#1

Image source: schillerstone, MART PRODUCTION/ pexels (not the actual photo) My body is definitely getting older and I look older, but mentally, I feel ageless. I sometimes have to remind myself that I am my age.

#2

Image source: U-shouldnt-know-me, Alexas_Fotos / unsplash (not the actual photo) When you fall over and people laugh, then you’re young. If you fall over and people panic, then you’re getting old.

#3

Image source: Temporary-Crab1340, cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) When I look at current music and I have no idea who anyone is on the top 10 billboards.

#4

Image source: One_Interview1724, Karolina Kaboompics / pexels (not the actual photo) The amount of years you have to scroll through when punching in your birth date.

#5

Image source: JustBobert, Ketut Subiyanto / pexels (not the actual photo) Unnecessary noise pisses me off.

#6

Image source: MtnViews15, Craig Adderley / pexels (not the actual photo) When teenagers call you “sir”.

#7

Image source: fatman06, Andrea Piacquadio / pexels (not the actual photo) Making sounds when I stand up.

#8

Image source: orchid810, Ron Lach / pexels (not the actual photo) I’m suddenly interested in bird watching…I’m becoming my grandfather.

#9

Image source: smithversman, cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) You are happy to replace that old crusty sponge in your kitchen.

#10

Image source: AlbMonk, Andrea Piacquadio / pexels (not the actual photo) Everything that I hated as a kid I love as an older adult. Naps Solitude Staying home Not being around a lot of people.

#11

Image source: ScotusRetirementAt75, Keira Burton / pexels (not the actual photo) College students look like high school students, high school students look like children. the 80s were still 25 years ago.

#12

Image source: Parrr8, Edgar Colomba / pexels (not the actual photo) You care more how your shoes feel than how they look.

#13

Image source: Leo-DiCapriYO, Lukas / pexels (not the actual photo) Standing up to your boss /dumba**es at work more. Not being rude necessarily, but just growing a backbone.

#14

No matter what you do, there’s always a last little squirt of pee that ends up in your underwear. Image source: cheesehater

#15

Image source: SufficientRow4923, cottonbro studio / pexels (not the actual photo) When your spouse passes away and you need to rewrite your brain so you have the motivation and courage to carry on without the comfort of a strong hug now and then. Hug each other all you can today!

#16

Image source: HardworkingBludger, Andrea Piacquadio / pexels (not the actual photo) When you end up waking up with hangover symptoms just because you stayed up a bit late. No alcohol consumed, just staying up past 11pm is enough!

#17

Image source: WatRedditHathWrought, Pixabay / pexels (not the actual photo) Realizing that I do, actually, have an expiration date and it is closer than my sell by date.

#18

Image source: Initial-Version-8291, Kaique Rocha/ pexels (not the actual photo) I’ve been enjoying nature more, I know it sounds stupid but I used to not really care about it, now I just sit there and look at trees.

#19

Image source: rodzieman, Miriam Alonso / pexels (not the actual photo) When your childhood punishments become your adult goals (eat vegetables, having a nap, stay at home, sleep early).

#20

Image source: bkq-alt, LinkedIn Sales Navigator/ pexels (not the actual photo) When you’ve been doing what you do for a living for longer than the new people in the profession have been alive.

#21

Image source: NotNamedBort, Edward Jenner / pexels (not the actual photo) You can injure yourself by sneezing or sleeping wrong.

#22

Image source: Mr_Lumbergh, Andrea Piacquadio / pexels (not the actual photo) I can’t remember the last time I wasn’t at least a little tired.

#23

Image source: Shop_4u, Andrea Piacquadio / pexels (not the actual photo) Going out on a Friday or Saturday night feels more like a hassle than fun.

#24

Image source: AsianDadBodButNoKids, Hassan OUAJBIR / pexels (not the actual photo) When we drive around my hometown, I tell them what used to be in that building or that I remember before that building was even there, lol.

#25

I drop something in the floor and am like “You live there now until I drop something else and it’s worth the journey to the floor and back up.”. Image source: Lurker_the_Pip

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