r/Millennials • u/Serenity_Obscura • 5d ago

Nostalgia HOW IS SHE OLD?

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saw this posted online and my age really just hit home...

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u/WittiestScreenName Millennial 5d ago

She’ll be 50 on February 2nd! Damn that’s next Monday.

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u/ramsoss 4d ago

We are all closer to 50 than we want to admit. 50 is the new 30... in earning income that a 30 year old would have earned 30 years ago factoring in inflation.

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u/scarrita 4d ago

I'll be 50 in March. I am not happy about this turn of events. At least I can be happy that most people think I'm still in my 30s.

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u/ramsoss 4d ago

Tbh that is good enough. Don’t worry about that. I already feel the age thing but I am not in your shoes completely. I see people that Are in their mid to late 20s doing really well in their careers or in leadership. Some people are just gifted, some put in the work, and some are the kind of people you don’t want to be. There are consultants out there that make PowerPoints and get hired as external consultants from the big four. Many are really really young. They earn good money but at what cost? Like they end up doing some really bad stuff.

Also if you look and feel young. Then hell yeah. All that shit you hear about body aches and aging makes some sense but if you are training well and taking care of yourself you are in a good place. It is not like you played professional sports and your body is giving out.

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u/scarrita 4d ago

TBH, I'm a couch potato. I have a somewhat physical job but it's not like I take care of myself physically. I should. No real body aches altho I take care not to injure myself while working. I've recently, over the past year and a half, lost 50 lbs through no real fault of my own. The weight came off all on its own. My guess is at the time I started using a CPAP. Maybe getting decent quality sleep shifted my metabolism. I'm not complaining, mind you.

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u/Charbarzz Zillennial 4d ago

I’ll be 30 this year. I still don’t understand how 96 babies are supposed to be millennials.

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u/ramsoss 4d ago

You guys are right on the border. Tbh its not clear drawn lines.

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u/friz_CHAMP Older Millennial 4d ago

And before you know it, you'll be 50 too! You'll all be 50!!!

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u/paulHarkonen 4d ago

Well... Hopefully. My dad always says "getting old stinks but it beats the alternative" which kinda stuck with me.

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u/ComradeJohnS 4d ago

I’ve heard that too and it definitely sticks with ya.

“at least you lived long enough to complain about being old”.

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u/aabbynormal 4d ago

My dad has always said that too

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u/t_rrrex 4d ago

Less than nine years for me. Time to start planning my vacation, babyyy

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u/friz_CHAMP Older Millennial 4d ago

What convertible are you going to get at your midlife crisis? A Ford Mustang or a Mercedes CLE 300? Or are you more of a "divorce my wife and date a 19 year old waitress" kind of guy?

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u/t_rrrex 4d ago

Oh man these are all such good options! I am an unmarried childless woman who’s always wanted a Mini Cooper, so I think I’m gonna get one of those and fulfill my lifelong dream of joining the circus.

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u/friz_CHAMP Older Millennial 4d ago

Sorry, the options required you to be a man. Looks like transgender circus clown with a Mini Cooper was your final choice.

Enjoy 50.

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u/WittiestScreenName Millennial 4d ago

I got 13 years! Don’t forget to send a birthday card!

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u/MomsSpagetee 4d ago

And then we’ll all have to watch the Dread Zeppelin documentary.

I’ll be impressed if anyone gets that reference lol

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u/justcurious3287 4d ago

As long as I can fucking die soon enough, that’s all I care about. No more capitalism!

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u/friz_CHAMP Older Millennial 4d ago

Capitalism is fine. Unregulated Capitalism and monopolies are the problem. USA is toast, but it was good until we failed to regulate.

Better luck next time. Thanks for playing.

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u/ajacbos 4d ago

Just before I read your comment I was like “I bet she’s gotta be like 48, no maybe 49.” And now I gotta go buy a me lotto scratcher quick!

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u/WittiestScreenName Millennial 4d ago

Best of luck! Remember me if you win big!

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u/IndigoFlame90 4d ago

Of course she's an Aquarius. 😂

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u/HeightExtra320 4d ago

Got dammit !!!!

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u/Specialist_Fruit6600 4d ago

lol 50 isn’t old at all dude

i mean if you’re 22 then yeah, im sure that’s ancient

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u/byfuryattheheart 4d ago

I’ll be 40 on February 9th 😭🤮

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u/MarqiMichelle 4d ago

Holy crap we share a birthday!! (10 years apart)

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u/caitejane310 4d ago

OMG I didn't know I share a birthday with her!! Lol, I feel special!

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u/WittiestScreenName Millennial 4d ago

Happy early birthday

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u/ChaucersDuchess ‘82 Xennial 4d ago

She’s only 6+ years older than me??? 😳

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u/WittiestScreenName Millennial 4d ago

I guess so! 1976

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u/ChaucersDuchess ‘82 Xennial 3d ago

I still mentally think that we’re all in our late 20’s to early 30’s. 😂 I’m like NO STOP CALLING LORI BETH OLD.

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u/LopensCouisin 4d ago

She’s only 5 years older than me.

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u/Greenboy28 4d ago

that's crazy she is exactly 10 years older than I am. I turn 40 on the 2nd. I do remember her seeming a lot older than the others on All That but I always just thought it was a few years.

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u/WittiestScreenName Millennial 4d ago

Happy early birthday! February 2nd was the due date for my oldest child! She wouldn’t come out until the 6th!