10 Gentle Reminders That Gen X is Middle-Age:

After watching Prevagin commercials, you wonder if jellyfish have a better memory than you.

While the Millennials are scooping collagen peptides in their matcha lattes, you are dousing your morning orange juice with Metamucil.

Is it a tumor? Oh, it’s a tumor. I sure hope it’s benign.

After replacing your Cuisinart Food Processor, you received as bridal shower gift 25 years ago, you discover the newest version is more lightweight with plastic blades instead of metal, and you complain that they don’t make them like they used to.

You use the expression, “back in the day” meaning 1998.

You suddenly relate to Nora Ephron’s, “I Feel Bad About My Neck.”

When you’re yearning for the days when you could find all the answers in a Judy Blume novel and wonder if, “Are You There, Menopause? It’s Me Margaret,” should be a fan fiction blog you should write.

While organizing your closet, you wonder if your kids would appreciate your concert t-shirt from Lollapalooza ’91, only to assume that they would prefer you conduct a Swedish Death Cleaning.

When you can’t remember last identifying with the child’s point of view in a movie or tv show but completely relate to the parent. As a fun exercise, watch Close Encounters and see if your heart doesn’t drop when the little, blond-haired boy disappears and you’re freaking out alongside Melinda Dillon.

You keep trying to convince your kids while they stream Friends on Netflix, that you are really are the same age as Rachel.