I'am the old office dude now.

Hello fellow old dudes and dudetts,

today our longest working employee in an officedepartment of 6 people resigned at the age of 63. While congratulating him, it hit me like a lightningstrike:

At the seemingly young age of 37, i´am the "old dude" now.

I know, it sounds a little bit childish, but i felt a sudden weight on my shoulders. How did you all feel when you realized that you are the old man of the department? Did anything change for you when it happend? How did others responde to this "event"? i am curious if i am the only one wit this feelings (despite knowing it is not so).

Thanks in advance.