30.

[Axtremus]

@Mik

Happy birthday to your daughter!
How does it feel?
What have you learned?

[George K]

@Mik congratulations (I think?).

It's a good time when they become your friends.

[Horace]

Happy birthday! We're all contemporaries, parents and kids.

[Catseye3]

@Mik said in 30.:

My kid is 30 today. Jesus.

Boy, there's an epiphany moment, eh?

Happy Birthday to the Princess.

[brenda]

We're headed in the same direction, Mik. You're just a step ahead of us.

I find it reminds me of what we were doing at that age so many years ago. Then five minutes after that, I might think about when to retire.

[jon-nyc]

I remember the first three times I felt “old”, meaning not a kid anymore.

1. My dad turning 60
2. My sister turning 30
3. The first time a college student called me Mr. (I was a year or two out of college and was back doing campus recruiting)

[89th]

@jon-nyc Not the same, but I remember when I was watching the Super Bowl and realized the quarter back (Big Ben) was younger than me. I think I was 25 and he was 24, but still.

[Mik]

You will experience many more of those moments. Just wait.

[Jolly]

I've got one turning 40 this year.

You're just a whippersnapper.

[Mik]

God bless you. You are a gentleman and a scholar.

[Aqua Letifer]

@Mik @Jolly Would it be more accurate to say that you see your kids as adults, or that there are adults walking around out there who used to be your kids? (Or, how would you put it?)

[Mik]

@Aqua-Letifer it shall ever be thus.

Link to video

[Aqua Letifer]

@Mik said in 30.:

@Aqua-Letifer it shall ever be thus.

That's a freaking awesome ad. Doesn't ring true for me a damn bit, though.

Used to be, my folks and I wouldn't understand each other. Like at all. But we cared about each other and we were always around. Which led to an absolute shitload of disagreement but at least there was some kind of relationship there.

Now, there's no disagreement and we get along fine, but they sure as shit aren't my parents. At least most of the time. They're crazy stoners who are finally enjoying themselves having left their offices, so thank goodness for that, and they do love their grandkid, which is great. But they have no idea who the fuck I am. After an 8-day stay, there might be up to 18 combined minutes of clarity in which they remember I'm their kid. Never lasts long, though.

It's not senility, at least not yet. They just retired from being parents in addition to their jobs.

I don't think that's normal, so I figured I'd ask.

[brenda]

@Aqua-Letifer
Aqua, are you serious that they are stoners? Like weed or whatever?

How do they function? Are they driving while stoned? I'm trying to picture seniors doing this. No, not as a 'how to' example, more of a 'why would they' .

[Aqua Letifer]

@brenda said in 30.:

@Aqua-Letifer
Aqua, are you serious that they are stoners? Like weed or whatever?

Yep. It's pretty common among today's retirees.

How do they function?

That's why they do it. They've got a handful of health issues, and it's much harder to function without it.

Are they driving while stoned?

Nah, they're not that reckless (yet; who knows about later). But if they aren't traveling, they're gettin' high.

[LuFins Dad]

Hey @Mik , think of this… in the next 4 years or so, @jon-nyc will be able to date your daughter according to the ol’ lech formula…

[George K]

@LuFins-Dad said in 30.:

Hey @Mik , think of this… in the next 4 years or so, @jon-nyc will be able to date your daughter according to the ol’ lech formula…

[Mik]

He knows better.

[jon-nyc]

I'll wait until I'm in chronic rejection so the bullet from Mik's gun will be welcome.

Win win.

[Axtremus]

Nah, @jon-nyc has been able to date all four of @George-K’s daughters according to that formula and nothing bad has come of it yet.