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Grex Inbetween Item 47: What makes you feel old
Entered by abc on Sat Jun 19 15:16:21 UTC 1999:

This is the item to enter all those little things in life that make you feel
rather old, even though you're still in-between childhood and adulthood.

10 responses total.

#1 of 10 by carson on Sun Jun 20 01:25:33 1999:

(pribly the primary thing is that I'm older than the other four people
I live with, by more than a year. the secondary thing is realizing that,
when my girlfriend was graduating from high school, I'd already had
four roommates, moved out of my parents' home [twice], was working
jobs #3 & #4, owned my own car... and was no longer a teenager.)

#2 of 10 by abc on Mon Jun 21 22:41:43 1999:

My cousin's birthday was over the weekend, and when I went to send a happy
birthday e-mail and calculated how old he is, it shocked me because I remember
the day he was born and it didn't seem like *that* long ago.

#3 of 10 by erica on Wed Apr 12 01:42:46 2000:

I am not old. I know this. I feel like a big child because my parents won't
let me grow up. ugh.

#4 of 10 by abc on Sat Dec 16 22:25:28 2000:

When the words, "You're too young to watch this!" appear to be spoken by me.

#5 of 10 by eeyore on Thu Dec 28 05:58:08 2000:

There have been times when I've said things and then just was horrified how
much like my mother I sound...

#6 of 10 by ashke on Thu Dec 28 15:10:02 2000:

oh god, tell me about it...

#7 of 10 by mooncat on Thu Jan 11 22:23:15 2001:

I've generally thought my mother to be very sensible, so my saying 
things like her doesn't really shock me that much. <Grins> Since 
everyone knows how sensible I am.

What makes me feel old though, is reading things I wrote oh so many 
years ago... remembering what I was like and how I get shocked and am 
amazed that I was ever that 'young,' especially since I don't feel that 
old usually.

#8 of 10 by abc on Fri Jan 12 01:59:04 2001:

When I lent notes to someone, seeing the date on the notes made me feel old,
because it doesn't seem like that long ago when I was suffering through...err
taking that class.

#9 of 10 by eeyore on Tue Feb 27 17:23:08 2001:

a few weeks ago I asked my boss how old somebody was.  She replied "maybe 22
or so....not quite mid-20's".  Shit....I hit 25 in a little under 2 months....

#10 of 10 by ashke on Tue Feb 27 17:57:27 2001:

Tell me about it.

My mother told me "I was telling someone at school {she's working on a PhD.}
that your brother was going to be 30 this year...  I didn't feel like that
was a problem until I realized that YOU were going to be 25 this year!  Now
I feel old!"  

Gee mom...me too!

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