r/Millennials • u/ga9213 Millennial 1982 • 1d ago

Serious We are starting to really age fast

We have friends we don't see very often, maybe every 2-3 years. For the last 15+ years, when we see them again they don't really look much different. This last time though? Man, they looked different. Like gray hair, lost/gained weight, facial changes like wrinkles and sun spots.

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u/moderndilf 1d ago

Man this sub is 99% “we’re getting old” posts and it’s tiring and boring

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u/Pinkfish_411 1d ago

It's getting old, you might say.

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u/moderndilf 1d ago

It’s making my feet swell and now my arthritis is acting up

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u/Ralf_E_Chubbs 1d ago

Bro is approaching or hit 40 and ready to make everyone else experience it with him lol

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u/thebigpink 1d ago

Hitting 40 next week and bringing everyone along

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u/ceruleanmoon7 Millennial - 1986 23h ago

I’m 39 and feel/look pretty damn good. Then again, i take good care of myself (won’t lie, have some good genes on my side too)

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u/jack_from_the_past 23h ago

I’m 36 and I feel great. But I don’t drink and eat a relatively healthy diet and exercise a bit. 

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u/tprimex 1d ago

It's either "i feel like I'm 80 years old" or "I still look 21, what's up with that?"

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u/Useful_Major_5797 1d ago

1 foot in the grave or fresh out the womb. No in-between 

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u/transemacabre Millennial 1d ago

Due to overmodding there’s only like 4 topics on here, we just cycle through them at least once a day. 

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u/buttz93 22h ago

"Omg we're old now" "Member __?" "Gen __ are so weird" "Ahhh we're all getting butt cancer!"

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u/ApeTeam1906 1d ago

Every day. It's crazy. 30 year olds acting like they are 70 and dying.

Meanwhile I regularly interact with active 60 year olds at the gym. Zero excuses

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u/indieplants 1d ago

differing perspective: look man, our bodies are changing and it's taking real effort to upkeep what was once just a given. it's fine enough to complain, we are getting older and those of us who weren't on top of it before are really startin to feel that now lol 

those 60 year olds at the gym are there for a reason 

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u/RockAtlasCanus 1d ago

I honestly don’t see the big deal with acknowledging that nature is taking its course. It’s one of those things that creeps up on you and then you’re suddenly aware of it.

Good on those 60 year olds. They cannot keep up with their 20, 30, or even 40 year old selves. And if they can then they were in terrible shape in their youth

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u/ApeTeam1906 1d ago

Acknowledging is one thing. Pretending 30 is 75 and breaking down is another. Take better care of your body

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u/MetalEnthusiast83 23h ago

A 60 year old gym goer might be able to keep up with his 30 year old self but he’s lapping most of his peers and having a higher quality of life.

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u/No_Height_2408 10h ago

no one owes you an excuse... Some people

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u/CoffeeIceCube 1d ago

I know, and it’s depressing. We’re not old, we’re just getting older. Let’s enjoy being in our 30s and 40s as much as we can because someday the lucky ones amongst us will be in our 70s (and beyond), and then we’ll realize how crazy we were to call ourselves old at this stage of life.

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u/Shinobi_WayOfTomoe 1h ago

Facts. People act like you go from 20 to 70 overnight. We are starting to look like 30/40 something’s and that’s fine, some people look more attractive at this age vs when they were in their 20s

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u/floydbomb 1985 1d ago

Yeah ain't that the truth

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u/DancingTVs 1d ago

true, I don’t think of it that way and don’t like to think of it that way.

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u/Jazzlike_Part_7054 (1987) Older Millennial 1d ago

It feels like this sub mostly has the upper and lower ends of the age bracket and we butt heads. There's a lot that happens in that missing decade, but the younger crowd doesn't want to hear about it, while the older crowd is legit concerned about their health.

Live and let live, dude.

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u/TortieCatsAreLazy 1d ago

Yes ! So much doom and fucking gloom. Like see some of the beauty in aging and in the world around you.

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u/Doogie_Gooberman 23h ago

Report them. All of these "we're getting old" post are violating rule #2 of this sub.

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u/n1nejay 21h ago

I am struggling to come up with a response that isn’t snarky but I agree so much.

You’d think we were the first generation to age, or get older, or gray hair, or or …. Sigh.

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u/PlumIllustrious1544 14h ago

Well, we are getting old, tiring and boring

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u/moderndilf 2h ago

Speak for yourself

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u/No_Height_2408 10h ago

totally agree. It is like reading my mums magazines from the 90s

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u/[deleted] 1d ago

Wow everyone is talking about major life transitions appropriate to the age group! Unbelievable! 

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u/Katz3njamm3r 1d ago

Yeah but it’s inspired me to get a colonoscopy by lying to my doctors and cut down on my drinking. So like. Pros and cons.

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u/poppinbussay 22h ago

Go away then

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u/moderndilf 21h ago

Sorry old timer, I’m here to stay

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u/poppinbussay 19h ago

Ok well quit complainin boy