I'm 53 (1973) but still feel 16 inside...

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Dazzling_Leather_883@reddit

I am so glad I’m not the only one that feels this way!

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BrooksRoss@reddit

Most of us feel this way.

Party on Wayne.

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100%. I am young at help but arthritis sucks. I feel like a teen till something hurts. I play in the mud with my grandsons. Right down in the dirt beside them. Still riding my hog and chasing pretty women.

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zombie263739@reddit

It must be the Gen X in us all. I'm 53 going on 23. It still surprises me to see the gray-haired old timer staring at me through his progressive lenses when I peer into a mirror.

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mushbum13@reddit

The body ages but the spirit does not

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chgonwburbs@reddit

I'm nearly 54 going on my mid 20s. Still listen to 80s new wave, still enjoy a drink/smoke/toke, still in decent shape, and luckily in better shape financially than I was in my actual mid 20s.

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NYCphilliesBlunt@reddit

I have to remind myself of my age almost daily.

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Fair-Wishbone-1190@reddit

I'm also 53 and I feel like I'm still in my 20s mentally but my body reminds me every single day that I'm not as young as what my mind feels like. It's a very weird dichotomy. I feel like I would want to go to the bar still every night & party it up, even though I don't drink anymore. And when I get around a group of 21 to 25-year-olds I fit in perfectly mentally but then I realize I'm 53 and it sucks and I just can't do the things that they can do anymore.

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Think_Selection9571@reddit

I'm 56 and still don't know what I want to be when I grow up

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ERLRHELL@reddit

Same

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BrianCalenRapePuppet@reddit

You too? I thought it was just me.

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DangerousLettuce1423@reddit

Me three.

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megret@reddit

I'm 48 and I keep forgetting I'm not 17 anymore.

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baronben666@reddit

50, gaming since Atari 2600

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Ok-Butterfly1426@reddit

51 and still jamming

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ofthrees@reddit

yep, feel the same way. i mean, not necessarily like a teenager, but certainly 30-35.

it's always a bit unnverving to me when i meet a colleague or two and think, "i'd love to go to happy hour with these peeps," then realize they're my kid's age and ain't no one wanna party with their parents.

setting aside the horror when i'm walking around with a vision of myself in my mind's eye and then actually look in a mirror.

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EfficientCable8377@reddit

Yeah. I know people that think they look younger and act younger vut honestly, they are acting their age. People aren't as old as you thought they were when you were younger. But those younger people still think you are older. My son has said he can't believe he was a teenager when I was his age. He said I seemed so much older and mature. But when I was his age....I wasn't. I just seemed it to a teenager. I think he seems way more mature than I was at that age and he is unmarried and childfree.

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ofthrees@reddit

People aren't as old as you thought they were when you were younger.

sooo true. for example, as a fan of the golden girls from the minute the pilot aired, those ladies seemed soooo old to me. now, aside from the grey hair we seem to no longer accept, i understand blanche, for instance. at the time, it seemed weird that some old lady would still enjoy fucking.

at her age now... yep. get it.

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QueefMitten@reddit

Im 39 and dress like im 16. I still listen to a lot of the same music from that age, too.

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Live_Ear992@reddit

Yes. 56. Im 12/13 in my head.

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Neat_Point1061@reddit

I'm 50... my millennial coworkers say I act younger than them... still partying hard... still workin'.... no wrinkles... I mean really... my millennial coworkers do not drink, and they do not go out! And they look older than me... I'm already planning my summer concerts I plan to go to... Was out all weekend with my husband and his college best friend at a lager festival. Parrrrrr-tay!

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Most_Tennis890@reddit

It's another topic, but I'm surprised every time how many young people are so.... old..

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French-Flyes@reddit

Sometimes.

After doing cardio I feel 97

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ButterflyMM@reddit

55 (1971) still have a twisted sense of humor, will forever follow my favorite singer, love going to concerts though I must have a seat (the thought of only standing for hours makes even the thought ache), still have favorite 'kid' food (coco pebbles hit the spot on occasion), and over all until I look in the mirror and see the slight change feel as though I am still 20. I just have what I didn't then... The "I don't give a fuck" attitude.

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TallStarsMuse@reddit

Huh I definitely don’t fit with the majority of these answers. I’m 57 and feel like I’m 57. I think I’ve pretty much always felt my age, except some in high school and college when I sometimes felt much older than all my hard partying friends. I expect to see myself when I look in the mirror. I listen to both older and newer music, though more podcasts and news. I try to wear updated styles. Not fashionable, just reasonably well put together, but almost all of my clothes are from thrift stores. I do have a hard time remembering whether it’s skinny or baggy jeans that are in this year.

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EfficientCable8377@reddit

I am constantly messaging my neice and asking if certain clothes are still in style. I realized the other day that she is almost 40 now. I need to find a younger person because she is hitting the age where we no longer care

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TallStarsMuse@reddit

I have two 20 year old kids. Mostly they’re just good for after the fact, as in “Mom, that outfit looks awful on you and it’s really out of style too.”

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EfficientCable8377@reddit

That is what I need. I don't always care that much about style but how it looks on me but for certain things, I want to be in style. But I also know I will look stupid if I dress too young. I remember those moms...and I am now grandma age.

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ChemistryCocktail@reddit

You listen to older music, podcasts, and shop at thrift stores? You're not 57... You're a hipster 🤣🤣

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TallStarsMuse@reddit

lol. Always wished I’d been a boomer because I envied the hippies.

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the_natis@reddit

'75 like your sister. Still feel like in my 20s and still open to new experiences, new music, and still collect toys. Best friend sent a pic of us from 20 years ago during a 2 week drive through Europe. I mostly look the same (maybe just a bit tired today vs then).

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actual-trevor@reddit

I'm 59, but I only feel like it when I get up from a chair, or try to lift my right arm above my shoulder. Otherwise, yeah... still a teenager on the inside.

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RegularImpressive819@reddit

I'm a 18 year old trapped in a 50 year old body.

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fastballcdm2019@reddit

I’m 57, yes! Farts are still funny. I still play video games. But I don’t physically feel 16, when I get a sprain or twist it takes forever to heal. In literally feel like there’s nothing good about getting older.

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SomethingClever70@reddit

I felt the exact same way, until the year both my parents died. I felt like I finally grew up.

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EfficientCable8377@reddit

I get that. Being the oldest generation in my family made it hit. And that my mom only had 28 years left at my age. My dad died 2 years older than me. Made me also look back and realize all the life I have lived in 28 years. But the years go faster the older I get.

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Quick_Discipline_432@reddit

Exactly. I’ve told this to others. I never really felt like a ‘grown up’ till my parents died. I lost them both 11 weeks apart. That level of grief took away that care free attitude that once kept me young. I became the stoic ‘strong silent type’ after that. I always wanted to be the strong silent type until I understood what is behind that layer of stoicism.

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Fishfry12@reddit

Yeah I feel this too…when my parents passed everything changed, I dunno

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TaroSad@reddit

This right here. I am 58 and grew up the day my mother when my mother died.

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LeighofMar@reddit

I don't feel any particular age. I feel like I'm just living my life. I'm still me, just a mature version and I'm loving it. Bought a new e-bike and I'm zipping all over now, treating myself to a frappe, and reading my book on a bench swing in the park. Everything young me would do except I have my own money now and a better bike.

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EfficientCable8377@reddit

And for me, the big difference is that now I don't care if people see me sitting alone somewhere. I don't care what people think about me period. Completely different than when I was younger.

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EveryExplanation8084@reddit

This is Gen X. I don’t know why we’re like this. I totally identify as a teenager

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AlienPersonaReset@reddit

Yeah, it's fun to ponder how/why, even when we don't conclude anything.

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thats-my-plan@reddit

My 76 yo mom feels 27

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Lickford@reddit

Yes she does

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Quick_Discipline_432@reddit

Giggity

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baadkitteekittee@reddit

LOL😂

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Minimum_Rub_7316@reddit

To be fair, my mom was a baby boomer, but I am Gen X. I don't know if her sentiment is a common one amongst boomers, but I know it is amongst GenXers

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rekordsrecker@reddit

It is something about this generation. Probably something in our food or maybe music. I’m cool with it.

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EveryExplanation8084@reddit

Same

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keirmeister@reddit

I’m in my early 50’s and it sometimes hits me that I’m way too old to go clubbing. Intellectually and physically, I recognize the truth in this; mentally it doesn’t seem right. Of course, people who don’t know me think I’m in my 40’s, so that’s good, I guess.

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EfficientCable8377@reddit

Yeah. I want to go clubbing but realize that in my early 20s that I thought the 31 year old woman that was hanging with us was a little weird to be out clubbing. And old. So much 55 year old ass would look ancient. My ex would say how he thinks he fits in with the younger crowd and they didn't even notice that he was in his 40s. They knew....they just didn't say anything. Probably because he could afford to buy them drinks!

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Comfortable_Sea634@reddit

Pushing 58 and don't feel at all how I thought I'd feel at this age!

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EfficientCable8377@reddit

That is it. I am 55 and 55 is not as old as I thought it was when I was younger. So....I feel like a 55 year old because all the other 55 year olds are the same. We are fun and still young!

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EfficientCable8377@reddit

I am 55. While I am still active and like to go out and do some of the same things as I did when I was 16...I do not feel 16. I am 39 years wiser than when I was 16. I might want to do things a 16 year old would want to do but I do not want to hang out with a group of teenagers like I would have when I was 16.

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LordTegucigalpa@reddit

I don’t wanna grow up, I’m a Toys R Us kid

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pwolf1111@reddit

Exactly!

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wobbly65@reddit

I’m 67 and still feel 20, except when I do almost anything

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oldfartjr@reddit

At 70, I’ve had to admit I’m not 18 anymore.

Mentally. I’m still young, ready to go, and interested in new experiences. Physically, my body frequently reminds me it’s aging. Joints are a little creaky until I get going. Too many years on concrete floors are catching up with me.

I had prostate cancer and damage from the radiation treatment (which wasn’t listed as a known issue 🤬) has really screwed up my bladder and bowels.

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SeattleSteve62@reddit

Barring medical issues and accidents, you’re as old as you let yourself be.

I’m 64 and I’m a rock & roll rigger. I climb around in a big trusses 30’–100’ in the air and pull heavy stuff up. I enjoy the work and it keeps me in shape. I look a lot better than most of my contemporaries.

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PseudacrisCrucifer@reddit

Present. 56.

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No-Effect9761@reddit

I don’t recognize the person who is staring back at me in the mirror.

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mneely71@reddit

I’m fond of saying, “I don’t feel any older, but I do realize I’ve been here quite a while.”

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hanoverfist34@reddit

Same. I still feel the same at 58 as I do 18. Just a bit wiser.

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five_two@reddit

I'm nearly 51 but mentally 26. My husband (59) and I don't have children, so I've always thought that might be why we're still stuck in our 20's.

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gizmogrl88@reddit

Us either. This is the way 🥳

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Niffer8@reddit

I feel the exact same way (I’m 54). I often attribute this to the fact that I don’t have kids because I don’t have any of the milestones (like first day of school, high school graduation, etc.) that mark the passage of time. I feel like the same 24 year old, but with a house and a bigger beer budget.

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Niffer8@reddit

This is me. 16 years old but I can legally buy my own beer.

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W33CH0@reddit

And rent a car! Haha

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notanyimbecile@reddit

The only thing that reminds me I'm 55 is my knees hurting after a run.

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FunnyChampionship717@reddit

In my head I'm still 25 until I Iook in the mirror and I feel shame. 😆

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luladee@reddit

Being your age is an antiquated concept. Be who and what you want. Feel good about your age and do whatever you feel. You are a grown up, that comes with advantage, respect, and responsibility but do you! I feel 13, most days. Love this life!

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pocketdare@reddit

It's not the age, it's the mileage

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amck73@reddit

'We don't stop playing because we grow older, we grow older because we stopped playing'.

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skatoulaki@reddit

I think this is a GenX thing. Most of us didn't have normal childhoods, so we're making up for lost time. 50-something girl gamer here🤣

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Livid_Bag_961@reddit

I’m 53 but still feel like I’m in my 20’s. It also helps that I have a newly minted teen child (although it dies kind of suck being one of the oldest parents at her school and I’m tired of being mistaken for their grandmother lol).

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Odd_Yogurtcloset_649@reddit (OP)

I am also 53 and have fraternal twins in 8th grade. Many parents in school thought I was 35 years old, thanks to my youthful looks, though I have some gray hair. However, my friend and teammate from our high school girls volleyball team shared the same experience you do with some believing she's their grandma... She's also 53 and have fraternal twins but she looked 66 with all the wrinkles on her face. And she was the most exotically beautiful girl on our team (according to my brother, who had a crush on her)... and of all people she was the one who aged quickly. :/

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adysheff67@reddit

59 tomorrow, mind of a teenager, knees of a geriatric....

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Comfortable_Hunt7040@reddit

LOL

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violethorizon74@reddit

My husband, friends, and I joke around that we're still have the humor of a 12yo boy, and we're in our mid 20s forever. We work hard, we play hard, we love hard, and I refuse to be any other way. You only live once.

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ERLRHELL@reddit

I tell everyone that I still have the diet of a 12 year old... Cheetos, snickers and mountain dew🤣 58 here

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StartKindly9881@reddit

I’m 61 and feel 45

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mommyfarmer@reddit

25 forever!

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Cats-n-Chaos@reddit

Hi! I’m 27, but my birth certificate says 53.

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97_gEEk@reddit

Birth certificate says 52, sense of humor says 15, and body feels like it fought in the Civil War 🤣

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Komaisnotsalty@reddit

As toxic as my mom was/is, one of the cool things she told me is that "Age is just a number." And she's right.

We're as young/old as we want to be. I think that sometimes, people forget how to be young & fun. You don't have to be a jerk and get drunk. Just teach your nieces/nephews/kids/whatever that jumping in mud puddles and making a mess is okay kinda thing.

I can easily say that it was only a week ago that I splashed through a mud puddle just because I wanted to. I still kick up leaves, just because it's fun. I'm old and crippled up with arthritis but I still remember how to skip and play hopscotch.

These are silly little things but I think it's good for our mental health to be silly once in awhile and laugh just because.

My mom is 84 now but for her 75th birthday, she wanted to go skydiving. So I took her skydiving. She had the time of her life - I've never seen her so happy and laughing.

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B1ustopher@reddit

58 in a few weeks and I feel like I’m about 30. I definitely feel like an adult with responsibilities and (some) maturity. But I don’t feel like I’m 58! My husband and I joke that we don’t know how we both got so old so fast.

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amy_lou_who@reddit

I definitely don’t feel 49, nor do I act it!

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jpb1111@reddit

58 and I still have the wanderlust and still listen to 70s KISS.

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45babycakes@reddit

48 here watching scooby doo, smoking a joint, and eating a grill cheese.

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shitposter1000@reddit

Looney tools for me. Daffy cracks me the fuck up.

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Speckledlillie@reddit

I look around at people my age and wonder where all the old people came from…

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MyrealityorYours@reddit

Yes OMG - we say this all the time in my fam. My brother is 19, I’m forever 17 and my sister is 16.

People always seem shocked when they learn our ages and I always say it’s because we’re immature. 😆 And being from Cali, we all still rock the Vans, converse, and whatever else makes us happy. No point in growing up now.

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Dizzy_Variety_8960@reddit

I agree, no frumpy clothes! I’m living my best life at 72. I dress like I have always dressed but just show less skin! I will never give up my skinny jeans and boots. Working out to keep my body in shape. I actually look better in my clothes now than I did in my 40s when I sat all day at a desk.

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JohnGault67@reddit

I'm stuck at 13. I think it's weird that I still think like I did when I was 13. I'm glad I don't act like it anymore though. Shrinks say that it's trauma related. Not sure how accurate that really is, but I was 13 at the time.

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Dizzy_Variety_8960@reddit

That is the best way to feel. You are as young as you feel!!! I’m 72 and feel 40.

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Wolfman1961@reddit

I’m 65, and I act like a kid sometimes:

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TomeThugNHarmony4664@reddit

Yep. And I am offended at my wrinkles LOL

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303FPSguy@reddit

Like a 22 yr old that’s out of fucks and has health issues from years of snowboarding injuries

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JohnnyLongTaint77@reddit

My dad told me this about 30 years ago, “no matter how old you get - your MIND stays 18”

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Coyomojo@reddit

Do you drink? I recently heard that when you start drinking alcohol regularly, you stop growing mentally/emotionally.
So if you started drinking alcohol regularly at 25 years old (or whatever age), then your mind is stuck as a 25 year old. Or for some people at 14 😂.

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Iknewsomeracists@reddit

I must be 13 then.

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Coyomojo@reddit

That was conversation we had. A problem with some alcoholics is their mind had stopped developing at such a young age, so no wonder they had problems coping with life.
Especially us Gen X or older, we lived in a time where drinking (and smoking) at a young age was so normal.

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marythegr8@reddit

We were expected to act grown up when we were in our early teens. So thats what we do, we are responsible in the ways that we get the grown up stuff like bills and maintenance done, like we always have, but we are really just teenagers inside here. Letting loose like we are young keeps us young.

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Sad-Macaroon9067@reddit

This. I'm a lot more laid-back and fun at 56, than I was at 16.

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Potato2266@reddit

Feeling like a teen? No. More like in late 20s though.

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HenryScorpious@reddit

Turning 50(1976) and I game daily and just bought The Hydra Stomper and Steve Rogers one sixth scale figure and ordered a two foot tall Mohawk Storm figure. I'm a kid at heart and always will be.

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Eternity_Raines@reddit

51 and still a Toys“R”Us kid 🫥

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Marsupialize@reddit

I mean I play video games and listen to master of puppets and drink Pepsi and eat Doritos the exact same way I did when I was 16 so, yes?

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SargentSchultz@reddit

You made it to 16? I think I made it to 4.=\

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JillyB3@reddit

I’m a 52yo teenager. I don’t feel old and refuse to do so.

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Jimmy_LoMein@reddit

My MIL once said if you haven't grown up by 50 you don't need to. Good thing because I'm 56 and still laugh at farts

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Wrong_Pen6179@reddit

Farts will ALWAYS be funny!

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knivesinbutt@reddit

Man I watch those fart prank videos on YouTube for hours at a time lol

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Wrong_Pen6179@reddit

1968 and still feel the same.

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iamrava@reddit

i’m a toy ‘r us kid for life. 🤣👽

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After_Narwhal8582@reddit

There are those old and crankies and those that never want to grow up because f reality man! I lean the way of my current vibes my daughter will say oh it looks like cranky is trying to come in ! -summer of 72 war child

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Southern-Interest347@reddit

same here I still get excited for the summer because it meant no school

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ZomiZaGomez@reddit

Same, friend… Same.

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RoyalArmed24@reddit

Fuck ya!

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Picnut@reddit

The more times I get asked to do things for other people, the older and grumpier I feel. I don't mean to, and I used to have such a positive happy personality, but lately (I blame the daily aches and occasional injuries) getting asked to do something for someone because they can't be bothered to do it makes feel grumpy, which makes me feel old. Internally, I'm only 29 though

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Regular_or_BQ@reddit

Do things like what? Lift a pile of rocks? Rebuild a spreadsheet? Go down? Like what are we talking about that puts you out? Inquiring minds want to know!

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Regular_or_BQ@reddit

54 in a couple months and still dropping "your mom" at inappropriate times. I work out 5-6 times a week and I call Saturday my recess day. I imagine the gym as a playground and just do whatever I feel like playing with that day.

It's so weird to see old people and realize they are the same age as me. Or younger. Don't get me wrong, I am not doing a mutton dressed as lamb thing, but my outer life matches my inner life pretty closely.

I'm going to suck at being old. My parents suck at it and they're 80+.

We were in Rome two years ago when my husband said he will likely never see it again bc he's got ten years left in him for traveling. I'm sorry what?! This asshole runs marathons. I said well I guess I'll see ya when I get back!

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44mac@reddit

I’m 52 and still dress like I’m 12. Shorts, tee shirts, sneakers.

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GreyTrader@reddit

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OccamsYoyo@reddit

I was born 30 years old and am still 30 years old at 52. I don’t look back at my teens and twenties all that fondly tbh. I didn’t really start to come into my own career- and relationship-wise until I crossed that 29 to 30 Rubicon I so dreaded at the time.

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TimeKeeper70@reddit

Same here I’m in my mid 50s and feel like my early 20s. I can’t explain it but I’m gonna ride it for as long as I can.

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dadobuns@reddit

55M. I have the musical tastes of a college student. I laugh at stuff that a middle school student would laugh at. The dirtier, the better. All my childhood friends and I insult each other on a daily basis. I would say I feel 14 inside. But the feeling on my back while getting out of bed in the morning makes me feel old.

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RickRI401@reddit

My IG feed is pure garbage that makes me laugh like a kid.

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RickRI401@reddit

Soon to be 53 at the end of June, I feel like a 20 year old at times, sometimes my body disagrees. I find the dumbest things are still funny, and even though I'm in a position of authority at work, almost everyone that work with with daily at under the age of 25.

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Zipstser257@reddit

My personal attitude will always be stuck at about the age of 22. But with each passing year, now at 56, my body is definitely reminding me of my physical age and fighting back from those completely careless years from about 15-25 where I did whatever I wanted with diet, partying and cigs. Being stuck at 22 does however help me to relate more to the Gen Z employees being hired at work now who are about that age. They live in awe when they ask me questions about my life in the 80’s and 90’s. Not that I’m going for that at all but they just seem to be naturally very curious about first hand accounts from those decades, and for whatever reason find it extremely interesting, I guess even cool 🤷🏼‍♂️

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CleMike69@reddit

I feel like I’m 18, my wife thinks I’m a child at times and guess what IDFC because getting old sucks I will hang on to my youth as long as I want.

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Thrashbear@reddit

I'm 16 with 37 years of life experience.

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st-jeb@reddit

As long as we abuse it,never gonna lose it!

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Murder_Teddy_Bear@reddit

Hahah, yeah, I'm 51, but permanently stuck in my early 20s, at oldest.

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Bright_Potential6952@reddit

53 here. Still act like a 20something. Always will I think. Love my alternative music loud still, still skateboard, guess it’s a genx thing

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Friday_arvo@reddit

Yeh but I’m neurodivergent so I just figured that was why.

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misanthropymajor@reddit

I’m 55 but in my head I’m 39-40. I suspect I always will be.

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Bellona_NJ@reddit

It does feel strange to say I'm 52. Because as a teenager, 52 looked a helluva lot older (everyone remembers Cocoon?). But hey, we were already acting grown up because we had to, so now we're trying to reminisce and get whatever joy we can before the world gets blown to shit.

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Bigfootsdiaper@reddit

My brain says I'm 25 still but my body says I'm 72. My birthday says I'm 51 lol

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pinktwigz@reddit

56 feel like 23 until I tweak my back and then I : walk around, put on socks, or stand up from seated position like a 90 year old. Instant reality check.

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KeepYourMindOpen365@reddit

I still take every chance I get to ride shopping carts down any kind of incline I can find at the stores…the looks I get from little kids is priceless! (1963)

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Big_Cryptographer_16@reddit

I mean why would you NOT do that? It’s instinctual for me. 52M

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ChuckYeagerWV@reddit

Mentally I'm 25, physically 75 (arthritis in joints, fingers, neck) aged 53..

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schminkles@reddit

Im in this comment and i dont like it. Get off my lawn.

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ChuckYeagerWV@reddit

Lawn? Pffft, I got rid of that so I don't have to drag my arthritic ass and my lawnmower out on it lol

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earlyboy@reddit

That’s just internalized ageism when you’re talking about a “cranky closed-minded middle-age person”. The only place I allow myself to act that way is at work. The rest of the time, I am just an extremely old teenager.

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Munchkin_Media@reddit

Yes. I am happier and healthier than I have ever been

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NechelleBix1@reddit

Me too.0

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RUN_DMT_@reddit

My brain still feels like I’m young, but my joints didn’t get the memo 🤷🏻‍♀️

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CryptographerOk3814@reddit

I couldn’t agree more with this perspective! I feel the same way and I’m 53.

Which makes me realize, when I’m around someone who is 80, they’re not really 80.

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Oaken_beard@reddit

I’m 45 and feel 15. Our math checks out

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InternationalAnt4513@reddit

SAME!

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OverMlMs@reddit

I‘m 48 but I’d say mentally I feel more like 19 or so.

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MarineDawg1775@reddit

I am 50 and still act and feel (not physically at) like I am 27 or so. I am not how I perceived someone my age to be back when I was 27 or so. Maybe it is a general thing because a boomer was criticizing me rather trying to and claimed, "You're 50 years old, c'mon." or something like that.

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Ok-Concern8265@reddit

Good question I’ve often wondered this. I thought maybe I was alone. Born in 1975 and I feel like I’m 16 mentally and emotionally.

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smallwonder25@reddit

Same.

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uncivil_society@reddit

52 and mentally I still feel like I did in the 90s, which makes it easy for me to make friends half my age. I still dress like I did back then. Physically though, I feel like I'm IN my 90s! I was rather unkind to my body when I was younger, and now it's repaying the favor.

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smallwonder25@reddit

Bhahaha me too exactly, on both scores. It’s nice to be a friendly cautionary tale for the youngsters.

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Cheska1234@reddit

I’m with you on all this. Nice to know I’m not the only one :)

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2paqout@reddit

I haven't felt much past 17 my whole life. I bought my first house in 1999. I remember walking into HomeDepot and having a total panic attack as I looked down the store. Flooring, paint, plumbing, electrical, hardware, lumber. Holy crap, then all the snow melted and revealed all this outside crap I was now in charge of....spent the summer in the lawn and garden department. I found all that adulting to be tiresome. Now I love doing all of it. Even clearing the snow, so I must have aged somewhere along the line. Im probably more like 25 now.

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Doozer1970@reddit

I'm in my mid-fifties, and I'm still trying to figure out what I want to do when I grow up.

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metatron7471@reddit

Me too! I sometimes consider going back to college and get another degree. But financially it doesn't make sense. i'm also single so no partner to financially support me.

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dingdongdoodah@reddit

1990 was 10 years ago, right?

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metatron7471@reddit

Sometimes I feel that was like last month. If I hear a song from that period I sometimes think it came out a few months ago instead of 30 years ago.

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R0gu3tr4d3r@reddit

Dam straight

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Curious_Orange5963@reddit

My husband and I both feel in our late teens. We also recognize in each other we have the senses of humor of middle school adolescents!! 🤩🤩

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metatron7471@reddit

I'm 55 but mentally I still think I'm 35. Post 50 the physical aging has accelerated though so some mental readjustment is overdue.

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MuddyPig168@reddit

I get what you mean…54 here but I made peace with feeling like I’m not a young person, but not really that old either. Then again I have had more than a couple life experience that left me a lot of “wake up, dude…this isn’t the 90s.”

My wife is 48 but like to think like she’s still 31/32.

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SerentityM3ow@reddit

Kick up the fitness. Post 50 is when you really start to notice the difference living an active life has made.

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metatron7471@reddit

I hear you. I need to do this. Need to loose at least 10 kg.

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CodeNameFrumious@reddit

I have felt like I was in my 40s since I was around 20, and now that I am 50 I feel like I am in my 40s still.

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FlatSixFun@reddit

Same. I’ve been 45 since I was 16. Now I’m 46. Also now retired, which puts me again on an island from my peers.

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siciliana___@reddit

I still feel 18, and thankfully, my body feels like I’m still in my late teens, too. (Some genetics for sure, some running around after 3+ kids, some finding a balance between taking care of my body and beating it up). I am usually looking for the adultier adult, and still kind of offended when I have to make big girl decisions. Like, c’mon.

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TouristRoutine602@reddit

I’m 53, mentally still floating between 1993-96😎✌🏼

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cazza2608@reddit

I'm forever 24.

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NoKing9900@reddit

I’m 60, but inside I still feel 15. I think it’s wonderful to be a competent adult, and still have a child-like spirit inside me.

My body definitely doesn’t feel 15 though (it, my back, my knees), but the kid in me thinks it’s funny.

I love being a generation that have really strong, resilient adults, but still know how to have fun and be silly when we want to be.

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Desperate_Brilliant8@reddit

100% this! I feel mentally young (always digging into new things) even though my body says NO MORE 4 HOUR SLEEPS! (to be fair, that's been about 20 years from the ol' bod)

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urlach3r@reddit

I'm in my 50s, have a stable job, own my truck, own my house. I go to work, I pay my taxes, etc. I have never once in my entire life felt like "an adult".

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Alternative_Sort_404@reddit

This right here says it all… mentally-fine, physically-fine, financially- meh (not the way I thought it would shake up if I ‘kept my nose to the grindstone’) but - ok. Is there an adult in the room? I’m looking around for someone else to speak up…

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Key_Blueberry_2167@reddit

Feel 17. Thought I might be wiser in my 50s, but no.

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Alternative_Sort_404@reddit

Wiser? a little… Break into a sprint or any other sudden movement? I think I pulled a hammy…

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Exotic-Travel-270@reddit

54F. I still feel like a teenager. Whenever something serious happens I always find myself looking around for the adult and then I say oh yeah that’s me 🤷‍♀️

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petebmc@reddit

I feel same. I went out drinking with my son and his friends and now they wanna hang whenever I am in town

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Tokogogoloshe@reddit

I still feel 12.

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zeprfrew@reddit

Yes, very much so. I'm the same person I was at 16. I've just been doing it for much longer. I attributed this mainly to my never having married, had kids or a proper career to drastically affect my approach to life. Perhaps, as this appears to be so common among my age group, that's not right.

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moopet@reddit

I'm from that same vintage. I have no idea what I want to be when I grow up and I frequently lie on the floor listening to records, play video games and get excited when the ice-cream van comes by.

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dontflexthat@reddit

Yes and no … I cannot identify with myself in my 20s nor do I want to be 20 again. But I definitely can’t identify with 40 either. I feel like the whole scale would have to be stretched out to accommodate me, like 20 years between 30 and 40 would’ve worked better I guess.

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d_ippy@reddit

Not me. My brain is burnt out. I feel 80.

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divinerebel@reddit

Chronological age: 55

Mental age: 34-37

Physical age: 60

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ClarkKent0072@reddit

Chronological age: 54 Physical age: 95 Mental age: perverted 15 yr old.

Would be great if the physical and mental switched once in awhile. Lol

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Sassca@reddit

Yes yes and yes. Plus yesterday I lifted 2 boxes and I’ve been laying down with a heat pack on my back since.

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Meri-Bow1889@reddit

Forever 30… but mindful that my body is 49.

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leylaley76@reddit

Same lol

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crqri@reddit

Chronologically, I'm 51. Maturity-wise, I'm 12 or 13. Physically, I just had my gallbladder removed so the rest of my body now feels as bad as my knees and back.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit

Mentally, 100%.

Physically, I kicked a bit of wood 10 days ago and my left knee’s never been the same since. Stiff, aching, hot to the touch. Don’t kick bits of wood in your 40s.

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EmphasisDangerous654@reddit

I’m 46. Fart noises still make me laugh, I recently challenged a 6 year old to a breath holding competition (I won). You’re not alone, your family sounds fun and healthy OP.

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poolbuny@reddit

I'm rolling on the floor from the comments. Just turned 60, fortunately still look 50 maybe even younger according to the guys I work with. Still ready to go toss about 10 shots back, laugh my ass off, pretend like I look cute dancing and then crawl out of the bar and sleep better than I've ever slept in my life... oh wait, I just did that yesterday

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Meri-Bow1889@reddit

That is awesome!

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Murky-General5131@reddit

Me too

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ziggy_santo5@reddit

im 50 still partying like in 30. im in physical pain

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soncam99@reddit

53 next month - feel about 20 but my sense of humour is forever 10yrs old 😂😂

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Beginning-AD1992@reddit

My kids are in middle school and high school. I have to be constantly reminded that I am not.

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Migamix@reddit

points... BOOMER. Violation (insert scanners meme)

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Migamix@reddit

Screw that, I'm 18 inside, I'm going to drink like I did back then.. Er..... Burp..... No..... HurNOimNoT... Bluuuuurrrrppp. Ow my back!

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atomlowe@reddit

18, 10ft tall and bullet proof.... until my foot slips 3 inches on the dog drool in the kitchen and I'm on muscle relaxants for 2 weeks

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SadCheesecake2539@reddit

Way too often. Born in 71 and feeling 16 daily. Especially lately. Seems like life has been wanting me to reminisce. I've found myself being taken through my old neighborhood a lot lately. Oh how the memories come flooding back.

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Odd_Yogurtcloset_649@reddit (OP)

Have you ever passed through your high school campus? Or even your elementary/middle school? Every single time, going there instantly makes you feel like you're still a student there. My brother (like you, born in '71) took a walk through our high school grounds recently on a weekend when the whole place had literally no one. He told me when looking around, he still sees the images of his friends and classmates walking, talking, some sitting on the lawn grass hanging out. Including those, whom he knew, had sadly passed away over the years.

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SadCheesecake2539@reddit

I've driven by it. Looked at it from Google Maps and showed my current gf where my classes were, the trail we took at lunch to get the biggest, greatest slice of pizza, where my locker was, and where we'd go to smoke. Its on lock down when not in session, so no roaming around. Same with my Jr. High and elementary (now a charter school). Big bummer but probably good. All of my high-school memories include my ex-wife. Still good memories, I just don't need to go down that road.

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La-Belle-Gigi@reddit

My body is 53, my heart is 30, my sense of humor is 12.

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molsmama@reddit

…and your mind?

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La-Belle-Gigi@reddit

42.

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Sea-Louse@reddit

I’m 48 and still feel young mentally. I have better toys now, more experience. I manage myself better financially, but my body is falling apart. I work with teenagers and young adults, so in a way that keeps me young and up to date on things. People regularly think I’m in my 70s. Probably because I have a severely damaged knee that I can never afford to get fixed, even with insurance.

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molsmama@reddit

Yes! Feel like a youngin still!

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bigtakeoff@reddit

me too bro , me too

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marcincan@reddit

1972... I feel way younger, still go to the occasional club night, play video games and use the word awesome way to much. Only thing different from my 20's is the random aches, pains and extra disposable income LOL

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Calm_Swing4131@reddit

Yes. I just got my kids out the house and I’m ready to party like it’s 99 again.

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Educational-Ad608@reddit

Considering how little a typical teenager understands about the world, relationships, and life in general, I’m curious what you mean when you say that you feel that age inside. Are you saying that you feel like you’ve never grown up? Like you can’t relate to what the rest of the world believes are “adult” concerns?

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Drewness326@reddit

We are all talking mentally, not physically, right? If so, born 74 and feel mid 20’s. Physically, depends on how I slept.

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jenorama_CA@reddit

Also 1973 and I can’t hear you over my video games.

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Rightwinger1776@reddit

Also 1973. I smell BO, hear Contra and Mike Tyson Punch Out on the tv.

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Sitcom_kid@reddit

According to my calculations, I'm the oldest one here. I feel about 12.

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SafeWord9999@reddit

49 and I feel about 27.

Currently watching the livestream of The Strokes at Coachella on YouTube and wondering where did the last 20 years go?! I’m still the same inside, planning a facelift so my face starts to match that feeling

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90sGuyKev@reddit

Same. I'm 46, but I still feel 16

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garygnu@reddit

My now 80-year-old mother told me her grandmother said she felt like a teenager inside despite being 80 herself at the time.

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Filmlovinggal@reddit

I feel 17 every day of my life. I honestly don't know how I got to my current age.

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rivenshire@reddit

Deeper down in my adult self, I feel more like a child than a teenager. The wonder, the innocence, the imagination...that's much more my core than all the coming of age drama and angst.

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whoops53@reddit

Same here! My mind is full of curiosity and joy.

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mattwb72@reddit

When I realize some of my favorite things are still watching sports, cartoons and eating cereal I wonder if I was supposed to grow more as a person.

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DuePhysics120@reddit

Turning 54 on Monday and feeling like I’m 17. lol

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CegeRich@reddit

May 2020: 50 years old + my 1st day of ever attempting therapy = Peter Pan Syndrome. I’m actively trying to never “grow up”.

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Lilgreenone@reddit

I was born the same year as your baby sister. I feel similarly!💪🏻

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FriedRamen13@reddit

The spirit is willing; but the joints have arthritis.

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Dobgirl@reddit

My grandfather was 83 and said “I still feel like I’m 17.”

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cyber_hoarder@reddit

My grandmother was about the same when she told me, if it weren’t for her body, she felt like she was 16.

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WildesWay@reddit

IMHO Gen Xers had so many environmental and social changes, we had to adapt so frequently, that the effects of aging is just... rolling with it all like another day in life.

Last year docs discovered I had a small tumour on my kidney. Okay. What do we do? We can do robotic laproscopic surgery. Okay, cool. I want a video. Then they discovered another tumour in my lung. Okay. What do we do? Surgery. Okay.

Yep. In one year, two tumours, three biopsies, a partially collapsed lung, two surgeries, one bout of sepsis. I was offered some time with a social worker for therapy. Ah. Thanks, but I had a harder time growing up in the 70s/80s with two older brothers and a complete lack of parental supervision!

I'm bummed that I didn't get the video. Not even a couple of pictures for the scrap book.

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Impressive_Beach_647@reddit

I am bummed for you. I'd geek out over the video or photos.

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Lucidsunshine@reddit

Yes all 3 of us 53, 50, 47

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baadkitteekittee@reddit

Turned 54 in January and don't feel my age all and still feel like I'm in my early twenties where I am still learning new things and want to learn more but people expect me to know everything by now and it's just not the case!

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Tunashuffle@reddit

Same, and We don’t have kids?

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bookkinkster@reddit

Yes. 53 and dress like its the 90's mixed with 1950's, still buy pink unicorn figurines, wear sugared rose perfume and date people half my age. Self-aware, but playful. I've never felt my age.

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inspector_ninety_9@reddit

51 but eternally 12 on the inside.

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AuntJibbie@reddit

I'm 52(f) and feel the same. My husband, kids and grands, sisters, etc say I'm the "fun and weird one". I'm okay with that 🤘

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Ok-Limit-9726@reddit

Thats your brain age,

Mine is 17,

My dad said 14

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maxiemixie@reddit

I wonder if it is a 1973 thing… I still play pranks on my kids who frequently say “grow up mum!”. My sense of humour is definitely that of a 22 year old at most. I dress super trendy casual and still the popular life of the party and I can sing and dance like you wouldn’t believe. My fave auntie was still rollerblading at 81, so I hope to be like her when I grow up.

More seriously, I think we never had a chance to be children in our childhood, so we’re just likely making up for that loss.

Vis ta vie I say 🥳🥳🥳

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Elmy50@reddit

Really? I think we had the perfect timing to be children. I certainly got to be a child.

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Aloxes@reddit

Im glad and i did too. Just poured myself a lot of Campbell's Chunky soup during that time.

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Aloxes@reddit

Ya know... Never thought of that but as a fully responsible for myself latchkey kid at age 8, i think that is a brilliant take.

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jerryatrix27@reddit

Holding steady at 59 but feeling 37 for the 22nd year in a row.

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Low_Cook_5235@reddit

Same! I remember when I was in my 30s and bought a house it felt weird to be an adult and have a house. Now my body feels 59 but in my head I’m 40.

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jerryatrix27@reddit

Yeah, my connective tissue feels every day of 59.

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No_Tension420@reddit

Does your body feel like you’re still a teenager?

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Think-Ad-6461@reddit

This is the time to do all the things we wanted to do as teens but weren't allowed. Like dying your hair green and getting a mohawk. 😁😉

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Far-Squash7512@reddit

Always stay young at heart. There's no reason to leave the best parts of yourself behind!

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Cinisajoy2@reddit

Body is 62. Brain likes to think it is still in its 20s. Body then screams no we don't do that anymore.

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Crikiribay@reddit

Yes! I’m 58 and in my mind, I’m in my 30s. My body disagrees. I would rather hang out with younger people than people my age or older.

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Sorry_Neighborhood_6@reddit

47 (1979) and I frequently tell my husband - I am going to go play in the woods!

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Petdogdavid1@reddit

I didn't think anything like I did then but I do still feel my mind is youthful. I'm a lot more confident than I was at 16.

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NashvilleUnicorn@reddit

Yes, 47 & I still feel like the same 18 year old I felt like at 4 years old.

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Southernms@reddit

Yes!

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Unique_Watch2603@reddit

We're all a bunch of teenagers in slightly older bodies.

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ChemistryCocktail@reddit

In my brain I'm late 20's. I'm a high school teacher and I think talking to teenagers all day long keeps you mentally young.

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Flux_Inverter@reddit

Just because time forces us to grow old, it does not mean we have to grow up.

I feel pretty much same as I did when I was 32. Minus the body aches, weight gain (no metabolism), and snap, crackle, and pop of getting out of bed.

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kittyshakedown@reddit

I’m 51. I know I have a vast amount of life experience and have done pretty well as an adult. Have a regular adult life with all the things. I still feel like an insecure 16 year old that has no idea about the world. Like I’m not mature enough to make important decisions.

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L1ndaTesoro@reddit

I still feel like I'm in my early 20s, but the calendar tells me I am reaching the big 5-0 this year.

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Glass_Translator9@reddit

I feel we are all the ages! The teenager is alive and well in me.

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Queasy_Barnacle1306@reddit

Mentally, I’m still in my late 20’s / early 30’s. Physically, I feel every bit of my age or more. Cancer and chemo aged me fast a few years ago.

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mldyfox@reddit

I'm convinced the secret to life is to not quite completely grow up. Take are of your responsibilities and all, but still be silly on occasion. Keeps us feeling younger.

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Embarrassed-Oil3127@reddit

I never married or had kids. I’m fit, energetic and still hopeful about life. So yes! It’s weird I’m 54 when I think about it.

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imthatguykyle@reddit

When my mom was in her 40s she used to say stuff like this. She’s 81 and I’m 55. She still says it and I get it fully.

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ibzanne929@reddit

I'm 54 and I feel every bit my age. I have 5 grandkids who remind me that my brain might contain the immaturity of my 15 year old self, my years of experience have adjusted how I use my wit and intelligence for good now 😜! I'm also very physically disabled, so I feel about 84!

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obsolunatic@reddit

Hells yeah. I’m 55 but 11 inside, fer shurrrr.

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monkey_monkey_monkey@reddit

My mum is 85. A couple years back she told me in her head she still feels like she's a 21 year old and when she looks in the mirror she always surprised to see a little old lady looking back at her.

It really has stuck with me

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Quaranj@reddit

My grandfather said to me that the cruelest part about getting older is that you're still that same person you were in your youth, but that your body aged you into something else unrecognizable to yourself.

My mom told me that her greatest nightmares were of dreaming of doing cartwheels in fields of flowers and waking up to a reality of a body that couldn't do any of it anymore.

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Dgskydive@reddit

Inside this 2 nights ago. Took a pic and didnt recognize the guy staring back. He had gray hair and an old man neck. Even though im im better shape then I was 15 years ago when I had 27 year old girlfriend.

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grandnana50@reddit

58 and same for me! Inside im 18 outside sucks. Ugh!!

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Evely_Ardor@reddit

I’ve heard elders say similar too. I don’t think we were meant to get old and die. Really don’t

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AngstyAF5020@reddit

Well now it depends... On day of the week. Time of the day. And my attitude in general. Mostly I feel like there's a teenager trapped inside of me. But also when I first get up in the morning, I'm pretty sure I'm 90. Then if it's a weekend day, I go like the Energizer bunny until late. But a weeknight? "Yeah I know it's 8:30! I'm going to lay down anyway". 😆

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wishingwellington@reddit

I’ll be 55 this year and I feel like I’m early 30s, except in my achy joints. I’m the oldest employee at my company, and my coworkers are always shocked when they find out I’m 20+ years older than they are.

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elvee68@reddit

At 58 I have always thought that mentally I feel a lot younger. Mid 20's.

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Scrumpilump2000@reddit

That’s who you are. Be who you are.

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Grimholtt@reddit

I'm 53. Mentally/Maturity I feel around 16. Body wear and tear, I feel 95. I've not been super gentle with it on this ride through life. I've been disemboweled by a guardrail. I've been struck by lightning. I've been run over by a Trans Am. I've had around 11 corrective surgeries as a result of all my adventures. They removed my top rib. They've removed part of the scalene muscle group. They've fused part of my spine... yet, I still laugh at fart jokes.

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TallStarsMuse@reddit

Wow! Sounds like you should be the star of your own Final Destination movie! Glad you’re still with us!

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Grimholtt@reddit

Thank you!

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EarlyMoose2481@reddit

I feel mid 30s.

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IDrinkMyBreakfast@reddit

I still giggle at farts. I don’t know what age that was, but it’s not 60.

Also, never trust a fart after 50

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EarlyMoose2481@reddit

I still have great faith in my fart trusting ability. And it was only strengthened earlier this year when I woke up in the middle of the night and instead of ripping one in bed I went to the bathroom. Turns out I had norovirus and somehow knew not to trust that particular fart.

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LiveLoudWithPride@reddit

I’ll be 53 in June and while I’ve learned a lot in my life I’m very proud to say I’m the typical F your feelings, FAFO, don’t come for me unless I send for you GenX’r. Which could make me generational or have worked through enough of my trauma that I just don’t care anymore… TBD… LOL

That said, I still dress and act like it’s 1992. I still feel the most comfortable in my hoodie and jeans combos, I couldn’t name any current music artists. Stevie Nicks, Joan Jett, Cyndi Lauper, Queen, Bon Jovi, Pink Floyd, Annie Lennox, Sade are still who I listen to.

A younger person said to me not that long ago, after I disclosed my age “Wow, you don’t look like you’re 52!” I literally didn’t know if I should have been flattered or offended LOL I just said I’m not sure what you think 52 is supposed to look like. So yeah, I’m amazed at my age, but also not totally in it at the same time.

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Blodeuyn13@reddit

52 but feel 18. How I wish I could go back to those days!

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Dgskydive@reddit

Genx is stunted in our maturity. Lol. Im 55 and think im 21. Lol. Its all of us trying to be the kids we couldn't be, instead of the mini adults we had to be. 😄

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luckyxina@reddit

Forever 23 in my head, and really enjoying it!!

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Opening-Squirrel-433@reddit

I’m 57. Honestly I still feel to be 30 maybe. Most folks guess I’m mid 40s. Physically. Late 40s I feel most of the time. My biggest age related thing. Vision sucks.

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TheSPW1022@reddit

I feel as if I'm a 59 y/o teenager!

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East-Forever5802@reddit

I keep saying how I don't understand how everyone around me gets older but I don't. It's so weird. I mean, how are my kids in their late 20's, but I'm in my early 30's???? Make it make sense!

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Mistakes_Were_Made73@reddit

I can relate!

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Ice_princess50@reddit

I feel younger than I am, (51F) but my body is starting to tell me differently! Also looking in the mirror seeing the extra forehead wrinkles really throws me sometimes!!! 😝😝😝

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Boring-Currency7049@reddit

I'm in the exact same boat.

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Unhappy_Permit2571@reddit

I’m 63 and feel on the inside like I’m 73

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buckynugget@reddit

I totally relate here but also I'm reminded of some podcast I came across once describing how time has been jumbled up for us, where the 90s were essentially the last decade we all counted and then things went sideways with the nomenclature of 'twenty oh 6' and the like. Just that the 50s 60s 70s 80s were all their own decades but it hasn't seemed like that since 2000 brought a slightly different scheme. Also I heard once that anyone 'acting their age' is really just 'acting' and we don't play that. Or something.

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Sea-Environment-7102@reddit

I feel the same, weird right? '70

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Doc_Widdershins@reddit

I’m 56 and still think I’m 18. Still act like it, too.

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EZbaked78@reddit

I’m 48 and still get carded regularly

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Whole_Customer_2111@reddit

We all do. It's not because they just can't tell if we're of age or not. I used to want to think that.

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EZbaked78@reddit

Yeah. I always ask how old they think I am and then they get all Indignant.

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ofthrees@reddit

i'd say to send to me your eating/exercise/skincare regimes, but i wouldn't follow them anyway, so don't waste your time. ;)

but good on you!

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Quick_Dark244@reddit

1974 , I feel the same I did in my 20’s. I’ve gained a lot more wisdom that I apply to my 20yr old mentality. Question : those of you that say your body feels much older , besides some sicknesses what else do you think contributed to feeling (body wise ) much older? I have to say I always thought playing sports when I was younger and being a painter and electrician in adulthood would take its toll on my body. I wonder if that has helped me , staying active. I still fly up and down ladders , wake board all summer and snowboard all winter. The only thing I can complain about is my knee has been giving me troubles . The ones that are feeling beat down do you have an office job or can you pinpoint why you think your body feels rough?

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FlipFlopHiker@reddit

Jogging for the past 20 years has made me feel younger and lifting weights more recently. I also eat mostly healthy. I even recently took up skiing and love it.

The only thing that's side railed me the past couple years is COVID triggered hyperthyroidism in me and my energy levels took a dive. Now that I'm on medication, my energy has returned. But now I have to be on medication the he rest of my life... something I didn't think would happen.

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Quick_Dark244@reddit

Pills suck. But at least it’s working. I forgot to mention I drink 3 beers or so a day and smoke. That’s after cutting back a couple years ago. I do take oil of oregano daily for years. Idk I don’t want to jinx it but I hope I feel this good till I croke.

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Zesty-B230F@reddit

I felt the same way until the past couple of years. My health problems keep stacking up and older family are all dying off.

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Mers2000@reddit

Im 52 and still feel and dress like i did back in 93🤣 Still loving my Doc’s, jeans and flannels!

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DerFledermaus@reddit

Same! All those videos on YouTube with the caption "Men, don't dress like this over 50", I'm like "LOL that's my whole closet!"

Still hacky-sacking in the back yard, still excited when I pour the occasional breakfast bowl of Capn Crunch, still LMAO playing FPS vid games with friends, still put stickers on my laptop, just like in my early 20s 😄

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AMMJ@reddit

‘73 here too

Great for you for feeling great!

I love being 50+

But honestly, shit hurts these days

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SometimesAlways123@reddit

55 feel 25 as long as I get a solid 8 hr sleep.

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Famous-Crazy3395@reddit

Yes our generation - we are kids at heart! I always thought I’d be a strict parent and couldn’t be more relaxed. I think we have a good perspective an know not to take things too seriously.

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oldtinman15@reddit

I may grow old, but refuse to grow up.

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CuriousCamel-2007@reddit

F52. Body feels 80. Brain feels 20. Humour of a 12 year old boy. Farts are funny 😹

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sign6of6the6beast@reddit

Same. I tell people this all the time. I have to remind myself people see me as an old person now.

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sofaking-cool@reddit

31 year old here - trapped in the body of a 51 year old dude.

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FlipFlopHiker@reddit

Mentally, I always felt like an old soul since my early teens...and don't feel like my personality has changed much. I have also kept a healthy active lifestyle, so in some ways I am more fit than I was in my teens or 20's. I actually think the best decision I made was buying a house in my late 20's and having a dog. Everything else after, in which I thought it would make me happier, has just made things more complicated and I yearn for those simpler times....but I digress.

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alaskapearl@reddit

I felt like that until I was 82. 😀

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SlapDaddyWhack@reddit

I feel decades younger than my 61 trips around the Sun.

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Jason_TheMagnificent@reddit

Yup, feel the same emotionally, physically though, entirely different subject.

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FilipinoTarantino@reddit

51, my inner age attracts younger women. My inner age repels women my age.

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Minimum_Rub_7316@reddit

I am 55. When I was a teenager, I asked my mom "what does it feel like to be an adult. She said "I feel like I did in High school but I just keep looking older"

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oldfarmjoy@reddit

I think I feel about 30, and I'm 56. I def don't feel like a teen. They seem so naive and immature to me now. Maybe because I worked with kids, so it becomes very clear how different they are from adults.

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BoldBoimlerIsMyHero@reddit

I don't think I felt like a teen when I was a teen. When I turned 50, I felt like I aged into my personality.

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Particular_Act_5396@reddit

I’m 52 and my 16 year old daughter says to me “you’re just a big kid aren’t you”. I said yes basically but I am also responsible with life, but act like a teenager making jokes all the time

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Reddit__user_@reddit

I’m the exact same bloke I was when I was 23, 17, 10 and 4.

Unfortunately my lumbar spine is not.

It’s oddly and disappointingly contradictory to have the brain of a teenager and the anatomy of a 90 year old.

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atlredneck@reddit

I'm 55 but in my head I still think I'm 20 so I always wondered who is this old dude I see in the mirror?

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nerd_of_gods@reddit

My grandad died of old age (96) in 2016. And he used to say the same thing.

And I dont envy you being a solid 53. Ive gone from being 7 for the 7th time, to 10 for the 5th time to now 17 for the 3rd time. At least you'll go back to being 18 for the 3rd time :D

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Tardy_Turtle73@reddit

I don't feel quite that young, but for some reason, I'm still stuck at 27, which was 2000. I still can't believe it has been 26 years - it feels like it was just a couple of years ago.

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Worldly-Homework-640@reddit

You are young if you want; you can be old if you try.

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Quaranj@reddit

Forever 21, but the body feels 80.

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GimmeMyMoneyNow@reddit

Are you me?

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Leaf-Stars@reddit

Life is so much better when you see it through the eyes of your inner child.

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JAFO-@reddit

I feel like I am in my early 20's mentally. Physically I feel good too, I stay very active. But when I see a photo I am like who's that?

61 this year and can still ride my bike 100 miles.

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Old_Ad8212@reddit

Having a hard time being 52 when I need hip replacement surgery thanks to arthritis

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strangeland83@reddit

I (53m) feel young at heart. I still go to a few concerts here and there. I even occasionally go for a late night cruise through the country when bored just the same as I did as a teen. I still enjoy the magic herb also.

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MariMotogirl@reddit

Already a grandma but feel like I’m 20. Humor of a 13 yo boy

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SadCheesecake2539@reddit

You're my kind of woman!

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moving_picture77@reddit

Yep. 48 here with the mind of an 18 year old. I literally don’t feel any different mentally.

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RhiR2020@reddit

I keep trying to find an adult to deal with stuff… but I’m the adult (and have no friggen clue what to do!).

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MariMotogirl@reddit

I feel this so hard

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scholarlyowl03@reddit

Same!

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PressureMajestic1046@reddit

48 in reality, but feel 20. Except my body, that's more like 73. LOL

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bluealien78@reddit

I was my age when I was at school and nobody can convince me otherwise.

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GlassHouses1980@reddit

Yep I’m 55 and I’m still 25 inside.

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LonelyMachines@reddit

Same here. I was born in 1972.

They recently did a 40th anniversary reissue of the Rush album Grace under Pressure.

40th anniversary? Wait a minute, that record came out when I was...

Oh, crap. I'll go start yelling at clouds.

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johnonymous1973@reddit

I stopped maturing at 12.

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Nickey_Pacific@reddit

Farts will always be funny 🤭

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Whole_Customer_2111@reddit

Float an air biscuit!

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rekordsrecker@reddit

Did you happen to have a babysitter when you were growing up who’s punk rock boyfriend spliced into the cable box and put on the hot new movie Porky’s (1982) meanwhile, you were chilling on a weekend floor bed and this became the first movie you remember in its entirety? 😂😂😂

Me? 🥴. I’m a 47 yo female and I’ve come to the conclusion that this is why the majority of my life I’ve felt like an angsty, against most norms, non traditional, weirdly horny, loud music playing, still saying dude a lot, usually heartbroken and can never sleep at normal times, 16 yo teenage boy. Does Costco on a Sunday cause you to wither up and die inside? Do you have a hard time filling up your entire gas tank just because?
Do you think penis drawings are always really funny?….. I’m still working on writing up an official diagnosis for this, but if any of this is relatable, you are not alone.🤗

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Outside-Crab2058@reddit

Oddly specific and eerily similar! I feel seen

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rekordsrecker@reddit

Here for you!! Also, do you or any of your friends happen to have a pool we can drain and skate in???? Agh,,,Worth a shot…🤣

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Ok-Reindeer315@reddit

My brain is a 12yo boy in a 52yo female body.

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AboveGroundPoolQueen@reddit

I’m 55 on the outside of 25 on the inside!

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Friendly_Nobody_8264@reddit

Oh same, I’m F56 but on inside I’m still 15.

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Dr_Newton_Fig@reddit

Yes

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Worth-Silver-484@reddit

My mind says i am early 20s. My body says nope. Not even close.

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SixAndNine75@reddit

1975 - feel about 19 ...

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NOGOODGASHOLE@reddit

im pushing 60 and say, "adults are so stupid and full of crap" weekly.

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froction@reddit

I'm 49 and still feel 85 inside.

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JohnZombie666@reddit

That’s how I feel at 50. Recently got my wife an e-bike and someone gave us one. We already had Mtn bikes and I love riding it. We took the e-bikes to a local park for some trail riding and to check out the new pump track. First time on the track and I tried transitioning from one bowl to the next. Didn’t work out, but kept riding. Lol. At work, I prefer climbing around on top of trucks instead of climbing down and back up on the other side. Sometimes jump from one truck to the next when I can’t shimmy down the side of it.

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FormerLaugh3780@reddit

No, I don't feel the same way. I'm in my late 50's and feel like I'm in my late 70's.

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PSN_ONER@reddit

I'm a cautious and immature 52.

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Texy@reddit

I'm 15 with 40 years practice. I'm starting to get good at it

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Hobobo2024@reddit

I feel about 34. I would think no one wants to be 50 so who feels their age at 50? We live in denial.

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rottenspice@reddit

I just turned 50 yesterday but in my mind, I’m 20 or even less.

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theateroffinanciers@reddit

I feel the same. In my mind and inside me I'm 28. It's so funny because I look at people my age and I think of them as old people. And I forget that we're physically the same age. Because inside I still think I'm young.

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Supacalafragalistic@reddit

Totally

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Creepy_WaterYogi75@reddit

50f here, (1975) inside, I am also a teenager. I love it, beats cranky old person mode

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thisislizzie@reddit

Yes! Part of me thinks it’s arrested development, but whatever…

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JE5573R@reddit

I started drinking around 14. They say your mind doesn't evolve from that point. I carried on drinking very heavily. People ask how I'm not dead. Easy, because I'm only 14! Well, I'm actually 52. I have brain atrophy and various other alcohol related problems... But I'm only 14.

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MaximumJones@reddit

My 50s have been the greatest time of my life so far.

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peteofaustralia@reddit

Why's that!!?? I'm so happy to hear it. Mine have been, too.

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MaximumJones@reddit

My giveadamn button broke when I turned 50. Not giving a damn is the ultimate freedom. It leaves you free to be happy.

Not "wanting" anything anymore means I am no longer a slave to anything or anyone. All the stupid pursuits of my youth are in the rear view mirror and I can finally just "be".

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gldngrlee@reddit

Forever 29

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Latter_Initiative591@reddit

Mind feels like 18 but my knees remind me that I'm 52 lol.

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NegotiationNo7851@reddit

I’m 51 and I feel 30ish at most. My mind is still sharp, I’m starting a new bachelors degree, this one is in computer science and I have a 10 year old I’m trying and mostly keeping up with. I have some health issues but over all i feel happy and ready for new adventures.

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simulated_copy@reddit

Nope feel every bit of 50+

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LanceJade@reddit

Totally. I'm 60 going on 17. My peers are playing pickle ball and mahjong, but I wanna play D&D all weekend long. 🙂 ⚔️ 🐲

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karenw@reddit

Even though I'm 55, I feel like I'm about 17 (1987) most of the time. I still listen to punk music, go to local shows, I have spiky hair and wear black lipstick, I make weird art, I have a bunch of thrifted clothes, my walls are covered in art, I DIY as much as possible, I'm a local activist, etc.

As 7 Seconds said, "I'm gonna stay young until I die."

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Rock_Samurai@reddit

Part of my mind feels young…until I’m around young people. Then I realize that nope. I’m definitely older and wiser than these fools.

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lauradorna@reddit

This

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Hollayo@reddit

I feel like I'm 27 to 33 but my birth certificate says I'm 47.

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PlantMystic@reddit

Me too.

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Having_A_Day@reddit

I still look in the mirror sometimes and am surprised it's not 20-year-old me looking back at me. But yeah, I'd rather have it this way than be thr grouchy old lady yelling at kids passing by!

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Seamusjamesl@reddit

I’m almost 58 and in the process of taking care of elderly parents. I’m my head I’m like, “how am I the grown up here? “

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Jordangander@reddit

I still feel like I am in my 20s.

Until my body reminds me I am not.

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Michigoose99@reddit

I feel 35 inside

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nerfherded@reddit

60's on the outside, 20's on the inside.

Well, much of my insides are in their 60's too, as they constantly remind me.

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mightymighty123@reddit

Sure but my body says no

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Low_Entertainer_6973@reddit

1967 I go outside and play everyday. Some call it work, but they’re younger than me. Never been bored since I was a youth. Received a box of high school stuff recently and it had a bumper sticker in it.

“ I may get old, but I’ll never grow up”

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Cake_Donut1301@reddit

I look in the mirror and see an old person looking back like a movie scene. It’s jarring at times.

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Markaes4@reddit

Exactly. I'm anywhere between 10 and 22 inside... It varies. But I'd say the end result is I'm probably still a teen mentally and emotionally. Not that I'm dumb or anything, I've got 50 years of experience, baggage and responsibility... But I would be happiest if I could transport my mind back to 1984 and I could jump right back into that life with no problem whatsoever. Damn I would love to ride my bike, play with my friends or sit around watching cartoons, playing video games and my GI Joe and Transformers... That what I really want to do.

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Rattlehead71@reddit

When I'm out with my 18 year old son, I feel like I'm the same age. Until I see our reflection and I think who tf is that old man with my kid?

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phaeton02@reddit

Just turned fifty, but I feel about 18-19 inside. I don’t think that’ll ever change.

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Nickey_Pacific@reddit

This must be a Gen X thing, because damned if I don't feel the same way! 1972 here, a month away from #54 and there's no way I'm that old 😂

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CabriniKay@reddit

I'm forever 27.

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PsychologyNew8033@reddit

👍

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0_IceQueen_0@reddit

30s for me Not too immature and not too fuddy duddy.

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graxnip@reddit

we all do. 52 going on 20. my dad is 83 going on 20. Every generation feels this.

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Mockchoi1@reddit

I felt the same at 55 as 20. Then I hurt my back and it’s never gotten better; age catches up with you fast. Enjoy your youth while you have it :)

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TrickyCartographer73@reddit

I thought I was the only one who felt this way. I’m 52 (1973) going on 16.

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Lickford@reddit

Act your age not your shoe size.

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iamalext@reddit

Don’t forget the shaking fists at the sky too… Dude, cut the man some slack, it’s his life, not yours!

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Lickford@reddit

Never, no slack.

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iamalext@reddit

Honestly made me snort-laugh!

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Lickford@reddit

Snorting is allowed. I will allow it.

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peteofaustralia@reddit

What's your European shoe size? 43?

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Lickford@reddit

Dammit I am 44

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Ten-years-ahead@reddit

Yes. Every morning looking in the mirror is a shock.

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macka0072@reddit

It’s my dad looking back at me.

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Scared-Fee4370@reddit

Age is just a state of mind

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Dry-Improvement-3543@reddit

51 but inside, I feel like I’m 26.
Physically, I feel 51, lol! I also realize that mentally, I’m not as sharp as I was in my 30’s. I look back at some of the projects I was on, at the things I wrote, at the professional challenges that I faced and conquered, and I know I’m not as capable as I was.
I also realize that I have wisdom now. I appreciate things differently. I’m more compassionate now. I have a lot to give and I’m making differences in lives.
All in all, It’s been a great ride so far and I look forward to, hopefully, another three decades and a continuation of this full life.

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HonestBeautiful1672@reddit

I feel like I’m 16 again , but this time I like myself !!!! Cheers to us

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wormee@reddit

I love this comment.

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HonestBeautiful1672@reddit

Thank you!!!

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VoodooBrother@reddit

1970 here, from time to time ill be out in public and catch my reflection and remember that I'm old. I still do not know what i want to be when I grow up.

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DarthVader808@reddit

Same it’s fucking weird looking at the old guy in the mirror

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Quirky_Commission_56@reddit

I’ll be 51 at the end of June this year and I don’t feel like an old woman at all. Yeah, I’ve got a touch of arthritis and every bone I’ve broken (total of 8) aches when it gets cold, but I live in central Texas and extremely cold weather is rare as hell. I still go to punk shows when I can, but have the good sense to stay out of the mosh pit. I wear mostly black and plaids with combat boots in the fall and cotton dresses with yoga mat sandals in the summer. Essentially I’m just a Punk rock grandma. 🤷🏻‍♀️

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peteofaustralia@reddit

How absolutely wonderful. ❤️❤️❤️

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Additional-Arm-1298@reddit

What mind altering chemicals were you ingesting at the time of this realization?

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wtfyoga@reddit

14 here

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Dry_Knee_6135@reddit

Just turned 53 last weekend. In Montreal for a boys trip. I make it a point to celebrate my birthday every year at a destination to explore new cultures. YOLO

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UnpredictableMike@reddit

Yup, 52 going on 19 again here

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DefiningWill@reddit

I’m 53 with a 401(k), a 3.15% mortgage, two kids in college, and yet Impostor Syndrome is still running strong. Truth be told, looking back my mid-30s were amazing:

Young enough to do it; old enough to know better.

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Jagsfan2025@reddit

54 here. I’ve been doing my job so long people call me a “subject matter expert” & come to me with unusual situations. Sadly, I know most of the answers.

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ClassicOutrageous447@reddit

Have had this conversation often with friends and family. I think almost everyone feels younger on the inside. I work at a library and talk on the phone with a patron who just turned 99. She said she feels young inside still.

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AlienPersonaReset@reddit

Hey now, I resemble that remark!

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Evil-lyns-brain@reddit

I'm 57 (1968) and I just moved into to a 55+ mhp and I feel like a kindergarten era. I'm sure I'll be in trouble for something soon

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peteofaustralia@reddit

But who will you be in trouble with?

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Evil-lyns-brain@reddit

I have no idea but I would like to know who has my "permanent record" as i have a few things I needed to delete.

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Conan4457@reddit

53 years old, body feels 40, my mind is stuck at 25.

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1quirky1@reddit

I went on a rock scramble with my son and his college friends. 1300 foot vertical climb. I was the first to the top.

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No-Sheepherder448@reddit

I’m 53…definitely don’t feel it mentally or physically.

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Music19773-take2@reddit

I’ve been in mid 70s since I was 10 years old. I have the very definition of an old soul. And I like it.

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hold--the--line@reddit

Totally... 55... such a kid. :)

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Chibi-Skyler@reddit

I'm 52 and spent today organizing my Lego sets.

I never stopped sleeping with stuffed animals.

I still play Nintendo and have a whole collection of t-shirts with Mario characters.

This past week, I saw the Mario Galaxy movie. I was one of the oldest people in the theater. I had a blast.

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Firstcounselor@reddit

I decided to say fuck this aging thing and bought a mountain bike at 51 after a 15 year break from biking. Oddly, I set a PR on a very long uphill climb at 52. This is crazy because I was racing mountain bikes before, climbing mountains, and would trail run 20 miles. I never expected to be besting my younger self at this age.

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Not_Me_1228@reddit

I feel about 11. My youngest child is about the age I feel like I am. For some reason, this feels weirder than it did when my oldest was this age. I don’t know why.

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Yadda-yadda-yadda123@reddit

I think that once we mature and kinda know who we are, we don’t ever change in the way we think others ought to view themselves according to their age, etc. realizing this makes me view my Grandparents differently- they too were likely thinking in their heads, wtf? - I still am who I was when I was 16, but my body just doesn’t move the same and now I have white hair…

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Oldswagmaster@reddit

I did not feel 16 today while I was working outside in the yard. I felt 53.

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YOU_WONT_LIKE_IT@reddit

It’s seems 50s are the rage this really starts to set in. I legit just can’t do certain shit anymore.

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Own_Jellyfish_3764@reddit

I had 3 kids in 3.5 years between ages 40-43, so at 53, I have an 8th grader, a 5th grader and a 4th grader. I played freeze tag the other day, hiked up mountains in Iceland last summer and can walk farther and faster than all three of my kids. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I also sing 80s rock ballads at them before school, using a spatula as a microphone. I love it! Them? Not so much. 😂

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Spot_in_the_Sky@reddit

Body says 80. Brain says 21.

Real age: 51.

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Quick_Discipline_432@reddit

I wafffle back and forth between 20 something and ‘cranky closed-minded middle-age person’. Depends on my mood. Probably more the latter every day. I felt young untill I had a full pillbox.

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onions-make-me-cry@reddit

It's wild to me that those of us born in the 70s are now in our 50s or headed there quick. I help people in nursing homes access ancillary care, and the age is posted first above the birth year, and so I see someone is in their 50s and then see the birth year later, and it's always a surprise.

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BruceWayne1970@reddit

It's not just you...I feel like I did at 15-16 years old still.

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Hoon0967@reddit

Be an adult, but don’t ever grow up. Grown ups suck.

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LIslander_4_evr@reddit

"I don't wanna grow up, I'm a Toys R Us kid."

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LIslander_4_evr@reddit

I'm 47 and play hockey with others 20 years younger. I barely get winded. Feelin' fine.

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AvailableAd6071@reddit

I spent 30 years going to school while working full-time, raising a kid while building a career, making money and helping my husband start and run his business. Now, all I want to do is play my music loud, buy clothes, party with my husband to 80s-90s music on YouTube. And that's what I'm gonna do. It's better than sitting around getting old.

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wormee@reddit

59, still at my fighting weight and sing and play guitar in a couple punk bands, play guitar in another. Age is just a number, stay healthy, have fun.

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No_Hovercraft_821@reddit

I was with y'all until the last couple of years. Around 57 age suddenly caught up and now I stop and think things through quite a bit more than I used to. Not sure I like it, but whatever.

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NateNMaxsRobot@reddit

I am 58 and feel the same.

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Fancy-Breadfruit-776@reddit

I don't understand this old person that I'm supposed to be. What do I enjoy most about being 52? Watching these younglings try to keep up with me. "YoU wALK tOo FaSt"! Shut up or go home you Twerp!

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phillyphilly19@reddit

No. It's okay to feel younger than your age, but feeling like a teenager is a stretch. Can you expand on what this looks like?

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1hero_no_cape@reddit

Mentally, I'm still somewhere around 19'ish. Still hop on an Xbox, but now it's with my adult kid.

Physically 50, but probably closer to 65 in condition.

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kboleen@reddit

I just turned 60(1966) and I still feel like that but my body says different.

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waltsnider1@reddit

I saw a meme that said something like I'm 55 with the mind of a 27 to and the humor of a 6 yo. I think that fits here

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concerts85701@reddit

I have found I am not really an adult but I play one at work and around the house every so often.

Also folks who are just too serious about being adults and acting their age don’t understand or click with me. Way too much gen-x sarcasm and zero f’s given from this guy

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MaleficentMousse7473@reddit

In some ways i feel even younger now that I’m past menopause. I feel ten sometimes - just following interests as they happen - boys are yucky (just kidding, not yucky just no longer sexy) - i feel like I’m still observing and discovering life.

It’s disconcerting to realize that I’m older in the eyes of my coworkers and i feel a bit like a teacher in that i have to measure the expressions of my opinions because i don’t want them taken as the voice of reason or wisdom. Nah it’s just the same sarcastic old me!

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I-used2B-a-Valkyrie@reddit

I’m 19. I just have 31 years of experience is all.

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Beenthere-doneit55@reddit

We were talking about this last night. I’m 57 and my brain is stuck in early 30’s. Until I run across a mirror, I would swear I’m back in the early 2000’s.

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WrongwayFalcons@reddit

I'm 56 & I feel more & more like I did when I was a teenager. Not physically, of course, but in a vulnerable & curious sort of way. I find myself more prone to emotions. What's more I understand my emotions better, which I could not do as a teenager. It's scary but I feel alive & awake.

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Elusive_strength2000@reddit

Yep I’m very young at heart I often forget how friggin old I am all of a sudden. I also look younger which doesn’t help. 😆

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Vegetable_Loan1627@reddit

Yep. Sames

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ImCaffeinated_Chris@reddit

I'm a 12 year old with income

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bodhi471@reddit

At 54 I hear echos of all my ages.

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PsyOpBunnyHop@reddit

You should get your ears checked. >!/s!<

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bodhi471@reddit

Lol

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ZweitenMal@reddit

BEAUTIFULLY SAID.

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SoyFresa24-7@reddit

Same, unfortunately

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qoou@reddit

Yep!

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125acres@reddit

I was 42 when my Mom died and that was the day my youth disappeared.

I’m 50 now and my youth is but a memory.

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montbkr@reddit

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imalloverthemap@reddit

Yep. Retirement and widowhood have taken all the fucks out of me, I have no fucks left to give about what people think about me

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krush_groove@reddit

I'm the same. I still dress like it's the 90s and I still act like a teenager (not to the younger people I work with, though, to them I'm just old).

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Secret-Asian-Man-76@reddit

Right there with you. I just turned 50 two months ago. I look like I'm in my 30s (or so people always tell me when they ask my age) and I still feel like I do when I was in my 20s. My step father told me once he hit 50 it was like someone flipped a switch and he had next to no energy and no longer had any pep in his step. Poor guy. He's in his mid-70s now and is suffering from a few physical ailments.

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QuietBirdsong@reddit

I'm just about to turn 50, and visited my university haunting grounds today, and still felt like a fresher!

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Signal_A@reddit

You’re not alone by any means. 52, going on 17 here.

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SoAnywayYeah@reddit

54 and so glad to see this post. I still feel like I should be in my 20s. When people mention being say 32 I think that's my age but then sadly remember I'm 20 years older!

My body's in bits though stiff etc. which is a constant reminder that I am not in fact in my 20s.

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Electronic_Fix_9060@reddit

God no. Why would you guys even want to feel like your are 16?? I don’t get this youth obsession.

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Critical-Range1213@reddit

For me it’s not that I want to be 16 at all. There’s just a large part of me that, for good or bad, doesn’t feel 50.

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bamagurl06@reddit

It beats being old minded and acting old like so many people I know in their 50s acting like they old old.

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percydaman@reddit

Same. I'm just a kid with soul crushing responsibilities. I mean, my body feels older than my 51 years, but everything else is still waiting puberty to end lol.

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montbkr@reddit

I’m 58 and I feel every minute of it.

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powderpoff6@reddit

50 and 16 all at once. I’m still super close with the friends I had at 16 so it sometimes still feels like high school!

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Corpsey_Clownshoes@reddit

I still have dreams about high school. Its weird as hell because I wake up horrified that I'm going to fail. Lol

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IdeasAreBvlletproof@reddit

I'm 50 but I feel 13.2538

Seriously people can you really objectively remember how you felt when you were in your teens?

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Corpsey_Clownshoes@reddit

Yep. 50 going going on 19 here:/ Im happy im not alone in this, lol. I feel like a fraud:P

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Disassociated_Assoc@reddit

61 and feel the same, although my body and mind are in constant dispute about my true age. My mom died last August 17 at 84, and always said she felt no different than when she was a teen.

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xxDailyGrindxx@reddit

56M, feel mostly the same as I did in HS but exhausted from responsibilities (I'm clearing out the 2nd house of a soon to be deceased family elder in less than 2 years).

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oscar-the-bud@reddit

55, young at heart but I’m tired boss.

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Oldebookworm@reddit

62 and my brain assures me I’m no older than 25.

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jaxbravesfan@reddit

I’m 52, and I may look old with my gray hair and beard. I may feel physically old sometimes from almost three decades of physical work (although physically I’m feeling better than I have in a decade since I transitioned to a desk job a couple of months ago), but my mentality is still that of my much younger self. I always took it as a point of pride when my daughters would tell me their friends liked me because I “don’t act old like their dads.”

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ZippyNomad@reddit

I stopped worrying about how I'm expected to act for too long to worry about age restricting activities, as I'm sidelined by a foot injury.

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Mammoth_Ad_483@reddit

How do you feel on the outside?

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Tiny_Marionberry_328@reddit

53 here and my mind totally feels like a kid, but my body is like F that and the effects are real!

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eejm@reddit

I think of myself as about 19. I believe I’ve picked that age because I finally felt like I had some confidence and agency after a spectacularly shitty adolescence.

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cirkis@reddit

49 and feel the same bro

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theartofutility@reddit

I really think this is the case.

We don't really change much after a certain point - in our outlook or maturity - but just collect experiences.

The amount of grown men I've encountered behaving like spoiled teenagers is truly depressing. Some even get to become world leaders.

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DimSumGweilo@reddit

Everyone thinks they’re unique but we’re all just the same consciousness seeing reality through different perspectives. Every time I think I’ve done something, said something, felt something, thought something novel, I can find a 100 people in a minute who do,say,feel, and think just like I did.

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timpeaks72@reddit

I just turned 54 and have always said I felt like a 50 year old. And now I know I was always right! It’s just genetics.

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HappyCat51@reddit

So you feel 4 years younger than you really are? That's very specific.

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timpeaks72@reddit

No, I mean I’ve just always felt old inside, like walking dead energy my whole life.

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HappyCat51@reddit

Ah OK.

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No_Row6741@reddit

Absolutely! I think it has to do with the age at which we came into self realization. I, too, identify with my 16 year old self. Rationally I know I've matured and grown as a person, but deep in my core I feel like 16yo me.

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Jb4ever77@reddit

Ok! So am not the only one! Thanks for confirming.

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Juanfartez@reddit

I'm 13 with 40 years experience.

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Fragrant_Jelly9198@reddit

I will be celebrating the 36th anniversary of my 21st birthday this summer 😊

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kridkralc@reddit

About to turn 59. May as well be 19.

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eventualist@reddit

But can you run a sub 9 min mile?

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kridkralc@reddit

Pretty sure.....but I haven't tried for quite some time. I know I can make sexual comments and talk shit like I'm 15. 🙂

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Clearbreezebluesky@reddit

Absolutely. I’m 52 and do not feel even close to it. It’s really weird, I feel like my daughter is more of a grown up than I am lol

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lolo-2020@reddit

Mine too

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thelimeisgreen@reddit

I turn 53 next week! And my wife insists I’m still 13 most of the time. Or at least my sense of humor and (according to her) my understanding of social situations are at the level of a 13 year old. She may be right…

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Fragrant_Jelly9198@reddit

I often say I’m married to a 66 year old teenager…

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Jonny__99@reddit

54 and most of the time yes

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Dada2fish@reddit

Yes, everyone does. Everyone who gets old feels the exact same way.

Adult responsibilities and an aging body are what is holding you back from living the life you lived when you were 16.

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Rushedhomeroughyn@reddit

Also born in ‘73 I feel the exact same way most of the time. Still wonder how I made it to this point and done everything that I’ve done. Funny my older brother is also 1971.

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RedditSkippy@reddit

Honestly? I feel like I’m more fun now at 51 than I was at 17. A lot has to do with not being under the control of two very fragile, insecure parents, but it’s also due to being in control of my life, having more money, and fully embracing my DGAF era.

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Fragrant_Jelly9198@reddit

I am so loving this DGAF era!

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belsaurn@reddit

I may get older but I’ll never grow up.

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Trolkarlen@reddit

If you think you feel like some much younger age, then hang out with them and you'll realize how you are not. We just spent a vacation teenagers and I know I'm not even close to a teen anymore.

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curiousleen@reddit

Literally just having this convo with a friend from hs yesterday!

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hdroadking@reddit

Still think I’m 21.

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Misfit_Aquaintance@reddit

Yep, I'm 49 but I feel 23

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Grannypanie@reddit

Our brains trick us into believing this, then you pick up a 40 pound bag of soil in march and are reminded of our age.

Some days I look at my wife and say “you are in trouble tonight!”

I’m in traction for a week after those events.

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1101base2@reddit

Mentally I still feel like a teenager, but physically I feel like the crypt keeper...

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GrayBeardBoardGamer@reddit

Any of you guys parents? It took me becoming a parent to truly grow up. I like who I am now.I don't feel old. But I don't feel like a teenager or a 20 something.

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Fragrant_Jelly9198@reddit

I have never birthed a child. I married men whose ex’s did that for me 😊.

I am 56 and mentally feel like I’m in my 20’s. I often wondered if birthing and raising a child would’ve made me “grow up” but I also never felt “grown up” enough to have done that. I still don’t.

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Wise-gtx@reddit

I ha ve a 18 years old. I feel about 25 inside. Sure, my body is 56, but I still feel in my twenties. I behave as a responsible adult, but don’t feel like one

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Ledophile@reddit

I have found my PEEPS! I,too,feel this way( until the injuries over the last several decades make themselves known). Decrepit old lady who feels 19-25……..

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Inevitable-Cell-1227@reddit

Same. I still feel young but then my knees remind me of who I really am.

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Mir_c@reddit

I think I'll always feel like I'm college age.

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Viridian_Cranberry68@reddit

Get off my lawn!!!

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Responsible_Fly_3565@reddit

I can tell you after working in an assisted living facility, no one actually grows up. We just get older!

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charliefoxtrot9@reddit

Probably less mature than this, even.

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findickdufte@reddit

Same here. 50m (1975) and feel like I am 16, occasionally behave like I am 5 (particularly with the children - 4f and 1f)

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ScousePete@reddit

You have been invited to /r/OldManDad/

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ladyc672@reddit

I have a bit of chronic ankle pain from job-related stress. Other than that, I feel fine most of the time. I eat healthier than I used to, and I started exercising again. I still play video games...on Crimson Desert currently. I will be 54 in June.

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HalfaEnchilada@reddit

If I am asked I proudly say that I will be 53 in August. But then I hear the voice in my head that says "Ha!Ha! I'm really 25!"

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rogerm3xico@reddit

Yeah I think that embracing that "whatever" attitude for so long really made us less judgemental, negative and petty. That was the adult model we grew up around so we rebelled against it and now we're way better for it.

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catshark2o9@reddit

To me it’s still 1992 and I’m 16. Then today I received my Cologuard test and I realize I’m about to turn 50

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dare_me_to_831@reddit

Still feel 30.

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NerdDaniel@reddit

Elder Gen X. Absolutely, I have to tone it down for business purposes, but in my regular life basically I’m a teenager entering college.

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Oxjrnine@reddit

Where are you putting your finger to test how old you feel?

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Annual-Visual-2605@reddit

Just turned 54. Still feel 20. Possibly bc in my 40s I learned there’s no such thing as an “adult.”

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Flaky-Debate-833@reddit

I'm legit curious. There is a definite difference between feeling like a teenager and acting like one. In what ways does a 51 year old act like a teenager?

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ATX_Penya@reddit

Feeling like a teenager is seeing a boob and smiling

Acting like a teenager is laughing at fart jokes even when you're the guilty party

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promibro@reddit

I think it's because YOU do not age, only your body does. Your soul, your essence remains as it's always been. The body ages and dies, but you don't.

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jchasse@reddit

Hellz yes!!!!

People our age (53) don’t believe till they see me bouncing around.

Conversely, I look at all of em like…

“why are y’all act’n so old?”

“ come on get up! let’s play!”

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DerpUrself69@reddit

Technically I'm a Xennial (79) but I was just thinking the same thing last night. I walked into the bathroom, saw myself in the mirror and had some serious cognitive dissonance about how old I look vs how young I feel in my own mind. I feel your pain.

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Parking_Exit2297@reddit

I’m stubborn my goal is to out hustle/work everyone I’m 60 btw , my dad thought same way until he passed last November he was 84 , he still thought he could out work me and my younger brothers , I’m betting it was old farmer in him

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Accomplished_Cash630@reddit

Yep - turning 60 in about a month. I look a lot younger with no gray hair and feel like I’m my 30’s. I also have two teenage kids so I think that has helped keep a younger mindset

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gingerjaybird3@reddit

I’m like a little kid

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cltreader@reddit

No I don't. I am 51. I think chronic depression and life threatening health conditions make me feel old. I go to the doctor a lot. I take a lot of meds. I wish I felt like I was 18 again. 1993 was the best year of my life.

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donewithitfirst@reddit

I feel like I did 10 years ago and then job, deaths, kids married, health, worrying about finances. I now think about where he went. 56 and it feels like he was a dream.

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1043b@reddit

I thought I was an adult by the time I was 13 so yea

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Only-Breadfruit-2935@reddit

51 F just ran my first 10K, have been running on and off for a few years. Last month decided it was time to make the full commitment. Have been running 4.5 miles a day for the last few weeks. So proud of myself!!

So yeah I don't feel my age :)

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Commisceo@reddit

I'm 57 and can so relate. I keep telling people I still feel like I'm a teenager. And I'm enjoying every bit until I can't any longer. I actually spin out a little thinking how active I still am. Compared to my peers now. My wife loves how I am still like the guy she knew as a teen. I wonder when it will finally catch up to me. And it will.

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Beautiful-Mainer@reddit

I’ll be 61 in a few weeks and I still feel like I’m in my 20’s.

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Criticallyoptimistic@reddit

57m in broken ass body riding a wheelchair, but I'm going at life just as hard as can. I've my children watching and students at school; I'll be damned if I quit now.

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LadybugCalico@reddit

I feel about 35 but I'll be 52 soon

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Rabbit_of_Caerbanog@reddit

Punk as hell as I pop my HTN pills and pain meds for that damn back

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Breklin76@reddit

50 and I oscillate between 5, 12 and 23 years old.

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kka2005@reddit

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Recent_Mirror@reddit

Well, I just finished writing this in r/entertainment to a comment about Dax Shepherd and Eric Dane getting into a fight outside of an AA meeting:

—- I read that as AAA - then I laughed at the thought of them, waking in separately, to plan a trip.

Then getting into an argument over who has the cooler trip.

Then launching into a fist fight, while some retired senior citizen, who is just a volunteer, panics.

To me, who is two edibles in, this is probably the funniest thing I have ever thought of.

Enjoy and smile 😊

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NoStyle79@reddit

I was told that because I experienced so many deaths as a teen it kinda kept me there in my head in many ways.. I have 4 adult children and here I am sledding alone in the winter, riding the bike I had when I was 13 and building Lego Sets with my partner(43).. I've worked construction these last 20 years and get shit for not being a money chaser working through winter but I value time more than money so there's some adult that was able to grow in there as well. I seen this in my 85 yr old grandmother she was 16 for my entire life. And I plan on being that way as well.

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Trudi1201@reddit

I'm 58 and have accepted I'm never going to be a 'grown up '

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SunnySTX@reddit

53! Born on the day the Vietnam War ended! We gen X are in the position to teach the next generations about history...and apologize for some of our boomer parents beliefs. I'm hoping my generation can truly teach what the USA stands for and how eventually we can all believe in each other for strength and prosperity.

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GardenBunnyBaseball@reddit

🏆

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ConsequenceNational4@reddit

Ill be 50 in a few months but, Im mentally like 18 and my humor sometimes is in the same ballpark.

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zionzednem@reddit

Don’t let the old person in… helps to maintain a youthful feel.

Thankful for the wisdom the years had taught me but I’m still the same young whippersnapper.

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GardenBunnyBaseball@reddit

🏆

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Left-Thinker-5512@reddit

59m, and I feel that way most times.

Until I go to get up out of a chair, and then the fact that I’m turning 60 next year comes screaming out at me.

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samebatchannel@reddit

I’ll be 58 this year. I try not to get cocky when I’m doing stuff because that’s when something happens. Think everything is going well? Your knee, shoulders, or back would like a word

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CountHonorius@reddit

Especially when it comes to lawn mowing. What was a cinch at 30 is punishment decades later.

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Complete_Hospital283@reddit

Put shorts on and go out and run a mile. Come back and tell me you feel 16. Ha ha ha!!

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CountHonorius@reddit

My back won't let me, lol

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CountHonorius@reddit

Mentally I'm in 1979, listening to The Cars and excited about TESB in 1980, lol. If only my back didn't hurt...

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CheckeredVansGenxGuy@reddit

We have always kept our angsty teen disposition!

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OddSignificance9742@reddit

Just turned 56 and I still feel a lot younger than I am. Getting older is not what it looked like when we were younger.

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JoyDVeeve@reddit

I'm your age and I've always felt around 35

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HaloTightens@reddit

I haven’t aged much past about 20 internally, though my body will definitely argue about that. It kind of makes me sad to feel so young inside but so…. not-young outside.

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The-0mega-Man@reddit

Same. I'm a big kid. I'm 62 next week and most of the people I know my age are dead above the neck.

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Upper_Economist7611@reddit

We all have always been 13, 33, and 53 all at the same time!

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railworx@reddit

On one hand I still feel like Im 17, on the other hand I feel like im 70

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Ashford314@reddit

I’m about 14

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SKatieRo@reddit

Everyone feels that way. Every single person. The voice in your head and the eyes looking out never change. You stay you. That 103-year-old guy you just met does as well.

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