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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BamPow · 51-55, M

This was in the early 2000’s before the vinyl resurgence back when vinyl wasn’t cool. I was at a music store that was basically a CD reseller that also happened to have a couple of crates of records on the floor, which I was looking through. A young mother and her son walked into the store, and the kid walks straight to a record crate. He pulls a vinyl record out of its sleeve and says “Look mommy…..it’s a big CD.” The mother then begins to explain to her child, “a long time ago….way before you were born…”

Meanwhile me:

JSul3 · 70-79

@BamPow I had the same experience years ago at a garage sale. I was sorting out a large array of vinyl LP's, and checking their condition.
As I was looking at one, a very young kid says to his Mother:
"Hey look! Big CD's!"

BamPow · 51-55, M

@JSul3 Who knew they’d ever be cool again?

JSul3 · 70-79

@BamPow I started buying records at age 5...45s, then eventually graduated to LPs.

I still have them, as well as a turntable to play and enjoy them.

BamPow · 51-55, M

@JSul3 That’s about the age I was when I got my first record player. I’ve never stopped collecting, too. The first LP I got that wasn’t a kids album was the 1976 King Kong soundtrack with the poster. My dad had quite the collection, so as a kid, I listened to a lot of Stones, Zeppelin, Aerosmith, and Jethro Tull. I always just grabbed his records, so I didn’t really start buying my own with my money until I was a little older.