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  • hushable@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    early 40s and I don’t feel old at all. Yet my younger zoomer coworkers behave like life is over at 24-26. Last time I asked my parents (boomers), they told me they started feeling old in their early 30s. Might be a generational thing.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
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      2 days ago

      I finally feel like an adult but I think that’s less to do with my age and far more to do with my family, career and financial status. Physically I’m in far better shape now than I was a decade ago, so I’ve got that going for me at least!

    • Macchi_the_Slime@piefed.blahaj.zone
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      Yeah idk, I’m 35 and I’ve felt like a teenager trapped in a slowly decaying meat prison since I was like… 17 maybe? Even as I graduated, got a job, got married, started a family… Every step it was just like “Surely this is where I finally start to feel like a real Grown-Up,” and every time it just doesn’t change. I still feel like a stupid teenager pretending to be an adult. One that does an alright job pretending mind you, but I still feel like I’m just pretending even after this long.