I was driving in Santa Monica, down Main Street, and there’s a T-Mobile store.

I usually upgrade from the iPhone 7 to the iPhone 8. I’m always an upgrader every single year.

This year, I decided I wasn’t going to do it. A phone’s a phone, and to be honest I’m kind of sick of the new technology. And the fact is I never really notice the difference anyway.

As I was driving down Main Street, I saw a sign: upgrade your iPhone for free every year. Uh-oh, I’m caught. I’m suckered in. I’ve got to do it. So I met a friend for a drink and then literally walked into the T-Mobile store.

And that’s when it happened…

This cute, absolutely adorable 27-year-old mom of three was helping me out.

She was funny. She was great. She told me she can lower my bill.

Apparently my bill was already lowered. Seems like my phone is paid off, which was a wonderful thing.

So my phone bill was in the double digits, instead of triple digits.

She looked at me, she goes, “I could save you more money. Can I please see your ID?”

I’m thinking, like, my ID? Sure. So I show her my ID, and she says, well, you’re 55. And I said yes.

She says well, there’s a deal for people over the age of 55.

She gave me a great cell phone deal. I got my first senior citizen discount that day.

And you know what? It felt pretty damn good.

I’m not a senior citizen. But I’m certainly middle-aged.

I certainly have deserved any discounts I can get after 55 years of surviving this thing called life and thriving in this thing called life.

But I can’t fucking believe it. I cannot believe I just got my first discount being over the age of 55, which made me start to think, what else can I do? Can I go and get rid of my car, exchange it in and get a 55-year-old discount on that?

Do I call my cable provider, tell them I’m 55 now, do I get a discount there?

When I check into a hotel, am I going to get an AARP discount?

In one way, it kind of stunned me. But…

But my pocketbook enjoyed it.

I literally, in one swoop, saved $13 a month today. I’ll take it.

It’s nice to save $13.

It’s not like I’m going to do anything with the $13, and I’m never going to notice it.

It’s not like the $13 is going to make a big difference in my life at all.

As a matter of fact, I don’t even know what I’m going to do with the $13.

But I got a discount simply for being over the age of 55.

In some ways, it made me feel like I’ve lived a long time on this planet, and I’ve experienced lots of things. In other ways, talking to a 27-year-old, I felt like some 55-year-old middle-aged guy.

And then she told me another thing.

Since my phone is paid off, I can sell it probably on e-bay for $400. I can upgrade and give them the money. And for $13 a month, I can have a new iPhone for one year.

Hmm, that means I’m paying off another iPhone, which means in a year, I can sell the new iPhone and get another iPhone, and then just pay that off. And maybe I’ll get a different discount for being 56. Is there a different discount for 56? Or is it just being 55 that gets you the big discount.

Anyway, I survived my first crack at being older.

And it was actually quite amusing and quite funny.

So for those of you that are over the age of 55, head into T-mobile.

And go get your rate plan changed.

Because it’ll be fun for you to get your rate plan changed, because why not save $13 a month, like I did.

Plus, you get to be rewarded simply for being who you are, which is nice.

You don’t have to feel old.

You’re experienced. You’ve experienced life, and it’s nice to get a reward for that.