At what point did you first feel "old"

When I realized the first of my friends to have a baby no longer had a baby, she had a middle schooler.

Also, when my young cousins hit high school. I had known their parents (my aunts and uncles) long before they were even married and had kids.

 

I still kind of think young, but I have to say, when you take your daughter to a Sun Belt college campus, and you can't help but, um, notice the young women there -- and they're the same as as said daughter, that's at the very least disconcerting.

 

When I discovered that I'm older than almost every athlete I cover...

 

I'm still waiting for it to happen and I'm 46.  :-\

 

I'm 30 and I've decided I'm not going to feel old until every player in the four major sports are younger than I am. So let's go Julio Franco.

 

Ditto. And I'm 47.

Whoever said "you're as young as you feel" certainly nailed it.

Although my knees remind me of my age every once in a while.

 

I felt really old when I looked at a roster and saw someone born in 1984...

 

When I threw my back out on Friday night.

 

Hey there big guy, just thought I'd start a conversation ... check out the thread title, old is in " " for a reason.

 

When I went to cover a h.s. basketball game, and the best player on the court was born in 1990.

 

Sorry, I should have put one these at the end of the post to signify I wasn't really angry, but just yanking your chain. I suck at the Internet.

 

Couple instances when it really hit home

1) When watching th eNHL draft a couple of years ago and realizing I was older than everyone of them being selected. That they were the same age as the young punks I covered who played Midget AAA or Junior A/B hockey.

2) My second year of college in Edmonton, best shape of my life (even had a bit of a six pack started - now I have more of a keg), tried out for the men's hockey team, and after the first day of tryouts I couldn't move for three days afterwards. My knees had almost completely given out on me. I have felt old ever since.