"It's too late", "you've had your time", "go home and do whatever people your age do"

[BossesRJerks]

I wish I had a freaking time machine so I could go back to my 20's and see if I ever spoke to the "old geezers" (aka, people in their 30's) the way some of the current twenty somethings do. I don't remember doing it, but if I ever did, I sure as hell am paying for it now. I don't know what these current 20 something year olds think, but I can enlighten them on a few things. First, I didn't get to be 38 without having been their age first! They act like time will stop for them so that THEY can be the special chosen group that gets to stay forever young. Second of all, yeah, I pictured a MUCH different life for myself by this age. Guess what? I didn't happen. Sure, some of them will get the life they envisioned for themselves, but some also won't! And if they think for one minute that they will have as many friends and hang out and do as much fun stuff in their 30's as they do now, in their 20's, they are sorely mistaken. So, what am I supposed to do? Sit at home every weekend because I've "had my time already"? Screw that, I'm bored with home. I'm sick of being all alone all the time.

Let them walk a mile in my shoes. One cruel b*tch the other night (who is only 21 as she never misses a chance to point out) said "when they check ID's at the door, in additon to keeping the underage children out, they need to keep the old geezers out as well". "It ought to be ages 21-28 ONLY". It'll be a long damn time from now, but I cant wait until that b*tch is in her 30's and sees how it feels to be told her "time is up". The other day, someone said to me that I was just in the wrong place. That I needed to find some place where the older crowd hung out. Well, that would be a good idea, except for the fact that it's not like that where I live. The 20 somethings are everywhere. I am in the minority. Oh well. I guess all I can do is at least know that one day, some of them will be in my shoes. Some of them will be getting told that they "look so pathetic trying to cling to their youth". Personally, I don't see what I am doing as trying to "cling to" or "reclaim" my youth. I just see it as just trying to do.....something, hell, ANYTHING other than just sit at home and wait for Monday morning.

[Ape in space]

Yeah, that annoys me too. I'm still in my 20s, but I can feel how transitory the present is and how fast time goes. Those people think they're invincible and nothing can touch them, but wait a few years and they'll be singing a different tune when they realize that time affects them too.

[Jriley198921]

Im only 22 but I can feel ur pain.i hate people my age.theyre all a bunch of ***kheads.they all think that thier sh!t dont stink.i like to hang out with people my age cuz thier mature.kids in thier 20's act like 5 year olds , and they dont know that people have feelings.most of them are too self absorbed to care anyway.just ignore them.theyre not worth your time.go do what u want.ur not an old gieser and for them to suggest that just shows thier level of maturity.

[BossesRJerks]

Originally Posted by Jriley198921

Im only 22 but I can feel ur pain.i hate people my age.theyre all a bunch of ***kheads.they all think that thier sh!t dont stink.i like to hang out with people my age cuz thier mature.kids in thier 20's act like 5 year olds , and they dont know that people have feelings.most of them are too self absorbed to care anyway.just ignore them.theyre not worth your time.go do what u want.ur not an old gieser and for them to suggest that just shows thier level of maturity.

You know, you are wise beyond your years! I tell you, the large majority of people in their 20's have no idea of just how short lived young adulthood really is. It's even more short lived than childhood. Being an adult later in life is nothing at all like those early years, as a lot of immature people will find out. One thing that makes me chuckle is that this one girl who calls me "that 100 year old crazy guy" has been writing about me on the wall of her Facebook page! Stuff like, "saw father time again the other night" and "that guy is so old, he actually remembers something called an 8 track tape" and "I didn't think the retirement home let them stay out so late". It's funny that she's so put off by me due to my age, yet she sure does invest a lot of time in posting comments about me! Things that make you go hmmmm....

[Tugwahquah]

Yup, i really dont want to learn how to knit. Im still young in my head.

[altrdperception]

Sadly, even knitting is the young thing to do now lol They're taking everything from us!

[BossesRJerks]

Originally Posted by altrdperception

Sadly, even knitting is the young thing to do now lol They're taking everything from us!

Next thing you know, the 20 somethings will be hitting the sack at 8:30 PM every night and getting colonoscopies every few years!

[altrdperception]

Originally Posted by BossesRJerks

Next thing you know, the 20 somethings will be hitting the sack at 8:30 PM every night and getting colonoscopies every few years!

Well, they can have those things lol Honestly, in a way, it elongates our hipness as oldies.

[Catnap]

I can honestly say that at no time in the past, have I ever slighted someone in regards to their age. One of my best friends was twenty years older than me. The people you refer to sound immature.

[BossesRJerks]

Originally Posted by altrdperception

Well, they can have those things lol Honestly, in a way, it elongates our hipness as oldies.

Got that right! According to some current twenty somethings, I am ancient. In fact, they have explained it to me like this.

I'm so old that.......
Ive seen Haley's Comet-TWICE!!
Nobody tells me to slow down anymore.
When I am asleep, people worry that I am dead.
Phone calls to me after 8:00 PM start off with "did I wake you"
My back goes out more than I do.
I sing along with elevator music.

I guess they don't realize that that is them in a decade! OR LESS!!

[BossesRJerks]

Originally Posted by Catnap

I can honestly say that at no time in the past, have I ever slighted someone in regards to their age. One of my best friends was twenty years older than me. The people you refer to sound immature.

I am really hoping that the twenty somethings who ridicule me about my "advanced" age aren't representative of most twenty somethings. When I was in my 20's, I know I never told someone that they were so old that they remember when Abraham Lincoln was president, rode with Black Beard the pirate, came over on the Mayflower with the pilgrims, etc. I just couldn't be so cruel to people.

[AllToAll]

21-28? Not even up to 29? I'm sorry, I just found her specificity funny.

Anyways, unless you were hitting on her, I see no reason why she'd be so mean.

But yes, a lot of young people don't realize they're going to eventually get old. I sure as hell didn't think so when I was a teenager.
In general, this idea that at a "certain age" you should do "certain things" is very annoying and I think it's a small part of why some people are afraid of getting old.

[khmerkid904]

Let's all go home to play bingo and knit sweaters...yeah right. I'm 32 and still party on occasion. I go clubbing and bar hop with my buddies. Some of them are in their early to mid twenties and they all look up to me. You're only as old as you think. And seriously, who cares what some twenty year old know-it-all thinks of you anyways.

By the way, my little nieces and nephews in college do it to me all the time. I just think to myself OK...we'll see you in a few years. Cause by the time they join the real work force and have to feed themselves, they see you in a whole different light.

[Catnap]

Originally Posted by BossesRJerks

I am really hoping that the twenty somethings who ridicule me about my "advanced" age aren't representative of most twenty somethings. When I was in my 20's, I know I never told someone that they were so old that they remember when Abraham Lincoln was president, rode with Black Beard the pirate, came over on the Mayflower with the pilgrims, etc. I just couldn't be so cruel to people.

I think they are representative of a bad upbringing . A little teasing between friends is different, saying such things straight up to a stranger is very rude. Maybe time will mellow them, but some people carry their attitude problems along with them no matter what age or life circumstance they're in.

[loquaciousintrovert]

People in their 30s and 40s can still have fun.

[BossesRJerks]

Originally Posted by AllToAll

21-28? Not even up to 29? I'm sorry, I just found her specificity funny.

Anyways, unless you were hitting on her, I see no reason why she'd be so mean.

But yes, a lot of young people don't realize they're going to eventually get old. I sure as hell didn't think so when I was a teenager.
In general, this idea that at a "certain age" you should do "certain things" is very annoying and I think it's a small part of why some people are afraid of getting old.

I find it very interesting that that girl invests so much of her time in this "crazy old guy". She talks about me on her Facebook wall A LOT. I'm not even on Facebook, I deleted my account two years ago. A friend of hers actually told me about it. So, I gave it a look and let's just say that I haven't laughed so hard in all my life! At first, it was old geezer jokes and comments like "saw father time last night" and "he has this thing called an 8-track player in his car". Now, she has apparently run out of age jokes, so now, she's just making things up. She says I walk around outside in my underwear! First of all, I don't. Second of all, how would she know if I did? Nor do I own an 8 track player. I remember them, but they were pretty much gone by the time I entered elementary school in the early 80's. I just have to chuckle at how much time she spends on me. Makes me wonder.....

[falling down]

Originally Posted by BossesRJerks

I wish I had a freaking time machine so I could go back to my 20's and see if I ever spoke to the "old geezers" (aka, people in their 30's) the way some of the current twenty somethings do. I don't remember doing it, but if I ever did, I sure as hell am paying for it now. I don't know what these current 20 something year olds think, but I can enlighten them on a few things. First, I didn't get to be 38 without having been their age first! They act like time will stop for them so that THEY can be the special chosen group that gets to stay forever young. Second of all, yeah, I pictured a MUCH different life for myself by this age. Guess what? I didn't happen. Sure, some of them will get the life they envisioned for themselves, but some also won't! And if they think for one minute that they will have as many friends and hang out and do as much fun stuff in their 30's as they do now, in their 20's, they are sorely mistaken. So, what am I supposed to do? Sit at home every weekend because I've "had my time already"? Screw that, I'm bored with home. I'm sick of being all alone all the time.

Let them walk a mile in my shoes. One cruel b*tch the other night (who is only 21 as she never misses a chance to point out) said "when they check ID's at the door, in additon to keeping the underage children out, they need to keep the old geezers out as well". "It ought to be ages 21-28 ONLY". It'll be a long damn time from now, but I cant wait until that b*tch is in her 30's and sees how it feels to be told her "time is up". The other day, someone said to me that I was just in the wrong place. That I needed to find some place where the older crowd hung out. Well, that would be a good idea, except for the fact that it's not like that where I live. The 20 somethings are everywhere. I am in the minority. Oh well. I guess all I can do is at least know that one day, some of them will be in my shoes. Some of them will be getting told that they "look so pathetic trying to cling to their youth". Personally, I don't see what I am doing as trying to "cling to" or "reclaim" my youth. I just see it as just trying to do.....something, hell, ANYTHING other than just sit at home and wait for Monday morning.

How did you get in my brain? Someone should tell the little chicken head that if it weren't for the old people that did it first and second that she wouldn't have a club to sit her spoiled *** in third or fourth so that she can listen to styles of music that were created in the 80's and 90's and are considered retreads in the 2000's.

Originally Posted by BossesRJerks

You know, you are wise beyond your years! I tell you, the large majority of people in their 20's have no idea of just how short lived young adulthood really is. It's even more short lived than childhood. Being an adult later in life is nothing at all like those early years, as a lot of immature people will find out. One thing that makes me chuckle is that this one girl who calls me "that 100 year old crazy guy" has been writing about me on the wall of her Facebook page! Stuff like, "saw father time again the other night" and "that guy is so old, he actually remembers something called an 8 track tape" and "I didn't think the retirement home let them stay out so late". It's funny that she's so put off by me due to my age, yet she sure does invest a lot of time in posting comments about me! Things that make you go hmmmm....

This Facebook crap is getting out of hand. Facebook is the place to go be cool and popular with the whole world now, she's likely building her brand as a narcissistic, materialistic ******* and using you as material to do so. She must be good looking and have a troop of brainless, shallow fools to cater to.

[NoName99]

I know a few 50 and 60 year olds who are a lot younger than me.

[Silverella]

Marrying someone 18 yrs older has really given me a lot of perspective on age :/ Sometimes I forget I'm still in my mid 20s as my lifestyle is closer to the average mid 30s...and so's my husband's, it's like we met in the middle But he warned me that life suddenly speeds up when you leave childhood behind...and that my 20s will be gone before I know...and he's not wrong so far.

I met a guy who didn't know I was married and I think was trying to find out if i'd date him, and was all depressed when I correctly guessed his age as early 30s, as if I was going to think he was too old

[BossesRJerks]

Originally Posted by Silverella

Marrying someone 18 yrs older has really given me a lot of perspective on age :/ Sometimes I forget I'm still in my mid 20s as my lifestyle is closer to the average mid 30s...and so's my husband's, it's like we met in the middle But he warned me that life suddenly speeds up when you leave childhood behind...and that my 20s will be gone before I know...and he's not wrong so far.

I met a guy who didn't know I was married and I think was trying to find out if i'd date him, and was all depressed when I correctly guessed his age as early 30s, as if I was going to think he was too old

One thing about the 20's that a lot of people fail to realize is that it is but a blip on the radar screen of life. If that. It's a shorter lived time than even childhood.