Why people call me an old man.

Since at least freshman year in high school, I've had people tell me I'm an old man. Here's why:

1. If you are in my dorm late into the evening, I will inevitably offer you hot chocolate or coffee at some point.
2. I really want to wear tweed suits with the reinforced elbows and carry around a briefcase and pipe.
3. I like wearing the Western Snap button shirts.
4. I'm stubborn.
5. I can be grumpy. Usually if I haven't had enough sleep.
6. Sometimes, I grunt unnecessarily doing simple things like sitting down.
7. I like patterns. I go to restaurants and order the same things. If possible, I go at the same time on the same day of the week.
8. The opposite of 7. If there has been a pattern, I don't like changing it.
9. I forget things. A lot. Right now I'm stuck cause I can't remember more reasons I'm an old man, but I know there are more.
10. Since I forget things, I tell the same stories over and over, and I don't even realize it until you steal my punch line.

And that's where I ran out of things I could think of, so I asked some friends who've called me an old man why:

"You like to just sit around. You read old books. You're grumpy sometimes. Basically you just do what old men do except you have real teeth."

"The things you say the things you wear and that you're interested in. You listen to and like old music. "


So there you have it. Unless I missed something, which I probably did. In which case you can add it as a comment.