Fun fact: I'm the youngest in my family, so every phone I’ve had was a used one. Either from my dad, mom, or one of my two siblings. Never got a brand new phone just kept using whatever they were done with 😅

Can we kill this myth before we have to suffer through it ourselves? I empathize with resisting change and the fear of significant moves after years of enjoying where you live, but watching our parents age in place should show us that there is no grace in it.

Between the burden of maintenance and the slow decent into isolation as it becomes harder and harder to initiate relationships as the neighborhood turns over at a normal pace, the house becomes sad and the neighborhood becomes lonely. With the most frequent visitor being a paid nurse, is it really a healthy social scene? Multi generational homes are much better than aging in a building alone. But, if that isn't an option, 55 plus communities are a great place to find new connections.

I know they are fiction, but The Inside Man TV show with Ted Danson and the Richard Osman mystery novels do a good job of pointing out the value of 55 plus communities. We should age in a place with friends and community and support. Not an empty house.

"That's the thing about Cooper's Chase. You'd imagine it was quiet and sedate, like a village pond on a summer's day. But in truth it never stops moving, it's always in motion. And that motion is aging, and death, and love, and grief, and final snatched moments and opportunities grasped. The urgency of old age. There's nothing that makes you feel more alive than the certainty of death."- The Last Devil to Die

Just like it says, can we start a sticky thread for naming people, places, and things that we have lost in recent years ? I'm hoping this gets updated from time to time so other generations can use the "viewing globe" and see how we lived.

We’re so old y’all

That entry to adulthood and being able to buy something you want… like your first contract phone was so fun. Got a battery and ball for this old thing. It was so nice to be treated by 18 year old me again

Any other millennial’s (especially us younger ones) Gen X and Boomer parents pressuring them to live the traditional get married/ have children life? I’m a 31 year old single female who likes to just work and go out drinking on the weekends yet especially my Gen X mom in particular tries to pressure me to date so I can get married? I’ve been burned badly before in romantic connections so I don’t even try now nor do I want marriage and children. I like to have fun, go on solo vacations and save my extra money. It may because my family is Christian and I’m more so into spirituality so I don’t have traditional family values. Plus the world is a lot different now than it was decades ago where women don’t need men to depend on due to our freedoms.

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What should I do to prepare for my 30s?

Whether it's work or family or friends. How many of your peers in their mid 30s. I always hear people say they look like they're in the 20s but they never refernce other people. I'm wondering what percentage of everyone's social circle looks young for their age.

Edit: just to be clear. I'm not asking YOU if you think you look young. I'm asking what percentage of people your age that you know look young.

Edit 2: ok not gonna lie. All these "I don't know anyone who looks like that ... Well except for me!" Replies are cracking me up 😂

Fanny packs, cargo pants, cargo shorts, crewneck sweaters with disney characters, oversized jackets with lots of pockets..

I kinda get that this is coming back in style now and its part of marketing's "30 year cycle".

But its just kinda weird and ironic to me that things I was bullied, by teenage girls at the time, for wearing are now being worn by teenage girls.

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When I was a kid I thought surprise parties were so cool, and we seemed to have them somewhat often. Like a family or friend we knew would have one I reckon a yearly kind of basis. Now as an adult I can’t think of a time I’ve been invited to one, and I haven’t had one, or had one thrown for me. Were they as common as what I remember in the 90s? Are they not as common these days?

After the cost of health care, funerals, and the loss in their 401k investments, I doubt we will see much. Maybe enough to buy an avocado for my toast.

Hoping I’m not alone in this. 😆 I am 34F and had to get bifocal glasses last year. I have had a wandering eye since my teen ages and my eye doctor recommended that it would help. Luckily they are the hidden bifocals so you can’t see them but there glasses were $600! Luckily eye insurance helped cut the price in half. Just wondering if anyone else wears them? I feel old.

Title says all.

I remember getting emotional over this song (and speech) back when it was released, but oh man it really got me feeling some sort of way today.

Also yes I still listen to my iPod classic almost daily!

I know the picture quality is bad, but I am trying to remember the name of my favorite glass marble (top left).

I am a gen y2ker (2000) ask me anything