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In Which I Realize I Am Getting Old, And You Do Too.

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  • jgeisjgeis Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    Ladai wrote: »
    The number of friends' wedding invitations pouring into my mailbox has skyrocketed this year.

    I haven't had many wedding invitations, but boyhowdy are people from my high school class (and those right around it) popping out babies. Even people I never expected to have kids by 25 have them.

    There's nothing wrong with having a kid at 23-26, but I think about myself in that role and I am not ready for it yet. I think I could manage, if I had to, but I don't want to be managing.

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  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    I think I've received a wedding invitation from like...one friend, and he's at least five years younger than I am, so that was odd

  • DJ EebsDJ Eebs Moderator, Administrator admin
    well not really odd, I guess, but...you know

  • mcpmcp Registered User regular
    I'm in my 30's and it's awesome.

    I have more money, I have no debt.

    Life keeps getting more awesome as I get older.

    If i run into something I liked a long time ago, I think, `Hey, that's a cool thing I remember.' and then I go back to having money and loving life.

  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    Mysst wrote: »
    hell yeah I won! what's the prize?

    A vague sense of dissatisfaction building to an impending midlife crisis.

  • PlatyPlaty Registered User regular
    I've only been to one wedding during the last ten years because all my relatives are ancient

    I'm one of the last members of an old and noble line

  • MysstMysst King Monkey of Hedonism IslandRegistered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    Mysst wrote: »
    hell yeah I won! what's the prize?

    A vague sense of dissatisfaction building to an impending midlife crisis.

    what am I going to do with two of these?

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  • POKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMANPOKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMAN i can make this march and i will make georgia howlRegistered User regular
    i can sit in my own place partially undressed drinking beer and watching cartoons at one thirty in the morning so i dunno being old mostly still owns tbh

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  • Donovan PuppyfuckerDonovan Puppyfucker A dagger in the dark is worth a thousand swords in the morningRegistered User regular
    5 weddings I'm invited to/went to so far this year. Just this year.

  • TrippyJingTrippyJing Moses supposes his toeses are roses. But Moses supposes erroneously.Registered User regular
    I'm basically lamenting the things I haven't done.

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  • LadaiLadai Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    The first wave of weddings came right out of college when I was 21-22. Then there were a few when I was around 25. But now I'm 29 and it has become an absolute deluge. I don't want to sound like I'm complaining or anything -- I'm happy for them. It's just an odd thing when it seems to happen all at the same time.

    One thing I get to look forward to in my 30s: My student loans will finally be paid off shortly after my 32rd birthday. I will be debt free and oh man I'm getting giddy just thinking about it.

    Ladai on
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  • ChincymcchillaChincymcchilla Registered User regular
    Ladai wrote: »
    The first wave of weddings came right out of college when I was 21-22. Then there were a few when I was around 25. But now I'm 29 and it has become an absolute deluge. I don't want to sound like I'm complaining or anything -- I'm happy for them. It's just an odd thing when it seems to happened all at the same time.

    One thing I get to look forward to in my 30s: My student loans will finally be paid off shortly after my 32rd birthday. I will be debt free and oh man I'm getting giddy just thinking about it.

    This is my favorite part

    I own both my cars and (knock on wood) they should have another 50k miles in them

    I have no student debt

    And my girlfriend should have hers paid off in like a year

    we will have, at least for a short while before we go for a house, literally 0 debt

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  • chromdomchromdom Who? Where?Registered User regular
    Usagi wrote: »
    Thread is topical as my back hurts and my birthday is this week

    Get off my damn lawn ya whippersnappers

    Happy Birthday on the appropriate day!

  • GustavGustav Friend of Goats Somewhere in the OzarksRegistered User regular
    I keep finding white hairs. And I have a small streak of white if I grow out facial hair. Which I'm totally fine with. The hair can become any color it likes just as long as it sticks around. Bonus point if it goes white at the temples first.

    And I need to double check this, but I think I might be the only person in my high school graduating class not married and/or with kids.

    Now it's moving on to college friends where it's a wedding invite per month I'd say.

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  • wrong_buttonwrong_button Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    What I want to know is: at what point during your marriage does the weird illusion creep in that your single friends are all out partying it up all the time while you aren't?

    I've had to burst this bubble for a couple different friends after their respective divorces now.

    wrong_button on
  • SyphyreSyphyre A Dangerous Pastime Registered User regular
    Sometimes I want to yell at people "remember all that time your spent together don't things for each other and spending time before you for married? You need to keep doing that after you get married too!" Marriage is not some magic on/off switch.

    And that is my old man rant for the day.

  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    tynic wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    how old do you people think I am, i wonder

    edit: I should make a poll. Alternately let's use this post:
    - agree for 20-25
    - awesome for 26-30
    - hail hydra? for 31-35
    - hail hydra! for 36+

    ... People who already know aren't allowed to vote.

    Results from this short impromptu test of your guessing abilities:
    Winners:
    @MulysaSempronius‌
    @Psykoma‌
    @Fyndir‌
    @‌Tef
    @Syphyre‌
    @Mysst‌
    @mightyjongyo‌
    @DisruptedCapitalist‌

    ... but in fairness to unflattering bastards @Platypus Beirut‌ and @Weaver‌ I am at the very upper edge of that bracket

    Woops. Thought you were 52

  • tynictynic PICNIC BADASS Registered User, ClubPA regular
    edited August 2014
    tynic wrote: »
    tynic wrote: »
    how old do you people think I am, i wonder

    edit: I should make a poll. Alternately let's use this post:
    - agree for 20-25
    - awesome for 26-30
    - hail hydra? for 31-35
    - hail hydra! for 36+

    ... People who already know aren't allowed to vote.

    Results from this short impromptu test of your guessing abilities:
    Winners:
    @MulysaSempronius‌
    @Psykoma‌
    @Fyndir‌
    @‌Tef
    @Syphyre‌
    @Mysst‌
    @mightyjongyo‌
    @DisruptedCapitalist‌

    ... but in fairness to unflattering bastards @Platypus Beirut‌ and @Weaver‌ I am at the very upper edge of that bracket

    Woops. Thought you were 52

    That's the number of centuries my hair has roamed the earth, living its endless, mindless, parasitical existence.

    tynic on
  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    Going out and drinking makes me feel exhausted just thinking about it

    I used to party all the time but now it's like

    "Oh man, it's almost 11 I should go home"

    And then I do


    Uh-oh I accidentally deleted my signature. Uh-oh!!
  • mcpmcp Registered User regular
    Tasteticle wrote: »
    Going out and drinking makes me feel exhausted just thinking about it

    I used to party all the time but now it's like

    "Oh man, it's almost 11 I should go home"

    And then I do
    I used to look forward to the weekend so I could go dancing till 5am.

    Now, it's, `Fuck yes gonna sleep in.... till 7am baby!'

  • BrainleechBrainleech 機知に富んだコメントはここにあります Registered User regular
    TrippyJing wrote: »
    I'm basically lamenting the things I haven't done.

    I don't do that
    I really look at the other things I could be doing right now
    Like folding origami fish or building one of the many lego sets that sit unbuilt around me
    But I am looking at stuff online as I fall asleep

  • NogginNoggin Registered User regular
    If I could have even a tenth of my nephew's energy

    ya, that'd be pretty useful

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    Also I think my highschool thinks I'm dead?

    Our 10 year reunion came up and the administration there was getting in contact with students from my year for a "Where are they now" type of thing.

    They contacted my mom, who contacted me. I told her to tell them I died, and she did. She got a letter of condolences signed by some of my old teachers and apparently there is a tiny black ribbon on my photo on one of those big 'graduating class' type photos they have in the halls.


    Uh-oh I accidentally deleted my signature. Uh-oh!!
  • mcpmcp Registered User regular
    That is fucking amazing.

    I'm going to do that.

  • LuvTheMonkeyLuvTheMonkey High Sierra Serenade Registered User regular
    Tasteicle I am of the opinion that they definitely think you're dead.

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  • TasteticleTasteticle Registered User regular
    Oops


    Uh-oh I accidentally deleted my signature. Uh-oh!!
  • SalSal Damnedest Little Fellow Registered User regular
    Work has destroyed my ability to sleep in

    Even weekends offer no succor

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  • Theodore FlooseveltTheodore Floosevelt proud parent of eight beautiful girls and shalmelo dorne (which is currently being ruled by a woman (awesome role model for my daughters)) #dornedadRegistered User regular
    Tasteticle wrote: »
    Also I think my highschool thinks I'm dead?

    Our 10 year reunion came up and the administration there was getting in contact with students from my year for a "Where are they now" type of thing.

    They contacted my mom, who contacted me. I told her to tell them I died, and she did. She got a letter of condolences signed by some of my old teachers and apparently there is a tiny black ribbon on my photo on one of those big 'graduating class' type photos they have in the halls.

    omg

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  • smofsmof [Growling historic on the fury road] Registered User regular
    Tasteticle wrote: »
    Oops

    You should turn up at the reunion dressed as a ghost

  • POKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMANPOKÉMON MASTER WT SHERMAN i can make this march and i will make georgia howlRegistered User regular
    Tasteticle wrote: »
    Oops

    You should turn up at the reunion dressed as a ghost
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  • msuitepyonmsuitepyon Registered User regular
    I go to bed at 9 most nights. I blame my 18 month old.

  • SeriouslySeriously Registered User regular
    complaints aside though fuck being a kid

    that shit was for the birds

  • I Win SwordfightsI Win Swordfights all the traits of greatness starlight at my feetRegistered User regular
    The only way I would go back and live my life over again is if I could start medication a lot earlier or just not be bipolar to begin with

    But failing that, I'm much happier on this side of things

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  • Bad-BeatBad-Beat Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    Oh god I just remembered I've started enjoy getting up early. My parents used to bug the shit out of me because they woke up at half 7 and just got on with the day... Now I'm starting to do that.

    I walked to the shops yesterday morning to buy stuff for breakfast. Five years ago, if I had nothing for breakfast I'd go to McDonald's

    Bad-Beat on
  • msuitepyonmsuitepyon Registered User regular
    Despite going to bed at 9, I still loathe getting up any earlier than 8 AM. I still do it mind you, but I loathe it.

    There is general consensus among me and my wife that I may have a sleep disorder. Woohoo.

  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    I think I still live in the past of my college years - I tend to stay up until midnight every night and wake up around 5:30 - 6am. Then after a few weeks it catches up to me, I crash a bit earlier for a few nights, like 11pmish, and go right back to the bad habit.

  • DirtyDirtyVagrantDirtyDirtyVagrant Registered User regular
    If I could start my life over again I would like to have a decent family

    and to start transition BEFORE puberty

  • Lindsay LohanLindsay Lohan Registered User regular
    I also find in my old age that I have a bunch of music on my phone that teenage me would have made fun off a lot. Between music my dad listed to (Jim Croce, John Prine) and music that I never would have confessed to enjoying (pop music like Hanson or Robbie Williams) I would have wanted to slap future me.

  • WiseManTobesWiseManTobes Registered User regular
    I also find in my old age that I have a bunch of music on my phone that teenage me would have made fun off a lot. Between music my dad listed to (Jim Croce, John Prine) and music that I never would have confessed to enjoying (pop music like Hanson or Robbie Williams) I would have wanted to slap future me.

    This is the one part I kind of enjoy, because my playlist at work just messes with people,

    90's gutter punk into Florence and the machine into Garth Brooks into 60's protest songs into some Electronica into some Tool or Rage maybe, etc.

    Shuffle forever!

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  • wrong_buttonwrong_button Registered User regular
    edited August 2014
    *snip* I would have wanted to slap future me.

    1995 me would be terrified to know what 2014 me was. That said, I'm not altogether miserable about 2014 me (this week).

    wrong_button on
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