Anyone else want to feel old? My girls turn 19 today

Donoreo

Yes, my little girls are 19 years old. They are taking the day off work (working at the Tennis tournament in Toronto at the moment) and spending time with friends.

Hydraglass

Donoreo Moving back to university in a few weeks I imagine - you’ve got one in Kingston, one in London if I remember correctly? Already seeing the increase in early-return Uni students in Kingston - I know a lot of the leases run August to July for housing and its first week of August. Was in Wal Mart yesterday and it was packed with Queens students buying apartment/rental “housewares” (kitchen, bath, decor, etc). Guess a lot used the long weekend to come to town and start getting settled.

Donoreo

Hydraglass No both in London (Huron and Western). When I was at Queens the leases were all May to April, never heard of anything else for student housing. The girls still need desks for their place, but they have everything else. We have taken a couple of trips down over the summer to move things in as we obtained them.

Dks01

Old? No. Mature. I recall when they were born from posts on DSLR.

MichelR

Waiting staff have been addressing me as “monsieur” (mister) lately and that’s just depressing. Then I do the math and figure I could almost be their grandfather.

Hydraglass

MichelR Waiting staff have been addressing me as “monsieur” (mister) lately and that’s just depressing. Then I do the math and figure I could almost be their grandfather.

The first time I got a “sir” at a restaurant from the wait staff I knew I was on the other side of the curve - and that was about 20 years ago now… but the real kick in the gut was just a few weeks ago when someone asked if I was over 55 for the senior’s discount. No. I’m not. a couple more years. Don’t hurry it.

urbanriot

Donoreo Anyone else want to feel old?

No!

Dks01

Hydraglass I will proudly claim that senior discount. I earned it. My grey hairs say so.

Rock_cake

If you fall down and people point & laugh, you’re still young
If you fall down and people gasp & say ‘are you OK?!’, you’re old! 🙂

mrweather

Hydraglass but the real kick in the gut was just a few weeks ago when someone asked if I was over 55 for the senior’s discount. No. I’m not. a couple more years. Don’t hurry it.

I’m in the same boat and recently got the senior’s discount at Shoppers. I can’t look that old can I? 😃

Thane_Bitter

Donoreo Tempus Fugit. No doubt about it.

markuswarren

Physically, yeah, feel a bit old. Mentally, as in cognitive, a tiny bit old. I don’t “feel” my age, and from my sense of humour, yeah, still as silly as I was a long time ago. Do I look it? Well, hair is grey, a bit thinner than it used to be, maybe a little bald patch appearing, but that’s about it.

What does make me realize what age I am is when I see things like, 50th Anniversary of Star Wars (yes, the first one, prior to it being “a new hope” and “episode IV”) and also “newer” stuff like Back To the Future. The same thing is true with music. I do like it when the youth are exposed to what they assume is new music, a good example being Running Up That Hill being in Stranger Things (dang, those kids would be older than I am if they’re aged up to today 😃 ).

MichelR

Hydraglass The first time I got a “sir” at a restaurant from the wait staff I knew I was on the other side of the curve - and that was about 20 years ago now… but the real kick in the gut was just a few weeks ago when someone asked if I was over 55 for the senior’s discount. No. I’m not. a couple more years. Don’t hurry it.

Yeah, I meant “sir” above, not “mister”.

I’m 55 and haven’t been asked about senior discounts yet, but a friend of mine is a day older than me and once got the senior discount at the movies (they didn’t ask, they just assumed). The thing is, the discount at that place is for 65+……. He does look a hell of a lot older than me, whereas to most people I look like I’m in my 40s. Mind you, I’m single, and in my head I’m still in my 20s. My body often reminds me that that is not the case.

Sparkchaser

Donoreo Yes, my little girls are 19 years old.

My grandkid was 18 in December. sigh

randavis

My daughters are 44 and 41.
My grandson will be 19 later this month. He’s heading to Mizzou.

dillyhammer

I have a daughter 48 living in BC, 2 grandchildren, now 28 and 26.
I have a son just turned 39, grandkids 14 and 13.
I have a son 35, grandchild turns 18 this January.

I swear, I was 17 just last month.

Pulsar

Dks01

Stop bragging about having hair!

Somewhat-Reticent

Milky-white hairs are strong, like nylon guitar strings - so sez me nose.

It is jarring when I meet a doctor or cop that looks like a teenager.
Movies these daze have actors who remind me of nieces or nephews.
( Conveniently forgetting said relatives had their own kids … years ago … )

Dks01

Pulsar It’s in my genes.

Yardbird

Hey! You’re just a young pup. My little girl turned 56 last January. Do I feel old? Nope. :-)