Do you feel old at times?

I feel old, and I'm one of those young posters! Lol. It's less to do, with being around a long time 'cause I haven't...but more 'cause facing against some people several times my elder I find myself explaining things they should already know and be well versed in. It feels like such a role reversal lol. And sometimes it feels as if I've seen more than a few lifetimes worth. I guess it's because I'm one of those young people who grew up more quickly than I was meant to. This is indeed a fast-track world...fast-track to where though? That's what I think about, probably more often than I should lol.

Hi Barb, I feel both old and young. It sort of alternate. One moment I feel like a little boy. Another moment I feel like a bent over old man.

Feeling old is relative, this is what i believe. When i come across younger people doing tings that i find very difficultto be doing myself today, then I do feel old, older compared to them. Things may have been simpler in those days then and there are changes, moreso due to technology. If we were younger today we would have adapted as well.

Barb, I am 57. I feel old every day! True, kids today do seem to grow up differently than I did, but unfortunately, the pressure they feel is pressure they put on themselves. I once told my teenager that these were the best days of her life and she groaned because she thinks these days suck. I laughed and told her it only gets worse after you grow up and have to take care of yourself and pay your own bills

I don´t feel old at all!!! I´m 38 years old and i feel basically the same than when i was 30. I think the difference is that i do feel more mature and wiser, because i understand what you where saying about looking back at younger people and trying to understand or simple remember what it was like for you at that age. I do definately see a change in the mirror when I look at myself and sometimes i even think wow,is that really me? I llok so different, but it istrue what they say. You are only as old as you feel,,,,and I definately feel young at heart

I'm 61 and I feel old all the time. I have a lot of aches and pains I didn't have when I was younger. I can't do a lot of the things I used to do. Things are different now then when I was growing up. I don't know. Maybe I should feel so old but I do. Everything seems to be going so quickly.

Even though I am only in my mid 40s, there are times I feel Old compared to some of the others out there. I know a lot of it is because of the way I view life and want more out of it then a lot of others out there. I think a lot of mine is based on Morals and values as well. When I look at the way some of the younger ones think and feel what is important, it makes me shudder, and wonder. Nothing seems to be of importance to them, and it makes you wonder where did we go wrong?

Do you feel old at times? i want to feel old, because some people say that i have baby face, if i say my age is 30 years old no one believe, i have stories last week when i drop my little sister to the hospital for check her feet, she just get accident, the nurse ask me and say that she's older then me.lol

I think my age hits me the hardest when I see tv actors that I grew up with that now look so old. Also when I see all the new technology coming out. I think the technology is a great thing but I do think kids are missing out on alot of the simple things we did as kids that they don't have a clue about. Perhaps every generation goes through this. [b]**AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~[/b]

Frankly, I'm amazed that my own kids are actaully mine! LOL What I mean is, if I had to wrap my mind around the information available today as quickly as young people do, I think I'd go insane. As you say the pressures are more complex and varied than when we were young too. Society is no longer a gentle place of comfort and protection - it's a war zone. I remember my parents 'keeping up (or ahead of) with the Jones's', but as kids we were pretty immune to that social power struggle. However today, it's our KIDS more than us that must 'keep up with the Jones's' and I find that a challenge that I for one would not have handled well in their shoes. I love being around young people though. It's fascinating to experience today's society through their eyes. And for the most part, it gives me great hope for the future to hear their views, peeves and plans for their own 'adulthood'. But time does pass more quickly it seems, as we get older and I just hope the younger generation doesn't 'run out of time' to affect the changes they need to ensure a viable world for their own children.

Oh my friend, Barb I agree with you totally. I was out and about at my Brothers wedding in the midwest. I sat and watch my cousins dance away and having so much fun. I wish I could be that carefree. I realized I was not that old, I was only 2-4 years apart from them yet they seem so carefree and happy. Why? I guess the answer is they grew up in a different environment, where as I grew up quickly to become a mother. Now when I look back, things was quite different. I had no internet access could not keep up with friends as easy as it is now. My son who is only 13 has all the technology he needs and yet he complains he is bored. he has games, and much more. When I was growing up, we had a TV with 13 channels, no game, no computer, just a jumprope, made of heavy duty strings nothing fancy with Barbie pictures etc that you see these days. I had no bike too. yet I manage to get around and have fun too. Wow, do I feel old too when I watch and admire the fun everybody else is having.

I feel a little old when my hair starts to drop, probably post-pregnancy hormonal imbalance or whatever you call it. But it does make one feel a little old. I sometimes forget where I put things which makes me feel super old. I also feel old when I can't keep up with the latest technology or the in-thing. Sigh!

You're right, these times have changed very quickly. I am only 28, but have the same feelings you do. Things were different when I was a child, and I didn't have to deal with many of the things my kids are facing. None of my friends had cellphones and I wouldn't of dreamed of begging my mom for video games or computers or any of that. I wonder how it's going to be in another 20 years.

yes we do feel oldness at times when we remember things about our past but that dissolves in clouds when we start thinking of our future oldness dissolves in the magic of clouds

Trying to understand what the young folks see and experience today is very overwhelming. You bet I feel old. All of the time. On the other hand I know that I am younger than my mom was at my age, if that makes any sense. I know more, do more, and live more. I agree, life was slower, summer took forever, there were routines we followed, and places we did not go. Life for kids was less structured, fewer lessons, less competition. That is not even considering technology. Kids are forced to grow up really fast anymore.

Yes! Here lately I have been feeling my age if not older. My views have changed and I wont do things I use to.

i only feel old when someone is addressing me as "Ate" (big sister read as ah-te)heheheh i mean i wouldnt feel old if everyone calls be by my name hehehe.. one more thing when i rea;ize that i am thinking more than i was years back, more complications and makign hard decision almost everyday makes me feel old..

Yes u r right. Many times like while I am forgetting things, while I unable to do somethings which I were doing earlier, while begomes tired, while travelling long distance etc I used to feel become old. anyhow we should accept our oldage

Barb, I am 63. Except when I get up in the morning, I'm a little stiff then, I do not feel old. I've been associating with people of all ages most of my life. Thirteen years ago I retired early and started playing tennis and playing more golf. The group I play tennis with are between the ages of 40 and 87. The golf group are between 35 and 75. I also bowl. This is a group that know each other through work, so the age is less varied. ....Anyways, I don't give age one thought. I would judge people more by education, and experience. A college education often helps many people mature faster, ....but some people get their education by traveling, or through their jobs, etc. Developing many interest, reading, staying involved, ...these things keep people younger in their attitudes, but they become more accepting and tolerant of the differences between themselves and others. Very few people can tolerate the differences between themselves and someone who is quite different from them while they are very young. This comes with experience and maturity. People seem to make the greatest strides in their late 30's and early 40's. They are no longer appendages of their parents, and less tied to some of their original community.

i feel old every time i have lots of problems.That's the time i feel very old.Thinking makes people look old coz u dont have peace of mind.