I still feel addressed when there’s something about “young people”. At 34.
39 here, same shit. I’ll roll right into the “how do you do, fellow kids” meme
48 here. Had a minor heart attack earlier this year, so sometimes I’m starting to feel old.
This meme is so old that I was 27 when I first read it.
Me with my 30+ year-old ass: Oh, this meme is about people in their 20s. This is about me!
I still remember the day I grew old. After forgetting my change at a self checkout machine, an younger attendant ran after me and refered to me as ‘sir’. After that day, I was no longer young. I was 29.
I realised I had become an adult when some woman told her kid “that mister” would tell him off if he didn’t behave, and gestured in my direction. I looked behind me. There was nobody there.
I had become The Mister. The stranger based punishment of exasperated mothers everywhere. Fear me, little children, and despair.
I remember the day as well. I walked all through the store grabbing everything I needed and while waiting in the checkout I realized I forgot the milk. I laughed and said “Oh wow” then the guy behind me looked at me and I shrugged and said “I forgot the milk!” and left the line I’d been standing in for a few minutes to get the milk.
My age at the time didn’t matter because it was on that day, I became old. Talking to strangers in the grocery store, forgetting to get the milk, and laughing about it? Old.
I’m 32.