CHUD.com Community › Forums › THE CHEWERS › The Chewers Catch-All › You know how I know I'm old?
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

You know how I know I'm old?

post #1 of 67
10/1/06 at 9:05pm
Thread Starter 
I just received an invitation from NYU to attend my 10-year college reunion. That's right, not my high school reunion. My college reunion. My mid-life crisis has just begun.
Reply
post #2 of 67
10/1/06 at 9:58pm
Welcome aboard!
Reply
post #3 of 67
10/1/06 at 10:30pm
I turned 25 not too long ago and it was among one the most depressing days I drudged through this year, I dread 30 like nothing on this fucking planet.
Reply
post #4 of 67
10/1/06 at 11:02pm

You have no idea yet........

it gets much much worse! The really sad moment when I realized I'm getting old is the 20-year age difference between the women I am interested in, and the women who are actually interested in me.
Reply
post #5 of 67
10/1/06 at 11:04pm
mine's coming in 2 years....
Reply
post #6 of 67
10/1/06 at 11:25pm
Hate to burst your bubble...but I had more fun in my 30s than I even considered in my 20s.

Of course, I got divorced in my thirties. That may have had a little to do with it. But for those years I was a bachelor, I had a ROCKIN good time.
Reply
post #7 of 67
10/2/06 at 1:43am
Thread Starter 
My 30's have been great. I'm not knocking the age bracket. Just the realization that 10 years of my life went by so quick. I'm not saying I want to settle down just yet (NYC night life is just too much fun), but I definitely need to stop and smell the roses a bit more.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Frylock
it gets much much worse! The really sad moment when I realized I'm getting old is the 20-year age difference between the women I am interested in, and the women who are actually interested in me.
Same here, but it's a 10 year difference with people of the male persuasion.
Reply
post #8 of 67
10/2/06 at 1:56am
Ha ha! You're old!
Reply
post #9 of 67
10/2/06 at 2:00am
Thread Starter 
Just you wait, missy. One day it'll be your turn. And then I'll point and laugh. In the meantime, I'll be in the corner drinking myself to sleep.
Reply
post #10 of 67
10/2/06 at 2:49am
My 10 year high school reunion is in November, and I'm very tempted not to go. While there are some people I'd like to see, there are plenty others that I would be glad to forget about. Plus, when I'm out and about and see old friends I always get the "so what are you up to now?". That's all well and good when I get it from one friend during a night out at the bar, but I can't imagine the horror of hearing it a hundred times in the span of a few hours.
The fact is, I'm not up to much. I'm fumbling around with creative endeavors, and poor as shit. Go me! There are many other things I'd rather do than get that question from people I hate. Not just that, but people I hate who have gone on to be far more successful than I have. BUT, there will be an open bar...
Decisions, decisions.
Reply
post #11 of 67
10/2/06 at 3:20am
You know the old saying that "Life begins at 40?" Well, so far it's a big fuckin' lie!

I wasn't really expecting it to be true but you can always hope...
Reply
post #12 of 67
10/2/06 at 3:24am
Just saw that it's the Nid Hog's 45th today. That makes me feel better again. Happy Birthday NH.
Reply
post #13 of 67
10/2/06 at 3:31am
When the Berlin Wall fell, I was 2.
Reply
post #14 of 67
10/2/06 at 3:42am
The Berlin what now?
Reply
post #15 of 67
10/2/06 at 8:05am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Patrick Ripoll
When the Berlin Wall fell, I was 2.
When I was 2, They were drafting people your current age for the Vietnam war, and we hadn't landed on the moon yet.

Thanks for reminding me I should be shopping for grave sites, Ripoll.
Reply
post #16 of 67
10/2/06 at 9:37am
The other day I was in a coffeeshop and heard Radiohead's "Karma Police" playing over the speakers. As I waited for my coffee, silently nodding my head to the music, I happened to overhear one of the punk cashiers refer to the song as a "90's alt-rock oldie." Man, did that make me feel like a fossil.
Reply
post #17 of 67
10/2/06 at 11:13am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nexus-6
My 10 year high school reunion is in November
No sympathy from me my friend. Get back to me when you hit your 10-year college reunion.

Oh and skip it. I don't know one person who went to their high school reunion.
Reply
post #18 of 67
10/2/06 at 11:24am
Worst mistake of my life was going to my 10 year high school reunion.

extremely boring and sad.

next year would be my 10 year college reunion. Dont think I'll be going to that.
Reply
post #19 of 67
10/2/06 at 1:08pm
I went to my ten-year high school reunion... mostly because I had nothing better to do and figured it would be hilarious. It was indeed funny, but for all the wrong reasons. Also, like only one-eighth of my graduating class showed up. I don't think reunions mean much until you're old enough to really start dying out because then it's all "Wow, this might be my last chance to see this person before they kick."

I did, however, live out the classic reunion fantasy when a girl I liked in high school told me she had a huge crush on me. Sadly, instead of the triumph I had hoped to feel, I felt strangely hollow (Why couldn't you say something ten years ago, you dumb broad?). Ah, such is life.
Reply
post #20 of 67
10/2/06 at 1:23pm
I know I'm getting old because I go out for a drink yesterday afternoon and I feel like a pig has shat in my head this morning.
Reply
post #21 of 67
10/2/06 at 1:28pm
Atmosphere's don't really get more pathetically competitive/depressing than they are at a typical high school reunion. Almost everybody has an attitude like "Look what I've been up to, you should be impressed!" to which I have an attitude of "Holy shit I don't care." If you thought some annoying douche who thought he was the greatest thing in the world in high school because he drank a beer in 10 seconds and drove a Trans Am was hard to stomach, check him out now when he brags to you about his sales job at Circuit City and his clueless retard of a wife. I think the ideal high school reunion scenario may be to just spy on it casually without ever having to actually interact with people, or wear a disguise.
Reply
post #22 of 67
10/2/06 at 1:32pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by swedish miyagi
I think the ideal high school reunion scenario may be to just spy on it casually without ever having to actually interact with people, or wear a disguise.
So you generally wear a disguise to high school reunions.
Reply
post #23 of 67
10/2/06 at 1:42pm
To the one I've been to, I wish I had.
Reply
post #24 of 67
10/3/06 at 2:59am
Quote:
Originally Posted by JacknifeJohnny
I turned 25 not too long ago and it was among one the most depressing days I drudged through this year, I dread 30 like nothing on this fucking planet.

Turning 25 was way more tramatic for me than 30. Although with my 35th coming up, the family and friends had better just stay away for awhile because I'll be one grumpy bastard.

Which is strange since people are always saying I look to be around 24/25 and recently lost about 30 pounds, I feel and look better than I ever have. Go figure.
Reply
post #25 of 67
10/3/06 at 3:06am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Diva
No sympathy from me my friend. Get back to me when you hit your 10-year college reunion.

Oh and skip it. I don't know one person who went to their high school reunion.

06 is my ten year college reunion but I never heard anything about it. I have less than four years until my 20th high school reunion. Yeesh.

I doubt I will go to that, I hated nearly all of my class, the ones I did like, I still talk to in one form or another.


The only way I would go to any type of reunion would be if I won the lottery and went back to brag my ass off.
Reply
post #26 of 67
10/3/06 at 3:10am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Diva
Oh and skip it. I don't know one person who went to their high school reunion.
But but but... open bar!

The only thing that has me seriously considering going, is the fact that three of my friends are organizing the damn thing. They'll probably give me a fucking guilt trip.
Reply
post #27 of 67
10/3/06 at 2:03pm
Mine is coming up soon as well, strangely I'm kind a looking forward to it, I mean I've far from made it but...guess I have to just wait and see, hope you'll have a god time at yours anyhow.

/Mats
Reply
post #28 of 67
10/3/06 at 2:27pm
You know how I know I'm getting old? Last remaining family members from my Grandparents' generation (Depression era kids) have been giving up the ghost. It's been a rough year or so.
Reply
post #29 of 67
10/3/06 at 10:42pm
Thread Starter 
I hear ya. Discussions at family gatherings inevitably revolve around "who died". Only my grandfather on my mother's side is still alive, but he ain't going anywhere any time soon. At 85, he's the youngest of 4 and all his siblings are alive and kicking. I ain't kidding. They get around. The middle two sisters, age 87 and 89, are social butterflies. What freaks me out though is that my mom is turning 60 this year. The thought of her reaching retirement age just emphasizes how old I am. I've already told my brother if anything should happen to her (*knock on wood*), he gets to take care of her. There is no way I could live with my mom. I'd go nuts.
Reply
post #30 of 67
10/4/06 at 12:05am
I'm bald.

I broke my hip a couple of years ago.

I'm only TWENTY-FUCKING-NINE.

You can all piss off.
Reply
post #31 of 67
10/4/06 at 12:12am
I haven't even hit my 5 year reunion for high school so you all seem very old to me. Not that there is anything wrong with that.
Reply
post #32 of 67
10/4/06 at 12:13am
Misfit wins the thread...
Reply
post #33 of 67
10/4/06 at 1:00am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Diva
What freaks me out though is that my mom is turning 60 this year. The thought of her reaching retirement age just emphasizes how old I am.
Totally agree with that. With all the grandparents gone, and the parents reaching retirement age, and various cousins/siblings creating offspring of their own, I'm really starting to feel like I'm not a kid anymore. I hate that feeling!
Reply
post #34 of 67
10/4/06 at 11:30am
Quote:
Originally Posted by Nexus-6
But but but... open bar!

The only thing that has me seriously considering going, is the fact that three of my friends are organizing the damn thing. They'll probably give me a fucking guilt trip.
I have to ask, this wouldn't be the Rockville High School reunion would it? I don't think it is since I believe ours isn't open bar and my 10 year HS reunion is this November so I'm just curious.
Reply
post #35 of 67
10/4/06 at 12:36pm
It's rough. All the grandparents have been taking turns in the hospital... heart problems, broken bones/hips, brain tumor, cancer... I thought humans were supposed to live to 150 nowadays with medical advancements... I think we've plateaued. There seems to be more ways for people to die instead of less. Everything's toxic anymore.

God, this is depressing.

I also know I'm getting old because the kickass metabolism I had when I was younger died about 10 years ago. I'm twenty-ten (30 for you heartless bastards) and I've been gaining a few pounds a year since 20.

I started shaving my head years back b/c nature thought it was funny to turn my receding hairline into a retreating hairline.

Thank God I'm not playing the dating game.
Reply
post #36 of 67
10/4/06 at 3:01pm
misfit, nice trump card you threw down there. You should start regularly yelling the phrase "get off my lawn!!!" regardless of the situation.
Reply
post #37 of 67
10/4/06 at 3:09pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by misfit
I'm only TWENTY-FUCKING-NINE.
Seriously?

I don't think I realize how old I look to 'the younger folk'.
Reply
post #38 of 67
10/4/06 at 3:34pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Rob Rocco
Seriously?

I don't think I realize how old I look to 'the younger folk'.
I'm scared to ask how old you thought I was.
Reply
post #39 of 67
10/4/06 at 3:39pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by misfit
I'm scared to ask how old you thought I was.
I'll just say I thought you were a few years younger than me...not eight.
Reply
post #40 of 67
10/4/06 at 3:48pm
Huh. I wouldn't have pegged you for more than a couple of years older than me.

All right, let's end this conversation. We're dangerously close to paying each other compliments on our looks, and I don't have the cash to buy the wardrobe that would be required to go gay. Those guys dress too nicely.
Reply
post #41 of 67
10/4/06 at 4:16pm
I'll be 38 in two months, you fuckers. And I just went to my 20 year High School Reunion (my clue I'm getting older). My 10 year college anniversary was 4 years ago.

And you know what they say about your body falling apart when you hit 40? They're right. Will, you might want to look into some adamantium coating for your bones before then.
Reply
post #42 of 67
10/4/06 at 6:14pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ade Brooks
Just saw that it's the Nid Hog's 45th today. That makes me feel better again. Happy Birthday NH.
Thanks! After moping around for a couple of days, I've decided that I just have to live with it. Half way to 90! Woo hoo!
Reply
post #43 of 67
10/4/06 at 6:25pm
Welcome to the party, Nid Hog. '61 was a very good year.
Reply
post #44 of 67
10/4/06 at 8:31pm
It was indeed. Although these days I've been thinking about how good the 80s were...
Reply
post #45 of 67
10/4/06 at 10:03pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by DARKMITE8
I started shaving my head years back b/c nature thought it was funny to turn my receding hairline into a retreating hairline.
You're not alone there & at least it's easy to manage! My wife recently asked me when I started to lose my hair, and you know what? I honestly couldn't give a very good answer! It was during my first marriage (she was a total psycho so that probably helped) so I'm thinking somewhere between '95 & early 2000!

Very strange thing to miss really.
Reply
post #46 of 67
10/4/06 at 11:06pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mattioli
I did, however, live out the classic reunion fantasy when a girl I liked in high school told me she had a huge crush on me. Sadly, instead of the triumph I had hoped to feel, I felt strangely hollow (Why couldn't you say something ten years ago, you dumb broad?).
Why didn't you ask her out ten years ago, you pansy?
Reply
post #47 of 67
10/5/06 at 11:35am
Quote:
Originally Posted by General Zod
Which is strange since people are always saying I look to be around 24/25 and recently lost about 30 pounds, I feel and look better than I ever have. Go figure.
I have people tell me I look to be in my early 20s and because of some weight loss I feel and look better than I did in my early 20s (plus I am way more stylish than I was too) but there is just a stigma (for me) about turning 30. I am dreading next month like you wouldn't believe.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Diva
What freaks me out though is that my mom is turning 60 this year.
Right? My mom is turning 50 6 days before I turn 30. We are having a hard time with the decade change. And to add to all that, my daughter will be turning 9*!!! ten days after that... so all this put together is just like a slap in the face.

* wow, just realized that my daughter is turning nine... but she was two and a half when I started posting here... I remember buying her a little CHUD shirt and it was WAY too big for her... awww, the memories...
Reply
post #48 of 67
10/5/06 at 12:07pm
Im 30 in December, I've been doing the round of big birthday bashes with my friends all year. Now my own big one aproaches I'm really not sure I can be arsed to do anything for it.
Reply
post #49 of 67
10/5/06 at 1:06pm
Hey Nid, Jacob, and Ade, feel free to share some memories about what it was like to get drafted in World War I.

Shelby, at what age would you be happy to be confused as sisters with your daughter?
Reply
post #50 of 67
10/5/06 at 4:44pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by swedish miyagi
Hey Nid, Jacob, and Ade, feel free to share some memories about what it was like to get drafted in World War I.
Ha ha ha. You wouldn't think it was so funny if you'd been gassed at the Marne.
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: The Chewers Catch-All
CHUD.com Community › Forums › THE CHEWERS › The Chewers Catch-All › You know how I know I'm old?