how old were you when you first truly realized that you aren't so young anymore?

[iTeen]

when i was 13...

 

[mahashel]

As Indiana Jones once put it.. "It's not the years, it's the mileage".
I'm only in my early-30's, so I certainly don't consider myself "old". However, I do not consider myself "young" either, especially physically.
I believe I've packed quite a bit of living in for a 31 year-old though. heh

 

[cbrain]

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when I was diagnosed with degenerative disc disease in my spine at 22.

I have to take Methocarbamol and Tramadol HCL regularly.

~Crawn

I'm very sorry to hear that.

 

[atszyman]

Young girls are definitely kryptonite (sp?) toward a youthful outlook for middle aged men.

Actually my kids make me feel old whenever I realize the things they are going to be taking for granted as they grow up.

I remember working long and hard trying to get an original NES which I finally got in 1989. I remember our old black and white TV. I remember our very first VCR and using tinfoil, coat-hangers and duct tape to try and get a little better reception off of the rabbit ears.

My kids don't know what it's like without TiVO and satellite TV (except at the grand parants' houses and they only lack TiVO there). They won't know what it's like to not have a computer, or the internet at their finger tips. They won't ever know the house without at least one functioning video game console. With the addition of a DVD recorder to our entertainment center, they won't have much of a concept of what a VHS tape is either, or film cameras, or existence without cell phones...

Of course when I think about it that way it boggles the mind to think about what my grandkids will be growing up taking for granted...

 

[dsl4c]

I realized I wasn't so young anymore, when I caught myself at a club and thought the music was too loud and I wished they'd turned it down.. I'm 26 now.. I just let the youngin's grrove out to their rap at the club now and now just rock the good old club music in my car, with reasonable volume level of course

 

[Prof.]

I have yet to realize and i am 18 turning 19.

You are as young as you feel. So, i guess i am really 50 something.