Gay men share the things they could get away with when younger but not when older
asked the original poster. He started the conversation by offering “Sass: When I was younger, I could get away with being lippy.
Now that I’m older, anything sassy just comes off as a bitchy old Queen!”The replies came flooding in.Subscribe to our newsletter for a refreshing cocktail (or mocktail) of LGBTQ+ entertainment and pop culture, served up with a side of eye-candy.Many agreed with the comment about sass.“I’ve encountered plenty of gay men in their 40s and 50s who still act like ‘mean girls in high school,’ and they only want to sext like teenagers too,” said one. “It’s a reason why I related to Stephen Fry when he was speaking about the ‘infantilization’ of society and how people have become increasingly immature over the years.”A commentator in his late 40s said, “Drinking alcohol and being functional the next day.
I rarely drink anymore and if I have more than 2 drinks I feel it so hard the next morning. Hangovers hit differently than they did in my 20’s!”Many agreed with this statement.“I need 2 days to recover fully from a night of drinking.
Doesn’t matter how much water I drink before, during and after. Even one or two drinks I still feel hungover the next day most times.”Others highlighted other physical changes.One man said he could no longer get away with a, “Size medium shirts that showed off my biceps.”Another said hard labor exhausts him in a way it didn’t when younger.“Doing back-breaking manual labor all day (digging a trench with a pick axe, etc. ) then going out for drinks and working again the next day.”Others agreed, with one guy in his early 50s sharing, “I spent an afternoon just pulling weeds the other week and I could barely walk the next day.”Of course, physical changes impact all parts of the body, as others pointed out.One said he could no longer assume he would “Always be rock hard even when extremely turned on.
