People In Their 30s Share Sad Realities Of Being Their Age

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satirequeen
Jun 2, 2020 2:30 PM EDT

Time is a funny thing; one minute it's 1995 and you're rocking big velvet scrunchies and listening to The Spice Girls and the next minute you're getting annoyed at teenagers who play their music too loud on the bus. Welcome to your 30s, where the 90s are over 20 years old. HOW DID THAT HAPPEN?! It seems like it's not just us; a Twitter thread asking people in their 30s to reveal unexpected things about being their age has revealed that old age has apparently come early. Welcome to the age where people half your age are dressing the way you did 30 years ago, only now it's vintage.

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    Text - SOCIALLY DISTANT MOTHWIFE @exfatalist Hey, Over 30 Twitter, what was something about aging you always thought was a trope but turned out to be true? I'll go first: random backaches for simply *existing* after three decades of suboptimal posture. >
    via @exfatalist
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    Text - Jono @jonoabroad Replying to @exfatalist Eye sight dropping off a cliff Suddenly being the old person who talks to young people and seeing " urgh why is he talking to us look" Young people in tech stores assuming I'm an idiot. Being grumpy a lot.
    via @jonoabroad
  • 03
    Text - AlleyRose @kSkyeGre SKYE Replying to @exfatalist Getting very upset when songs from the 90s and early 2000s turn up on the classic rock radio station. I don't know what musical hell I've found myself in but Nickelback is not, and will never be, "classic rock".
    via @kSkyeGre
  • 04
    Text - Miles Klee @MilesKlee Replying to @exfatalist straight up forgetting entire years
    via @MilesKlee
  • 05
    Text - Seth, Island Hobo @ProfChestnut Replying to @exfatalist I was sleeping, why does my body hurt?
    via @ProfChestnut
  • 06
    Text - FuzzBeed Eli @FuzzBeedEli Replying to @exfatalist Waking up way too early and just . being awake for the day because you can't fall back asleep. What even is that.
    via @FuzzBeedEli
  • 07
    Text - *• Jessica, not from tv.. @JeskaWillow Replying to @exfatalist There is no point where you're suddenly a "grown up". You just one day find yourself older with more bills, unearned backache and no clue how you're fooling people?!
    via @JeskaWillow
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    Text - Andrew Fallows @kaldrenon Replying to @exfatalist Not being able to bounce back after doing something less than healthy. Me at 16: *eat two whole cheesesteaks and most of the fries for lunch, feel normal by dinner* Me at 32: *eat a cheesesteak and some fries for lunch, dead by 3pm*
    via @kaldrenon
  • 09
    Text - the crows have eyes iii: the crowening @poodlesprings Replying to @exfatalist Actually worrying you might die when you get a minor injury/illness. Me, 24, with H1N1: WHATEVER I'M GONNA TAKE A LONG LUNCH TO HIT THE DOCTOR AFTER 3 WEEKS THEN BACK TO BUSINESS. Me, 35, tripping in my own home: I wonder how long it will take for someone to find my body. >
    via @poodlesprings
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    Text - Beth Mentink @mentink21 Replying to @exfatalist As a kid I thought it was crazy my dad didn't automatically know his age. Now I have to do complex mathematics across a century every time someone asks me how old I am. >
    via @mentink21
  • 11
    Text - E fight or flight @watermia Replying to @exfatalist watching history repeat and feeling helpless to do anything about it >
    via @watermia
  • 12
    Text - Jez @typesetjez Replying to @jenrjones @exfatalist and @corvidowl The 90s were 10 years ago and that's never going to change. >
    via @typesetjez
  • 13
    Text - Genevieve Williams is at #Nebulas2020 @twitfics Replying to @exfatalist People half your age dressing the way you did 30 years ago only now it's vintage
    via @twitfics
  • 14
    Text - Isla Boag @IslaBoag Replying to @exfatalist and @riotheatherrr You really do care less about what other people think you as you get older. It's rather wonderful.
    via @IslaBoag
  • 15
    Text - The Ceramic Dalmatian @lilithine Replying to @exfatalist Getting mad when the grocery store rearranges their layout. - Getting excited over new cleaning tools/gadgets. - Turning down the volume on the car radio when I need to see where l'm going.
    via @lilithine

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