Getting Old Sucks

So, I'm not that old. I'm 25. But I'm apparently old enough to experience the feeling of 'I'm old'. About a week ago, while running, I sort of fell. Well...actually, I fell. I landed on one of my knees and scrapped it on the pavement. This is something that used to happen to me all the time when I was little. A scrapped knee is almost synonymous with being a child. But, when I was a child, a scrapped knee seemed to heal really fast.

Right now my knee is still fucked up and it's the worst thing that has ever happened to me ever (yes, I'm exaggerating a little).

I don't know what's changed. When I was a child a scrapped knee lasted a few days. Now I'm going on a week and my knee is still all fucked up. I'm pouring neosporin on the scrap and it still isn't healing. What the hell has happened to my body that it can't heal like it did when I was a child?

Anyway, there's my old man rant/story. What's your rant/story?

You know what makes me feel old? Remembering when Hume was the shit.

yep, getting old does suck. once your done with college then you have to find a job that you don't like and do it for the rest of your life.

im 26. i still heal pretty quick. had 3 broken ribs and a seperated collar. was back training in 2 months. do you excercise and eat well?

@tunaburn said:

im 26. i still heal pretty quick. had 3 broken ribs and a seperated collar. was back training in 2 months. do you excercise and eat well?

Yes (hence the running) and...well, mostly yes. Really, it was a pretty bad scrap. Worse then I ever got as a kid. But, still, I feel damn old.

@Video_Game_King:

This will make you feel really old; I have no idea what 'Hume' is.

I'm only 25 and off the top of my head my old man pains are:

• Tinnitus
• Arthritis starting to screw up my right hand.
• Floaters and weird things in my eye sight.
• Chronic acid reflux.
• Achey knees and joints.

I also have a growing hatred for people younger then me. Doesn't matter if they are nice or friendly, but every time I see someone noticeably younger then me my first thought is punk.

Drinking. Used to be able tie one on, and get up the next day, and yeah head pounded, felt a little ill, but by 10 or 11 it was like, where's the party tonight? Now, forget it. If I get drunk might as well write the next day off.

@JasonR86:

Damn you kids today and your Bertrand Russells and your Michel Foucaults.

When I was 25, everyone around me started getting married. I thought I felt old then. Now I'm nearly 30 and everyone is having kids (6 or 7 friends this year...) That makes you feel really old.

25 and I have no old man pains.

Twenty years will pass before you know it.

26 and still feel like I'm 19 personally. Physically I feel fine...mentally I don't feel old. I'll be happy when I actually think of myself as a BIG BOY! But I have a full time job and everything so I don't know what will trigger that.

Looking at your dad after playing videogames really makes you feel old, specially when you realize it was not your dad but a mirror.

At 25 I felt none of that. I still had an active social life, living like I did in high school. Now, at 34, it feels like life is moving at light speed. I not only feel old mentally, but also physically. My advice is don't sweat it, as it would appear the older we get, the faster the time flies. Enjoy your 20s while they're there. I'll try to do the same with these 30s.

You guys be some depressing old farts.

@Video_Game_King said:

@JasonR86:

Damn you kids today and your Bertrand Russells and your Michel Foucaults.

Shit, don't even get me started on John Stuart Mill.

@crusader8463 said:

I'm only 25 and off the top of my head my old man pains are:

• Tinnitus
• Arthritis starting to screw up my right hand.
• Floaters and weird things in my eye sight.
• Chronic acid reflux.
• Achey knees and joints.

I also have a growing hatred for people younger then me. Doesn't matter if they are nice or friendly, but every time I see someone noticeably younger then me my first thought is punk.

Ditto son. I'm 26 and deal with most if not all of that. Sucks but hey...things could be a whole hellva lot worse.

Whats wierd is the sometimes mean joint pain in one finger. And I've gained a little weight, weighed 145 much of my life, now hang out at under 190. And some other pains, diabetes showed up and then went away when I learned I had it and what to eat.. smoking long just a memory. Back Problem dissapeared.

Otherwise I'm alright.

what makes me feel old is when someone +5years younger than me bitches about being old.. that and I would love to be 25 again.

You are crying over a scraped knee.

I don't have many physical problems, being 19, but the ones I do have make me worry about aging sometimes and when I do I just look to my dad who's 47 and I don't worry as much. He's got thirty years on me and is in better shape than half the 20 year olds I know, and that's from putting some effort forward into taking care of his body (ie: he doesn't smoke, doesn't drink, eats moderately healthy and he exercises regularly).

Aging/dying happens to everybody. There are ways to fight it, and try not to worry about it. Worry about catching horrible diseases! Or getting bombed! Or something!

I think you mean scrape/scraped. I also feel like this is relevant to your situation:

Other than that ... I'm not really sure what to say. I wasn't expecting this topic to be about a scraped knee ...

Dude

your heal rate doesn't drop that much when you are 25. I think you might have another issue.

I feel old at 16 (turning 17 next week).

It's weird.....sex is becoming normal for people now, and that is something I never dreamt of happening ever. It's strange because I still feel like I could be in eighth grade, but then I look at the things I am doing that I would have never done in eighth grade, and I remember that I am far past that stage in life.

@Claude said:

Twenty years will pass before you know it.

That's just the flashbacks Claude.

I hope all of you 25 + year olds too care of your penis.

Being serious, you're supposed to eat healthy and get regular check ups. From the age of 20 your penis starts to go downhill if you don't take care of it.

@Demoskinos said:

@crusader8463 said:

I'm only 25 and off the top of my head my old man pains are:

• Tinnitus
• Arthritis starting to screw up my right hand.
• Floaters and weird things in my eye sight.
• Chronic acid reflux.
• Achey knees and joints.

I also have a growing hatred for people younger then me. Doesn't matter if they are nice or friendly, but every time I see someone noticeably younger then me my first thought is punk.

Ditto son. I'm 26 and deal with most if not all of that. Sucks but hey...things could be a whole hellva lot worse.

I'll be 26 in a few weeks and the only problem I have is a knee that gets a little sore when I sit down for too long, from an old trampoline accident 12 years ago. I feel great though, I'm in the best shape of my life.

The other day I realised Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" is 20 years old this year. Twenty years.

I guessed this would be depressing, but jeez guys! Cheer up!

You know what makes me feel old? Young punks at 25 who say that they're feeling old... :P

Wait till you start hating all the "new" music on the radio and in the clubs. It'll happen, trust me.

You know what makes me feel old? Young punks at 25 who say that they're feeling old... :P

I turn 21 today and I feel very old, so much I could have accomplished yet here I am, not really doing anything except wasting my time.

Depressing.

@Simplexity: Happy birthday, duder.

@Simplexity said:

I turn 21 today and I feel very old, so much I could have accomplished yet here I am, not really doing anything except wasting my time.

Depressing.

You're only a wee twenty-one; there's still plenty of time for you to accomplish anything you desire to. Get on it, skippy.

@Claude said:

Twenty years will pass before you know it.

This. Sometimes I wish I was 25 or 26 again, but I was a moron back then so I have no desire to return to my youthful ignorance. The body aches, the changes in my vision, slower reflexes, worrying about ever pain or blemish, longer recovery times, not being able to handle the same types of food and drink I did in my youth, lower endurance, and a few others I can't remember (oh, that's one too) are all routine these days. Being old does suck, but there is a comfort in knowing you've survived this long. Perhaps even learned something along the way and that wisdom is a fair trade.

At least this is what I tell myself when I have trouble getting out of bed in the morning.

I just turned 23 on the 14th and I had that moment of feeling old. It's when I think about how quickly the past X years has passed and how little I've achieved that brings it on. >.<

The fact I have a brother 2 years older than me that is already married, working a decent job and just had his first son a week ago doesn't help. Bleh, I would kill so many people just to be able to go back 5 years ...

Turned 20 a few months ago and I felt old but yeah still young according to all those posts :P

I'm 24. Will be 25 in December... 5 more years 'till 30

Let's see. Got married two years ago, got a house one year ago, just found out the first kid is on the way. Oh how the years go by... But I still play video games, still party with my friends. Getting old is awesome!

But don't get me started about the music the kids these days are listening to!

Getting old is fucking awesome, Im like a fine wine: I keep getting better. Also, I feel better and Im way stronger now than I was as a kid/teen cause I only started to work out and take care of myself after I turned 20 or so.

The only solution is to abduct children from a near by public playground, drain their youth and keep it for yourself.

I'm only 25 and off the top of my head my old man pains are:

• Tinnitus
• Arthritis starting to screw up my right hand.
• Floaters and weird things in my eye sight.
• Chronic acid reflux.
• Achey knees and joints.

I also have a growing hatred for people younger then me. Doesn't matter if they are nice or friendly, but every time I see someone noticeably younger then me my first thought is punk.

Getting old is kinda sad. Your sight starts to deteriorate, you start paying for the wild life you had in your teenage years, strange diseases that come with age start ruining your life, your parents die, your pets die, music gets worse, television gets worse, your decades old injuries from sports and incidents eappear and really screw you up because there's nobody around to help you out now, and then as if it could get any worse, people start shitting on your 20+ year old fave games from the past because it doesn't have million-polygon characters and worlds, people young enough to have been fathered (or mothered) by you..
 
But on a more positive note, remember how high school girls who went for old dudes? They still do!

Dying sucks, let's get old everybody, YEAH!

I'm terrified of turning 20 in a few months, my poor teens, where did you go so fast. I know 20 isn't old, but it's the beginning of getting old and that's scary as shit. Hopefully going 'Dam again though to ring it in, so I doubt I'll be concious enough to care.

I think it's alarming how the media has manipulated most people with their obsession of youth, that even 25-year-olds are getting a feeling of becoming old already...

Seeing that there are now professionals in my chosen sport (rugby) who are younger than me makes me feel old.

@Video_Game_King said:

You know what makes me feel old? Remembering when Hume was the shit.

The Scottish philosopher?

@tooPrime said:

@Video_Game_King said:

You know what makes me feel old? Remembering when Hume was the shit.

The Scottish philosopher?

Yes, him. You know the DuckTales theme song? Well, everybody I knew loved a variant of it that focused more on David Hume.