50 Memes Only Old People Trapped In Young Bodies Will Understand
While there are some young people who like to party, stay up late, and can eat anything without gaining weight, others aren’t so lucky. These memes are for young people who feel much older on the inside.
1) The Weekend Isn’t Fun
You know that you’re an old soul when you plan your day off around responsibilities. There’s no time to go out when you have a list of stuff that needs done. Oh, the woes of maturity.
2) Your Idea Of A Wild Night
If your idea of a wild night is starting a movie past 9 o’clock – you just might be a young person trapped in an old body.
3) Loud Music Is Annoying
If the neighbors are cranking up the volume, you find yourself rolling your eyes. You prefer to listen to music on your own terms and at a volume that doesn’t shut out the world.
4) Constant Noise Annoys You
It’s not just music that you don’t want to be loud, it’s people too. Constant noisy chatter is torture, especially when it’s shallow or immature conversation. Ugh!
5) Comfort Isn’t Just An Option
You need to be comfortable at all costs. You want your bed to be as comfortable as possible and will always choose comfy shoes over ones that are going to make your feet hurt.
6) Back In My Day
You have actually used the phrase, “back in my day,” and meant it. You may not have walked to school in the snow, but you have a handful of things you like to tell young folks.
7) Food is Everything
Nothing makes you quite as happy as coming home to a nice takeout meal. Sometimes you cook and sometimes you bring home pizza. But no matter what, it’s a highlight.
8) Not Afraid To Go Out Alone
Young people, truly young people, are afraid to be seen at a restaurant or movie alone. But in your eyes, it’s a sign of power and confidence. Who wouldn’t want to date you?
9) You’ve Picked Up Random Skills
Whether it be knitting or cake decorating, for some reason, you know how to do random things and you are proud of it. Time to make scarfs for the bffs for Christmas!
10) Midnight Clubs Are Too Much
While your friends are going out at 3am, you find the idea of it insane. If you go out, it’s going to be in daylight hours. Your limit to nighttime escapades is about twice a year.
11) You Talk To Your Pets
Sure, lots of people talk to their pets, but when you do it, you actually mean it. Some people think it’s strange, but then again, most of the conversations are done in private.
12) Staying In Is The Best
Netflix is your best friend…forever. You’ve binge-watched so many series that sometimes you get your own life mixed up with the ones in the shows you watch.
13) Thinking Kids Are Growing Up Too Fast
When you see young girls dressing like adults, you can’t help but cringe. Kids should be kids and you wish that all kids could have the amazing childhood that you had.
14) You Kind Of Like Snail Mail
Snail mail is so rare these days that most young people don’t even know what the term means. But you’re different. You secretly hope someone sends you a handwritten letter.
15) You Are Tired Of Immaturity
You talk to people your age, and sometimes older people, and you facepalm at how immature people are. If you could have a conversation with someone without them getting offended, it would be great!
16) Dating is Scary, Especially Online
You kind of hate Tinder and swear off of it all the time. Sometimes you win and sometimes you break your promise. If only there was some way to find a soulmate without dating.
17) Naps Are Lots Of Fun
Sleeping is the best! You may not need three naps on your day off, but you sure are willing to take them. Why? Because there’s something about napping that is beyond comforting.
18) You’re The Mom Of The Group
You are the mom of your group and everyone knows it. Friends ask you what you guys should do and if you think it’s safe. You are who they turn to…and who they roll their eyes at.
19) Bedtime Tea Is a Luxury
Maybe you don’t drink tea, but if you don’t, you definitely like a cup of decaf in the evening. If you’re lucky, you have a drawer full of different flavors of your favorite hot drink.
20) Your Back Hurts Just Because
You never knew why grown ups complained about their backs when you were a kid, but now you do. For some reason, the tiniest stretch results in an aching back for days.
21) You Love Baking
You picked up baking a while back and have grown rather attached to it. Sometimes it’s ready mix cakes and sometimes it’s a three course meal that takes you all afternoon.
22) You Make Drinking Worth It
You don’t always drink, but when you do, you want it to be only the best. Why waste your time getting drunk on cheap alcohol when you can have a taste of something worth it?
23) You Carry Everything With You
You would carry the kitchen sink if it would fit! But it won’t, so your purse and car are full of chapsticks, bandaids, extra socks, shoes, and whatever else you might need.
24) People Answer You With, “OK, Boomer”
You have had people your own age say, “ok boomer,” to you. At first, you didn’t know what it means but now it’s been said enough that you are catching on and you don’t like it.
25) You Dress For The Weather
You roll your eyes at girls that wear shorts in the winter and guys that wear long sleeves when it’s a hundred degrees outside. As for you, you dress appropriately no matter what.
26) You Notice Typos
You notice typos and it is starting to bother you. In your opinion, it’s rude to not check and make sure your e-mails have good grammar. Have you heard of Grammarly?
27) You Give Free Advice
You have become the advice queen or king in your friend group and at work. People ask you about relationships, taxes, and everything else they can’t handle.
28) You Don’t Know What “YEET” Means
You have to Google these newfound slang terms that kids use these days. Though these “kids” are about your age, you still have no idea what they’re talking about most of the time.
29) You Wear Slippers
You have at least one robe and more than one pair of house shoes. One pair is to check the mail, one pair is for when you get out of bed, and one is for when it’s extra cold.
30) Food Network Is The Bomb
You watch a lot of Food Network. Sometimes you feel like a pro, especially when you can see everything they do wrong on Chopped and wish you could tell them.
31) You Appreciate Card Games
You may like video games but you’re also a board game fanatic. You just wish more people appreciate card games and board games so you would have someone to play with.
32) You Have A Stack Of Books
You have quite a few books that have been accumulated over the years. Most of them you haven’t even read though you do plan on doing so…someday.
33) You Think You Deserve A Seat
Not only do you have a favorite seat on the subway, but you think it’s rude when teenagers don’t offer you their seat. You may not be that old but something in you thinks you are.
34) Dieting Is Stupid
Though you diet on and off all the time, you hate it. You but healthy groceries but then you want pizza. So what do you do? You order pizza and call it a night. Duh!
35) You Eat Cheap When You Can
Though you can enjoy fine wine, you usually prefer to eat cheap and safe on money where you can. Expensive restaurants hold little appeal unless you’re a millionare.
36) You Refuse To Update
Change doesn’t always mean good and updates don’t always mean better. You usually prefer the version of the phone or software you started out with and don’t like updating.
37) You Carry Extra Underwear
Maybe it’s because your grandma always told you to wear clean underwear and maybe it’s because you have the same fear she did. Either way, you make sure you do it.
38) You Hate Autoplay
If you wanted music to play on the blog you’re reading, you’d make it play yourself. So when ads autoplay and videos won’t stop starting, you can get angry.
39) You Enjoy Unplugging
Little does anyone know that you love turning off your phone and relaxing. Not using electricity can be exhilarating sometimes, so you take advantage when you can.
40) Your Bed Is Your Best Friend
No one can comfort you like your bed. It may not be the softest or the most expensive bed, but it’s your safe place and no one can take that from you.
41) The Rain Makes You Smile
There’s something about nature that makes you happy. Whether it be a walk in the forest or the rain on your roof, you could listen to the sounds and breathe in the air all day.
42) Followers Mean Nothing
You really don’t care how many followers you have and you don’t mind unfollowing people. It’s not about who has the most fans, it’s about who you can learn from.
43) You Believe It’s Too Late For Dreams
You may be optimistic but that doesn’t stop you from being a realist too. You think that your life has already peaked so you live your dreams through other people by encouraging them.
44) Sometimes You Forget To Cancel
You get so many free subscriptions and sometimes you even forget to cancel some of them. But after a few montsh, you enjoy them so much that you just go with it.
45) You Never Travel
Not only can you not afford to travel, but it’s also a lot of work. Who wants to spend half of their time being transported when you can enjoy a vacation right where you are.
46) You’re Always Tired
You wake up at 8am, tired. You eat lunch, tired. You go home, tired. You can’t seem to catch up on sleep no matter how much you get so maybe there’s something more to your tiredness.
47) You Talk About The Weather
You used to think it was silly to talk about the weather all of the time. But now, it’s easy conversation and you’re genuiniely concerned about the icy roads or high humidity.
48) You Look Forward to Lunch
Not only is food everything to you, but you look forward breakfast when you go to bed and to lunch after breakfast. You’re always thinking about your next meal and what you’ll have.
49) You Relate To Grouches
Instead of relating to the happy go lucky characters, you tend to relate to the grouches and even villains. You’re not evil or anything, but you feel like a realist.
50) HGTV Is On In The Background
You have grown attached to HGTV and will pretty much watch anything on there. Though there is always that one host that annoys for for some reason. But other than him, you’re good.
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