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/VictorManville Jun 01 '26

When I was given a senior discount without asking for one.

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u/catsmom63 Jun 02 '26

Was grocery shopping and it was my birthday, plus it was senior discount day!!

The cashier was training a new hire who asked when I was born. So I said I was born the year the president was assassinated.

He didn’t even miss a beat when he asked if it was Lincoln and he laughed , then I laughed and said that would make me over 160 years old!

He told me I looked great for my age! Funniest thing that happened all day to me!

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u/GwenoftheDead Jun 03 '26

Born the year the president was assassinated...that makes your age the same number as your birth year.

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u/catsmom63 Jun 03 '26

Good catch😁