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Chic · Marc Jacobs

Your signs that you are getting old

kealoha · Kate Spade

i'm 31 & totally relate to everything & am presently listening to a radio station that plays Bette Midler (LOVE her), Barry Manilow & other easy-listening artists & don't mind.

the biggest sign i realized i was "getting old" was when i wouldn't take a job that didn't offer benefits. medical/dental & retirement are big factors for me.

Mia · Kate Spade

OK I am 28 and I want to know the deal on this long hair thing. I've seen this mentioned a few other places on the boards - is long hair somehow not cool after 30? Because I love having long hair and plan to hopefully keep it for awhile!

Hermes

quote:
Originally posted by: Chic
"OK so I am only 28 but lately I have started to notice things about myself that really make me realize that I am getting older. Please list yours...I can't be the only one noticing this... 1. I listen to soft rock sometimes b/c I couldn't tell you who sings what rock song, I still know my popstars though...figures! 2. I steer cleer from ultra low waist pants & wearing less thongs as the days go by. 3. I find myself more drawn to Ann Taylor vs. younger, trendy stores. 4. I get more affected by eating garlic, salt and spices...I will bloat the next day, or be really stinky. 5. I left a wedding before it was over...and no afterparty. 6. I wake up at 8am on a Saturday. 7. I won't call someone after 9pm now...rather than not calling them before 12pm in the am. 8. I am more aware of my cleavage, and hide it more than flaunt it. 9. First it was a rush to get married, and now it is the rush to have a baby, still haven't done the first thing, so hopefully I won't do the second! Just some things that I never thought I would be doing...yet at least! I am growing my hair though so I am not chopping it off quite yet.... -- Edited by Chic at 00:39, 2004-12-21-- Edited by Chic at 00:40, 2004-12-21"

wow - I'm 11 years older than you and don't do any of these things - you must be aging far more rapidly than me! I have long hair too - screw societal expectations and *rules* - if you look good and feel good that's all that matters.

blink · Coach

I am 29, and I think a sign that I am old is that I can no longer relate to the participants on Mtv's reality show programming.

sfclinevandy · Coach

I'm 24. I don't feel too old but there are a few little things

1. I realized I am too old to go on The Real World. Not that I would ever want to, but still...

2. People that are younger than me are already married. This isn't a priority for me, but it makes me feel like an old spinster.

3. I quit laying out in the sun. I don't think this makes me old, just smarter.

4. I have no problem admitting I own Aerosoles and Naturalizers.

dc · Dooney & Bourke

Well, I am 33, and here are thing things I have noticed...

- I actually refer to younger people as "kids these days" without irony.

- People under 20 (and a lot of people in college) look SO YOUNG to me.

- Also, I look back on being younger when I thought I knew it all and realize I knew nothing at all. So I am bemused by youthful self-righteousness b/c that was me once.

- I am positive that no music is better than the classic rock of my youth. Almost no bands really rock these days.

- There is a line that gets crossed where really "partying" ceases to be cool and you start to realize which people actually have drinking problems (when back in college it seemed so cool that they were the last person doing keg-stands or could drink 20 shots of tequila).

- I am getting tired of going out to bars and would rather just enjoy a long lazy dinner. But I feel pressure being single to get out and mingle... it's getting like work!

- I definitely won't go to bars where the demographics skews early 20s.

- I am too old for most reality TV shows.

- Most of my friends are now married or partnered (if they're gay), and I am old enough to come to the startling realization that I may never get married. It's one thing to think this in your 20s, but when you're my age and all the guys are married or gay or dating girls 10 years younger and there are zero - I mean zero - prospects, it becomes very real. But another real sign of getting older to me is that I can totally accept it and that I am so used to my life alone that it would be a serious adjustment to have to incorporate another person into my life.

re: the short hair debate - I had shorter hair in my mid-twenties and now it's one of the things I will not do. I never want "short" hair again and I don't see it as anything I'll want to do as I age.

-- Edited by dc at 12:34, 2004-12-21

Fireball · BCBG

I'm 28 and people in their early 20s look like babies to me.

I look at how said people act in public and I cringe at the thought that I was EVER like that!

Music today sucks! (well, most of it)

I feel so much more wiser than I ever did when I was in my early 20s.

blubirde · Chanel

I just turned 26 on Sunday and, for some unknown reason, it put a lot of things in perspective for me.

1. I can do whatever I want. I don't care (truly) what others think and I don't need anyone's approval to live my life the way I want.

2. Traveling alone is a life-changer, not at all the horrifying event I once imagined.

3. I'm not sure I "believe" in marriage, and even if I did, I'm pretty sure I don't want to participate in it.

4. I think suits are cute.

5. College kids look 12 to me now. Have the girls even hit puberty yet? I can't remember looking that young then.

6. I will always have long hair and I'm not sure what the big deal is all about but there you are.

Oh, and girls, music being made today is amazing. It's probably some of the best music since Kurt came on the scene. But not any of that s*&t on the radio!

smash · Dooney & Bourke

i'm in denial that i'm aging (i'll be 27 soon), but these three things keep bringing me back to reality.

1. i am definitely starting to get wrinkles. considering how well i care for my skin (sun screen every day, moisturizer morning/evening, drink lots of water, etc), i am both pissed off and scared by this.

2. i have a lot of grey hair. i used to be able to go a few months between color jobs. now it's monthly. i'm certain that i'll be completely grey by the time i reach 30.

3. i get drunk way too quickly (off 2 drinks!) and i feel it way too much the next day.

bean · Kenneth Cole

1. I want to wear cotton. All the time.

2. or cotton blended with spandex.

3. Wearing skirts or heels is an ordeal (except going out at night)

4. I'm in disbelief when I meet young adults who were born in the 80s

5. I find fat in places I never knew it grew.

6. I look at pictures of myself in my early 20s and think how young I look. (funny, I don't think of myself looking really different, but somehow I do although I can't place my finger on it)

7. I feel more "entitled" now, in a good way, like I'm not scared to ask for things or speak my mind. I guess it makes sense then that old people can be a pain in the a$$.

8. A lot of people seem immature to me.

9. A lot of people seem f*cked up

10. All the hot new celebs are youngsters.

11. I want to "document" my waning youth with pictures and I countdown the years I can still wear a bikini!

kenzie · Chanel

Good poll.
I'm 25 and here's my list:

*The bar scene has lost it's luster. I'd much rather have a dinner party or gathering at my house or go out for a nice relaxing dinner than try to fight the crowds at a bar. On a similar note, I never again want to have a raging into the night, frat-style party at my house (much to the chagrin of the non-showering, slovenly roommate).

*I'm contemplating marriage and kids and it doesn't freak me out at all.

*When I'm shopping, I see clothes that are cut a little too low or skirts that are a little too short for 'someone my age.'

*I've become obsessed with wrinkle-reducing and anti-aging products (even though I have no wrinkles in sight and my mom, who will be 50 in January, barely has any wrinkles herself)

*Speaking of parents---my day is now 57 and my mom will be 50. That just seems so crazy to me. And when my mom was my age, I was one-year old

*My bedtime falls somewhere between 10 and 11, sometimes, midnight, as opposed to 2-3 am.

*I have friends who are married and have kids.

Whew...that was kind of long.

Chic · Marc Jacobs

In response to the hair thing: I have no idea where it started but some people belive that once you are past 30 that you should have shorter length hair. I don't agree and I have had a bob to really long hair and I think it should be however your hair looks best.

Here is a good thing about getting older:
I work at a school and someone asked me if I was a senior there, I was 10 years ago!!!! So even though I may be acting older, I guess I still look young!

bumblebee · Dooney & Bourke

i'm 28. i have some in common with the people who already posted, but here are some more:

when i go to a college football game, it trips me out that those huge beefy guys on the field are like, at least 5 years younger than me.

my ex and i were watching the MTV awards one year and couldn't really get into any of the music (this was a few years ago when it was all about n'sync and britney and over the top pop--i think it has since gotten better). we looked at each other and both went "oh wow! this is how it starts. we're getting old."

Elle · Hermes

Okay, I'm only 20 so I can't contribute to feeling 'old' I guess, but I do have some 'older' experiences.

*My body has started to, um, well, settle a bit.

*Cellulite. 'Nuff said.

*I actually wake up on my own at 7:30 on weekends.

That's all I've got for now!

Karina · Chanel

-the only show i always watch is fox five news at 10

-two glasses of wine and i'm done

-clubs/bars don't appeal to me as much as a nice dinner out does

-even on vacation, im in bed by 12am

-i have 1.5 kids and i still would have one more

-i want to be betty crocker/martha stewart

honey · Gucci

i have peter pan syndrome, so i secretly hope that i never "grow up." but there are certain things that make me feel older.

1. having pop culture discussions with people who are younger than me, even by a few years. i'll make some reference that they just don't get and then realize that i'm an old foggy and it was way before their time.

2. i really just can't watch t.v. anymore, and would prefer to read a book before i go to bed at night. t.v. just doesn't appeal to me.

3. i can't "party" like i used to. in college i could get pissy drunk (for lack of a better word) and wake up fine the next morning. now i feel like ass.

4. along the same lines, the idea of "partying" like that really does not appeal to me. first, i always have a ton of things to do on the weekend, so i can't sleep until noon, b/c that would be a waste of my day. also i get annoyed when i see really drunk people out. in my head i'm just like why don't you "grow up" and learn your limit.

5. i also go to bed really early (like 10 or 11) but in part that's due to the fact that i love sleep.

6. i realize how similar i am to my mom

7. i'm not as overjoyed about my b-day as i used to be, since there are no more milestones (i.e. turning 21). i can now do everything i want to do, so i no longer look forward to turning "x" age and enjoying a newfound freedom.

other than that i actually look forward to "aging." i feel so much better about myself than i did in my teens. and there are so many kick ass "older" women on this forward that i aspire to be like!

blubirde · Chanel

quote:
Originally posted by: bumblebee
"i'm 28. i have some in common with the people who already posted, but here are some more:
when i go to a college football game, it trips me out that those huge beefy guys on the field are like, at least 5 years younger than me."
"

I forgot about that one! It shocks me to find out people I see on tv are younger than me. (Not the Britneys and Hillarys and those types but the completely random person.) I actually sometimes have to take a moment to regain my composure from it. How silly is that?

mikacat · Coach

go to bed early, wake up early (hate this though!!)

ready for kids (maybe this year---keep your finger crossed)

harder and harder every year to make Christmas lists for other people b/c we just buy what we want

more patient than ever

a tougher negotiator than ever

concerned about our future and 401K, stocks, retirement

I have Life Insurance ~~ ouch!

I am getting a winter layer of protective skin going on

read more for work and less for pleasure

tired by 8 or 9:00 at night (hate this too!)

My nephew, who is 11, had to correct me on how to say Aeropostale the other day....embarrassing

Season tickets to basketball keep get closer and closer to the court every year

Can't remember if I told my husband something or not (of course, i don't think he listens 100% of the time, so we are equal)

my financial freedom.....(after many years of living paycheck to paycheck, MBA school and hardwork are paying off)

I don't want to do college types trips anymore...pilling 4 people in a hotel room, eating fast food everyday, and drinking til I can't see straight----even though I wouldn't change those memories for anything.

Patricia · BCBG

I'm tired all the time. Staying up too late makes me feel hungover the next day.

I can't believe what years people younger than me were born in. College Kids now were born in the 80s!!???