40 years young...

Posted by Xanderson@reddit | Xennials | View on Reddit | 20 comments

I heard someone say 40 years young and now I feel old and depressed.

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Eternally-WIP@reddit

When a grandma-type called me "ma'am" at work last year, I officially became OLD 🤣

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MajesticEmergency@reddit

I'm 43 and just eariler this afternoon I was told "you're still young". I honestly don't know at this point if I'm young or old haha.

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Blackbird136@reddit

It’s a crazy feeling. I’m the second oldest in my friend group, with the youngest being 31. So I definitely feel old then.

But I’m the youngest employee at work by about 6 years, and my clients are almost all 60+, so I feel young at work.

Idk man. This is all a struggle. In my mind I’m still about 28.

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Similar. Im 40, but most of the people I interact with are in their 60s-70s I’ll forever be a kid to them. The other half of my career I have to keep up with the trends of the young people and to them I’m an oldhead, unc.

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sunkistandsudafed3@reddit

That would depend if you are speaking to someone who is 70 or 20 I guess. Although the reality is that we are around halfway (if we are lucky) so I'm going with neither, we are middle aged.

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chrisdecaf@reddit

It's ok to be middle-aged, and it doesn't matter if young people disagree with this. I used to have contempt for middle-aged people, now I am one, and one day those young people will be middle-aged and the next generation will have contempt for them. Just is what it is.

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abking_84@reddit

I feel this when I go to my annual OB/GYN appointment. They no longer start with "when was your last period" - it's "do you still get your period" and my heart sinks every time.

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Xanderson@reddit (OP)

Pregnancy after 35 used to be called “geriatric pregnancy.” Sigh.

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_MistyDawn@reddit

I prefer the way it's phrased in Spanish: "Yo tengo cuarenta años." "I have forty years." It's a shame it sounds so off in English since we're used to hearing "forty years old."

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