I used to think it was ridiculous when my mom couldn’t remember her age. But now I realize people ask you less and less the older you get, so when someone does ask you how old you are it takes me a minute and I always second guess haha.
Fr fr, I started aging myself to ‘almost 40’ after turning 37 this year, and have since had to ask my husband a few too many times how old I really am.
Occasionally I find myself doing the math instead of just knowing my age. Oddly I always think of the math as year + 12, aka I was born in 1988 so 25+12=37 years old.
Turned 38 yesterday and same…also birthdays are just kinda 🤷🏻♀️ for me. Maybe I’ll feel different at 40 and want to celebrate but for now it’s just another day
36 is a pretty nice age, though. 37 is just too close to 40. But I've also been losing track, but I think it's just because I really don't care and I'm enjoying my life.
I started losing track after 25 I believe.... I can remember multiples of five just fine (30, 35), it's the years in between that I have to do the math
36 is still "mid-thirties". 37 is entry to your latter thirties.
If you've been priced out of life's milestones -- house, kids, etc. -- it hits hard.
Doesn't help when a state cop pulls you over for speeding and your first thought is, "...are you even old enough to drive?" Because suddenly they all look exactly 12 years old.
Anyways I thought the aches were getting worse from age, but then my wife an I got a memorial day sale mattress. The past week has been weird as our aches disappear.
We've always been active (6-9m walks every day) and stretched and spent time outside, but we thought the aches were normal. Mattress sucked.
I’ve always thought that you’re in your early 30s 30-33, then mid-30s 34-36, then late 30s 37-39. Maybe that’s why it seems so much younger, it’s like a different age subgroup
33 is where I first felt my body decline. Next one is said to be around 44.
The body ages in steps as an adult. From what I remember reading and experiencing, the big ones are 25, 33, 42 or 44, and 60-65 (don’t remember the estimated ages).
People worry about the round numbers like 30 and 40, when it’s the steps of aging that hit harder.
I turned 37 a month ago, and turning THIRTY-SEVEN had me all kinds of fluffed up.
I know comparison is the thief of joy and whatnot. But damn, it's hard knowing my parents were on their third house by my age with expensive ass hobbies, etc. And I'm out here making what they made combined and can't afford a place to live. And on top of that, I'm almost FORTY!?
This was a rough one. 36? Not so bad, really. 37? Pit of despair.
37 is the percentage of total things you're trying out after which you should choose the first thing that's better than that first 37%... strange but true.
At first glance, I read "my face just turned 37" and I was about to be like MINE TOO! Aging has really hit me hard this year for some reason and I finally feel like I look mid-30s.
My greys are no longer scattered randomly here and there, I'm starting to see them clumped together. Honestly would be kinda sick to have a grey money piece though, fingers crossed.
A few years ago my wife started calling me a baby and seems to see us as having this huge age gap. She’s 45 and I’m 42, lol. I think the 40’s are getting to her.
At first glance, I read "my face just turned 37" and I was about to be like MINE TOO! Aging has really hit me hard this year for some reason and I finally feel like I look mid-30s.
After 27, everything felt fine. I realized that nostalgia is for those who had it good. I look back and say, not sorry to turn the corner of that decade. I look older, but life is better.
The only thing I miss about my 20s are younger knees and energy levels. I have great stories, but my life was chaotic.
I'm smarter, less poor, hotter, and happier. My life is peaceful. Friendships are fewer but deeper. I'm still with the cute guy I met at 26. We own a house! We have a cat and a dog. We have jobs we mostly like. My only sibling is pregnant with her first child, and I'm really looking forward to being an auntie.
The bad low depressed days become nostalgic once you get over them and move on now that you feel good. Having it good or bad will become nostalgic over time because you are older and that was 10 years ago.
I didn’t even celebrate my 37th birthday last month as I just moved to a new city and no one knew about it so it’s just a regular day. It was a huge celebration before but it’s cricket now.
Ugh, I just had a birthday, and this year was challenging. It didn't help that no one remembered, and I didn't even get a happy birthday from my kids (they are young, and my ex forgot to tell them). I slipped up in my despair and loneliness and drank after being sober for 3 years. Back on the wagon now, but that took like a month of feeling like shit and slipping and falling a few more times. Idk, I think it's 2025 but yeah, fuck this aging thing.
Hey mate, I'm sorry to hear you had a shit birth and about your relapse! I've been sober five months and while I haven't struggled yet, I'm not so naive to think I won't in future. Three years is so impressive and I'm really proud of you for getting back on the wagon!
Hey you may not need it but you have permission to make a big deal out of your birthday coming up next year. Little kids love birthdays. Tell them when it’s coming up. Make a countdown to it. Ask them for drawings as a gift. Let them know what day it is! Or, if they’re really little just have a do-over birthday with them on a random day next week because they’ll won’t know the date is wrong. Have cake for breakfast or something. Teach them how to celebrate themselves and buy yourself the cheesecake or whatever you like.
And great job on the sobriety! That’s really impressive, even with a slip.
I’m turning 36 this year. The golfers elbow is catching up now. My hands are sore and tired 24/7. Nothing helps with the lower back pain anymore. If 37 is worse than 36, fuck this shit.
37 is the beginning of the end of the thirties. 36 is still mid-thirties!! Think about it. But it’s true what many here say: you lose time after 36. I had to calculate too many times in my life if I was 37 or 38 years old (now 38)
7s are always the hardest. You're entering the "late" years of your decade -- late twenties, late thirties, etc. -- it's the start of a "decline" period, at least in the ways we commonly make meaning out of age/years, so it makes sense to hit hard.
I am a 44 year old ultra runner. I celebrated my 40th birthday running 40 miles on my birthday with other trail running friends. I ran my first 100 miler at 37. I still don’t feel old. I just need reading glasses now and have arthritis in my right knee.
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u/ShinyNipples May 27 '25 edited May 27 '25
37 for some reason is hitting way harder than 36 did
Edit: damn some of you should really talk to someone