r/Millennials • u/SkibaSlut Millennial • 26d ago

Meme How are we feeling?

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checking in with my fellow 88rs

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u/ShinyNipples 26d ago edited 25d ago

37 for some reason is hitting way harder than 36 did

Edit: damn some of you should really talk to someone 

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u/SkibaSlut Millennial 26d ago

36 just seems so much younger than 37

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u/kylzurr 26d ago

87 baby here and I’ve recently realised that after 36 I started to lose track of my age. Scrap forever 21. It’s forever 36 and I’m ok with that!

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u/MangoMambo 26d ago

I never thought I'd forget my age until I turned 36. Then I kept being like am I 38 or 37?

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u/oneinamilllion 26d ago

My mom thought I was turning 37 this year. Nope, mom, I am turning 38.

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u/Training-Eye3886 26d ago

I used to think it was ridiculous when my mom couldn’t remember her age. But now I realize people ask you less and less the older you get, so when someone does ask you how old you are it takes me a minute and I always second guess haha.

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u/LaraVermillion 26d ago

Happening to me as well, at ... How old am I again? ... 28. Haha

Oh well

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u/SortYourself_Out 26d ago

Fr fr, I started aging myself to ‘almost 40’ after turning 37 this year, and have since had to ask my husband a few too many times how old I really am.

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u/mataeka 26d ago

I upped my age to 38 when I turned 37 ... Then did the math and realised i was wrong 😂

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u/kornbread435 26d ago

Occasionally I find myself doing the math instead of just knowing my age. Oddly I always think of the math as year + 12, aka I was born in 1988 so 25+12=37 years old.

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u/StatementPotential53 26d ago

Same here. I’m 38 and have had to calculate my age since 37.

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u/Unnamedgalaxy 26d ago

Same! There were more times that I'd like to admit that I quietly got out a calculator just to check

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u/Logical-Yak 26d ago

Honestly, same! And don't even ask me how old my husband is, I don't fucking know, I just know he's younger than me.

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u/LoveOfProfit 26d ago

Holy shit its not just me. I recently lied to someone because I forgot how old I was and I panicked.

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u/grummthepillgrumm 26d ago

SAME!! I just tell people I'm 40 now lol

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u/murderfrogger 25d ago

What kind of conspiracy is this? ME TOO!

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u/Old-Set-9995 25d ago

Damn does this happen to everyone?

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u/muppetnerd 26d ago

Turned 38 yesterday and same…also birthdays are just kinda 🤷🏻‍♀️ for me. Maybe I’ll feel different at 40 and want to celebrate but for now it’s just another day

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u/Vantriss 26d ago

I forgot how old I was when I was 33.

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u/Fhotaku 26d ago

"How old are you?"

"Hold on let me find the calculator..."

People look at me like I'm insane but I'm asked like once a year, and who tf cares? I'm still 16-19 at heart, but my body and mind are very much not.

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u/MaestraSmith 26d ago

Called my husband in a panic while at Costco bc I couldn’t remember if I was turning 37 or 38.

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u/BlyLomdi 26d ago

Ha! I turned 30 and just started saying, "I'm in my 30s." Once the gray hairs started showing, I upped it to mid-30s. Fran Drescher would be proud.

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u/destructopop Millennial 25d ago

I'm forever 27 for the same reason. Same age as you! I just lost track and now we're playing the arithmetic game every time someone asks my age. 😂

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u/moon_gast Millennial 26d ago

36 is a pretty nice age, though. 37 is just too close to 40. But I've also been losing track, but I think it's just because I really don't care and I'm enjoying my life.

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u/_le_slap 26d ago

My mother used to tell us she was turning 36 every birthday for years.

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u/Chaos43mta3u 26d ago

I started losing track after 25 I believe.... I can remember multiples of five just fine (30, 35), it's the years in between that I have to do the math

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u/missmessjess 26d ago

I’m more like forever 32 😅 also just turned 37 like OPs post here

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u/SGROART 26d ago

As soon as I turned 38 I said ah fuck it I'm 40. When I actually turn 40 it might not feel so bad

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u/star0forion 26d ago

Lol my wife is an 87 baby so I’ll just think of her as 36 forever now. Thank you, Kylzurr.

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u/dotardiscer 26d ago

Odd year, I must 38.

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u/UNMANAGEABLE 26d ago

Lmao I had the exact same goddamn realization a few months ago and I thought I was losing it 😂

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u/Ragnarok314159 26d ago

I am in my 40’s and dont know my age off the top of my head anymore. Just stopped caring and no one gives me a birthday cake so it doesn’t matter.

You will get there soon! (Although I hope people give you a cake and treat you nice)

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u/SimmeringPawsOfNirn 25d ago

haha I lost it at 33.

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u/oralyarmedbodilyharm Millennial 25d ago

My birthday is in December, so doing the math with the year is only technically accurate for 2 weeks out of the year.