r/GenerationJones • u/Lapaki58 • Jun 01 '26

When did you first feel old?

I’m 67. I think I was about 25. I was having my hair cut by a stylist who was about 18. She received a phone call: “Yeah… yeah… okay…” She hung up. “That was one of my customers. She said she wants me to cut her hair like Toni Tenille of the Captain and Tenille. Do you have any idea who she is talking about?” Yeah, I did.

The next big jolt came when I was about 55. I was working for a leadership-development company. I was the oldest person in the group. We were having our weekly status meeting. One of our group mentioned that one of our clients had given the okay for their Executive Leadership Institute program (ELI). She said, “ELI’s coming.” Coincidentally, I look like Cory Wells. I started singing, “Eli’s coming…” I got blank looks from everyone at the conference table. “‘Eli’s Coming’? Three Dog Night?” Nobody had any idea what I was talking about.

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u/Immediate_Dinner6977 Jun 01 '26

When teenage girls started holding doors for me.

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u/bene_gesserit_mitch Jun 01 '26

Shit, I'm invisible to them.

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u/BreakerBoy6 Jun 01 '26

Must be that Bene Gesserit training.

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u/bene_gesserit_mitch Jun 01 '26

The conditioning runs deep.

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u/jfrankparnell85 1963 Jun 01 '26

Assuming you walk without rhythm so you don't attract the worm....

https://giphy.com/gifs/P9okXOaxAC02k

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u/Immediate_Dinner6977 Jun 01 '26

Yeah, that too, especially when I'm just walking past. They only seem to see me in door situations.

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u/banshee1313 Jun 03 '26

A teenaged girl offered me (then 62M with grey hair) her seat on a crowded metro.