Getting Old

The other day someone referred to something that happened by saing "wow that must have been back in 1999 when that happened". Fuck that. I never thought about it, but i didn't think i have ever referred to anything in my life by they year. Everything is "when i was in 10th grade" or "a couple of years ago". But fuck i know when the day comes when i start referencing my past by the year, i'm getting to old and it's getting close to the time where either i need to shoot myself in the face, or get married into a loveless marriage where we only ever speak to each other concerning our children's various sports events we need to attend, when we ask each other to drop something off on the way to work, or not to forget to pick up the dry cleaning on the way home from work.