Sometimes you just feel old

Lots of already mentioned reasons I certainly relate to!

Another one for me is long term planning. As a for instance, I've never hesitated buying expensive good quality tools, but now? How much use am I going to get out of a $5k car lift? Sure it would make my life easier but will I get my monys worth out of it as a casual mechanic? Probably not.

Same with a new roof for my house. Twenty fives years ago I'd pay the premium for those fifty years, now I'm content going cheap, I won't be here another fifty years.

All my plans seem to focus on age milestones, will it get me to 75 or 80, I don't look past that.
 
hollydolly said:
My DD is 50..how that happened goodness knows lol...and she has no children, by choice.. but it just occured to me recently, if she had, had children.. she could have potentially been a grandmother now... ..which would have made me a great grandmother... me ?... lol:ROFLMAO:
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My son will be 60 in July and it's hard for me to think of having a 60yr old baby. ;)
 
My oldest son turned 36 this year - that makes me feel old.

When I get out of bed and everything hurts - that makes me feel old.

No longer being excited about most things ... having no desire to ride a roller coaster or go downhill skiing ....

Having no clue what young people are talking about half the time....
 
At the point now where I'm not keeping/organizing anything for long-term use anymore. Daily purging my life and assembling family records so that my son won't be overwhelmed when I pass away. For the first time, seriously weeding out my craft stuff to keep the minimum. Sorting through to sell most of it on eBay. It feels strange.

Thinking back to when I had time to plan to use anything and everything. Those days are gone and time is swiftly passing everyday. šŸ„² But I'm still happy that I have the strength and presence of mind to do this. So many passed on before they got a chance to do this.
 
C50 said:
Lots of already mentioned reasons I certainly relate to!

Another one for me is long term planning. As a for instance, I've never hesitated buying expensive good quality tools, but now? How much use am I going to get out of a $5k car lift? Sure it would make my life easier but will I get my monys worth out of it as a casual mechanic? Probably not.

Same with a new roof for my house. Twenty fives years ago I'd pay the premium for those fifty years, now I'm content going cheap, I won't be here another fifty years.

All my plans seem to focus on age milestones, will it get me to 75 or 80, I don't look past that.
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I do the same now... I remember about 40 years ago..my father bought some new furniture, and kitchen appliances. He would have been in his 60's at the time, and in perfect health... and he said ''this will see me out''... amd I was horrified at that.

In my mind I thought, I will never say that...never.. it's like giving up... and much as I agree with what you say about expensive items not being worth the money now due to them outliving us... and I do the same and buy less quality goods now... I feel that I would rather know that at any time in the future I could change my sofa... or my kitchen appliances.. without thinking they're the last I'll ever buy
 
TeePee said:
I feel old when I go to pay my bill at a restaurant and they automatically give me a senior discount without my asking. I usually don't ask but I guess I don't have to anyway.
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oooh blimey, I've never had that happen, and I'd feel old as well if they did that.... however I have noticed that these days, if i ask for a senior discount no-one ooks surprised any more...:ROFLMAO:
 
CaliS said:
My oldest son turned 36 this year - that makes me feel old.

When I get out of bed and everything hurts - that makes me feel old.

No longer being excited about most things ... having no desire to ride a roller coaster or go downhill skiing ....

Having no clue what young people are talking about half the time....
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don't be sad... it could be worse... you could have a 50 year old kid like me....:ROFLMAO:

I remember when I first joined this forum in my 50's.. and people were talking about their 50 year and plus kids... and I was thinking ''wow'' what must it be like to have a 50 year old adult child.... well I know now.....that said, she looks much younger than 50....:D:love:
 
hollydolly said:
I... and he said ''this will see me out''... amd I was horrified at that.

In my mind I thought, I will never say that...never.. it's like giving up...
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I guess I'm the opposite, I say all the time "this may be the last", I say it jokingly but the reality is it can easily come true. I'll still always pay for quality for something I need or want, but will evaluate those decisions a bit differently than when I was younger.
 
C50 said:
I guess I'm the opposite, I say all the time "this may be the last", I say it jokingly but the reality is it can easily come true. I'll still always pay for quality for something I need or want, but will evaluate those decisions a bit differently than when I was younger.
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oh yes I understand ''this MAY be the last''..I've said this myself.. but to know with conviction like my father did that he would never buy another sofa, or another appliance because he felt in his 60's he was OLD even tho' he was very active......, ..I just felt I would always have it in my mind that everything was possible regardless of how old I become..
 
hollydolly said:
oh yes I understand ''this MAY be the last''..I've said this myself.. but to know with conviction like my father did that he would never buy another sofa, or another appliance because he felt in his 60's he was OLD even tho' he was very active......, ..I just felt I would always have it in my mind that everything was possible regardless of how old I become..
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I think your outlook is the best one.
 
hollydolly said:
I do the same now... I remember about 40 years ago..my father bought some new furniture, and kitchen appliances. He would have been in his 60's at the time, and in perfect health... and he said ''this will see me out''... amd I was horrified at that.

In my mind I thought, I will never say that...never.. it's like giving up... and much as I agree with what you say about expensive items not being worth the money now due to them outliving us... and I do the same and buy less quality goods now... I feel that I would rather know that at any time in the future I could change my sofa... or my kitchen appliances.. without thinking they're the last I'll ever buy
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Hollydolly : "they're the last I'Il ever buy"

I almost feel that way when I go grocery shopping these days.
 
Llynn said:
Hollydolly : "they're the last I'Il ever buy"

I almost feel that way when I go grocery shopping these days.
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Oh goodness yes, the rate food is rising in price is shocking, and sometimes i do think that myself with various food items... Prices gone so high they're just not worth the increase..
 
Rossana said:
I felt old on my birthday. I just turned 71.
We moved to Florida in 1979. We lived in St. Petersburg. Everyone around us was/felt very old. Now, we are there ouselves! It is a weird feeling!
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you know thinking about that. When I moved into this house, I was almost 25... it was January 1980... and almost all the people here were middle aged with kids who were just about school leaving age... the parents were all working and active. We moved in young, with an almost 4 year old ....

I've watched those same neighbours get old and die over the last 46 years... and I've watched as their kids have become grandparents ... and now there's only 4 original neighbours left and they're late 80's and early 90's.. all been widowed except one couple who try to be as active as they can but suffer both of them with walking difficulties.. and I know one or the other won;'t be here for much longer despite how active and young thinking they are..

Now I'm one of the oldies, and all the houses where people have died now have young couples living there ... with very young families.. and it seems to have happened over just the last 3 or 4 years.. and for the first time since I moved into this house in jan 1980... the whole dynamic of the road has changed......
 
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C50 said:
I have more years of living on this road than any other person, granted there's only twenty or so houses, yet still, I am the official old timer.

That makes me seem old, so maybe I am.
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Same here. There're approximately only 20 houses on my road, and I'm the only one I know that is retired. Before I retired, I was the oldest nurse in my facility but when I started nursing I remember that I was the youngest. Time sure has flown.
 
hollydolly said:
oooh blimey, I've never had that happen, and I'd feel old as well if they did that.... however I have noticed that these days, if i ask for a senior discount no-one ooks surprised any more...:ROFLMAO:
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I think it kind of puts the cashier in an awkward position to ask if you're older than (whatever their requirement is for senior discount) so they give it to customers anyway. I can see where some testy persons might yell at the cashier if they're not senior citizen age and they're given a discount. It takes all kinds.
 
hollydolly said:
If I had stayed married to my first and recently deceased husband, we would have been married 50 years next month!
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16 days ago my other half and I celebrated our 58th anniversary. Back in our teenage courting days when we spent our weekends at various dance events, we wanted to go to, what was for us, an expensive function. To save money I suggested we share a hotel room with twin single beds. "You will have to ask my Dad," I was told.
Dad's curt response came over emphatically clear. "If you want to sleep with my daughter, you'll marry her." To his, and everybody else's surprise, we did. Not there and then of course, it was all planned but she was eighteen and I was twenty-two.
To all those nay sayers back then who said it wouldn't last, watch this space. Grim Reaper permitting, we shall celebrate our diamond anniversary in 2028. And if we are still here in 2038, we will go platinum.
As for old, I have worn "old" fashions since my twenties.
 
horseless carriage said:
16 days ago my other half and I celebrated our 58th anniversary. Back in our teenage courting days when we spent our weekends at various dance events, we wanted to go to, what was for us, an expensive function. To save money I suggested we share a hotel room with twin single beds. "You will have to ask my Dad," I was told.
Dad's curt response came over emphatically clear. "If you want to sleep with my daughter, you'll marry her." To his, and everybody else's surprise, we did. Not there and then of course, it was all planned but she was eighteen and I was twenty-two.
To all those nay sayers back then who said it wouldn't last, watch this space. Grim Reaper permitting, we shall celebrate our diamond anniversary in 2028. And if we are still here in 2038, we will go platinum.
As for old, I have worn "old" fashions since my twenties.
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you know you say that you've been married 58 years...... and I would have been married 50 years next month.... but I'm just a young thang.... :sneaky::ROFLMAO:
 
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