We recently asked our BuzzFeed Community to tell us about the moments that they realised they were old. Here are some of their answers:
1.
“I knew I was getting old when around 9pm at my own party I wanted everyone to go home so I could go to sleep.”
2.
“When I saw girls on a night out in winter with bare legs and no coat and felt concerned about how cold they must be.”
3.
“I was watching a football game a couple of years ago and realised that most of the players were younger than me.”
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—lifeitself
4.
“I was sat in my room at 8pm on a Saturday night drinking tea and knitting a scarf for my cat to cover the bald spot on his neck from a vet appointment.”
5.
“One morning I stretched my arms up above my head and somehow I threw my neck out.”
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—emily19
6.
“The day when my eyebrow lady told me I had a grey eyebrow hair.”
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—simsim82
7.
“When I realised that I would be retired before my co-worker’s kids hit middle school.”
8.
“When I shushed someone to hear the weather forecast.”
9.
“When I watched the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards and for the first time ever I had basically no idea who any of the nominees were.”
10.
“When I saw my favourite childhood toy in a museum.”
11.
“On a night out to a busy nightclub I was trying to get up the stairs to use the toilet and it was so crowded. I proceeded to complain to security that it was a fire hazard.”
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—silentword
12.
“One night when the kids had gone to sleep I excitedly told my husband that we could put our pyjamas on, pop on a movie, and chill on the sofa. Wild night of sex? Nope!”
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—silentword
13.
“When I was in high school and into my early twenties, I used to pull all-nighters all the time and be fine. I’d get a little jumpy by the twenty-third hour but whatever. I tried it again when I turned thirty and I was useless, loopy, and uncoordinated.”
14.
“In a job interview I was asked what my hobbies were. I sat there for a minute thinking of my past times which include gardening, difficult jigsaw puzzles, sudoku, baking, and staying in on Friday and Saturday nights to be with my dogs.”
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—jessiet93
15.
“The moment my son, Rufus, had a friend come over and that child began their interaction with me by saying ‘Rufus’s mum’.”
16.
“I work elections where I live, and we have to ask for peoples’ birthdates. I realised I was getting old this year because of all the kids who were born in 2000 and after who came in to vote.”
17.
“The moment my friends and I came to and realised that we were having a very dry conversation about property taxes.”
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—adrir4e9645215
18.
“When I sit in my car outside the grocery store at 6:58am waiting for it to open at 7am.”
19.
“When I walked into a bar to pick up a food order and was immediately blown away by how loud it was.”
20.
“I was watching The Price Is Right and wanted the washer/dryer, TV, and bedroom set more than I wanted the car.”
21.
“When I saw a kid I used to babysit on a campus tour of the college I was attending at the time.”
22.
“When my partner gave me this pretty pill organiser and I got super excited about it.”
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—thecapitu
23.
“When I got bifocals.”
24.
“When my parents started involving me in major family decisions.”
25.
“I thought I was being flirty with this cute guy while in a queue and when I didn’t realise I was at the end, he said, ‘It’s your turn, ma’am.’ Harsh.”
26.
“I never understood as a kid why people talked about recipes so much or had their favourite ones memorised. Who would decide to read a cookbook in their spare time? I am now that person.”
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—hamcat4
27.
“When I started falling asleep out of nowhere.”
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—ellmchug
28.
“The time I bought a new vacuum and was super excited about it.”
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—miss_tee
29.
“My knees have started to ache when it’s raining or starting to rain.”
30.
“When my seven year old cousin asked me who One Direction are.”
31.
“When I started singing along to the songs at the grocery store. Can’t lie, that playlist is FIRE.”
32.
“It truly hit me that I was getting ‘old’ when I was 26/27. An advert for an ‘old school classics’ compilation album came on, and they were all my school year songs.”
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—frand4e18730ec
33.
“When I realised that I was excited to shop in a different supermarket.”
34.
“When someone suggested watching a movie on a weekday that started at 8:30pm and I was thought it was way too late.”
35.
“When I fell over drunk running for a bus and the twenty-something woman who saw me said ‘are you ok Sir?'”
36.
“I don’t eat fun cereal anymore because it’s too sweet and it makes me feel sick. The day I had to admit that to myself I died a little inside.”
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—regularlikejamielee
Some submissions have been edited for length and/or clarity.
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