My boyfriend is 25 and I made sure to make fun of him at least once for it. But that's also because Im mean and like bring up the fact that he's a quarter of a century years old.
At what age do you start to feel old?
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Now that I'm 22, I feel old. Every year, I'd look forward to another milestone (18, 21, etc). Now what am I looking forward to? The age I can legally rent a car? The only real milestone I can think of is the age I can start to collect social security checks and I'm not particularly looking forward to that. So anyone turning 30 or 40 or 50, don't worry. Those are just arbitrary numbers, not really any different than the year before. You turn old when you hit 22 
Ah, Vegas. Yeah, baby! Being of a certain age does have its advantages, doesn't it?
Maybe the problem isn't about feeling old. I think I just need to have more spice and fun in my life. I recall having a really great time and feeling so full of life during my last vacation in Sin City two years ago. I guess I'd better start planning my next trip.
I turn 40 next year. Absolutely I feel old. 
I was planning a vegas meetup for when i turn 21 next summer if you're interested. Nothing like a bunch of nerds hanging out in Vegas
Ah, Vegas. Yeah, baby! Being of a certain age does have its advantages, doesn't it?
Maybe the problem isn't about feeling old. I think I just need to have more spice and fun in my life. I recall having a really great time and feeling so full of life during my last vacation in Sin City two years ago. I guess I'd better start planning my next trip.
And you're probably right. It's nice being able to go out and do something different for once.
I always feel old.
Sorry, but you have nothing left to look forward to.
Sorry to ruin it for you, but there is no legal minimum age for car rental (well, I guess it could technically be considered 18). The 25 or older thing is just company policy. In a lot of places, rental companies set the limit at 18 or 21. However, most (if not all) companies charge a "damn kid will probably break our car" fee to those under 25.
Sorry, but you have nothing left to look forward to.
I think I and most people start to feel old around their mid-30's. That is when you start to meet other people who are "adults"(18,19,20) who don't understand your references, don't share your memories, don't have the same frame of reference you do. You realize you are now part of an older generation. There is a generation behind you who are not simply kids.
jeeze, I dunno what you people are complaining about. I'm 50.
Some days I feel like a teen, some days I feel like I'm 30, with the appropriate number of years extra experience to bring it up to the number (eg 30 with 20 years extra experience).
Some days I feel old and tired (it hasn't been a good year), some days I'm full of energy and zest. But then it's been like that for a long time. In my teens and early 20s I felt tired all the time. In my 40s I've felt on top of the world and better than ever.
Whippersnappers!
Some days I feel like a teen, some days I feel like I'm 30, with the appropriate number of years extra experience to bring it up to the number (eg 30 with 20 years extra experience).
Some days I feel old and tired (it hasn't been a good year), some days I'm full of energy and zest. But then it's been like that for a long time. In my teens and early 20s I felt tired all the time. In my 40s I've felt on top of the world and better than ever.
Whippersnappers!
My girlfriends 26 and she keeps telling me she feels old. Not because of the age, but she's got two kids and a divorce in the works. She feels much older than she id as she missed out the young drinking/care free phase a lot of us went through.
With me, only my back and knees feel old. Severe arthritis and chronic pain. Doesn't make me feel as young as I should at times.
With me, only my back and knees feel old. Severe arthritis and chronic pain. Doesn't make me feel as young as I should at times.
I'll copy and paste from a recent conversation...
I don't know if being older makes you feel any different. People in their 60s and 70s often say that at heart they don't feel any different than they did when they were a teenager. I know that at heart I don't feel any different than I did when I was about 7. I think it's all about attitude. A youthful attitude is to innocently enjoy yourself in what you do, and to be honest with yourself about what you do enjoy. An old attitude is to emulate old people, grumbling about current affairs and money, to be jaded and to be a killjoy.
When you don't do something because you say you are too old for it, then you've got an old person's attitude.
I don't know if being older makes you feel any different. People in their 60s and 70s often say that at heart they don't feel any different than they did when they were a teenager. I know that at heart I don't feel any different than I did when I was about 7. I think it's all about attitude. A youthful attitude is to innocently enjoy yourself in what you do, and to be honest with yourself about what you do enjoy. An old attitude is to emulate old people, grumbling about current affairs and money, to be jaded and to be a killjoy.
When you don't do something because you say you are too old for it, then you've got an old person's attitude.
Sometimes it dawns on me with a certain clarity that I'm actually pushing fifty, and I get a brief rush of something akin to fear. 
But it only lasts a couple of seconds, because I still feel like the same person I've always been. Not that there haven't been changes. Obviously, I have decades of experience behind me that bring even greater wisdom and confidence; and I've given up on some things and made peace with others. My lifestyle has gradually evolved and I do have just a touch of gray up there. But despite everything I've seen and that has happened to me, I'm still the same person I was thirty or forty years ago, still got that sense of wonder and optimism, still am enthralled by creativity and discovery. So while I am sometimes conscious of all the time that has gone by, I don't think I've really experienced feeling old yet.
But it only lasts a couple of seconds, because I still feel like the same person I've always been. Not that there haven't been changes. Obviously, I have decades of experience behind me that bring even greater wisdom and confidence; and I've given up on some things and made peace with others. My lifestyle has gradually evolved and I do have just a touch of gray up there. But despite everything I've seen and that has happened to me, I'm still the same person I was thirty or forty years ago, still got that sense of wonder and optimism, still am enthralled by creativity and discovery. So while I am sometimes conscious of all the time that has gone by, I don't think I've really experienced feeling old yet.
With me it's more a thing with things you're supposed to have done by a certain age in Swedish society. Being a soon to be 25 years old virgin is highly irregular.
I think the point came when I started noticing that the popular TV and movie stars were now mostly younger than me (excluding children's & teen TV and movie stars, obviously). Then there are the ones who were born in years while I was in high school that really drive the point home.
Of course, it's all a state of mind and depends on the person whether they let it bother them or not. For me, it's simply a funny observation rather than anything I dwell on.
Of course, it's all a state of mind and depends on the person whether they let it bother them or not. For me, it's simply a funny observation rather than anything I dwell on.
I'll let you know Friday when I hit the big 6-0.
Seriously, it depends more on what's going on day to day than what number shows up when you do the math.
Seriously, it depends more on what's going on day to day than what number shows up when you do the math.
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I don't feel old, I'm fairly young, less than one year off from biologically ageing, yet I have memories of distant places and long forgotten times, which seemed fairly recent up till now
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Well, aging is a natural process, bro. They say you're only as old as you feel and to a great extent this is true. I play basketball with 20ish kids and I'm 45. I'll be damned if I'm gonna let them get the best of me! Seriously, it keeps me feeling young.
Also, the added responsibility of being a husband and a father will take away from that youthful free-spirt energy too. Ah, to be young, idealistic, and have limited responsibility! I miss those days...
I'll be with there ya in a year, myself. My back really hurts these days, but it hurt a LOT in my 20's- so pain makes me feel young, I guess.
Biggest difference getting older? I can't do a split all the way to the ground anymore.
But... kung-fu has me feelin' at least ten years younger.The key to being young is don't think too much, just DO stuff.
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