Worst thing that I've discovered....
I find myself saying the SAME THINGS that my dad says, even understanding his point of view on most issues now I've got married and grown up. Jeeez, I must be a wanker too.
( Goldfish_, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 16:19, Reply)

I was 18....
...when I moved to the town where I live (16 years ago). Now all the sprogs that were being pushed around in prams all those years ago are now pushing in front of me when I'm trying to get served at the pub. I still feel 18 but they probably look at me like I'm their mother. Actually there are so many of them that I've changed drinking venue!
(Hazy, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 16:19, Reply)

When...
you're the only person around who doesn't think that "Underworld - Born Slippy" is a porn film!
( The Sisko I hate the whole world, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 16:17, Reply)

Oh
and I think I have developed a hernia.
( Scary Mary The D'oh Fairy, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 16:12, Reply)

I work with ladies of an average age of about 45
and being only 24 I'm regarded as their honorary daughter.

Unfortunately all this mothering and menopausal fussing is rubbing off on me.

A group of young ladies came in at around 9pm one Friday, slightly worse for wear, giggling and buying alcopops and Lambrini.

Jan (42) purses her lips and says "It's disgusting these young women out on the razz, smoking, shagging everything in sight."

I turned to reply and the words "Yes, I'd normally be tucked up in bed now, girls these days..." came out of my mouth.

I trundled home with my zimmer frame, glided up the stairs on my Stannah and cried myself to sleep.
( Scary Mary The D'oh Fairy, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 16:10, Reply)

And another one...
...I've already managed to have a stomach ulcer. Mind you, it cleared up pretty well after I got rid of my girlfriend at the time. I still can't drink red wine - bitch...
( dan j the filthy bastard, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 16:09, Reply)

I found a hair
in my ear.
( teedyay, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 16:00, Reply)

I'm 16
But already im considered a grumpy middle aged man.
This started 5 months ago when my then girlfriend started finding grey hairs all the time.
I no longer think of growing a beard in terms of "looking cool" and now prefer to "look distinguished".
I have Chillblains. This is a swelling of the toes caused by deteriorating cirulation. Most sufferers are around 50+. Whats more, i sit and curse about it like a middle aged man.
When John Peel died, i felt like id lost the only person in the world who i truly identified with.
Im organising a trip to paris next year in an attempt to "re-capture my youth before it's too late"
I have a caffeine addiction.
Rather than an all out party, i went round to a mates for a classy "cheese and wine night" carrying a bottle of "Bordeaux superieur" warning everyone to savour it.
I'm starting to think im too old for dating.
in May this year i gave up my Saturday job working in a kitchen for four hours a week because i decided i was: "Working too hard" and that catering "wasn't the career path for me"
I was 15 at the time and i considered it a career change. I chalk it up to youthful lack of logic, but i know that its a premature mid-life crisis.
(TheintolerableGS, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:54, Reply)

Shopping
I managed to pull a muscle in my back at Tesco the other week - the basket wasn't even full. Now I'm scared I might do it again so I have to push a trolley around with my hummus and choc ices in it.
( Haggis, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:54, Reply)

Oh dear god...
Met up with a couple of mates on a saturday night who I hadn't seen in ages, went to a bar and then spent the next 3 hours in deep, heated discussion of house prices and mortgages and social decline.

I AM my dad. *resists urge to buy Daily Mail*

Edit: And indigestion tablets. For my terrible heartburn. I'm 28. ffs
(Frustrated IT Support Person - now with added network support., Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:49, Reply)

Nasal Hairs
I mean, where'd they come from? Hairline receding, nasal hairs sprouting! Are they just swapping growing habitats! And Radio 2 is the best, aaaah, I remember Steve Wright on Radio 1 and thought it was the best then and I laugh at Terry Wogan's jokes!! Oh and don't forget metric measurements! Little twunt in Builbase informed me they only sell plasterboard in 9.5 and 12.5 mm when I asked for a sheet of 3/8ths and 2 sheets of 1/2 inch!!! Wassock
(taffyboy63, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:48, Reply)

i know i'm getting old
as i actually look forward to going to B&Q
(funkenstein Be pure! Be vigilant! Behave!, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:43, Reply)

eh?
sorry, you'll have to repeat the question luv.

seriously tho, Ionesco's view of physical degeneration came in the metaphor of tooth decay - often the first sign of an aging body and a signpost to its inevitable death, and certainly mine when i had a root canal last year.

otherwise, my age manifests itself in a predeliction for bitter, and a very low tolerance for top of the pops presenters.

the torch is 29 next year. *shudders with the wasted promise of a squanderd youth*
(magictorch, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:38, Reply)

Another one
The other day me and a few mates switched Pubs because the music was too loud...

Crap..I can almost feel the icey hand of death upon my shoulder.
( Terry Oblong There's nobody here but us chickens on, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:37, Reply)

im defininately getting old
The other week I considered buying a subscription to National Geographic magazine
( bigmeuprudeboy is using powerpoint or paint...have MERCY, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:36, Reply)

I will be 26 in 3 weeks.
I complain about teenagers' fashion choices.
I no longer work for spending money, I work to pay the interest on my debt.
I can't pull all-nighters any more.
All the music I like is called "retro" or "classic".
I sing along to commercials for "retro" compilations on television (something I teased my mother about for years).
I talk about the "good old days".
When I go for coffee, I order decaf, put sweetener in it and resist the temptation to buy a doughnut.
While drinking said coffee with friends, we sit around and discuss weight loss strategies and nutritional information.
I go to a Pilates class full of soccer moms.
I can't stand going to the mall when other people are there.
I save credit card points obsessively and use them to buy Christmas presents.
Christmas itself is a bore, as there are no children in my family to bother with all that Santa stuff.
I constantly notice myself doing things my mother does, and it frightens me.
I just gave my boyfriend The Talk about wanting a long-term relationship.
I am old enough to date men who are divorced and have children.
I am too old to date anyone in high school, and almost too old to date university students.
I only get drunk about three times a year.
Television doesn't interest me anymore, unless it's educational programming.
I voluntarily wear dresses with flowers on them, and shoes with low heels.
I prefer to hang out with people ten years old than me than ten years younger, as I can only relate to the older ones.
My father is 67, and I consider him to be not terribly old.
Peope keep asking me when I'll start a career.
I watch the news and have opinions on politics.
I complain about how my town spends my tax dollars.
I find myself with a shortage of friends who aren't married and having kids.

I will fight this to the death!!!!!!
(ghettobooty, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:35, Reply)

Do you Remember when
Licensed To Ill by the Beastie Boys came out?


18 years ago....

Shit I feel so old now
( Terry Oblong There's nobody here but us chickens on, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:33, Reply)

Well. I still live like a student.
I go to the pub with my friends, I go to the heavy metal and alternative nights in bristol, I go to gigs. But I am getting old.

Just recently I started listening to Radio 4 on my trips to and from work. *sigh* Just a year ago, this would be unthinkable.
( Lumpbucket tekcubpmuL, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:31, Reply)

I brought a mountain board
in a last ditch attempt to remain young. I will die on it, of that I am sure. And being old my bones will snap like brittle twigs.
(mr mackenzie, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:30, Reply)

Shoes
When you bend down to tie your shoes and for no reason at all, you groan on the way down, without even noticing
( Dugs - The artist formerly known as Dugsybaws, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:29, Reply)

old and sad
I keep forgetting that I am married and when I do remember I can’t work out why I did it and after all that thinking I’m so tired that I need a nap. O yes and I don’t have sex any more just think about it a lot then go and do some gardening instead of cracking one off ( like I said I am married.)
(teaboy of death, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:28, Reply)

your'e getting old when...
You agree with everything they say on that grumpy old men thing on bbc2. Even that twunt Rik Wakeman!

And also when you apologise for length as if young whippersnappers these days have the patience to read your ramblings.

Apologies for length
( Brown cow, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:26, Reply)

Porn
When you're looking at some young lady splaying herself on a website and you can't work out if she's actually of legal age, or if you should be erasing the contents of your cache forthwith and hiding under the bed in case the cops turn up.
( Udderbelly A tale of four titties, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:22, Reply)

Quizzes
I now thouroughly enjoy a good pub quiz....but only if there's no music round 'cause any musical knowledge that I had seems to have mysteriously stopped around 15 years ago. And if any little fucker speaks during the questions.....gawd help them. Don't mind sitting in the pub quietly doing a crossword either. ferfuxache.
(Chillumm, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:22, Reply)

John Peel is dead
when your heroes pass, that's when you start to feel your age.
(raist_online, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:19, Reply)

and this...
i was walking up the stairs in my house the other day, when suddenly and without warning, i farted. i no longer have control over when i choose to break wind. it just happens. there is nothing that can be done about it.
i farted loudly at a funeral. i didn't know it was going to happen, it just did when i sat down.
i just farted when i was writing that.
and again. completely involuntary. i think i need an operation.
(pb4ugo2bed, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:13, Reply)

Quite worrying
I spend most of my time listening to Radio Two. Going to a club and listening to Dance/R&B music bores me stupid. I would rather listen to the Eagles, Aerosmith, The Who than listen to most of the top 20 - in fact, I'm not entirely sure who is in the top 20 charts, singles or albums.

Using long words. Correcting others' speech/punctuation/spelling. Using proper English in a text message. Lack of memory causing me to edit this post for the third time (so far) to add more points.

Midlife crisis? I am growing my hair and beard long, and already have a tattoo and motorbike.

I get strange looks when purchasing bumper packs of Chupa Chups (I have a craving, ok?). I carry around a notebook to "jot things down that interest me". Footballers and famous actors seem younger than me. Rather than go down the pub I prefer to curl up with a good book and a cup of tea. Whereas most of my friends read the Sun and the Mirror, I read the Independent.

I turned 20 two months ago.
(jamesthegill opens new tabs with his scroll wheel, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:12, Reply)

Bein 19 almost 20
I am considered old at my college. This comes from the second years who are but a year or 2 younger than me. Tis not my fault I am slightly dense.

This may occur due to my odd dress sense of wearing jumpers and listening to the music of two years ago (papa roach, korn the likes) when the kids of today listen to Busted, Keane, Franz Ferdinand the likes.

Oh how i miss the days of being called a Grunger/Goth/Greebo
( Mr. Street, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:10, Reply)

God, I'm old - part deux
I enjoy 'The West Wing' and not worrying that I'm staying in on a Friday night.

Calling the gap year students at my company the little ones or kids.

Wanting to go to pubs to have a conversation and be heard because there IS NO music.

Needing a diary to remember what I did, needing a diary to remember what I've got to do.

Grey hairs in my beard
Grey pubes (at 34!!!!!!!!!)

Driving a 1300cc car because it's economical.

Watching a young filly's lycra clad bottom waggle on the stepper in the gym (no, actually I enjoyed that as a youngster)
(Taff135, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:10, Reply)

Porn Ladies...
...i worry that some of them should get some life experience first before showing me their 'rudest of rudes'...

gah.
(fistianus, Thu 28 Oct 2004, 15:05, Reply)