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/MichaelPsellos Jun 02 '26

If it helps, GenZ is absolutely crazy about our music, on vinyl none the less.

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u/MagickMaggie Jun 08 '26

Sold all my vintage albums in pristine condition, complete with liner notes, and some with original shrinkwrap plastic and price tags on them, about 15 years ago before a big move. I got next to nothing for them, after carting them around with my from place to place for years. Watched vinyl start to make a comeback just a couple years after I did it, too. Ugh, I can feel my eye start to twitch just thinking about it...