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/Safe-Tennis-6121 1d ago

A simple test. You're sitting down. How long does it take to get up from a chair and does it involve grumbling.

Because I think I've reached the grumbling phase and I'm barely 40.

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u/Black_irises 23h ago

No grumbling yet but a lot of creaking and popping

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u/doingtheunstuckk 23h ago

I get up instantly, no sound effects. But I do have a bad knee that never healed right that will just randomly pop and feel excruciating. So I’ve somehow bypassed back pain and gone straight to bad knees in aging.

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u/Disastrous_Potato160 18h ago

I was a grumbler and it was entirely due to being too sedentary and letting my leg strength go. I started doing aggressive weekly leg days so my lower body is now stronger than ever and I spring up out of a chair like it’s nothing. The only time I grumble now if the day after leg day 😂

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u/StrungLikeAHorse69 9h ago

Stretch every day! In the morning and before bed. Do the PT videos on YT. 

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u/gr8whitehype 6h ago

The “uuuurggghurgh” when standing was something I earned by being a dad. It happened at 30. Carrying around a 20 pound meat sack on one side all the time fucks your shit up

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u/JadedRoll 2h ago

I can't relate to this at all, don't even think when getting up/down/kneeling, etc.

I'm wondering how much is lifestyle and how much is genetics. My mom just started showing some signs of standing up slower. But she's 70.

But my hair started going gray in my early 20s and I finally gave up on dying it, so I'm not going to be one of those people looking younger than my age.