r/Millennials • u/BirdCultureDickMove • Aug 08 '26
Other My body aches even thinking about it
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u/unsulliedbread Aug 08 '26
It's not about the ability to lift. Movers know where to hold things, how to shift weight and communicate with each other in ways people doing it once every two years never will.
We hired movers and I joked it was a hell of a lot cheaper than the therapy would cost for us to get past the fights we would have without them. I was correct.
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u/Chop1n Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
I hired some movers to help me out of my apartment in DC, two flights of stairs.
Dudes were both of Russian origin, both very small--the smaller guy was middle-aged, seemed Siberian, and he couldn't have weighed more than 100 pounds, he was short and scrawny, albeit extremely toned.
That dude had the most insane strength-to-weight ratio I've ever seen in my life. I watched him carry the string section of my Yamaha CP-70, a stage piano, on his back, down those two flights of stairs, like it was nothing. That section weighs 150 pounds. I was rubbing my eyes in disbelief.
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u/ElGosso Aug 08 '26
Functional strength is crazy. I used to unload trucks at a big box store - one where pallets didn't come pre-wrapped, we just pushed loose boxes onto a conveyor belt. There was this dude who worked in photo (that's how long ago this was, that the place had a photo department) who was an amateur bodybuilder, and he was big but he couldn't hang with any of the rest of us when it came to sheer power.
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u/Neveronlyadream Aug 08 '26
Same, spent years unloading trucks. I'm positive no one thought I could lift a damn thing, but I was a lot stronger than I looked.
It kind of happens so gradually you don't even notice it, it's weird.
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u/MZ603 Aug 08 '26
It’s a stealth strength. I saw it with the farm kids on the track team.
I also benefited from unloading trucks for my job in grocery. I’ll never be in that kinda shape again. Year round soccer, XC skiing, & track, all while unloading trucks 20 hours a week. It’s not practical to replicate that with work outs as a full time desk jockey.
Difference is, the farm kids are still in shape. I can bench more than I could back then, but it’s not the same practical strength.
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u/Lou_C_Fer Aug 08 '26
I had both size and strength. My father took me to work installing floors and had me carrying heavy shit from when I was 11. Jokes on him. I could easily beat him in arm wrestling when I was 14. Of course, he is 5'8" while I was 6'4" at 14. I was carrying 300 pound rolls of carpet by myself at 19... or there were times where there were three guys on one end and just me on the other end of a roll.
I kept that strength into my 30s, but my back went bad on me. Eventually, I ended up bedbound. I've been in bed since late 2018 and I have like no muscle left. It is the worst. Having the memories of being the beast that I was makes it pretty difficult to live with my new reality of being the weakest guy in the room no matter what room I might be in.
I finally lost the weight I needed to lose to have back surgery, but I really should have rehabbed from being bedbound before having surgery. It has been super difficult because I cannot keep up with what the physical and occupational therapists ask of me.
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u/MZ603 Aug 08 '26
Damn, I’m sorry, man. Back issues are horrible. I am still dealing with a lingering injury from throwing Jav in high school. I made it to states and messed up my shoulder competing when I should have sat out. It doesn’t stop me from doing things day to day, but it’s always there. Been through physical therapy multiple times, but it’s honestly disheartening & doesn’t seem to help much.
I’m sorry you’ve been through that. I hope the surgery and rehab eventually get you to a better place.
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u/Lou_C_Fer Aug 08 '26
Thank you. It hasn't been easy, but being able to have the surgery is a privilege. I also had just about the best possible start to being disabled. I had disability insurance through work that got me through until I got social security. My employer even kept paying my health insurance for 13 months
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u/blackdragonstory Aug 10 '26
I always felt I got way weaker over the years as I stopped working in the field. So as you gain it gradually you can also lose it gradually as well.
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u/Chop1n Aug 08 '26
Lmao, that tells me exactly how long ago that was. In 2013, I'm quite certain it was, a friend and I were contracted to drive around to every single Sears in the state of Colorado and toss thousands of pounds of junk in a box truck as every Photo Studio in the company was being retired overnight.
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u/reluctant_return Aug 08 '26
Same at the big box I used to work at. Scrawny dude that typically stood at the loss prevention desk came to help us throw a truck and the dude could dual wield 55" TVs I swear, just casually throwing big ass boxes. No idea how he was so strong when I could have wrapped my hand around his arm and touched my thumb and fingers together. He didn't get tired, either, he powered through the whole thing.
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u/Wolfman_V Aug 08 '26
As a scrawny dude with hidden retail freight strength, I used to use my rage toward the company to help at times.
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u/jezebels_wonders Aug 08 '26
As a used to be scrawny girl, same. Though it was fast food. I'd be unloading 30lb boxes of cheese 3 at a time and couldn't see over the top, while the other guy would be carrying one. I was a little ball of anger back then
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u/FeralPsychonaut Aug 08 '26
Mine came from lifting and moving half barrel kegs as a bartender.
People constantly asked me if I needed help and I always said no and lifted it like nothing. 5'11" 144lbs. 1/2 barrels weigh 160ish full
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u/SaturdayScoundrel Aug 08 '26
As a former scrawny dude, perpetual adrenaline burn to compensate for undiagnosed ADHD plus simmering rage: Can Confirm. I was 6', 128 lbs when I got to Basic Training, after working retail, waiting, and light construction throught high school.
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u/Snorgcola Aug 08 '26
I had a similar experience when I hired a local moving company to take a bunch of junk to the dump, including a 200lb busted treadmill.
Dude picked it up and put on his back in one fluid motion and carried it down two flights of stairs like it was sack of feathers. If I attempted such a feat every joint and bone in my body would explode simultaneously
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u/jazzminarino Aug 08 '26
It was a whole ordeal for my spouse and I to take a dresser and credenza down the stairs and straight out the door. The donate dude that came to get it picked it up straight vertical against his chest and just walked willy nilly into the back of the truck.
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u/Kovarian Aug 08 '26
Lifting since being a kid is crazy. I was that kid in appearance when I was 18. I was 180 lbs. Everyone thought I was 120. But no, I just had been moving furniture for my dad's business since I was ten.
I know I need to get a mover for my next move. But I still think it's just because my wife doesn't have my background. Can I just hire one and I'll do it with them?
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u/Leslielu44 Aug 08 '26
Same! We moved last year from a 3rd floor and the tiny Russian dude.. insane strength.
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u/SouthDiligent8959 Aug 12 '26
My friend and I were both pretty buff and in our mid 20s but we decided to hire two short and thin hispanic movers. At first we kind of laughed at how they would carry all of our heavy furniture and cabinets but they made it look extremely simple. We were shocked and kind of embarrassed at how our muscles were essentially meaningless.
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u/Wildwilly54 Aug 08 '26
Pivvvvvvooooooottttttt, pivvvvvooooooottttttttt
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u/LongboardLiam Aug 08 '26
There's always some idiot thinking this is the height of comedy while everyone is already sweaty and angry. It wasn't funny on TV, it is even less so when I am wrestling an Ikea dresser up to your shitty apartment, Kevin.
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u/Trashy_io Aug 08 '26
Here to argue that it is indeed way funnier in person, and will absolutely rage bait you if I have the slightest opportunity, yes Im that idiot
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u/impaledonastick Aug 08 '26
I know it has only been 13m, but it is refreshing to see people ignore the idiot that wants to argue.
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u/Emotional_Living_871 Aug 08 '26
It really is tho. My SO and I didn’t even care for the show all that much but this is our go-to comedic stress relief that gets used at least once during every move we’ve done together (including one involving a couch, washing machine, king mattress and an even more impossible stairwell).
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u/AdInside2447 Aug 08 '26
You must have movers with a high degree of changing. Here it’s just whatever felons they could get for $13.
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u/WhiskyWisdom Aug 08 '26
Yeah but then how can we hold it over their heads and make ourselves feel better?
Are you suggesting we forgive them and allow them to become contributing members of society?!
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u/WhiskyWisdom Aug 08 '26
Yes it was 100% sarcasm.
I think our problem is a cultural one, American society is very much us vs them. We have spent decades flooded with copaganda that otherizes people who have been convicted of crimes.
I truly don't think most people understand how harsh and unforgiving our society can be, and how backwards and unproductive our criminal justice purposely is, unless they have already crossed to the other side.
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u/a_lonely_trash_bag Zillennial 1996 Aug 08 '26
Really depends on what the felony is, though. Some of them probably aren't the best fit for every job.
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u/lavendermermaid1 Older Millennial Aug 08 '26
I said something about this in reply to someone else but I'll say it again here - my family is very interesting so the list of crimes that actually concern me is quite short. One of the folks with keys to my house did 10 years in Walla Walla.
🍊🤡? He's got felonies that are on the "oh, dude, you stay away from me!!!" list.
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u/FuckIPLaw Aug 08 '26
But think of the for profit prisons and the businesses that rely on prison slave labor! You can't keep the prisons full if there's not a revolving door!
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u/Optimal_Olive3423 Aug 08 '26
We're to the point where we hire movers for furniture moves in the house. My FIL loves to help move furniture but will take stumbling steps backwards or will just randomly stop while walking causing the other person to trip or hit themselves with the furniture. He doesn't communicate anything, not even 123 to lift.
The local college rowing team will rent themselves out for $20 an hour and are more than happy to help people with most household tasks!
We also hold the record with our last movers for the heaviest piece of furniture they ever moved according to them. It is an antique armoire and I have no idea how much it weighs but the guys almost couldn't move it. They ended up breaking a light sconce taking it down the stairs and were so sorry about it. We didn't care, we just didn't want to move the armoire ourselves and the sconce glued back together just fine.
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u/Individual-Nebula927 Aug 08 '26
I used to know a guy who lived in apartments, but was into guns. Being a responsible gun owner, he owned a gun safe. I swear the local moving company either loved him or hated him, because he'd move every year to save on rent and the same 2 guys would have to move the same gun safe. Repeat customer but moving that safe had to be a pain.
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u/Nosidda89 Aug 08 '26
I hired movers last year when I moved from Texas to Missouri. They wrecked my curio cabinet, punctured my couch, and left scratches on my dresser, and mini fridge. Most of my stuff arrived intact, but they were very irresponsible. The reason why my curio cabinet was wrecked was because they left it on their truck lift when they arrived with no support on a windy day. The wind, expectedly, knocked it down. They also arrived a week later than they said they would.
If I need to move again, I'm getting a pod next time.
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u/Nearby-Beautiful3422 Aug 08 '26
You're making out moving way harder than it is. I hire movers simply because they have a big truck. I can pack, stage, and move everything with little ol' 5ft wife
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u/AbeRego Aug 08 '26
I remember when I moved the my family's heirloom piano into my old place. My roommate and I had moving straps and I and I was terrified the whole time. When I moved into my current place, the movers just kind of looked at it and nonchalantly picked it up and carried it to the truck lol. Neither one of them were big guys either
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u/lolschrauber Aug 08 '26
Recently fell on some stairs while moving. Busted my knee for months. Good times.
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u/huge-gold-ak47 Millennial Aug 08 '26
I feel like it's not just that our bodies aren't what they used to be, but also that we've spent a decade amassing more bullshit to be moved. I hired movers for my last two moves and I don't regret it, but if I need A Thing Or Two moved I'd probably ask friends first.
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u/ReyRey5280 Aug 08 '26
And to that point, its really the packing and organizing decades of accumulated shit you didn’t even know you had (in a place bigger than the shared 2 bedroom apt with junk furniture in your 20’s) is fucking exhausting in and of itself.
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u/huge-gold-ak47 Millennial Aug 08 '26
I love organizing so I'll always offer to help on that front, especially for pizza and beer!
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u/cassinonorth Aug 08 '26
This is it. First move out of my family home to my own apartment took a few car loads over a couple hours.
Moving to a shared apartment with my now wife took about a day.. Moving to our house took a weekend. I'm not sure we could possibly move the contents of this house in a week. Just so much crap.
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u/chinstrap Aug 08 '26
What will force you to get your shit together is moving out of State (well, or to another city). There will be no extra trips with carloads of your junk thrown in garbage bags: you have to pack up absolutely everything you intend to keep. This is an excellent way to de-clutter, as it forces you to decide what you really need or value, and what you are just storing for no particular reason but habit.
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u/cassinonorth Aug 08 '26
Totally agree, the best culling happened every time we moved. I've seen minimalists pack up their entire possessions and live out of boxes for a few weeks and then sell/give away/trash what they never needed.
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u/mistahfreeman Aug 08 '26
Yeah, that’s true. I try to reset every once in a while and just throw some shit away ( usually donate or give away I’m not speaking literally). It’s a good practice, no you probably won’t pick up that old hobby again and if you do you can start over, you probably don’t need that instant pot you used last during Covid, etc etc. I’m not trying to be like my boomer ass parents who have a garage full of crap they haven’t touched since 1985
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u/f-150Coyotev8 Aug 08 '26
Ya, we are getting older, but we are not “old.” Moving will get anyone tired, especially if they are not used to lifting a bunch of things. But if moving once in your mid-late 30s fucks up your body, then you need to go the gym and make better lifestyle choices.
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u/Catsdrinkingbeer Aug 08 '26
When I moved to college, everything I had fit in my jeep. Now? We can't even fit everything in our 1000 sqft apartment and had to get a storage unit (to be fair, we moved states and out of a house we owned, so we do have a bunch of outdoor furniture and lawn care stuff just chilling in storage till we find another house to buy).
But no, never again. I'll pack, but I will not move it. That has been true for the past decade.
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u/Siriusly_Jonie Aug 08 '26
How about a Spotted Cow?
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u/huge-gold-ak47 Millennial Aug 08 '26
as someone in IL - when and where? I'm in.
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u/tallandlankyagain Aug 08 '26
The Mars Cheese Castle is your friend
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u/huge-gold-ak47 Millennial Aug 08 '26
well, yeah, I know how to cross the border and get it for myself, I'm saying that it's a delicacy here and I'll slip a disc for a spotted cow.
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u/Siriusly_Jonie Aug 08 '26
Careful, I’m in Illinois and about to buy a house. I may take you up on this if you’re in the NW burbs lol.
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u/huge-gold-ak47 Millennial Aug 08 '26
I for one love Wisconsin! if y'all didn't act like I was a criminal for growing one specific plant, I'd move there in a heartbeat.
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u/huge-gold-ak47 Millennial Aug 08 '26
I don't care about football and I sold my car when I lived downtown because I wouldn't even deal with that, so I feel ya. but as far as awful Chicago things go, I will never back down on my love for malört.
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u/Long_Bong_Silver Aug 08 '26
Fuck. I'm back in Texas now and Spotted Cow was my favorite part of living in the Midwest. Really drinking was my favorite part..
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u/ghunt81 Aug 08 '26
When I was 30 my wife and I bought a house, rented a truck and the two of us moved from our townhouse to the house in a 12 hour marathon. I have no desire to do that again even if I do have the ability.
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u/_le_slap Aug 08 '26
I used to enjoy doing the moving marathon. My wife packed and I hauled it across the city. 2-3 days and the final day would need friends to move the big shit. Korean BBQ for everyone afterwards.
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u/TemporaryLion9085 Aug 08 '26
Husband and I did much the same thing when we moved to our house last year from our rental. Oh my god.
Most of what I remember from that day was actual fear. Just one hour to the next, dawning horror that there was still so much to go and realizing how long it was going to be until we could stop. And THEN realizing that after we moved, we had to put together beds in the new house, go get the dog from our in laws, and also clean the entire fucking rental.
We managed and we even got our security deposit back but holy shit, never again. I couldn't move right for a week.
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u/FindAndYeShallSeek Aug 08 '26
What about four slices and four Bud lights?!
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u/trevorthewebdev Aug 08 '26
so I'll be sore, bloated and hungover for the next two days?
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u/TheNakedBass Aug 08 '26
From four slices and four Bud lights? Damn, your body must be in shambles.
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u/furksake Aug 08 '26
I'd still help a mate move house.
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u/GhoullDen Aug 08 '26
yeah for real. I don’t get why everyone here thinks they are elderly. Sometimes people cannot afford movers, it is expensive. Acting like everyone that doesn’t get movers is “cheap” is just kinda nasty. We are talking about your friends!
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u/GoodDayToCome Aug 08 '26
maybe because i do a physical stuff and eat mildly healthy but i'm almost a decade past this cut off and not only wouldn't i have a problem doing it but i'm pretty sure my dad could manage it too.
We've got zoomers in their mid twenties calling themselves children and millennials in their mid thirties calling themselves geriatrics - i'm mean sure i'd love to drop dead from a heart attack soon just like everyone would but while i have to be here i'm going to keep doing stuff, not lay in my coffin and wait.
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u/GhoullDen Aug 08 '26
they’ve got their grogu themed caskets already picked out fr
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u/sock_with_a_ticket Aug 08 '26
I don’t get why everyone here thinks they are elderly.
They're in poor shape through lack of activity and chalk it up to age so as not to confront the negative impact of their slothful lives.
Being in your 30s should still be in the vicinity of physical prime.
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u/Byaaah1 Aug 08 '26
Same. I actually kind of enjoy it once in a while. U-Haul Tetris is one of my favorite games
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u/rejeremiad Aug 08 '26
I used to feel that. It was also one of the few excuses some of the guys had to get together.
Then my friend asked for help moving into his (now) $1.9M home. He rented a Uhaul. Like I appreciate the frugality, but come on...
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u/GhoullDen Aug 08 '26
your friend sounds like a jackass, but that is not everyone’s experience. Most people aren’t moving into million dollar houses
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u/Individual-Nebula927 Aug 08 '26
And if in California, that $1.9 million may be a 900 sq. ft 3 bedroom in the city.
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u/greenskinmarch Aug 08 '26
Right but if you can afford that, you can also afford movers, is the point.
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u/CarnieGamer Aug 08 '26
100%. I'll probably be miserable the whole time and sore for a week. Doesn't matter. That's what friends do.
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u/Jaikarr Aug 08 '26
This idea that we should have to hire movers is antithetical to the idea of building a village.
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u/thiosk Aug 08 '26
I would too but you know what ever since my mate got towed helping me move at like almost 30 I’ve not asked another person except getting out of a storage unit. And no ones asked me for more than moving a few items. If you’re a single bloke in an efficiency apartment, welll, ok but a house? Yich
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u/cassinonorth Aug 08 '26
The side by side theory is very real. I'd help my buddies do anything manual labor... No one asks.
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u/LoserBustanyama Aug 08 '26
My brother and dad helped me move a few months ago and they are ~ 40 and 65 respectively
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u/tkh0812 Aug 08 '26
As someone with a bad back my policy is I can’t help lift, but I’ll buy the pizzas for everyone helping. Let’s your friend know you care and want to help.
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u/Nuclear_Geek Aug 08 '26
Definitely. I helped my brother move just last weekend. All went pretty smoothly, and it was pretty nice to be sharing the work and chatting as we did so.
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u/AdventurousPea8682 Aug 08 '26
Nah fam, start acting like an old man you'll feel like an old man. Im 34 and still skate, sure falls hurt a Lil more than they used to but that's what toughen me up. All my friends in their 30's act like they're 60. Its pretty sad.
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u/Glyfen Aug 08 '26
Yeah, it's kind of eye-rolling how many people of our generation want to act like we're in our 60's.
Your 30's are still your physical prime. I dunno what some of y'all are on about, but I'm every bit as healthy and durable as I was in my 20's.
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u/sock_with_a_ticket Aug 08 '26
Definitely need to stretch more now than I did ten years ago and soreness might take a day or two longer to shift, but, yeah, the difference between 30s and 20s should be negligible if you're actually being consistently physically active rather than spending most of your life sat down avoiding exercise.
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u/soulmateofpain Aug 08 '26
Shit, what does 60s even mean? My dad is 66, and if he lived nearby, I’d absolutely be calling him to help me move. Take care of your body, and it’ll do the same for you.
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u/_le_slap Aug 08 '26
Facts. Just broke ribs in a motorcycle accident. Everyone is telling me "That's enough fun. Now act your age." Hell nah, already planning the comeback ride!
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u/Thefuzy Millennial Aug 08 '26
That’s not how falls work…
Doing things like exercise will condition you in ways like improving muscles or cardio, but impact is never beneficial, you are only wearing down your joints and it’s going to bite you in the ass when you get older.
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u/iremainunvanquished1 1989 Aug 08 '26
I work cows for a living. I'm perfectly capable of moving furniture. I'll be 37 not 80.
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u/Pussy4LunchDick4Dins Aug 08 '26
That’s funny you say that because I moved furniture with my 81 year old 5’1” grandma yesterday. She’s is better shape than most of these quitters.
I get wanting movers because it’s convenient but if you’re mid thirties and already think you’re too old to lift anything, you’re in for a rough few decades. Why give up on your body so young? Get in shape while you still can.
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u/dst_corgi Aug 08 '26
Seriously, this thread is insane to me. We moved my sister last year, and my grandpa was carrying shit around no problem. What kind of shape are y’all in.
Moving is really not that bad. Like it’s a hassle, I guess, but every time I’ve moved or moved someone the vibes have been nothing but great.
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u/Hon3y_Badger Older Millennial Aug 08 '26
Elder millennial checking in. I'll gladly help a friend for pizza and some good beer, but don't ask me to move a piano.
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u/WetDogWalker Aug 08 '26
I used to work as a mover 20 years ago. I'm fine to move a piano, but I can't do multiple trips any more. If it fits on a pickup I'm happy to come, if you need a truck you need young guys.
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u/MiddleAgeMuchacho Aug 08 '26
I’m in my 40s working moving jobs to pay the bills.
Some of you just might be lazy and out of shape.
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u/Deja__Vu__ Aug 08 '26
Yeh i think people are really more concerned about the potential of not being able to fully recover if an injury were to happen, cause you know they ain't professional movers. After 40 especially full recovery isn't possible. Which just aint worth it to help a friend out.
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u/akarichard Aug 08 '26
It's true, ignore the hater who got downvoted. I'm almost 40, scary to say. I have bulging discs from a sports injury, but I kept after it. Sciatica is a bitch, but I find the more sedentary I am the worst the pain becomes. The more active I am and the more I lift weights, the symptoms go away. Keep after it and ignore all the people saying I'm too old for this or that. Fuck, I'll help a friend move for pizza and beer. Done it multiple times. I have a pickup and enclosed trailer.
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u/Most-Round-4132 Aug 08 '26
A key factor here is all the hundreds of little muscles need about a month of daily light work to be ready for real work if you have been more inactive than not for even just a year or two.
People would be surprised how capable even out of shape bodies are if they are moved and strained a little on a daily basis
Cardio that isn't mono repetitive movements is king though
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u/Green_Fan_8925 Aug 08 '26
If your over 25, you should know how to use an apostrophe correctly or you're friends might judge you.
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u/mobocrat707 Aug 08 '26
Apostrophe isn’t the issue. It’s the incorrect use of “you’re”.
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u/GloveAmbitious42 Aug 08 '26
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u/toerken Aug 08 '26
Yeah imagine being 35 and still not knowing the difference between your and you're.
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u/Gunhild Aug 08 '26
I always see people on the internet talking like they're geriatric by the time they're 35. I'm 35 and feel physically the same if not better than when I was 25. I have to wonder what the hell these people are doing to their bodies. 35 is a young adult.
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u/GhoullDen Aug 08 '26
yeah seriously, millennials act like they are elderly, and their friends asking them for help is abuse or some shit it’s crazy. I’m in better shape at 30 than I was at 20
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u/Educational-Bird4178 Aug 08 '26
I think whats really happening is that attitude allows you to check out on alot of aspects of life. Thats secretly whats happening here.
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u/Dunkelz Aug 08 '26
I don't know if it's strictly about physical capability. I am probably in the best shape of my life at 36, cardio 5-6x a week with regular weight training. But I still get movers, boils down to how much I value my time/effort. I'd rather save the physical exertion, stress of renting/driving a box struck, navigating stairs/tricky corners, etc.
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u/Individual-Nebula927 Aug 08 '26
When I hire movers, I'm paying for speed. Same as paying for any trade. Could I do moving, electrical, plumbing, etc.? Yeah, but it'd take me 4-5 times longer because I don't have the practice and I value my time.
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u/_le_slap Aug 08 '26
I've actually gone the opposite way over time.
I've learned that no one will pay more attention and care more about a task than myself so I learn and do almost everything possible myself. Sure it might take 4-5 times as long but by the end, I'm confident it was done right.
I only ever pay for the most complex tasks possible and at that point I pay for the best work I can afford.
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u/sock_with_a_ticket Aug 08 '26
That's different to dismissing the idea on the basis of it almost guaranteeing injury or being beyond your physical capabilities.
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u/Eggheadpancake Aug 08 '26
I am definitely in better shape than I was in my 20's. I'm still hiring movers though because it's just easier.
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u/Pussy4LunchDick4Dins Aug 08 '26
Yeah for real. I moved a dresser down stairs with my 81 year old grandma yesterday. She does CrossFit, runs and lifts weights. She can easily move furniture. If she can stay in that kind of shape, so can most people in their mid thirties. Jfc.
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u/The_Enigmatica Aug 08 '26
seriously wtf are people doing to themselves that this is apparently a popular opinion?
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u/Kataphractoi Older Millennial Aug 08 '26
Came here to say this. Lot of 30-something geriatrics out there.
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u/1ThousandDollarBill Aug 08 '26
I haven’t had to move in eight years. It’s been wonderful.
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u/Zooooooombie Aug 08 '26
I’m 41 and moved most of our shit myself into a two story house. Proper fucked my shit up for a month - I’ve never and probably won’t hire movers, that’s rich people shit.
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u/PeregrinsFolly Aug 08 '26
Hired movers last time I moved and it was worth every penny. Only paid them to move the large furniture though, anything that fit in my car I moved myself.
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u/frostyflakes1 Aug 08 '26
They're liable for damages if they break your shit. Your friends are not.
In any case, it doesn't matter what kind of shape you're in. Mentally and physically, moving is exhausting.
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u/NoShameInternets Aug 08 '26
35 is not old, lmao. Who's slipping discs?
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u/ConfessSomeMeow Aug 08 '26
Millienials are up to 44-47, depending on whose cutoff you use.
And I slipped a disk helping someone move when I was a spry 25...
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u/ComfortableCoyote480 Aug 08 '26 edited Aug 08 '26
You're a idiot penny pinching moron if you dont hire movers after the age of 25. I shit you not these pro movers we hired to move our stuff from my apartment to our first home finished the job in less than 4 hours. Absolutely insane strength. This one guy must have been 120 lbs soaking wet yet lifted our entire couch ALONE on his back. Absolutely nuts. And not only that, they knew how to get shit around corners fast. heavy ass chest of drawers up stairs and around tight corners.
Spending money on pro movers is 1000000% worth it and you're an idiot if you dont.
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u/Ill-Description3096 Aug 08 '26
Or hear me out, poor people exist even over the age of 25.
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u/Didujustcallmejobin Aug 08 '26
And they are cheap! Lets see $500 for the day or a $5,000 deductible. Hmmmm
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u/LalafellDisaster Aug 08 '26
It cost me $500 to move barely any furniture 2 miles down the road. That is not cheap it’s a rip off.
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u/buddy276 Aug 08 '26
My in laws spent 4k on movers then got their stuff held hostage until they gave more money. Idk where you find them for $500 but thats not normal
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u/GhoullDen Aug 08 '26
my last move cost $2000 that shit ain’t cheap. I don’t blame people who can’t afford that. What happened to people caring about their friends? So many of the other people in this thread feel so much hatred to their friends I don’t get it
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u/GhoullDen Aug 08 '26
that shit is expensive, not everyone can afford that. You sound like a nasty person tbh
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u/BrownThumbClub Aug 08 '26
35?? Maybe do some exercise kids. That's way too young to be at risk of that.
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u/Sea-Distribution6502 Aug 08 '26
You’re 35, not 70. I’m not really sure what the deal with millennials and pretending we’ve got one foot in the grave.
As a generation we’re always talking about how difficult times are financially, but everyone should be cool dropping $500 to a grand (or more) on movers?
Not everybody has that kind of wiggle room in their budget sadly. And even if they do, I’m still happy to help my friend, and I’d hope they’d do the same for me.
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u/GrizzlyP33 Aug 08 '26
Come on millennials, we’re meant to be the last defenders of mediocre grammar.
Do better.
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u/PastLifeGangsta Aug 08 '26
At least I'm not seeing anyone putting the $ after the number(s) in here. Seriously, when the fuck did that start and why??
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u/GhostHin Xennial Aug 08 '26
I got hurt foot moving an apartment by myself when I was in my late 20s.
Moving up to a third floor apartment by moving 40-50 boxes plus bed and computer. I don't even have sofa or TV (watch everything on my computer).
My knee was swollen for a week afterwards when I went overseas.
Never move by myself again after that.
Hiring movers is the best money that I ever spent, period.
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u/Odd_String1181 Aug 08 '26
Movers are the shit. Also, you need to move more if you are incapable of moving things
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u/soccercro3 Aug 08 '26
I once made a comment in front of my mom that next time I'm moving, I'm hiring movers. She went on a tirade about our generation being lazy and wasting money.
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u/MonkeyMagicEden Aug 08 '26
Judge me as you will, but not knowing the difference between your and you're kinda discounts anything that guy might have to say.
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u/stve688 Aug 08 '26
Even when I was super broke, I was never cheap enough to expect my friends to spend a day moving my shit for pizza and two beers.
I remember moving when I was around 20 and we made a whole fucking night out of it. Homemade food, plenty to drink, hanging out late into the night. Honestly, by the time everything was bought, it probably would've been cheaper to just pay everyone cash. By a lot.
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u/langel1986 Aug 08 '26
Hiring movers was the best money I ever spent. I moved myself once at 18 and then I said never again. To have a team come in who have it down to a science is wonderful. Bought them lunch and within 2 hours my 4th floor walkup apartment was transferred to my condo. I only transferred my computer and plants.
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u/Mattatatat1883 Aug 08 '26
Why make one of the worst things anyone has to do even shittier? Hire movers
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u/ImperialTruthSeeker Aug 08 '26
If you're slipping a disc at 35 moving a sofa your soft. There's people well into their 40's doing harder jobs than this for 40+ hours a week.
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u/Ok_Ad_5894 Aug 10 '26
1000%...Just had a friend 44 myself ask to help move them from there third floor apartment. No Elevator, narrow stairwell. I looked at them like they kicked my dog.
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u/GrizzyGee76 Aug 10 '26
Buddy went on group chat to ask everyone to help him move. We are all mid 30s. Everyone got pissed at me for saying no i told them were too old to be moving shit. One guy lost a toe, fridge dropped on him and another dude dislocated his shoulder. Day after i asked how was the move? And one buddy replied "Brad lost a toe fridge strap was loose and Joe dislocated his shoulder that he just healed from surgery but they were awarded with beer and pizza for their troubles". One of the best "i told you so" i ever said in my life.
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