How young were you when you first heard something that made you feel old?

I was in my late 20's in the 1970's. A friend told me that he went to a movie theater the previous night and overheard a conversation between two teenage girls sitting in front of him.

"You know what? I heard that before Wings, Paul McCartney was in another group called The Beatles!"

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bijouxbroussard · F

This was illustrated in a movie, but I heard it firsthand; I was about 30 when I was with some friends and a guy said, "yes, everyone remembers where they were when they heard Kennedy had been shot," and this 19 year old said, "Wait, Ted Kennedy was shot ?" 🤨

TryingtoLava

@bijouxbroussard JFK ik so whos ted?

bijouxbroussard · F

@TryingtoLava Oh, my…the late Senator Edward Kennedy, the youngest of the brothers.

TryingtoLava

@bijouxbroussard o i c idk they were all in politics or he had brothers

bijouxbroussard · F

@TryingtoLava Yes, they all were. Their oldest brother, Joe, was killed in WWII, but had he lived, he likely would’ve gone into politics as well, which was their father’s ambition.

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@bijouxbroussard

Yes, for the younger generation, that question became "where were you when Challenger exploded?"

bijouxbroussard · F

@DrWatson Funny thing, when I was visiting my father and family:
a friend of my niece’s was commenting,
"I was 5 when we were told about 9/11; my mother asked, "what will happen to this country?"

Pop said, "I was 9 when we heard on the radio about Pearl Harbor…my mother asked that same question."

🥺

DrWatson · 70-79, M

@bijouxbroussard

There is no "reaction emoji" that seems right for this. I'll just say, "wow."