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Is 26 old?

I’m 26 and I feel old.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
I went through the same thing when I hit my late twenties.

I finally figured out how to shake off that feeling.

Yes, I felt old at age 26, 27, etc....because I had gotten so used to a certain self-image that was formed in high school and college. Compared to THAT, I was old.

One day, I was looking in the mirror, aware of how I no longer looked "youngish" the way I had, when suddenly it hit me: in a few years I would be 30. And I thought about people in their 30's and imagined myself as one of them. Suddenly, I felt like a "young 30" instead of an "old 20." I simply had to let go of the stage of life I was exiting and embrace the next stage.

And I have gone through the same process when turning 40, 50, 60, and (just two weeks ago) 70.
JimboSaturn · 51-55, M
@DrWatson I totally now how you feel. I think 26 -27 is the age where I felt I really have to get my shit together; I was out-growing my persona until that point. My friends were beginning to get married and settle down and become real adults.

I feel 26 is a real cross roads in people's lives; notice that all the young musicians who died early where 26. I think it's a move on stage.

Once you get over it though, it becomes ancient history and you 26 year old crisis is totally forgotten and you move on to a better self.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@JimboSaturn That's a good way to put it.
BitterSweetPotato · 31-35, F
@DrWatson I've been through the same thing. I've always looked at people in their thirties as old, until I hit that age, and to me it felt like a "young 30".
SW-User
No ffs. You young!
smiler2012 · 56-60
{@marrisalovely] rubbish you are nothing but a spring chicken 😆
Longpatrol · 31-35, M
I'm 30, that makes me ancient, and the real old folk practically fossilised. I think they might have some issue with your diagnosis
SW-User
@Longpatrol put yo bifocals on! They in the fridge by the orange juice!
@SW-User what orange juice?🧐
SW-User
@fernie2 lol!
only to a 6 year old
Teslin · M
I didn't feel it until I hit 27.
I've been 27 for 35 years !!
pedrohedgerow · 61-69, M
I am 63,but will always be younger in mind and attitude than many.
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
Old for what?
SW-User
Hello granny 😉. How are ya ? @CrazyMusicLover
CrazyMusicLover · 31-35
@SW-User Fine 😆
SW-User
Ok carry on in your rocking chair 👍. Just checking. Lol @CrazyMusicLover
SW-User
What does 26 feel like ? Can’t remember 🤷‍♂️ Lol
heavyone2 · 61-69, M
Hell NO,, 26 is YOUNG!
HannahSky · F
That's not old
Eddiesolds · 61-69, M
marvn5694 · 46-50, C
BarbossasHusband · 36-40, M
I'm 35, have had a bad back since I was 4, have arthiritis æ, can't coughwithput farting, and my best friend is a 78y/o woman (my grandma)

I'm old,not you're not
Barny52 · 56-60, M
no way, its just a number but you do feel different at each stage in your life .
anoderod55 · 61-69, M
No ! 😸👌🌻 Might feel that way , but keep motivated 👻
Docdon23 · M
Ha--I am twice your age and I do not feel old at all!!
redredred · M
If you’re a potato chip, it’s ancient
Elessar · 26-30, M
Literally more than one quarter of century old
antonioioio · 70-79, M
Not from where I'm standing 😂
OverTheHill · 56-60, M
Nope! Enjoy your youth.
SW-User
For a horse 🐎
bikelover · 51-55, M
Hardly 😳
Jenny1234 · 51-55, F
KuroNeko · 41-45, F
ronisme1 · 61-69, M
Zaphod42 · 46-50, M
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂😂😂😂


No.
Not in a human being, considering that [b]people[/b] live to be 100+. In a cat, perhaps.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@bijouxbroussard I know someone whose cat lived to about age 22!
@DrWatson My friend’s cat, George, lived to be 23. He died last October, but when they adopted him, their daughter was six months old. George got to play with [b]her[/b] year old son, before passing.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@bijouxbroussard Wow. That's a beautiful story.

My friend is a potter, and he makes his own glazes. So when his cat died, he cremated her in his kiln, and he used part of her ashes to make a glaze for some coffee mugs.

So, as he looks at things, he is still having coffee with her in the morning!
SW-User
No, it's not old. You're not a teenager anymore but you're not old.
SW-User
No. 28 is old tho
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