Age.

[Butternuts]

Im 35.

{Then}.....Drank like a case a night, no affects. Punch someone as soon as look at them. 24 hr Wood. Walk to jabip if there was a party. Drive it like i stole it.< Steal it. General all around attitude FTW, i wont live to 35.


{now}.....Get drunk on 10 beers. always wear my seat belt so i wont get a ticket. afraid of conflict, because i could get in trouble:eek: Remembering my dad i try to coast to a stop in my car to save the brake pads.:rolleyes: Furthest ive walked in 10 years. ablock!:D General all around attitude? I hope the interest rates increase soon. and These kids today and their crack. How bothersome.


To sum it up i started this thread because it just amazes me how we change as we age. I was a complete lunatict. Now im just Dad.
I watched father of the bride the other afternoon, Steve Martin. I was crying through half the movie, Ive turned into a total Wuss.

Wheres Science when you need them. I need Teste pills.

OK, lets hear it " HOWDY FAGGOT" lol:biggrinfl

[bucket-of-aids]

Originally posted by Butternuts
Im 35.

I watched father of the bride the other afternoon, Steve Martin. I was crying through half the movie, Ive turned into a total Wuss.

Wheres Science when you need them. I need Teste pills.

OK, lets hear it " HOWDY FAGGOT" lol:biggrinfl

That is a major, major "Howdy Faggot". There is no excuse whatsoever for you, as a man, to be crying while watching any movie, no matter what. Having said that, I'm now 25 and I kinda hear what you're saying. I used to go out drinking every night of the week, and now I get drunk off about 5 or 6 beers and I hardly enjoy going out anymore. I despise MTV, hardly ever go to the movies, and only watch the dork channels. I often feel like a tired old bag because when I'm not working my two jobs or at the gym, I usually don't want to do much of anything except waste space. One of the things I was happiest about when I got this job was having health insurance. Real exiting, right?

[bucket-of-aids]

P.S.. And my hair is thinning on the top. Anyone ever use rogaine before? Does it work? I sure hope I don't have to go the transplant route in a few years.

[bassist_guy]

I know what you mean

Then
I use to party alot drinking and smoking dubidge. The thing you would hear me say the most is "Oh yeah I'll be dead by 21" I played in a band and I really thought I was going to be a rock star. I had sex a couple of times a day banging different chicks on the weekend in my van after gigs.

Now
I worry about my daughter that is starting to develope and how to protect her from evil sex depraved boys like I was. I worry about the economy and try to follow the patterns of the stock market. I worry about my 401k. I worry that my soon to be ex-wife will want to have full custody of the kids and I'll have legal battle.

What the fuck happened?

[dawgs47]

I turned 22 yesterday. I am all of your "Thens". Drinking as much as ever, bars every weekend. No real bills or responsibility.

Any advice from the more experienced?? i think it makes more sense to take advice from someone who is mid 30's then someone who is 50 like my dad. I feel like you are not as far removed from my situation. So old, wise ones, shine some wisdom on us younger wackbager's.

[Rob]

Almost 32... I calmed down... I am a dad.

[dawgs47]

I think becoming a Dad is the defining moment. I have one cousin who is 31 and he is still a party animal. His brother was the same way until he had a kid. Then he sold his trans-am and bought a mini-van. It was depressing to see, if only for the fact that it is inevitable. I think if you are 22 or 32, when a child comes into your life, it is a sudden and drastic change. I do not know from experience, being that I do not have a kid, but just an observation.

[Ballbuster1]

I'm 46. Used to drink every night , go to Front & Packer
in Philly to race my old Chevys every weekend. Condom?
What's that? Hated kids , too loud and needy!

Now I've been married 25 years, my kids are 20 & 24.
Real proud of them! They give my life meaning. Have a
business of my own so I'm real careful about what I
say and do in the neighborhood. (Don't want to piss off
potential customers, right?) Life is totally not what I
expected it to be when I was 18!

[Butternuts]

It is kids.

Thats when i changed, now that im thinking bout it, im remembering calling my friends with kids pussies for not still being nutty.

I remember a defining moment in life,,, I was at my friends house , Who usualy had the horseshoe ,bbq, bashes in summer time,,,, i took a look around at all the kids, frigging Elmo was dancing over on the deck, and i just looked at my buddy and said WTF happened?

( side story,,, kid was so hung over in his friggin elmo suite, was 100 degrees easy,now thats a shit job, ELMO suite guy.lol}
:o

My advice dawgs..... dont have kids until your ready to hear "Howdy Faggot" and dont take any jobs as Elmo suite guy.

[AngryHugo]

Thanks for the depressing thread, guys!

I'm in my mid-30's, and I guess in the same boat as everyone here. When I was in my late teens and ealy 20's, I'd get about 3-4 hours of sleep a night, take college classes all day, throw down a 20-oz coffee, go to work all night, and drink my face off after work. I didn't eat anything remotely healthy or even think about future consequences. I'd go to punk shows all the time and get into fights with skinheads. I'd smash my 1978 Mercury Zephyr into shopping carts. I was living my life hour to hour.

Now, I'm ready for bed at 10 PM. I count pretty much every calorie I consume. If I find a scratch in my car, I just about lose my mind. My greatest joy in the world is now sleeping.

I don't have kids or anything, but I think with age lots of people gain a sense of responsibility. Also, the older I get, I realize how little I really know.

Now where's my cane?

[Butternuts]

I think this thread is funny as hell........ha ha haa............

your killing me hugo....lol the scratch in your ear had me fall off my chair laughing....I think k, marts got canes mayby we could do a bulk purchase through Wack.

Getting old isnt all bad, You can listen to new Metallica without killing someone.

[Jaqueta]

then (me at 18):
that girl at the punk show who would beat up the guy who got in her face, steal anything that wasnt nailed down and drag race preppy girls while her friends would scream out the car window at them. i drank anything that would get me trashed, slept at peoples houses that i didnt know (how i held on to my virginity for so long is beyond me) and got something tattooed every time i turned around. id stay out til the sun was coming up, then drink some chinese gunpowder tea, eat a bagel, and go to work where id fall asleep while my partner looked out for the boss.


now (me at 26):
my family is "proud" of me. i go to college and take fun things like nuclear chemistry, maxillofacial anatomy, and microbiology. i drive very carefully and the biggest thrill i had lately was getting an archos jukebox. when i go to punk shows now i wear earplugs and i do my drinking at home. i go to bed early because i have to get up for school, and sleeping late for me means getting up at seven am. i refuse to sleep anywhere but my own bed, in my own apartment. i watch everything i eat with an eagle eye and if it were possible (as i cant see patients 24/7), id be a workaholic.


i know im young chronologically, and i do feel young, but when i think of how ive changed, i feel ASS OLD! (not to mention that me-at-18 would want to beat up me-at-26).

[tattered]

i burned myself out young 13-15 staying up 3-4 days at a time on the net....i never really had friends didnt drink didnt smoke tweed till recently like withing the last year and a half started drinking then too. so i love sleep i goto bed early i only stay out maybe once a week....im the old man of my group btw im only 20

[petetheped]

this is an awesome thread...i'm 21 years old and have been living on my own for the last 3 years...i was a highschool dropout who was thrown out of my house...i used to do massive amounts of acid and ecstasy, not to mention boozing and weed...i thought i was invincible...but when i got the slap in the face of true independence i woke up and took my life back...i have a crappy but fulltime job that pays my bills, i stopped the drugs, except weed, and hardly party anymore...i've grown up far before i was meant to but i feel blessed in the sense that i will be more prepaired for whatever hardships await me...age is not a burden it is a gift, as long as you use it right....thanks for listenin...keep on posting!

[bleeding_gash]

this thread reminds me of an intervention on the "Judge Hatchet" show...(for those of you who are employed its one of the judge shows where moms bring their bad seeds to get scared straight)

great posts.

[100 Grand]

Originally posted by Jaqueta
(not to mention that me-at-18 would want to beat up me-at-26).

Ain't that the truth....

What a depressing thread...I was driving with my kid (14) 2 days ago and he turns to me and says, "Holy cow....in 5 years you'll be 40!"
I almost pulled the car over and kicked his ass out!!!
I remember going to the neighborhood bar, drinking age was 21, and I was 17....I turned 21 in that bar 4 times! Kids....blech....I don't do ANYTHING anymore, I bought a 12 pack of Corona on New Years Eve...I still have 7 left!!!!!

[Sinn Fein]

Damn...

I'm 31 going on 32. I was a "good kid" growing up, got picked on a bituntil I got fed up in high school and kicked the living shit of of the two biggest assholes in my class who also were perceived as being being the toughest guys. Nobody fucked with me after that.

I drank and smoked alot of weed when I was like 18-20 when I was in colllege. Once I turned 21, I drank less and haven't smoked in a long time. I went through a period in my mid 20's when I went out 3-4 nights a week to the bar. More recently, I'd go out once a week. Now, I don't even do that most of the time.

I bought a 30-pack of beer like 2 months ago and there are like 18 of them left.

I've always had a temper, and it's calmed down in the last few years.

[PyThomas]

Heh.. I knew I just crossed the old-age line when I got on blood-pressure medication.

:rolleyes:

[OandAFanInDC]

16-20 was the I'll fuck with anything age

21-22 is the I only smoke bud and drink age and I really dont get drunk that much anymore.

[I Beg To Differ]

I'm young I know. I'll be 21 in September, not that it'll make much a difference except I can legally get into places and buy alcohol now.

I'm finishing up college in December with a BA in Political Science. I'm taking my LSATs in 3 weeks, not even. I'll hopefully be going to law school in Fall 2004 and if all goes well and I get in, I'll be moving down to New Orleans to go to Tulane Law for Sports Law.

I'm not all that boring....I drink, I get laid, I do crazy shit from time to time, but hey I've got to have a head on my shoulders and act older than I am at times if I want to make it in this world.

[Ballbuster1]

Please don't tell me I'm the oldest one here @ 46!
I may be getting older, but dammit I can't be the
only one!;)

[Stinkysteve]

Originally posted by Ballbuster1
Please don't tell me I'm the oldest one here @ 46!
I may be getting older, but dammit I can't be the
only one!;)

We are all getting older. I'll be 47 this August, so I have you beat. A few months back someone was talking about starting an "old farts thread". I can't quite put my finger on where it was, but there could be potential there. I have some interesting ideas to post in that if it ever gets started.

[SpotcheckBilly]

50 :pp:

[pooter]

I'm 24, but I often forget that.

[norton23]

im 24 but i often forget that

I'm also 24 and often forget how old I am. I guess back when I turned 22 I just realized HOLY SHIT, I'm getting old:eek:

I used to go to the bar every thurs,fri,sat night. I also used to drink about three other days of the week at home. I used to live in a fraternity house and we had at least a huge basher two to three times a month. I used to have a hot girlfriend.

Now I live with three of my fraternity brothers in an appt. (which kicks ass b/c it's clean and modern unlike a dirty pit i used to live in) I can't bring myself to go out three times a week to the bar, only one night out for me. I still drink just about every night, however not as much and I'm in bed most nights by ten or eleven. No girlfriend, however looking for one.

One good thing about getting older is that I go to the gym at least four days a week and have been watching what I eat. Still drink so much because it's out of boredom.

[Joe Orthex]

Teen years I was a major pothead, smoked weed and watched movies till late. Fell asleep in book keeping class. I had issues, but looking at them today they were petty.
After high school I joined the Marines and got shipped over seas, could not smoke weed anymore, but man did I drink. Stood up 3 days straight. Paid for hooker’s any chance I got and drank shit that could cause brain damage.

I had 2 turning points in my life. The first was Gulf War 1, when I realized I was not immortal. The thought of actually dying was on my mind cause now it was real and very possible. The war gave me a new look on life.
The second turning point was the birth of my first child. I now had someone who needed and depended on me. Yeah there was the wife, but if it ever came down to it she could get by on her own, but my kids (I have 2 now) they depend on me. It is no longer just me, my family counts on me for a lot.

I'll be 35 this month. But I try to look at it this way. I got another 35 years to go. A person can do a hell of a lot in 35 years, and learn a bit too.

[norton23]

another 35 years? Just think of it like this, you will be able to hear o and a for at least 34 of those years. (opie will be broadcasting from his grave)

After reading all those posts i feel young:bigok