one of my biggest god damn pet peeves is like you say something about your childhood, just reminiscing as people do someone older than you, sometimes not even THAT much older than you bursts in, doesn't have anything to say about the thing you were talking about, just wants to say "OMGGGG lol u make me feel so old!!!!"

i'm like absolutely sure this is 95% of the time a thing people do to like assert some sort of dominance or power or like try to come across as cool like i am very social on the internet, i have many friends who are younger than me sure they make me "feel old" sometimes but guess what i dont ever say anything because WHY WOULD I

like if you really need to lament about your age do it privately with people who are also your age??? you don't need to nose into someone else's conversation just so you can remind everyone that you're older than them

I agree. like when people say that there is no responding to it. ok you just ended the conversation with your boring words. and i feel too weird to go back to talking about was i was saying its such a conversation killer. like congrats im glad you feel old.

Yeah... It's not really a big deal to me, but it is one of those things where I don't see the point of saying it out of the blue. I mean, if no one brought up your age, it's probably not relevant. I usually just ignore it when someone says that, or just say "yeah" and change the subject.

Eh, sounds like you need better friends :/ Or at least, friends who you can communicate to honestly enough to let them know that it annoys you

I mean I totally like them otherwise but it just seems like so freakishly common for people do this?? I have like a big problem like not being a pushover and confronting people about like p much anything unless we're super close lmmmmaoo

Yeah it is kinda weird how that's such a common thing to say. I wonder why our culture evolved that way :/

I admit I say this around my friends at school (I took a few years off before going to college); however, it's always a joking matter and they're in on it. Once they found out my age, they would joke and ask if I remember when such-and-such happened or what life was like in the "old days". It's all in good fun and not meant to be awkward at all. Or if an "older" song starts playing, they'll look at me and make some wisecrack.

But it's definitely not something I do on a regular basis to them and we actually do manage to have other conversations! Seriously, none of us care about our ages lol. And I would never butt into a conversation saying something like that, especially if it's not even material to said conversation. That's definitely annoying.

I kind of say that a lot.... Not because I am trying to "assert dominance" or "be cool," but mostly because I have issues with getting older. I usually don't say it online though...

yeah I guess I've like definitely had friends who do it seldom enough and like in a very obviously jokey way when we're talking about something relevant to it, but I find myself with quite a few friends now who do it like All the time, and their the same kinds of people who love to like "parent" others sort of? which i don't like either lmao

I think issues with getting older is definitely part of it for these people too, but they're trying to cope with it in a weird way? like instead of healthy ways of making it a positive or neutral issue they just like gotta kill conversations with it. i guess it depends on like how you handle it outside of that that makes the difference. and like I get that getting older is hard but these people just totally shit on convos when they do it and it happens like frequently and i have like Zero Idea how to respond omg T__T

Ugh, that sounds very annoying! I make sure that I avoid overdoing it, because there's no need for that. And I don't know why they have to say it when you're just reminiscing, it's not a judgment on them. Sorry to have to deal with that though. And ugh to the whole "parenting" thing. I get annoyed very quickly with people who do that.

i totally feel you on this. i'm usually always the youngest within friends, family, workplace, you name it. i use to be bothered when people would say that, or make a "joke" saying like i was born last year, or something similarly stupid. i have noticed when people say "you make me feel so old" they try to make light of the situation, whether they are reminiscing with you, or just trying to stay relevant in the conversation. i think some people say it without meaning any harm; but of course there are people that do.

the parenting thing drives me just bonkers oh my god. the only people who can parent me are my parents ok and even then i'm an adult so like idk i have some Big Ol' Boundaries now they dont even cross

yeS ugh it's like a think a thing some people do to belittle you/make themselves feel better and it's like...... please stop i don't do this to other people please don't do it to me omg...

yeah, I don't understand people who try to parent their friends. I don't get it lol. My parents don't parent me now either, they can offer me advice but that's about it. And while I can understand some people have a hard time accepting getting older, I personally don't see what the big deal is. I'm just happy to have friends that accept me as I am and that I can joke around with. I would think they're only making it awkward not only for you but themselves as well.

In literally no way do I ever say it to express dominance. Like that is the weirdest assumption to make tbh. I say it because what someone has just said made me feel nostalgic and made me realize wow I literally could not imagine myself at this age when I was younger.

Like, it's fine it's a pet peeve, but assuming people say it as some dominance thing is just... bizarre

only reason I ever been guilty of saying this is when someone is the one making me feel old like saying dumb things like "how old are you" on any type of games I play and I am like "I'm 28" then they have to go into why am I playing a game that a lot of younger people play and I am thinking why is it any of their business, thats the only time I am like "they all make me feel old" so I usually don't bring up my age and just try to enjoy playing whatever game I am playing another reason why I don't make friends easily. It doesn't really bother me though if someone talks about it just not every conversation 24/7 then maybe I would be annoyed a bit.