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How old are you in your own self reflection and does it match reality?

Posted on 11/9/25 at 8:42 am
Posted by drizztiger
Deal With it!
Member since Mar 2007
44533 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 8:42 am
I’m 20-something in my head and realized this morning how old I really am…

I filled out an entire online survey request from a recent delivery order.

Posted by Stexas
SWLA
Member since May 2013
6786 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 8:50 am to
Evidently older than my 81 yr old dad who is always riding my arse about cleaning his gutters and helping with chores around his house. Caught him last week atop my 12’ step ladder pulling out a few sticks from his gutters. I just cleaned them out about two months prior.
Posted by Stat M Repairman
Member since Jun 2023
763 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:17 am to
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gutters


Older folks tend to obsess about gutters for some reason.

Both men and women.

Could be tv ad or magazine ads always advertising gutters and leaf guards for gutters.

Also if there is any conceivable reason for them to get up on a step ladder, they will do it.

Some innate compulsion to climb up on a ladder.
Posted by EphesianArmor
Member since Mar 2025
1924 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:19 am to
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I’m 20-something in my head


Yup

Lemme go to the park and shoot some hoops, whack some fungos. See?? I'm still a young colt!

Couple hours later:





Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
29382 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:21 am to
I jumped over a hot tub last night so my kid didn't fall in the pool.

I'm feeling it this morning. Every part of me aches.

So...20 vs 40?
Posted by 87PurpleandGold
Arkansas
Member since Sep 2016
807 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:22 am to
Hahaha. I know that feeling. The mind is willing, but the body is weak. Icy Hot and Tiger Balm help. ??
Posted by UptownJoeBrown
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2024
5819 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:25 am to
Some of yall are in really bad shape for under 50.
Posted by EphesianArmor
Member since Mar 2025
1924 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:32 am to
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Hahaha. I know that feeling.

The mind is willing, but the body is weak. Icy Hot and Tiger Balm help. ??


I'd have to bathe in a tub of Icy Hot and Balm

My plan has been to stretch like a maniacal Gumby before and after the lube up the muscles and joints "playing" -- then hydrate like a camel, and pop a couple of aspirin and eat the leftover pain.

The body may be weak (or weaker), but dammit -- I refuse to yield totally for Father Time. Gotta use it else you lose it.

Posted by X123F45
Member since Apr 2015
29382 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:35 am to
I take 2 baby aspirin and 10 grams of fish oil every morning.

Not exactly pleasant.
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15518 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:35 am to
Mentally I'm still in my early 20s
Posted by real turf fan
East Tennessee
Member since Dec 2016
10995 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:37 am to
Just wait.
A time will come when you look in the mirror and wonder who that old person is.
Posted by EphesianArmor
Member since Mar 2025
1924 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:44 am to
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Just wait.
A time will come when you look in the mirror and wonder who that old person is.


Already sorta there, pardner. Happens in a blink of an eye, doesn't it?

WARNING: Do NOT dare pull out the ol' HS yearbook.



Posted by EphesianArmor
Member since Mar 2025
1924 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 9:46 am to
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I take 2 baby aspirin and 10 grams of fish oil every morning.


Eeeesh.

Do me a favor -- burp in the other direction, brutha.

Posted by soccerfüt
Location: A Series of Tubes
Member since May 2013
72511 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 10:26 am to
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Mentally I'm still in my early 20s
IQ-wise.

Posted by TexasTiger33
Member since Feb 2022
13945 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 10:30 am to
I try my best to be patient with aged folks but at some point the generational differences and age gap just makes it impossible to get along with some older folks especially when their mental capacities start to deteriorate.
Posted by HarryBalzack
Member since Oct 2012
16217 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 10:32 am to
16 mentally, but late 30s adults call me sir and I think there are only one or two people I work with who've been around longer than me.

Biggest clue to me is when my kid talks about some singer and in response, I've become my dad: "Who the hell is that?"
Posted by Will Cover
Davidson, NC
Member since Mar 2007
39818 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 10:35 am to
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How old are you in your own self reflection and does it match reality?


It took me a very long time to realize that how I perceived myself to be versus how others perceived me to be were completely opposite of one another.

If you made a mistake or are about to make one, shed a light of reflection on it, and see God's love and wisdom there. I am stronger because I had to be. I’m smarter because of my mistakes, happier because I’ve known sadness, and wiser from all my lessons.

Divorce changed me. And I am "blessed" as one can be for going through it.
This post was edited on 11/9/25 at 10:36 am
Posted by Loup
Ferriday
Member since Apr 2019
15518 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 10:43 am to
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IQ-wise


No argument from me there lol
Posted by 777Tiger
Member since Mar 2011
87511 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 10:45 am to
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Older folks tend to obsess about gutters for some reason.



you can really do some damage to your house if you don't
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
45677 posts
Posted on 11/9/25 at 10:49 am to
Mentally, I'm still around 40.
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