I felt old last night

One of my carpool buddies invited me and the hubster to dinner last night at his home.  It was us, him and his girlfriend, and other carpool buddy and his current girl.  We had a great time eating and talking and laughing.  The food was delicious (ribs and chicken, right up the hubster's alley).

Anyway, as we we were talking, I guess the new girl lived near where carpool buddy #1 used to live and knew his girlfriend's friend.  She mentioned that she graduated in 2004 and I thought to myself "Hey, I graduated 2004.  *pause*  I graduated college in 2004.  *pause*  I bet she's talking about high school."  It hit me like a ton of bricks.  I'm old, but not really.  I mean carpool buddy #2 is my brother's age, but it just threw me off.  I'm only 3-4 years older than the new girl.  Carpool buddy #1 is around my age, so I don't know why I felt out of place at that moment.

It also didn't help that they didn't get the hubster's movie quote of "Always bet on black!" of Wesley Snipes and Passenger 57 fame.  I feel like everyone in my family would recognize that quote, but I guess not.  Neither carpool buddies got it and the whole story was killed by it.

I felt old, but I'm not!  Maybe it's because I'll be 29 in 8 days.

29!?@#?@!?@!