When you realize you're not cool anymore . . .

[Huntkook]

Thanks @noharleyyet

 

[TheTone]

Not being one of the cool young guys at work has hit me hard recently. I think it got me when we hired a person or two that weren’t born when I graduated from high school.

 

[Nick87]

My four year old informed everyone at the Super Bowl party yesterday that “daddy goes to the Y because he’s fat.”

So ya, I got that going for me, which is nice.

Yah and the 4 year old is the well mannered one the 2 tear old is the one you gotta watch out for.

 

[schmalts]

So, the other day I'm rockin' the Hey Dudes, cargo pants, and back vented Guy Harvey fishin' shirt, and my 9 year old sweet sweet grand daughter says, "Papaw, you really should wear socks with those."

Not that I was ever cool, but she pretty much crushed any potential.

Let's hear em...

Too many to list....

 

[schmalts]

Ok, I will tell one. More of a funny things kids say story but it ended up a total burn on me, and the kid was not even trying to be funny but was actually serious. Me and my buddy took his 8 year old kid out on the hiking trail one day. This kid has a head of hair so thick it looks like a otter pelt and he's always rubbing his head like it itches. So I say to the kid "David you should skin that scalp of your head and sell that thing to a fur buyer" He looks at me a little confused and says "is that what you did?" Me and his dad almost pissed ourselves we were laughing so hard.

 

[Scott85]

I’ve never been cool.

 

[LuketheDog]

I’ve never been cool.

Ditto, being average on the Cool Scale throughout my life has served me well, there's much less disappointment now that I have kids and have entered my 40s!

 

[Hem]

Signed my daughter up for a ski lesson about 5-6 years ago. The instructor who was maybe 16 made a comment to her about her grandfather.

 

[MarvB]

Last weekend my son was riding his dirt bike. I got on Craigslist and was looking for one for me when my wife asked what I was doing. I said something to the effect of how much I rode as a kid and how my brother and I built some pretty sweet jumps. She rolled her eyes and said “that was over a decade ago, your back hurts from sleeping wrong now, imagine your dumb*** piling up a dirt bike trying to show off and be cool”.

My wife is the voice of reason in my household.

…..and there’s the fact that you said “pretty sweet” which may have tipped your hand a touch…

 

[D_Walt]

…..and there’s the fact that you said “pretty sweet” which may have tipped your hand a touch…

At least they weren’t “rad” jumps

 

[Nick87]

…..and there’s the fact that you said “pretty sweet” which may have tipped your hand a touch…

A guy twice your age just ripped on you for using that phrase, your definitely not cool anymore now.

 

[Stocker]

…..and there’s the fact that you said “pretty sweet” which may have tipped your hand a touch…

 

[Deleted member 40728]

Last weekend my son was riding his dirt bike. I got on Craigslist and was looking for one for me when my wife asked what I was doing. I said something to the effect of how much I rode as a kid and how my brother and I built some pretty sweet jumps. She rolled her eyes and said “that was over a decade ago, your back hurts from sleeping wrong now, imagine your dumb*** piling up a dirt bike trying to show off and be cool”.


My wife is the voice of reason in my household.

 

[Deleted member 40728]

Myself and a few buddies went to Florida a few weeks ago to do some golfing and break up the drag of winter.
We were sitting at one of the waterfront bars in the evening when the girl working said something along the lines of “are you guys just going to sit there all evening like old men?” I honestly didn’t hear what she said because I was watching the band setup behind us. I turned around and responded to my buddies by saying “ we better move to a new spot or the band is going to blow our ears out”.

Needless to say I took a good beating all weekend for that. I think the bartender asked me if I wanted prune juice from that point on since I somehow turned into an 80 year old.

 

[tarheel]

When middle aged men open and hold the door for you as though you're incapable.

 

[EastTNHunter]

It’s weird being the same age as old people

 

[JustinsDad]

My son’s fiancé got a cabinet drawer open by tapping it with a light hammer fist. I said, “Just like Fonzie” and she said who??

 

[Stocker]

Another blow to my pride was a friend about 7 years younger than me showed a picture of me with my bull this year. His friend says “how old is that guy?” “33” my buddy said. His friend replied “man he looks a lot older than that”


My “friend”couldn’t wait to tell me. 10 years of marriage and 2 kids have aged me terribly.

 

[BackofBeyond]

When I first started work after college I was the young guy that all the old farts asked for technology help. Yesterday I had to have one of the kids come show me how to create a teams meeting.

 

[Mallardsx2]

My buddy Dan and his family went to Colorado several years back and his mom was showing me a photo and I joking asked who the fat guy was (that I truly didn't recognize in the photo).

I hadn't seen Dan in a few years.

"Thats my Danny!"

"Oh..."