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It has finally struck me.
My work went out to lunch yesterday, and during that time a lot of them were talking about normal people adulting stuff that I sort of tune out, but politely nod to here and there (catch me in a conversation about Sci-Fi, Germany, art, trains, and I am totally into it). One of my coworkers said something along the lines of
"I'm 38....I don't know if I want to do that now."
I remember thinking to myself, gosh, when I turn that age, I hope I'm not a total adult! I'm not ready yet! Then I froze.
I am 37 years old.
Thirty-fucking-seven.
When she said 38, it felt like a decade from now.
Once I hit 30, I've never felt my actual age and have always had the pleasure of working with Millennials and Baby Boomers (working Baby Boomers are nice people, btw. They tend to relive their younger years). Why I never worked with vast sums of Generation X, aside from my military days when we were all in our early 20s, I don't know. It's like as soon as they hit 25, they all disappeared.
My current job is full of Generation X (they are wonderful people; they just love normal adulting stuff), so now my age and the fact that I'm getting older is in my face. I can't even relate to current fashion anymore. I'm sorry, but spandex and bland croptops are ugly.
I don't know the point of this post, to be honest. I guess it's finally hit me that I am 37, not 25.
Fellow Generation Xers, how do you feel?
My work went out to lunch yesterday, and during that time a lot of them were talking about normal people adulting stuff that I sort of tune out, but politely nod to here and there (catch me in a conversation about Sci-Fi, Germany, art, trains, and I am totally into it). One of my coworkers said something along the lines of
"I'm 38....I don't know if I want to do that now."
I remember thinking to myself, gosh, when I turn that age, I hope I'm not a total adult! I'm not ready yet! Then I froze.
I am 37 years old.
Thirty-fucking-seven.
When she said 38, it felt like a decade from now.
Once I hit 30, I've never felt my actual age and have always had the pleasure of working with Millennials and Baby Boomers (working Baby Boomers are nice people, btw. They tend to relive their younger years). Why I never worked with vast sums of Generation X, aside from my military days when we were all in our early 20s, I don't know. It's like as soon as they hit 25, they all disappeared.
My current job is full of Generation X (they are wonderful people; they just love normal adulting stuff), so now my age and the fact that I'm getting older is in my face. I can't even relate to current fashion anymore. I'm sorry, but spandex and bland croptops are ugly.
I don't know the point of this post, to be honest. I guess it's finally hit me that I am 37, not 25.
Fellow Generation Xers, how do you feel?
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Date: 2017-10-22 02:01 pm (UTC)From:I don't even LIKE kids. I'd close my office door as well if someone brought in a toddler, that's for sure. I also have no desire to work full time. I want to have some time left to actually enjoy life, so, if I can afford working part time, I do just that.
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Date: 2017-10-22 03:29 pm (UTC)From:I feel like I have nothing in common with people my age unless they happen to like a show or something else I'm into, which is rare because GenX is so preoccupied with KIDS, BORING STUFF, and I don't even know because this is how bad I can't relate! ha ha!
And even the fashion I cannot relate to anymore. It's all spandex and croptops for women, and in the winter it's spandex and long sleeve crop tops with a scarf. Yeah, no. Ugly. I feel like I'm stuck in the early 2000s in that regard!
My worst fear is that someone will bring their toddler to my office for me to meet it, and it goes to my shelf of model cars and touches them. I have zero chill with people touching my shit as it is.