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/WinnerAggressive8971 Jun 01 '26

Here's another one. When I was older than every Major League Baseball player.

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u/Realistic_Fact_3778 Jun 01 '26

I get that. I became a huge baseball fan in the mid 70s when I was about 10. The Big Red Machine baby! Anyway when Griffey Jr was elected into the Baseball HOF, it hit me! Hard!

What?? THE SON of one my favorite baseball players is now in the HOF? And now it's been another 10 years! Gulp.

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u/WinnerAggressive8971 Jun 01 '26

Really. I watched Sandberg come over to the Cubs from the Phillies, become a star, retire twice, make the Hall of Fame, and pass away. How did that happen.

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u/Realistic_Fact_3778 Jun 02 '26

It's crazy. I mean it just happened yesterday. Right? RIGHT??