r/Millennials • u/CantSocial • 15h ago

Discussion Is it that time already?

I just turned 40. I went to a new gym last night and did a class. After the class, the coach (who could have been anywhere like 25 to early 30s) was super nice and chatty and asked me about my fitness goals. I said "well, I just turned 40..." and was about to talk about how I want to ramp up my fitness to honor the milestone and I got interrupted with, "40?? You look great!!"

Now I'm wondering if he was early 20s. Was not expecting that response. Anyone else fell it's a bit premature?

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u/EaglesFanGirl 15h ago

i get that all the time - people think i'm 30 despite my weight. no grays, yet. For me, i think its my hair color. Redheads age differently that most of the population.

i've heard millenials have aged well - not sure why. I think we've shocked out bodies so much that they are just stuck the way they are forever...

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u/Skylineviewz 14h ago

It was the four lokos

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u/Mail_Order_Lutefisk Gen X 14h ago

Red hair goes from red to 80% white in about a year and at that phase it will look glorious for a few years and then it will be undeniably white one morning when you wake up. Assuming you haven’t smoked or drank yourself to the point of pickling and you stayed out of the sun you will go from 32 to 50 in a year. 

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u/heartsoflions2011 1h ago

Can confirm. I stopped dying my hair while pregnant at 36, and damn if I didn’t get some monster “racing stripes” almost immediately. Half the photos I’m in, it looks like I’m balding because my hair was so light.

A 2mo NICU stay, terrible sleeper baby turned terrible sleeper toddler, L1 ASD diagnosis for the kiddo, and a couple extra helpings of anxiety later….oof. Not sure it’s even worth trying to cover up now lol

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u/Strawberrybanshee 14h ago

A lot of boomer moms cut their hair short. That will significantly age you. When then need an actor to look younger they will have them grow out their hair.

There was also that perm many got and for many it just didn't look good. Or maybe it was done badly? Maybe it wasn't take care of well? Curly hair well taken care of can look great. But many just didn't have the face shape to pull off their chosen length and/or curls.

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u/krispytatertotz 13h ago

I have a pixie and I think it makes me look younger than I am in a weird turn of events

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u/Slow_Savings4489 14h ago

IMHO we are not aging faster or slower but our perception is that we are still ourselves. As a kid, e.g., Casey Jones was an adult, and so I still saw him as an adult in TMNT; same again with the lead Shoot Guy in Die Hard.

But me? Oh, sure, I have wrinkles and gray in my beard and hair, but, as Goldfinger sang: "growing older all the time, feeling younger in my mind."