When did you realize that you're OLD

[Zarky]

First realized I was old when my whiskers started turning grey.

 

[hithard]

Ok guys.... 35th birthday coming up feeling older and like this is the home stretch to have a good time while I still have the last lingering youth in my body.
Going through the 'reflection of my life' stage at the moment. And how the past decade has just seemed like a blur. Probably due to listening to some old music and realizing that it is now ten (or more) years old.

One thing is I have had a lot of responsibility thrust on me both business and personal wise, that I have lost touch with whatever dream I had before of what I wanted out of life. Don't get me wrong life is pretty good but it feels as if I'm not living it to the fullest, or missing a piece of the puzzle.
There is so much I want to do, but I currently feel like I'm using the 'too many responsibilities' excuse to hold me back (don't get me wrong I do have a lot). I just don't want to get to 46 and look back on another decade of blur.

Any advice from the older guys on what they would do if the could live 35 over?

 

[Demodulate]

I still mentally feel and look pretty young, but my body begs to differ.. after getting a microdiscectomy following a severely herniated disk acquired while training muay thai, I relaized.. my body could no longer keep up..

my back is a constant struggle now, keeps me in check, and definitely makes me feel physically old.

 

[Scaramouche]

Dear HitHard,
Looking back,i can honestly say I hit my peak,certainly sexually and Work wise at 37.....I did a silly thing at 39 I got married,under duress,I was living with a lovely Girl,slipped up on Birth Control,and had a lovely daughter....Got quite attached to this kid,who is now a gender equity Officer in a big Government Department,whatever that means,probably should have been strangled at birth (Smile)...So Girlfriend disappears,goes back to Mother,comes back without Kid,but complete with Ultimatum,marry or else!!!eventually I capitulated,but at least I wrung a Pre Nuptial out of Her!!!...On reflection,if I had a rewind button I would have gone my own way,for this lovely daughter...Yeah it was better for her,but none the less that is what I would do....HitHard,you are just coming into your own,believe me it gets better as you get older....just eat well,exercise and do your Kegals.

 

[zekko]

Any advice from the older guys on what they would do if the could live 35 over?

Don't wait. If there's something you want to accomplish, do it now.

 

[5string]

I'll realize I'm old when there is no more lead left in my pencil.

 

[sodbuster]

Take some time off and do the things you want to do. You can die behind a desk later....but are you going mountain climbing at age 70?

 

[vatoloco]

When this 21-yr old cutey I took out told me she also liked "old school" stuff like "No Doubt."

 

[The Bad Ass Canadian]

I'll be 32 in a couple of months and things are just getting good. I feel like I've finally become "a man". Taking control of my life, my career and leaving behind all the insecurities and petty things that don't matter and replacing them with wisdom, experience and an overall well balanced mental outlook. Life is only getting better!

 

[qazs0220021]

Instead of feeling old in that situation with the 20 y.o chick, I'd take that as an opportunity to teach her about it. Chicks dig older guys because they can teach them stuff like that.