenny](#): > > Iā€™m too old to devote my life to nurturing others to the point of self-extinction. Iā€™m too old to have more babies, although Iā€™m still fertile. > > Iā€™m too old to interest men who are seeking younger babes. Iā€™m too young for many men older than me who resist life and become rigid. Iā€™m too old to continue isolating myself. Iā€™m too young to resign myself to a life without a lover. > > Iā€™m not too old to be interesting, curious, and passionate. Iā€™m not too old to become thrilled and absorbed by music. Iā€™m not too old to go weak in the knees when a gorgeous guy smiles at me. Iā€™m not too old to have amazing sex. Iā€™m not too old to take some risks and embrace change. Iā€™m not too old to grow my compassion and try to give back to the world. So how you doinā€™? šŸ˜‰ ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/26 "2005-10-01T23:37:40Z")
Iā€™m too old (34) to wear ratty, torn up, holey jeans. Unfortunately, thatā€™s most my jeans. Iā€™m to old for arena-sized concerts. 3000 seats or less, please. Iā€™m too old for some of my pothead friends. ---
**Author:** ![ratatoskK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ratatoskk/32/2987_2.png) [@ratatoskK](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ratatoskK)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/27 "2005-10-01T23:40:29Z")
Drinking contests. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![vl\_mungo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/bc8723/32.png) [@vl\_mungo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vl_mungo)\ **Post date:** [October 1, 2005, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/28 "2005-10-01T23:53:33Z")
Iā€™m 40 and Iā€™m too old forā€¦ skateboarding - stopped after my second dislocated shoulder in 4 months all ages shows - got sick of people thinking I was a parent or a narc dating crazy ladies - the sex was usually greatā€¦ the psycho freakouts, not so much bar tequila - I think Iā€™ve finally learned my lesson loud cacophonous dissonant music - I can take each singly, but not all together ---
**Author:** ![PapSett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@PapSett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PapSett)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/29 "2005-10-02T00:13:49Z")
45 year old woman here. I am too old for the whole bar scene. I never really enjoyed it all that much , but by this point in my life , I would really rather stay home and drink a couple beers and watch a movie. I am too old (and arthritic) to show my own dogs. If I had a small breed that I could just walk with , yeah , I could do it(and yes, I have the Papillons, but neither of mine are show quality ā˜¹ ) but there is no way in hell I could keep up with a Gordon Setter moving like a freight train. I am too old (and arthritic , again :() to have another horse. Even thinking about spending several hours on a trail ride makes my lower back hurt. And I _got_ the arthritis in my spine in the first place from a riding accident. I am too old to find humor in teen fuck-flicks anymore. Bathroom humor and teen screwing just donā€™t cut it for me anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Stinkum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/439d5e/32.png) [@Stinkum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stinkum)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/30 "2005-10-02T00:40:16Z")
Iā€™ll be 44 in a couple of weeks, and have determined that Iā€™m too old to put up with a lot of crap. Just a few: Heels over about an inch. I donā€™t care if they make my legs look good, they hurt. Give me my Birkies and leave me alone! Loud bars and restaurants. All that activity, esp. places where TVs are blaring every sport known to humanity. I came to eat and talk, not watch TV, I can do that at home for free. Ditto on the concerts. The hassle of parking, walking, being herded in and out. Iā€™ve always hated crowds, but put up with it. Now, I donā€™t have the time, money or patience for it. ---
**Author:** ![Chotii](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/71e660/32.png) [@Chotii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chotii)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/31 "2005-10-02T01:17:59Z")
During labor with my 4th child, instead of swearing at my husband, or hitting people who came within reach, or anything like that, I distinctly remember groaning over and over, ā€œIā€™m tooooo old for this!ā€ ---
**Author:** ![Unintentionally\_Blank](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/unintentionally_blank/32/5418_2.png) [@Unintentionally\_Blank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unintentionally_Blank)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 2:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/32 "2005-10-02T02:20:19Z")
I spent the afternoon watching my 93 year old grandfather come to grips heā€™s too old to live alone. He outlived his wife of 50 years by 20 years. Iā€™m just barely a third of the way past that at 35. Thereā€™s a LOT of time leftā€¦a lot of time for time to turn my ā€˜in pretty good shapeā€™ body into what I saw when he changed out of the hospital gown into his shirt to come home. The we realized, as he lost his balance, that home was probably not the best place for him right now. As I gave him a sqwooge and told him I loved him, I could clearly hear his Great Grandkids telling me they loved me. For the next little bit, there are still four generations of Millers. And lifeā€™s too short to worry about what youā€™re too old for. Crap, I donā€™t want to make this thread a downer, carry on. ---
**Author:** ![wonderlust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonderlust/32/7237_2.png) [@wonderlust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonderlust)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/33 "2005-10-02T03:42:41Z")
> [@Stinkum](#): > > Heels over about an inch. I donā€™t care if they make my legs look good, they hurt. Give me my Birkies and leave me alone! Oh yah! Swore off pantyhose years ago too. _does the birkie sisterhood dance_ ---
**Author:** ![Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hilarity_n.suze/32/6223_2.png) [@Hilarity\_N.Suze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hilarity_N.Suze)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/34 "2005-10-02T03:45:12Z")
Iā€™m too old to be the parent of a teen-ager again. And Iā€™m not. But in three more years I will be. And if Iā€™m too old _now_ ā€¦ - :eek: \* ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 4:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/35 "2005-10-02T04:00:24Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > I am too old for the whole bar scene. I never really enjoyed it all that much , but by this point in my life , I would really rather stay home and drink a couple beers and watch a movie. Me too. Sitting in a loud, poorly lighted place, fending off lounge lizards and trying to act like Iā€™m having fun holds no attraction at all. Iā€™m 39, BTW. I am also way too old for office politics. I just donā€™t care. The backstabbing, the little alliances and grudges, the whole whoā€™s sleeping with who rumor millā€¦ gah. Leave me out of it. ---
**Author:** ![sleeepy2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@sleeepy2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sleeepy2)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/36 "2005-10-02T05:55:48Z")
> [@vl\_mungo](#): > > bar tequila - I think Iā€™ve finally learned my lesson **Get back on that horse, soldier!!** ---
**Author:** ![FlyingRamenMonster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ce7236/32.png) [@FlyingRamenMonster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingRamenMonster)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/37 "2005-10-02T06:13:16Z")
Iā€™m too old to wear my sweater on backwards by accident, without people thinking Iā€™m retarded. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Loopydude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e56c9b/32.png) [@Loopydude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopydude)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/38 "2005-10-02T06:47:13Z")
Iā€™m too old to have the mentality I do. Iā€™m a big dumb kid in many respects. And my emotionally-mature, graceful wife is older than I am. Go figure. What certainly I canā€™t do anymore is drink/drug like a 20-year old. A fairly recent party reminded me of this in no uncertain terms. The mind is occasionally willing, but the body is undeniably weaker than it was. No, no, no, no, I donā€™t do it no moreā€¦ ---
**Author:** ![Sarah\_Woodruff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df788c/32.png) [@Sarah\_Woodruff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarah_Woodruff)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 7:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/39 "2005-10-02T07:48:47Z")
Iā€™m too old to be sleeping in the same damn bed I got when I was 9. My feet hang out the bottom sometimes, and itā€™s a _single_ bed. Iā€™m 24. But Iā€™m also too young to have a spare 3 or 4 grand sitting around so I can kit myself up with a king-size from Freedom Furniture. So the bed will have to wait. ---
**Author:** ![Noone\_Special](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/noone_special/32/2863_2.png) [@Noone\_Special](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Noone_Special)\ **Post date:** [October 2, 2005, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311/40 "2005-10-02T08:07:08Z")
> [@brightpenny](#): > > I love this question. It really got me thinking. > > Iā€™m too old to devote my life to nurturing others to the point of self-extinction. Iā€™m too old to have more babies, although Iā€™m still fertile. > > Iā€™m too old to interest men who are seeking younger babes. Iā€™m too young for many men older than me who resist life and become rigid. Iā€™m too old to continue isolating myself. Iā€™m too young to resign myself to a life without a lover. > > Iā€™m not too old to be interesting, curious, and passionate. Iā€™m not too old to become thrilled and absorbed by music. Iā€™m not too old to go weak in the knees when a gorgeous guy smiles at me. Iā€™m not too old to have amazing sex. Iā€™m not too old to take some risks and embrace change. Iā€™m not too old to grow my compassion and try to give back to the world. As a guy, I have to say that, in retrospaect, I could have written an almost identical post (with appropriate gender reversals, of course). Well, except for the child-bearing bitā€¦ Of course it took a better person than I in order actually to come up with the words to say it! Just wanted to say how true it all isā€¦ how difficult to put in words, and how obvioius when the words are read. Welcome to the Boards, **bright** one šŸ™‚ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-too-old-for-this-what-are-you-too-old-for/324311.md?page=3)