In This Thread, We Talk About Things That Make Us Feel Old

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by knight_shadow

- I feel old when someone whose age ends in '-teen' is coming into this thread and commenting about how old he is.


pshsx1.

That should be against the law.

[christiangirl]

^^^No, it seemed more fitting in this thread and I didn't wanna get spammy up in here.

[KSUViolet06]

Hearing people at a concert say "who is Dr. Dre?"

[whiteandblack]

actually enjoy spending time in the vitamin aisle.

[AGDee]

My youngest child (aka "the boy")
A) shaved this weekend (1st time) and
B) Started high school today.

This means that 4 years from RIGHT NOW, I will have an empty nest. Party at AGDee's, Labor Day, 2014, the day my life begins again!

[aephi alum]

I feel old when people post things like "I am 24 today. How depressing."

Alumiyum, I'm looking at you.

[christiangirl]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

I feel old when people post things like "I am 24 today. How depressing."

Alumiyum, I'm looking at you.

LOL!!!

I thought today, "I'm not a huge fan of Usher. Though I was when I was like, 12." Then realized that was over half my life ago.

[hoover815]

I came into an advisory board meeting a couple of years ago after a long drive to the chapter house, and excitedly told another advisor there that I had just been listening to XM Radio and Kasey Kasem on an American Top 40 countdown from 1988! Our collegiate hayday! My advisee snorted, and said, "I was BORN in 1988." Nice.

[thetygerlily]

Okay, first I acknowledge that I am not that old. I turn 27 in a few weeks. But...

1. For the first time in over 2 years, I am finally no longer the youngest employee at my firm. This is the first time- ever- that I haven't been the youngest either on my team (if a large company) or in the company(under 50 employees). I still hold the record of the youngest they've ever hired, though.

2. This is a totally different generation of recruitment. They are all posting statuses on Facebook, liking sorority pages, and tweeting. I remember when Facebook finally came to my campus- back when it was restricted to specific schools- toward the end of my junior year. My senior year was the first time FB came into play during recruitment. Before that LJ was the main research tool we used. Anyway, not all PNMs had FB accounts and people weren't as... open... as they are today. It was a cool new recruitment technology back then. Ha. Of course I also had gmail when they were invite only...

[PhoenixAzul]

- Walking on the university of Oklahoma campus last week, in a suit and heels, and kids walking past me in pajamas. And that's not that weird, but my reaction to it was! My first thought was, "Damned kids, pajamas are for bedtime!" Meanwhile I definitely was guilty of pjs in class during my undergraduate career, not often, but it happened on more than one occasion. It was such a gut reaction that I thought about it later and went, "Damn girl, you're old."

[aephi alum]

Facebook didn't even exist when I was in college. Back then, the Web was in its infancy. I had a web site before IBM did. My sorority chapter had a web site before IBM did (because I wrote it). I got to the Web ahead of a megacorp.

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

- Walking on the university of Oklahoma campus last week, in a suit and heels, and kids walking past me in pajamas.

Between my freshman and sophomore years of college, I had a summer internship where I had to wear business-formal attire every day. (This is murder in summer in NYC.) One morning, I got onto an LIRR train where there were no available seats, and a young man in jeans and a T-shirt gave up his seat to me. I was 18 years old, and he probably was, too. It made me feel old, even though I wasn't even old enough to drink. It also made me hold out some hope for our generation, that in certain circles, chivalry still exists.

[VandalSquirrel]

Originally Posted by PhoenixAzul

- Walking on the university of Oklahoma campus last week, in a suit and heels, and kids walking past me in pajamas. And that's not that weird, but my reaction to it was! My first thought was, "Damned kids, pajamas are for bedtime!" Meanwhile I definitely was guilty of pjs in class during my undergraduate career, not often, but it happened on more than one occasion. It was such a gut reaction that I thought about it later and went, "Damn girl, you're old."

Originally Posted by aephi alum

Facebook didn't even exist when I was in college. Back then, the Web was in its infancy. I had a web site before IBM did. My sorority chapter had a web site before IBM did (because I wrote it). I got to the Web ahead of a megacorp.



Between my freshman and sophomore years of college, I had a summer internship where I had to wear business-formal attire every day. (This is murder in summer in NYC.) One morning, I got onto an LIRR train where there were no available seats, and a young man in jeans and a T-shirt gave up his seat to me. I was 18 years old, and he probably was, too. It made me feel old, even though I wasn't even old enough to drink. It also made me hold out some hope for our generation, that in certain circles, chivalry still exists.

I must run track with dinosaurs because I've never considered wearing pyjama pants or even sweat pants outside my home or to class. I also still give up my seat in a reception area, bus/train or restaurant if an elderly person is also waiting. But then again I used an actual card catalog in the past month so I should be expecting my AARP membership any day now

[gee_ess]

Started taking therapeutic Metamucil per dr's instructions at annual check-up....

Yea, that'll make you feel old!

[Sister Havana]

I read a news story about Glenn Robinson's son committing to play basketball at Michigan next year. Glenn Robinson and I graduated high school the same year and I hated him with a passion when he was at Purdue. (since I was at IU!) And now his son will be in college next year. I feel ancient.

[moe.ron]

Using AOL was cool.