# What Bothers You About Getting Older? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 1999, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bothers-you-about-getting-older/12209 "1999-12-21T16:54:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![bantmof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/96bed5/32.png) [@bantmof](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bantmof)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bothers-you-about-getting-older/12209/41 "1999-12-22T10:45:00Z")
What bothers me is: - Going bald. It works on Patrick Stewart, but I am not him. - No longer knowing things I used to know. Seems like rarely a day passes when I don’t look at something and think, “I _used_ to understand that, 30 years ago…” - It becomes harder every year to keep up with the young bucks in the local cycling club. The days of 200 bpm pulserates are long gone for me. 170 now on a good day. Goes down every year, too. - Just plain realizing I’m not far from 3/4 of the way through my stastical lifespan. 1/3 wasn’t too bad. 1/2 wasn’t _too_ bad. At 3/4, you can’t deny it any more. 🙂 But, knock on wood, so far I’m within a few lbs of what I weighed at 20, and probably have more upper body strength now. I can’t complain too much. – peas on earth ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bothers-you-about-getting-older/12209/42 "1999-12-22T15:44:00Z")
The people my age are really starting to look like hell. Folks I went to college with are beginning to go gray, get fat, lose their hair, etc. Thank heavens I’m not. * * * Uke ---
**Author:** ![GOD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/34f0e0/32.png) [@GOD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GOD)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bothers-you-about-getting-older/12209/43 "1999-12-22T16:00:00Z")
With every millennium, time just flies by faster. Why, it was only yesterday I was wondering why the dinosaurs weren’t doing so well. And talk about your aging metabolism! I used to create and destroy whole galaxies in a weekend and think nothing of it. And look at these black holes! It’s not like I can hide them with a comb-over anymore. Do you have any idea how much rest I’d need after a _Big Bang_ these days? Oy! ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bothers-you-about-getting-older/12209/44 "1999-12-22T16:46:00Z")
I believe this link was posted in another thread somewhere, but it fits here, too. [http://theonion.com/onion3544/jesus\_birthday.html](http://theonion.com/onion3544/jesus_birthday.html) Someone earlier mentioned feeling 20 on the inside. Well, I’ve now bumped that up to about 28. Somewhere you cross a threshold where you finally notice a difference in the image in the mirror – “Who’s that old broad and who let her into my bathroom!?” It’s the realization that your insides and your outside no longer match that smacks you upside the head. ---
**Author:** ![OldBroad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ed655f/32.png) [@OldBroad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldBroad)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bothers-you-about-getting-older/12209/45 "1999-12-22T16:48:00Z")
I believe this link was posted in another thread somewhere, but it fits here, too. [http://theonion.com/onion3544/jesus\_birthday.html](http://theonion.com/onion3544/jesus_birthday.html) Someone earlier mentioned feeling 20 on the inside. Well, I’ve now bumped that up to about 28. Somewhere you cross a threshold where you finally notice a difference in the image in the mirror – “Who’s that old broad and who let her into my bathroom!?” It’s the realization that your insides and your outside no longer match that smacks you upside the head. ---
**Author:** ![Strainger](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strainger/32/244_2.png) [@Strainger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strainger)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bothers-you-about-getting-older/12209/46 "1999-12-22T23:19:00Z")
I hear you, eden. I occasionally get sore knees after running or hiking - moreso than a lot of people I know and something I have to be careful about. However, I realize that my pains are trivial compared to what manny other posters on this MB suffer through every day. It still doesn’t change the fact that I would just hate it if I couldn’t run, hike, and backpack anymore. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bothers-you-about-getting-older/12209/47 "1999-12-22T23:30:00Z")
GuanoLad: Look at the bright side; it could be worse. My hairline was distinctly receding as of 19. Now it’s starting to go gray, which is okay because it’s distinguished, but I think it’s falling out faster than it’s going gray. My friends try to point out that Sean Connery is bald, but still incredibly sexy. I counterpoint that Sir Sean was sexy _before_ he was bald. As for my complaints about getting older: I agree with Eve wholeheartedly on the “how did people so much younger than me show up as my boss/supervisor/superior?” That the eternal question of “Where did my sex drive go?” I mean, it was there just a minute ago! What happened? Did I leave it behind at the restaurant? Did my lease expire? What the hell? * * * JMCJ Die, Prentiss, Die! You will never have a more glorious opportunity! ---
**Author:** ![John\_Corrado](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a88e4f/32.png) [@John\_Corrado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Corrado)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bothers-you-about-getting-older/12209/48 "1999-12-22T23:32:00Z")
Huh. I must have left it in the same place I left the “and” that was supposed to be in one of the sentences above. Please consider the sentence as “That **and** the eternal question…” ---
**Author:** ![Odieman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a87d85/32.png) [@Odieman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odieman)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 1999, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bothers-you-about-getting-older/12209/49 "1999-12-22T23:34:00Z")
The first time I got called Sir it shocked me more than turning 30, sigh. the other thing that bothers me is the first time an athlete retired who was younger than I was. A bunch of other things that I can’t remember, so stop bothering me you kids. Punks that’s all you are. Where was I, oh yeah, getting crotchety. over the hill in Saskatchewan Keith * * * You want brilliance BEFORE I’ve had my coffee!!! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-bothers-you-about-getting-older/12209.md?page=2)