My boss -- some years younger than me -- was amazed to learn that the band T-shirt I'm wearing today is from 1992, marvelling about the quality. (It is interesting to see which shirts have held up over the years -- and said shirt was a Ned's Atomic Dustbin one, so hey, it keeps up my good name.)
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 29 November 2018 20:19 (five years ago) link
there will always be earnest 20 something straight cis-dudes on ilx ... there will be more treeships
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 November 2018 20:22 (five years ago) link
P sure LJ is unaccountably still in his late teens or something.
― you guys did not understance his stlye of english (Old Lunch), Thursday, 29 November 2018 20:23 (five years ago) link
he is 31 iirc ... when he was in his 20s i think he proposed marriage to me on ilx? ... glad he has matured
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 November 2018 20:24 (five years ago) link
you were the sam and diane of ilx for a while there
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 29 November 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
or, i dunno, keeping it in the cheers extended universe, the noel and roz of ilx
― ( ͡☉ ͜ʖ ͡☉) (jim in vancouver), Thursday, 29 November 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
lol wut?!
this thread got crazy
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 November 2018 20:31 (five years ago) link
being a cis-woman on a board dominated by straight men is inherently awkward
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 November 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link
indeed
― weird woman in a bar (La Lechera), Thursday, 29 November 2018 20:35 (five years ago) link
esp if you are single or not obviously unavailable
― sarahell, Thursday, 29 November 2018 20:36 (five years ago) link
40 is pretty good, have made measurable strides recently in emotional maturity and self-compassion. yay meditation and therapy. lucky not to have had any health problems yet. single and feel weird about it (not coming here to pick anyone up tho)
― Uhura Mazda (lukas), Thursday, 29 November 2018 23:05 (five years ago) link
i'm over 50
Me too. Where's our thread?
Probably everyone's too tired to make one.
― Ned Trifle X, Thursday, 29 November 2018 23:15 (five years ago) link
Is there an over 60 thread? Would offer my Medicare Open Enrollment expertise. Which is actually a thing I have. Ask me anything.
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 29 November 2018 23:28 (five years ago) link
There is a thread for us folks over 50: [This is a thread for ILXORS IN THEIR 50's]...ILXORS IN THEIR 50's
― that's not my post, Saturday, 1 December 2018 04:48 (five years ago) link
^who of course fail at ILX formatting
― that's not my post, Saturday, 1 December 2018 04:49 (five years ago) link
The all-caps is a nice touch.
― pplains, Saturday, 1 December 2018 14:07 (five years ago) link
T minus 6 days.
― Pauline Male (Eric H.), Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:07 (four years ago) link
WELCOME TO DIS
― calstars, Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:15 (four years ago) link
And in a couple of years I shall leave you all behind.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:22 (four years ago) link
I joined these ranks last year. Guess I should bookmark this, huh?
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:23 (four years ago) link
I ran into a friend I hadn't seen in a while yesterday, who was surprised when he figured out that I was over 40. "You are perpetually in your mid-30's to me," he said. That was sweet.
― Herman Woke (cryptosicko), Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
way ahead of you puny children
― mark s, Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:25 (four years ago) link
is it just me, or when you look at pictures of people you knew in highschool, college, in your 20s, they all look a lot older, meanwhile you feel like you don't look much different than you did 15 years ago?
― sarahell, Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:27 (four years ago) link
we are the Blest
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:29 (four years ago) link
maybe it's also a product of not having children? ... it does weird me out to see guys (not women, though, just guys) that I had "flirtations" with when I was younger ... seeing pictures of them with their kids. ... it feels more like "i shouldn't be seeing this" than if they sent me a dick pic out of the blue
― sarahell, Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:33 (four years ago) link
It’s definitely weird, especially if you tend toward valuing your own privacy
― calstars, Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:37 (four years ago) link
I think not having kids might have something to do with it. I saw a picture of me from 3 years ago when I was 39 about to turn 40 and I still look pretty young. 3 years later I look old as shit. but a lot has happened in those 3 years
― Colonel Poo, Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:39 (four years ago) link
Someone at work, who is 24, joked that I was technically old enough to be his father. He has a nine month old kid, so I'm technically old enough to be someone's grandfather.
― just another country (snoball), Thursday, 27 June 2019 20:53 (four years ago) link
sup pops
― calstars, Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:06 (four years ago) link
sigh -- I still have a penchant for ironic thrift store t-shirts (or t-shirts that look like thrift store t-shirts) and I saw a bunch of grandma themed ones, and I thought about getting one ... until I thought that I could be someone's grandma and people might see wearing it and think it wasn't ironic at all
― sarahell, Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:08 (four years ago) link
ugh .. people might see *me* wearing it and think it wasn't ironic
Only the ones who've lost their hair. (I find baldies who are substantially younger than me really shocking. Last night I saw a dude on the subway whose hair was seriously thinned out on top and he couldn't have been more than 25 or so. I felt very sad for him.)
My brother's three years younger than me but I think he looks older than me. He has two kids and is pretty fat; also, he dresses like what he is, an ex-military father of two teenage sons (baggy short-sleeve button-down shirts, khaki shorts, sandals, Guy Fieri-esque sunglasses).
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
I guess some embrace the look.
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:13 (four years ago) link
sarahell but then that would be double irony, you should lean into itNine months left of my forties argh
― an incoherent crustacean (MatthewK), Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
I am 42 on Saturday. I have just shaved off the ginger beard I have sported since 2006, I now look like a startled and pudgy grey owl. And also like my mother.
― thomasintrouble, Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:19 (four years ago) link
I'm 44, everything seems fine. Don't feel that old, but also sometimes feel a little intimidated knowing that I'm around the half way point and I cannot imagine the second half being more eventful than the first, at least not in a good way.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:24 (four years ago) link
Touch of Grey listening party anyone ?
― calstars, Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:27 (four years ago) link
I am 49 and have been thinking a lot about the liklihood that this "second half" (if I should be so lucky) will be less eventful, less colorful, and about the imperative to compensate with commemsurate wisdom, and awareness, and how that seems like an extremely tall order
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:35 (four years ago) link
it feels like I wild need a bonus 49 years *after* the "second half" to be cool with just sitting in a lawn chair needing a lot of naps thinking baout things
― d'ILM for Murder (Hadrian VIII), Thursday, 27 June 2019 21:39 (four years ago) link
I am 46 and don't look it at all. It wouldn't be so bad if I didn't get random injuries the cause of which are difficult to ascertain. Foot and neck the last two weeks.
― Mazzy Tsar (PBKR), Thursday, 27 June 2019 22:44 (four years ago) link
Everything hurts. EVERYTHING HURTS.
My knees make crunching chip sounds. I cant tolerate a drink anymore. BLARGH.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Thursday, 27 June 2019 23:13 (four years ago) link
Feeling you on that.I’m enjoying my first case of cellulitis!
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Thursday, 27 June 2019 23:30 (four years ago) link
fucking shoulder got me of late and a sudden case of apnea. What used to be fighting for gains is now fighting to keep above water.not for weaklings, as they say.
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Thursday, 27 June 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
cellulitis is v. unpleasant
― mookieproof, Thursday, 27 June 2019 23:40 (four years ago) link
Ngk
― mom tossed in kimchee (quincie), Friday, 28 June 2019 00:35 (four years ago) link
Mmm, cellulitis sounds like a joy. I had a bad attack of shingles earlier this year (Jan/Feb), all over my upper back and shoulders, and down my right arm from elbow to hand (including fingers and palm). It lasted close to a month, and I've still got one dark spot on my inner elbow that seems permanent.
― shared unit of analysis (unperson), Friday, 28 June 2019 00:45 (four years ago) link
I am 46 and don't look it at all.
― calstars, Friday, 28 June 2019 01:22 (four years ago) link
My hair turned white over the last two months. I don't even care, I don't have enough of it to be bothered about, but no, I don't look like I did fifteen years ago.
― Flood-Resistant Mirror-Drilling Machine (rushomancy), Friday, 28 June 2019 02:30 (four years ago) link
i'm salt and peppering at the temples but I'm likely to be full white by 50. looking forward to it tbh!
― Fuck the NRA (ulysses), Friday, 28 June 2019 03:37 (four years ago) link
Ive been fully silver since my 20s. Still wondering when to stop dyeing it red.
― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Friday, 28 June 2019 04:08 (four years ago) link