• My knee still doesn’t feel right after that hiking trip two weeks ago.
  • I started listening to really old music.

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Some things I’ve noticed in my early 40s:

  • You talk about things like property taxes and 401k contributions more often than you ever thought would be possible
  • You seriously weigh whether a drink is worth the bad sleep and headache it’ll cause you
  • Your pop-culture references are lost on younger folks
  • You start referring to college-aged people as “kids”
  • You need reading glasses but you’re in denial about it
  • Injuries take longer to heal
  • Those of your peers who haven’t taken care of themselves are starting to have serious health issues
  • You care more about flossing, skincare, fiber, and hydration
  • You still rock bottom eyeliner like you did in high school
  • You’ve seen fashion from your high school years go out of style and then come back as “retro”
  • You see the utter confusion on your nephew’s face when you explain that you used to keep a quarter in your bike pouch in case you needed to call someone, because he doesn’t remember a time before cell phones and his generation isn’t allowed to just roam around unsupervised on their bikes
  • You have strong opinions about things like laundry detergent brands
  • Birds become fascinating
  • You have no problem spending a few hundred dollars on a new kayak paddle, but the price of cold cuts these days is just unacceptable
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That’s bang on. Aside from the quarter. I used to call collect and they would get “Would you like to receive a collect call from ‘Hidadcomepickmeup’?”

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Good o’le “Bobwehadababyitsaboy”

I also remember when CarrotTop did the C-A-L-L-A-T-T commercial, so that’s fun/old…

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Remember the 10-10-321 commercials? Or actually I think it was 10-321 originally.

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My friends did that, but my mother would’ve killed me - she thought that was no different than theft lol

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You may fascinate the elderly with a bird

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Injuries take longer to heal

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cold cuts? Have you seen the price of a bag of chips? Ridiculous. I don’t need to spend 5 bucks to hate myself later after I’ve eaten too many.

$30 to buy an old mechanical pencil on ebay you remember having in highschool? No problemo.

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Eyes, motivation, you can’t drink all night and only sleep for three hours, and in general it’s better to drink at home, it’s better to lie on the couch, lack of interest in many things… taking care of children’s health is above your own etc.

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