Signs you’re in your 40’s — they’re not pretty, but those “signs” will be with you forever.
When Do You Start To Feel Old?
When do you truly start to feel old? Millennials — those born between about 1980 – 1996 — seem to have some answers.
I have friends in their 40s now saying “I can’t understand a lot of the songs that my kids and teenagers listen to.” Another friend of mine said, “When did TikTok start giving medical advice? I thought it was all about stupid dances for us 40-year-olds to laugh at!”
It will happen to all of you. One day you’re staying up till 4 a.m., the next you’re waking up at 4 a.m. Probably because you had a cup of coffee at three in the afternoon the day before, and caffeine just doesn’t like you anymore…
Do you wake up with a backache in the morning — for no apparent reason?
Millennials Watch Out!
The first members of the generation we know as millennials came around in 1980, which means they’re turning 43 this year. According to a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, that just happens to be the average age that Americans stop feeling young, according to this survey by the Worldwide Independent Network of Market Research.
Those on the latter end of the millennial birth years still have a while to reach the unwanted milestones of creaking, and not being able to eat broccoli anymore. But, I promise you’ll understand soon enough.
Signs That You’re In your 40s:
It’s a reality: Kids of the ’80s are hitting their 40s. And even if you don’t feel like you’re quite over the hill, there are a few telltale signs that you can’t ignore.
The hashtag “#SignsYoureInYour40s” was recently trending on Twitter/X, and there were some hilariously responses. But are they all true? To this writer, yes. But I’ll let you read them – and laugh a little bit when you pee – and you decide.
You woke up injured -- but don't know why.
Oh, it will happen and it’s baffling. Don’t spend the morning trying to figure it out — just take the Ibuprofen.
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You already know about AI -
And his name is CLIPPY! Look him up — he was fabulous.
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A teacher once told you this:
“You won’t always have a calculator in your pocket!” Umm, hi — Mr. Johnson? I’m calling you from my calculator.
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You asked Jeeves before you Googled.
Kids, this is how you “googled” begore Google – you asked “Jeeves.” Google it.
Signs you’re in your 40’s
You printed out greeting cards and birthday banners with a dot-matrix printer
A WHAT Matrix WHAT?? Well, at least know what the holes on the sides of printer paper were for…
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The cashier asks for ID for age-restricted items.
Then they laughed because they just needed it to clear your self check-out scan.
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The creaky noises from your bed are no longer from the bed springs
Nope that’s all you. Truly, you sound like a bowl of Rice Crispies.
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When You're Shopping At The Grocery Store, And The Music Playing Are The Same Tunes Played At Your Homecoming
Bust a move — but don’t hurt yourself. This is truly how you know that you reached the “hill” at least. When the elevator or grocery store music is the same as your school dances. Or, when your music suddenly becomes “throwbacks.”
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