'I'm old now': 25 Moments when Gen X and elder Millennials comprehended their advanced maturity

Realizing that you're getting older is always a shock. One minute, you're a dastardly hooligan climbing trees and building forts with your best buddies in the neighborhood, and the next moment you're filing paperwork for Medicare. While not all of us watch life pass by idly, it seems like the faster you live, the faster life goes by. Like a roll of toilet paper, the closer you get to the end, the faster it goes.

Fortunately, for most, with age comes wisdom. So when we realize that we're no longer being carded at the bar because our gray hairs are showing, we can finally settle into the comprehension of our advanced maturity–much like the Gen X and elder Millennials in our next tale! Keep scrolling to read the all-too-relatable moments where folks realized they're not the youngster in the room anymore and how our aging bodies tell the tale of a life well-lived.

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Posted by Jesse Kessenheimer

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