Signs of growing old
Needing a bigger mug.
I always made fun of my mom because she constantly changed her coffee mug for a bigger one. I was at the store the other day and for some reason, got myself a big fat red mug. I just saw it at the store and instantly felt that I needed it. I’ve been using it for about three days and it’s already special for me. I even gave it him a name. Meet Watson the big red mug!
Needing a bigger wallet.
Who carries so much shit around all the time that a normal-sized wallet becomes useless? Well, me. Apparently. Lately, my old wallet looked all fat and overstuffed - even after taking out everything that wasn’t really necessary. So, I got a new wallet too. It’s huge. It’s bigger than my mom’s and my grandma’s. It even has a room for a checkbook, and I’m not even old enough to have checks.
Needing a bigger umbrella
For many years, I thought umbrellas were embarrassing. My dad got me an umbrella when I was in middle school and I never even took it with me, because the sole thought of umbrellas was so embarrassing. I know, silly. When I started college I saw myself “forced” to use one, and bought the smallest possible umbrella. I’ve learned that those don’t really work. So the size of my umbrellas have been increasing over the past two years (I’ve had many because I break them all the time, somehow). The same day I got the mug and the wallet, I got a bigger umbrella. I love it, and I’m so not embarrassed by it. What was I thinking before? (Oh yeah, that umbrellas are for old people)
Needing a bigger bag
My stuff doesn’t fit in my tiny bag anymore. That’s a consequence of getting what I’ve mentioned before (except the mug, of course). So last night I changed all my things to the only large bag I have, and it looks like it’s about to go kaboom. I never thought I had to resort to oversized bags, you know, those that look like the girl carrying it fits inside the bag. But it looks like I have some more shopping to do. I’m not complaining though ;)
Feeling like your parents (and grandparents)
All of the above makes me feel like my mom and my grandmother. My mom with her big coffee mug and large wallet and my grandma with her humongous bags and gigantic umbrellas. Thinking about it, maybe I’ll just keep “needing” bigger things as I grow older and older.
What makes you feel like you are growing old?
oh, yes. totally see those things happening to me too. Especially since how, when I was little, my parents always gave me a little version of everything … a little chair, a little spoon, a little cup, etc etc. I have had to upgrade all of that to normal size once I attained teenage, and now to large size since i am almost an adult. Sigh =(
(I don’t mind about the big bags, though, since they are in fashion XDDD)
I don’t care anymore, if I don’t wear the most fashionable clothes, the most important is that I feel nice and comfortable. I have more cards in my wallet (okey I admit that five of them are library cards :P, but I have other cards too). There is lot of little things that make me feel older, and I’m not even that old, only 21.
I feel like I’m starting to get old now, because I’m just done with the process of applying to a college (in another town across the country), getting my student loan, getting my own dorm room etc. Not to mention I’ve started thinking practically, like, I have two casseroles, a whole set of knives, forks and spoons, cups and a lot more, in preparation for living on my own.
Haha! Bigger everything! That is so true. :P
Hmm…I feel old whenever I see the weird cartoons that are on TV now and miss the ones from when I was a kid. :(
When I was a freshman at college, my best friend bought me a wallet as a Christmas present. I immediately put it to use and I loved it! But recently I was on a clean-out/throw-out mood and realized that I needed a BIGGER one! Ironically, it’s not even about the cash, because I’m always broke — but during the course of four years I’ve acquired so many cards (not necessarily credit) and other wallet-stuffers that I needed to let my lovely wallet go =[
Oh! You know what else makes me feel old? BILLS. No one writes me letters anymore… only AT&T =[
My random bits of gray hair make me feel old, but that’s from stress and genetics since I’m only 18, not 81. One thing I’ve noticed about myself and made me realize that it was a sign of aging or maturity was the idea of finally getting the chance to live out on my own even if it is just moving into a dorm. Also the fact that I finally have a job and I don’t mooch off my mother all the time now.
Haha, I’ve ALWAYS had big bags and a big wallet. The big bags because I’m the type of person who packs for a day in the park like I’m packing for the apocalypse, and a big wallet because I like having everything in it’s own little pocket or slot.
Yes, I definitely agree on the bigger bag thing. And the bigger they get, the more cavernous they are and the harder it is to find all the crap you’ve stuffed in there, ha.
The biggest change in my life that I think signifies I’m getting OLD has been with my diet. I noticed that things affect mah bowels more than they did when I was a teenager, so I’m becoming more and more observant of the nutritional value of my meals. And fiber, always looking out for that fiber!
A lot of things make me feel old… But the fact that kids turning 16 this year were born in the NINETIES makes me feel really, really old.
This might sound silly but I have a big red mug too…and I call it Big Red. O_O
“….Mum can you get Big Red outta the cupboard please? My hands are full at the moment!”
Needing bigger stuff is sometimes a bit disturbing for me because it feels like I’m beginning to clutter up and I hate that feeling. =[ So whenever I need something bigger, I sacrifice important stuff so I don’t have to upgrade lolol.
I feel like I’m getting older when I start worrying about budgetting money. That might sound silly but my parents do it all time so I have gotten the disease and well…yeah. -_-
Hmmm… would it be early aging or just abnormal behaviour if I started asking flight attendants for coffee at age four? XD I’m getting old too!
haha :D
What really makes me feel old is when teenagers call me “ma’am”. Oh geez, I feel so terrible old then. :(
It’s funny - I need smaller things as I get older. I guess I’m maturing and realising that I don’t need 2372934732 in my bag! In fact, I hardly ever take a bag out shopping anymore, and when I do, it only has my phone and my wallet in it. :P
A few summers ago, a little girl asked me if I was 17. That really me feel old. :P
^I was once at an event and a women asked me if I was “with my husband”…I was shocked. :P
I agree, the older we get, the larger everything needs to be!
I honestly feel like an old woman when I start worrying about spending too much money and when I start cussing people my own age. I also start feeling old when I notice that my everyday vocabulary consists of words like ‘alrighty’, ‘dear’, and ‘darn.’
Aye, aye, aye! D:
I definitely need a bigger office mug. My friend/boss/co-worker has this huge ass mug, it’s like 5 regular mugs, and I need something like it.
Sometimes when I scold my brother, I stop midway (usually when he starts laughing) and realize that I sound EXACTLY. LIKE. MY. MOTHER. Sometimes even word for word. :| … It’s highly disturbing.
Also, regarding the big bag thing - It’s funny you mention that, but I guess I never realized that my bags over the years have gotten steadily bigger and bigger. (And more cavernous, yes.)
… And so have my mugs, come to think of it.
LOL this is a little bit sad. :(
I like Watson the Big Red Mug. A lot. :D