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Will turning 26 make me an old man?

I'm turning 25 in september, but I've felt what i've been calling a 'Quarter life crisis' for a couple of years now.

It's just because it's an age where SOME people around me seem to have more grown up lives. Maybe they have kids, or have gotten married, or are in really good jobs and moving up in life.

And it's terrifying to feel like i'm so far behind everyone else sometimes. Because you might feel so young in you're mind that you don't even think you are ready to grow up that much yet.

But no one ever is really, it just happens. And besides, you can't live you life based on what other people are doing. You can only feel what is right for you.
 
78 is still the average life expectancy, even with the cancer rates going up. They're expecting average to drop some soon. You still have a while.

However, 26 is when you have the big metabolism implosion and you actually start retaining the food you eat.
 
Just turned 26 this year and definitely feel myself slowing down. I used to be one those naturally skinny guys who could eat anything and never gain a pound. Yeah, that's not the case anymore. Gotten into the 'adult' daily routine of work, eat, sleep. Pretty much attending at least 2 weddings a year because everyone is settling down. So yeah, 26 is pretty up there.
 
hopefuldreamer said:
I'm turning 25 in september, but I've felt what i've been calling a 'Quarter life crisis' for a couple of years now.

It's just because it's an age where SOME people around me seem to have more grown up lives. Maybe they have kids, or have gotten married, or are in really good jobs and moving up in life.

And it's terrifying to feel like i'm so far behind everyone else sometimes. Because you might feel so young in you're mind that you don't even think you are ready to grow up that much yet.

But no one ever is really, it just happens. And besides, you can't live you life based on what other people are doing. You can only feel what is right for you.
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Kids are cute, but they smell bad and cost lots of money. Nothing really that great about it. I want some myself, but I'm cool with not having any for now.

Marriage is ultra overrated. Half of them fail, so odds are plenty of people you know getting married will be divorced in the next 5 years. There are always white knights defending marriage, but the numbers don't lie. Far too many of them fail for it to be the great, grand idea that people still see it as.

People lie about their jobs. At 25 their ass is somebody's whipping boy/girl. They just tell you it's cool so they feel cool, so you should start lying about your job. Tell them that you work with the Jetsons.

*grinds feet on hopeful's couch*
 
Will turning 26 make you an old man? No.
 
If you turned 26, you've still got a good....four years of life left in you.
But at 30, *everyone* has to go to Carousel.....so enjoy the four years you've got left.

SANDMAN....WE HAVE A RUNNER
 
It's just because it's an age where SOME people around me seem to have more grown up lives. Maybe they have kids, or have gotten married, or are in really good jobs and moving up in life.

And it's terrifying to feel like i'm so far behind everyone else sometimes. Because you might feel so young in you're mind that you don't even think you are ready to grow up that much yet.
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I came from a small town, so people got married and had kids at 20, 22, etc. I kind of got over the whole "being behind" thing, because the things other people were doing weren't the things I wanted to be doing/where I wanted to be.
 
Since when is 26 considered "old"? lol...and this is coming from a 21 year old. Clearly you're not young but you are far from old. You are now a legit adult...no more young adult for you. And yes....it is generally the age people start settling down as in good bye to college partying and hello to a new career, serious girlfriend/fiance/wife, and kids. So in that respect it is "old" but in the long scope of things 26 is pretty young. I don't think you're old until you hit 50 (which now that I think about it, my parents are old in that case. Wow, life sucks...doesn't it?)
 
Hell,I wish I was 26 again. I'll be 37 in a month. It sucks. I can't jump down a few flights of stairs anymore while landing in a Spider-man pose without standing up and saying..."Ow." :spidey: :csad:
 
I just turned 26. I'm in better shape physically at 26 than I was at 18 or even 21. Maintenance people. :up:
 
When people die, they often say, "He/She was too young to die". How old do you have to be?

Probably 26.
 
Venom75 said:
Hell,I wish I was 26 again. I'll be 37 in a month. It sucks. I can't jump down a few flights of stairs anymore while landing in a Spider-man pose without standing up and saying..."Ow." :spidey: :csad:
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Better start taking that ginseng, fool.
 
E-Man said:
Kids are cute, but they smell bad and cost lots of money. Nothing really that great about it. I want some myself, but I'm cool with not having any for now.

Marriage is ultra overrated. Half of them fail, so odds are plenty of people you know getting married will be divorced in the next 5 years. There are always white knights defending marriage, but the numbers don't lie. Far too many of them fail for it to be the great, grand idea that people still see it as.

People lie about their jobs. At 25 their ass is somebody's whipping boy/girl. They just tell you it's cool so they feel cool, so you should start lying about your job. Tell them that you work with the Jetsons.

*grinds feet on hopeful's couch*
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Kids don't smell bad until they're teenagers. However, the do cost a fortune.

Marriages fail because of unrealistic expectations. Love is great, but you also have to LIKE each other, which is harder. Anyone going into a marriage has to realize that there will be times when you disagree and agree that no matter how rough those times get that they will do what it takes to remain friends through those times. The biggest killer of marriage is money. Disagreements on how much each should put in and what the money should be spent on abound.

When it comes to working, try your best to find something you're good at and that you enjoy doing. I worked as a temp for a couple of years after high school, that was enough to send me back to college to get the education for a career that I do enjoy. Working as a temp taught me a lot about what I did NOT want to do for the rest of my life.
 
redmarvel said:
Kids don't smell bad until they're teenagers. However, the do cost a fortune.

Marriages fail because of unrealistic expectations. Love is great, but you also have to LIKE each other, which is harder. Anyone going into a marriage has to realize that there will be times when you disagree and agree that no matter how rough those times get that they will do what it takes to remain friends through those times. The biggest killer of marriage is money. Disagreements on how much each should put in and what the money should be spent on abound.

When it comes to working, try your best to find something you're good at and that you enjoy doing. I worked as a temp for a couple of years after high school, that was enough to send me back to college to get the education for a career that I do enjoy. Working as a temp taught me a lot about what I did NOT want to do for the rest of my life.
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But kids do smell bad. They have no voices in their head saying, "Don't play in that. It might be nasty." I do agree that teens smell worse because they have no voice in their head saying. "A shower would only take 10 minutes. You might as well take one now."

I agree that marriages fail because of unrealistic expectations, but regardless of the fact half of them fail. People just don't like to compromise about much, and for a lot of people they'd rather walk away than make it work the way they intended. What works against it is that it takes two to make a successful marriage, or relationship for that matter, to work while it only takes one to ruin it.

Personally I like my job. I used to be in sales, but now I'm working with Apple. I made more in sales, but with Apple I have less hours, so I can enjoy myself more. What I was saying was that people lie their asses off about how cool their job is. lol
 
My buddy just turned 26 a couple months ago...I hope you did what he did and went to the doctor to see if everything is fine and dandy because that insurance is OVER!
 
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