For fun only: What makes you feel old/young?

[arivecchi]

My thoughts:

Young:

Hanging out with girlfriends.
Date night with DH.
Travelling.
Doing fun excursions with kids on weekends (although I feel extremely old and exhausted afterwards).
Purchasing cool new clothes and shoes. ;)
Social networking. As I tell my DH (who does zero social networking), I KNOW he's a geezer because he is not on FB.
Buying almost everything online. Same as FB, if you still do most of your shopping at B&M stores, you're old. :ROTFLMAO:

Old:

Buying some Lands End stuff for myself. Ouch. LOL.
Having wine almost every night. :54:
Being so excited about buying strollers and car seats.
Looking forward to calm weekends at home. Ahhhh, going to bed at 9 on Fridays.....
When DS1 tells me (as a joke) that I have a big butt. Sigh.
When I happen to be somewhere hip and happening at night and wonder how all these young people have the time to be out and about.


Yours?

[HIU8]

Young:
running
shopping
having young children

Old:
My need for reading glasses
wanting to go to be by 9 pm

[AnnieW625]

young:
getting 8 to 10 hrs. of sleep per night
going to movies
getting more than 45 minutes of good solid exercise
being outside

old:
not getting enough sleep
hearing Michael Jackson's Black or White on the local oldies station
dealing with 20 somethings who insist on texting instead of calling or wanting me to check my facebook 24/7
DD1 telling me I should be sending email on my phone
writing a check in the grocery store, but I still prefer that method vs. putting it on plastic

[larig]

OLD: seeing that you have to have been born AFTER I graduated h.s. to buy beer on the sign at the grocery check out.

YOUNG: my friends.

[mackmama]

Young:
Hanging out with my friends
Driving alone
Hiking
Belly-laughing

Old:
Realizing how long it's been since I graduated from college
Looking in the mirror after a bad night's sleep
Cutting my hair shorter
Carrying a purse

[lmh2402]

young:
the fact that my DH is almost 5 years older
my appreciation for current fashion and top 40s music
my friends

old:
perpetual exhaustion
lots of white hairs
cellulite in places i never thought i would have cellulite
disdain for most social media - i totally don't trust that newfangled stuff ;)
that my baby sister (10 years my junior) is getting married in a few months

[Trigglet]

Ooh, fun!

Young:

Yoga
Listening to music that lots of my friends haven't heard of
Drinking beer
Dancing around the living room
My DH - he's eight years older!
Travel


Old:

The fact that most of my students (college) were born in the 90s, and that they think of the 70s and 80s the way I think about the 50s and 60s (i.e. ancient history!!)
Knowing that tidying the house would make me feel better
'Young people's' obsession with texting while sitting at a table with other live human beings who they are ignoring
Realising we have to actually start saving money rather than just spending it.
Twitter

[wencit]

Young:

Listening to hip hop music
Dancing around my living room
Pillow fights with my boys

Old:

Every time I am with my 20-something-year-old SIL who acts like she's a teenager
Seeing pregnant women or moms with newborns (reminds me that it's a stage of life I will never again experience)
Trying to lose this "baby" weight -- coming off waaaay slower than before!

[kijip]

Being young? I am only 30. That seems young to me.

Roller skating/derby makes me feel very young.

The one thing that makes me feel a little older is noticing the tiny lines that are around my eyes. Feeling tempted to buy anti-wrinkle eye cream makes me realize I am not 20 years old.

When we bought our Camry we felt more stodgy and/or grown up than when we drove a little Corolla. :hysterical:

[gracielaw]

I feel young when I go to concerts. I feel old when I complain all the way home about how tired I am, that my feet hurt, and how next time we need to be higher up and not on the mainfloor.

I'm 33.

[g-mama]

Being young? I am only 30. That seems young to me.



It is! Enjoy it.

From a 41.5 year old mom who barely remembers what being 30 felt like. :crying:

[boolady]

Young:

Having a good laugh with my sisters or my good friends (or both!).
Spending time with just DH.
Dancing around with DD like a crazy woman.
Splurging on something for myself-- a new lipstick or nail polish (happens rarely).
Going to the beach or on vacation.
Sleeping in (again, happens rarely).

Old:

Talking to one of my supervisees and having them say they graduated high school in 2000. Arguing with them that that is impossible because you were in law school in 2000. Having them provide you with a timeline indicating that it is indeed possible.
Trying to figure out what is appealing at all about Lady Gaga or Justin Bieber, to name a few.
Finding unwanted hairs in places you never had them before.
Realizing that your idea of a good time involves turkey meatloaf and a crossword puzzle.

[zag95]

Young:

Hanging out with girlfriends, esp my HS and college friends- I've known them so long that time seems to stand still!
Travelling.
Doing fun excursions with our family (DH, DD and I) on weekends.

Old:

Hanging out with girlfriends, esp my HS and college friends- most for over 20 yrs- and my grade school friend for about 31 yrs- yikes!:eek:
Trying to explain to HS students about the First Gulf War (you know, the one in the EARLY 1990's!!!!)
Explaining pop culture of the past to kids of the present!
No longer getting carded
Being so excited about the stages of a preschooler!

[DietCokeLover]

Young:

Having a 3 and 4 year old



Old:

Having a 3 and 4 year old

[gatorsmom]

Pretty much EVERYTHING makes me feel old. Really, I feel older every day.

However, there are a few things that make me feel young, many of which have already been said like datenights, outings with girlfriends, etc. But here are a few more:

riding my bicycle outside
walking or running with young, fun hiphop music or even fun older music
playing outside with my kids.

[pinay]

A former student just announced on FB that today is his 21st birthday- that definitely made me feel old!

[scriptkitten]

Young. All the stuff you said plus performing on stage.

Old.
-remakes of 90s and 80s music
-my midsection
-seeing my 80s/90s rock idols looking old

[mctlaw]

Young: Vacations w/ my DH, seeking advice from my work mentors (who are older and male)

Old: When my momn clips and sends me marriage announcements from kids I babysat in high school and college!

[arivecchi]

Old.

-my midsection



How could I forget? Bye bye bikinis!

[JoyNChrist]

I'm only 25, so I'm still definitely in the young category.

But I guess the things that make me feel particularly young or cool are:
- Dancing
- Sex
- Working out
- The fact that I still usually get IDed to buy alcohol

While the things that make me feel less than cool (or just highlight that I'm a mom) are:
- My minivan. We've had it for 6 months and I'm still not used to driving a van.
- When I don't know any of the cool new music at wedding receptions and things because I never go out anymore.

[kedss]

Young:
Doing genealogy, I'm one of the younger researchers that I know.

Old:
Riding with UVA students on the UVA buses, if I had a kid at 20, most of them could be the age of my kid now, so yeah, that makes me feel old.

Bumping into 'kids' at church that I taught when they were 2 or 3 years old, now they are teenagers.

[ijopint]

I feel young when:
I could still wear all my clothes purchased when I was still single..
wearing a nice thights with knee high boots
Running and swimming
date or alone with DH (maybe around 11:30 Pm)


OLD when:

throwing sweats pants and wearing sneaker. (nothing wrong with this wardrobe but I like dressing up when I go out ).
when I cannot relate to the music they are playing in store e.g I do not know who the singer is.

[BabbyO]

Young:
My lifestyle, in general. 99% of the time I don't feel like I'm anywhere near my age (34).
Completing full or half-marathons - even pg!

Old:
Realizing that the co-workers in my exact position are younger than my little brother (who is 7 years younger than me)
This pregnancy...its kicking my butt
Realizing that my 1st child turned 16 last month - EEK!

[GvilleGirl]

Young:
Going out without the kids.

Old:
Wondering if I should get depends because I am scared I'll leak everytime I sneeze or cough!

[LMPC]

Young: When I take DD to the park and run around with her.
When I travel and experience new aspects of other people's cultures.
When I throw on my favorite pair of jeans and a sweatshirt...and then get carded for buying beer :jammin: my favorite way of feeling young!!!

Old:
When I read People magazine and I don't know half of the people...and then I realize I am old enough to be the mother of most of them!
When I go into H&M and all the "in" clothes are things I wore in jr high and high school!
When I realize that I am waaay closer to 40 than I am to 30.
When I give my reasons for not joining FB and sound like my 90 yo grandmother!!!

[salsah]

Young: Driving around in my old car (the one that I got when I was college) with the windows rolled down while blaring Warren G's Regulate.

Old: Driving around in my old car (the one that I got when I was college) with the windows rolled down while blaring Warren G's Regulate.