I should repeat that mantra continuously the next time I decide to have a weekend like the one I just had.
It’s strange. I never put two and two together (equals 4, btdub) before now but my husband and I are the oldest of our group of friends. (Well technically he’s the second oldest and I’m the third oldest but for the sake of this post lets just pretend like we’re the oldest.)
I’ve never realized this before b/c I’m kind of stubborn when it comes to growing up and I think subconsciously I’ve made friends with younger people so that I can refrain from growing older.
The problem is? My body doesn’t care how young my brain thinks it is. It doesn’t care how young my friends are. Growing older is a fact of life and I should just get used to it.
Why the sudden decree that I feel like an old fogey? Two of my friends turned 21 this weekend.
I remember my 21st birthday…kind of. I know I went to 8 bars. I know I got numerous free drinks. I know I only spent $15 mostly on food to sop up all the alcohol. I also remember starting at 4pm and being in bed by 11:45pm. Even at 21 I couldn’t match up with some other people my age who stayed out all night on their 21st birthdays. So what makes me think I can do that at 25?
Friday night I did pretty well, considering. We went to eat Japanese then ended up at Hooters and then somehow made it to my favorite hole in the wall where I impressed more people with my amazing ability to sing all 4 parts to Lady Marmalade.
But Saturday morning? My body was like ‘Dude, I don’t think so. Why don’t you take a breather?’ And I was in bed until 1pm.
But I had to be up and at ‘em by 4 b/c my friends had a kegger planned. Yes, a kegger. I hadn’t been to a kegger since I graduated college. I just knew that one of two things was bound to happen.
- I would want to be back in college
- I would feel really old
And in an odd way both things ended up happening.
I always feel like I have to be the coolest at the party. Especially when I only know a few people. I have to impress everyone. I may have succeeded and then ultimately failed.
I can still rock a beer pong table. But I cannot rock it the way I could before. I used to play back to back games for hours in my college days.
Now? I played a few back to back and then passed out.
At 9:30.
I am nothing short of amazing.
*kisses*
***mild disclaimer*** I know that some of my wonderful readers are older than I am and would still consider 25 young. Which is true. But to me, it’s the oldest I’ve ever been. 
***also, I’m not even 25 yet. I don’t turn 25 until May. I just start rounding up my age when my birthday is less than 3 months away.
well, i don’t even go out any more…so you’re doing better than me!
I hate feeling old. I haven’t played beer pong in ages but I noticed some wrinkles and bags under my eyes today and it might be because I’m tired but it made me LOOK OLD. Blech.
I’m not going to yell at you about the age complaints (this time!), and I’m just going to say I know how you feel. I went out Friday night with a bunch of college friends, and I was actually the youngest one there, and I was drinking diet coke (hi, loser) and seriously missing being able to party like a rock star. It was awesome, though. I was out until midnight! Woo hoo!
My fiance is six years older than I am and it makes me feel young. It makes him feel very old. The other thing that makes me feel young is how everyone keeps telling me how young I am to be getting married. I am so sick of hearing that.
yeah you better watch out. you may get some backlash from those of us 25 and up!
You’re right, 25 sounds very young…but I definitely know what you’re talking about when it comes to still wanting to think I’m young. I just wish (at my age) I could find some friends who don’t go home by 9:30. We’re not enjoying “keggers” anymore, but come on…can’t we keep an exciting game of Cranium going until 10:00 at least?
UGH! i hate feeling old after partying too hard - but im slowly but surely trying to overcome feeling ‘bad’ about not wanting to do that to my body anymore. i can still have fun - just not the same kind of fun
I am so much the same as you - except I am 38 - almost 39 yet i feel so young. It is indeed a sad day when you can’t cross trian the way you one did and get the same results….can we say flab abs?
yah, it was right around 25 that i put a kibosh on the hard partying. i began getting hangovers not long before that and that really made me want to stop. it’s just so strange to look back on how much i used to drink, and now i hardly ever drink. i’m so glad i got it out of my system when i was young though… such great times… but i wouldn’t want to be that girl now. i kinda like growing up (at times : )
Sounds fun! It only gets worse as you age, or better. I think it depends on how conditioned your body is to drinking.
I swear it takes me much longer to recover now from a night of drinking than it used to. And also, apparently my brain is shutting down because I had to read your title three times before realizing it said Body and not Boss.
It makes much more sense now.
I always have been, and I always will be the “old grandma” of the group.
I wake up at the break of dawn - it matters not when I actually went to sleep. Therefore, I must go to bed at a decent time or I have hell to pay.
No Bueno.
I feel you. I feel like as soon as I graduated college the gene that responsible for all night drinking and partying disappeared. There is no way I can do that now. Once or twice a year I manage to close a bar down but then I am dead the next day. Not hungover, just exhausted. Makes me feel old.
Oy. Just wait til you’re 26. Not that I ever partied like a rockstar but I sure can go to bed early!
high five!
last weekend, we managed to stay up drinking ’til around 3. woke up around 10 on sunday but stayed in bed ’til 6PM with the boy lounging because my brain? was revolting. hello, mr migraine. i used to think i was hardcore ’til i turned 25. not so much anymore.
very sad.
This post just made me laugh out loud!
I feel THE SAME WAY and I’m 27… and I hang out with people who are mostly older than me but can party much harder than I can.
So keggers, beer pong, flip cup… yeah, they’re still a part of the parties I go to. Me? I generally pass out by midnight and that’s even pushing it.
I love that first disclaimer - 25 is the oldest you’ve ever been. I will have to use this the next time my thirtysomething friends try to hate on me for complaining about getting older
i tell everyone that i can kick ass at beer pong.
which is true.
which, i guess was true.
see, i suck at the actually GAME portion of the game and (used to) rock at the actually chugging of the beer and holding it down.
not kidding, drank many a large man under the table.
sigh.
old.
and potentially infertile.
The way I knew I was starting to get older was when I stopped rounding up my age!!
Ditto on the rounding up! I’m two months away from being 24 and I feel older than ever before. In a weird way, it’s kind of good. Like two beers and a rousing game of Scene It is a good night now. That’s much cheaper than all-nighters.
Oh yeah, drinking at 4 will do that to you. I haven’t stayed up past 2am since 2006.
My dear you are a delight! Hahaha
I’m past twenty-five and I don’t think I’ve ever slept before 2am.
And I try to drink my body weight in alcohol every saturday. I am a survivor, woo hoo!
I’m only 23 and I try and pretend like I’m 21 still…such a big difference, haha.
“It’s the oldest I’ve ever been”–I love that line!
And yeah, I just turned 25 and it’s weird how much older I felt than when I was 24–physically and mentally. Sigh. Oh well, it gives me a good excuse to stay in on the weekends with the television on
hahaha a kegger eh??? oh, how I miss keggers. I didnt go to college ever, so I havent been to one since…high school??? Wish I wouldve been there.
You know what’s funny? I was just thinking to myself today “God, I wish I was 20 again.” LOL! I don’t know why 20 specifically, but that’s the age I want to be.
Yeah, we went home early on my 21st birthday. There was too much drama, and I was ready to call it a night. I had fun, I think.