I’ve been feeling really old lately. Not just because of the aches and pains that one feels as the years pile up, but it now seems that everyone that I meet is younger than me. A co-worker recently commented that I was over twice his age. The office manager needed help bringing boxes up the stairs and, me being the volunteering type, I volunteered. Without thinking about what she was saying, she said that I was old. Ouch! What she meant to say was let the younger guys handle it. Either way I was now one of the old guys.

How did this happen? It seems just like yesterday that I was the young, inexperienced one. Now no one gets my references to historical events because they happened before they were born or they were too young. There are a lot of “Oh, yeah, you weren’t born yet” moments in the office. I remember living through the PC revolution, I cut school to see the premiere of The Empire Strikes Back, and I saw John Dean testify in the Watergate hearings.

Sometimes I feel as out-of-step and clueless as the Pierce character, played by Chevy Chase, in the TV show Community. When I first signed onto PS Home, I was very unfamiliar the texting lingo. On PS Home, I was once near a crowd of people who were saying “ty.” I looked around and wondered why was everyone talking about a guy named “Ty.” I am embarrassed to say that it took me longer than it should have to realize that it was “thank you.” I may even might of had to Google it. I didn’t take quite as long to recognize what “yw” meant. Now it is second nature: IDK, JK, N2MU2, etc. It is even difficult for me now to type “you” instead of “u.”

On PS Home, I don’t like telling people my age, but it is always one of the first questions that people ask. When I am honest and tell people my age, I get reactions such as, “Dam ur old” or “Ur not the oldest person I know.” Even though I am about the oldest person that know on PS Home, I still have met several who were just as much in awe as I was by the first moon landing. There is one satisfying thing about being old on PS Home and that is that many people seek me to share with them my wisdom of the ages. ;) Or maybe it’s just because all their young friends are out getting drunk.