Today, I realized that because of my construction job, I have spent such a huge amount of time with older, cynical guys that I keep uncontrollably using the phrase "fucking kids these days" regularly like an idiot. I'm 18. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, a student of mine used the phrase "well, you know, like back in your day" about defining "going out". I'm only 24. FML
Today, at work I put myself squarely in the lame / old people category when I foolishly asked out loud what FML meant. FML
Today, a cute new guy I always run into at work hit on me. Turns out he's only 18. I'm old enough to be his mom. FML
Today, I used to look so young for my age that in high school, I was regularly mistaken for a freshman. I never succeeded in getting dates because of it. Today, I'm 25 years-old and regularly get confused for being in my thirties. I guess all the stress from work, loneliness, and rejection really caught up. FML
Today, while at my tutoring job, a middle school kid couldn't find a word in the online dictionary. I told him he could check a regular paperback dictionary. His response was, "That's what you did in your day. That's not what we do in our day." I'm only 19. FML
Today, I started a new job. As I was introducing myself during the morning get together with the team, I forgot how old I was, and panicked. I ended up saying I was "twenty-fine." I’m 27. FML
Today, I found out that the 19-year-old I've been seeing is really 26, with two kids and a pregnant fiancée. I'm only 17. FML
Today, I, a person who will be 21 in a few months, was mistaken for my mom's older brother. My mom is in her fifties. Apparently this is becoming increasingly common, because the world sucks. I didn't realize it was affecting me this badly. FML
Today, while I was in a bathroom stall, I overheard my younger coworkers discussing my age. They said, “How old is she? Some days she looks like she's 35 and other days she looks like she's 58!” FML
Today, man do I feel old. For the first time ever, a teen thug with more acne spots than brain cells told me to, “Piss off grandad.” Grandad? Guess I look older than I feel. FML
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Welshite 40
You might want to avoid playgrounds and/or schools.
thrifting 18
Learn to hate the world early, it'll save you a lot of time learning the hard way.
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Comments (87)
ModernLightz 9
Matt?
Door_Productions 19
You're kinda right to say it haha
blackonblight 33
The ******* kids today with their facebooks and ipods and snapchats and selfies. Get off my lawn! *shakes the cane she actually has*
itwasalongnight 10
Completely understand what you mean--I work in construction as well. I work with mostly guys, at least 11 years older than me. They've taught me to swear like a sailor and make off color remarks. But at least I can tell you I've learned a ton [of work related info] from them. Keep your ears open and I wish you luck with all of those ******* kids these days ;)
kalbrek009 20
Just wait until you're in your 40's and you realize that you were speaking about your self in future tense....in the past.. :)
cassieperiodbee 14
Haha that sounds like something that I would do. :)
Mat2000_1 4
No offence, but you're a kid haha
sexyinwhite 7
Lol love it! It's also called maturing and when you see people your age or younger doing dumb things you think ******* kids lol
Goblin182 27
Kids these days, they pick up the bad habits of the people they are around so easily.
StanSmith2013 26
Just shows you are more mature.