You Became 30-Something When ...
- You start looking at teenagers as "them".
- You don't wear your work-out shoes to the gym.
- Not being a parent is a minority position in your social circles.
- The hairstyles in your high school yearbook look dated.
- "Classic Rock" stations play tunes that were new when you started college.
- You attend a showing of the "Rocky Horror Picture Show" and realize half the girls are underage for you.
- An old girlfriend is reacquainted and she cannot remember why she dumped you.
- No one sells software that runs your first computer.
- Youth groups you attended want you as a leader.
- You have the money for all the cool stuff you dreamed about doing when in school.
- The urge to say "Turn that music down!" goes through you mind.
- Most of your old teachers have transferred to different schools.
- Those "little brats" you remember are now in college.
- Relatives now listen and give advice instead of criticism.
- Most of the models you meet are younger than you.
- Driving down a residential street makes you think of mortgages instead looking for chicks.
- Instead of "girls" it is now "women".
- Some amusement park rides make you feel sick.
- It is biologically possible for one of your dates to be an age where you could have fathered her right after your puberty.
- Police don't do the "young driver tail" on you anymore.
- MTV starts to get blurry.
- "I better start to care for this body.", comes in mind.
- You smacked yourself when you realized you said, "When I was your age..."
- Your parents start to hint about grandchildren.
- A high school catch-phrase you scream out leaves a few teenagers in earshot clueless.
- Your current job is in no way related to your degree.
- The amount of candles on you birthday cake no longer match your age since it is too much work.
- Half of your video collection is no longer shown on television.
- You no longer "jump and scream" for a trendy political cause anymore but in fact look at the other side of the issue.
- All the "in crowd" from your high school class has met with their karma.
- Most of your shirts button at the collar.
- You have paid off at least one car loan in full.
- All the new albums you purchase have 'Greatest Hits' in the title.
- Meeting the woman of your dreams has you wanting to keep her!
- You don't know what you want for Christmas anymore.
- You look forward to Christmas so you can talk with you family instead of getting presents.
- Quiet weekends start to sound really nice.
- The idea of riding a skateboard down a gnarly hill starts you thinking, "Am I nuts?".
- The sensible cars you always laughed at as lame; one is sitting in your driveway.
- You start pulling out the music you used to listen to, and wonder why ... (not all, mind you, just about 1/2 of them).
- You're as old as Star Trek.
- A pension plan actually seems like a good idea!
- High schoolers are wearing the styles you parents wore as children.
- You are proud of your lawn mower.
- Your best friend is dating someone half their age ... and isn't breaking any laws.
- You sing along with elevator music.
- You make (and keep) an appointment with the dentist..
- You have a party, and the neighbors don't even realize it.
- You refer to your $2500 stereo as "The Hi-fi."
- Your childhood toys are now in a museum.
- Many of your co-workers were born the same year you last got a raise.
- A 19 or 20 year-old sees the television you've had since college and asks, "What's that big knob on the TV for?"
- Your bedtime is based on the time the TV news is over.