Help, I've shifted a generation

I still feel great, you know. I can almost do the splits, bike with three fingers in my nose back and forth to Zandvoort for dinner, and pour a bottle of wine in if I have to, but there are those moments when the truth knocks hard on the door: I have moved up a generation.

1.  Your colleagues think it's weird that you have TVs at home

And I keep explaining that my husband makes Beau and Jinek. Beau? Jinek? Are those cocktails?

2.  You don't understand the messages from your younger neighbor

Fc buuv, we'll do it next week. Np.

Inquiries reveal that it stands for ‘of course’ and ‘no problem’. Sure, why didn't I think of that myself.

3.  You are the only one who uses punctuation in messages

Furthermore, everyone seems to operate on the principle of ‘as quickly as possible from A to B’. ‘Periods and commas are just a bit rude, mom.’ Okay, okay, okay.

4.  You've definitely heard of ‘skeer’ and ‘cringe’, but how to use it exactly...

5.  You hear yourself explaining that Rick Brandsteder has quite a well-known father

6.  You hear yourself explaining that Dave Roelvink has quite a well-known father

7.  You hear yourself explaining that the B in BNN stands for Bart de Graaff and before you know it, you're searching for YouTube videos of the brick and WaarKanIkJeSnachtsVoorWakkerMaken

8.  Sometimes, very, very rarely, you mention the word ‘gulden’

9.  You realize that 1922 and 1972 were just as far apart as 1972 and 2022

Contemplating and accepting. There's no other way.