Feel help: is 26 old? - Help.com

Old is over 80.

i feel old when people tell me i am almost 20 :(

Depends in what sense, if you are asking if 26 is old when it comes to wearing a nappy, I would say yes, or that it is considered old to still be spoon fed by your mother I would say yes to.
But if you are asking if 26 is considered to old to make a will or find your retirement home I would say hell no, to young for that.

So, in what sense?

I feel like I missed out on doing dumb stuff when I was younger. I’m 26 now.

What do you feel you missed out on?

And no, 26 is not old.

Lmao! Gowd help me then Im 103& still going strong!

26 is a whole alphabet of years if there’s one letter for each year, or half the number of weeks in a year (52/2) or half the number of cards in a deck (52/2) — it’s a very cool number. I don’t know what it means in terms of oldness/youngness … many people died before that age, sadly enough, and many live much longer.

Everyone misses out on something. What’s old depends on your perspective. I’ll be twice 26 this year, so 30 sounds young to me. Just start living and don’t waste time on regret. The present and what’s ahead are the important things.

Old is a state of mind not some number.
I have met very young people in life who acted like they were ready to be put out to pasture, and then much older people who were more alive and interesting than most 20 somethings and they are pushing 100!
Never let your number dictate spirits age or for that matter your attitude, we are all collectively in the perfect place at all times, do not let yourself become trapped by such limitations.

AGAPE LION wrote:
Old is a state of mind not some number.
I have met very young people in life who acted like they were ready to be put out to pasture, and then much older people who were more alive and interesting than most 20 somethings and they are pushing 100!
Never let your number dictate spirits age or for that matter your attitude, we are all collectively in the perfect place at all times, do not let yourself become trapped by such limitations.

Well said :)

evansent wrote:

AGAPE LION wrote:
Old is a state of mind not some number.
I have met very young people in life who acted like they were ready to be put out to pasture, and then much older people who were more alive and interesting than most 20 somethings and they are pushing 100!
Never let your number dictate spirits age or for that matter your attitude, we are all collectively in the perfect place at all times, do not let yourself become trapped by such limitations.

Well said :)

Thanks love…

hahaha, I missed out on my early 20’s by not doing stupid stuff

usltjm wrote:
agreed Eli, I am 31 and in the United States Marine Corps. We run just about every day along with push-ups, crunches, pull-ups, planks, triple threats and many other things. I am about 12years older than our youngest Marine, he is a beast though. I am not the strongest nor the fastest but for **** sure I am not the slowest or the weakest, I keep up, I put out and when I feel like giving up I just think how some of these guys feel when someone 6years their senior passes them on a run. I would say on average I am 6 years older than the Marines I work with. I do not feel old at all. I recently jacked up my knee, which kinda makes me feel old but it is just an injury. It has nothing to do with my age.

That’s great, it sounds like you overcome the age difference by your strength of mind. I do martial arts and try my best to keep up with the 20-somethings and most of the time I can. It does get more difficult as the years roll by though.

usltjm wrote:
I put out

I’m figuring you didn’t mean in the “don’t ask, don’t tell” sense.

I’m figuring you didn’t mean in the “don’t ask, don’t tell” sense.

Wow Sans that was reaching for some funny eh… lol

AGAPE LION wrote:
I’m figuring you didn’t mean in the “don’t ask, don’t tell” sense.

Wow Sans that was reaching for some funny eh… lol

all of my jokes are a stretch.

i happen to be 26 too and know exactly what you mean…

Sans wrote:

AGAPE LION wrote:
I’m figuring you didn’t mean in the “don’t ask, don’t tell” sense.

Wow Sans that was reaching for some funny eh… lol

all of my jokes are a stretch.

Lol

26 is ancient.
For a fruit fly..

time flies like the wind, fruit flies like pears

– ancient wisdom :)

I missed out on all of my life :(

I’m 26 too and I don’t think I’m old. I’m married with 2 young children and I feel like I’ve just started a new chapter in my life. I still have plans of going to school, raising my kids, and traveling the world. If I live to be 100, then right now I’m very young.

brandylee8 wrote:
If I live to be 100, then right now I’m very young.

If I only live to be 100 then I’m on the downhill slide. Fortunately when most of us turn 100 that will be considered an early age to die.

26 was a tough year for me, maybe because by that age you no longer want to be older, and you can see the next decade approaching, whereas previously the next decade was only a vague concept.

If one believes that this flesh and blood is all there is to a person, then even one day old is very old, because the span of a human life is so short. On the other hand, if you believe that we are spirit and that our bodies and even minds are only shadows of us, then even on one’s deathbed they can see themselves as at the beginning. Whether we are spirit or just a hodgepodge of chemicals, the approach that sees life as interminable (apart from any particular dogma or religious guilt) more often makes for better quality of life. Of course there is the rare hedonist who feels fulfilled in old age, but I think they’re the exception.

brandylee8 wrote:
I’m 26 too and I don’t think I’m old. I’m married with 2 young children and I feel like I’ve just started a new chapter in my life. I still have plans of going to school, raising my kids, and traveling the world. If I live to be 100, then right now I’m very young.

nessstarfis wrote:
No 26 is not old. I am 34 now, and I am having the time of my life. Your only as old as you feel, or so they say. One of my best friends is 63 years young and stil parties like he’s in his 20’s.

you two totally missed the posters point. They feel old becuse they missed out on things in life. Its a sort of “Im too old for that now and i lost it”or a “i have too much caitching up to do in my life, im so far behind everyone” kind of feeling.

hey i fee the same way im almost 25 but i belive every one feel this way one way or antrher!!!

No, 26 isn’t really old…