30 years old today

What a Milestone

[Ivana]

Oh, my God, I'm 30 today -I need help! How do I get past THAT? It's just so... not in my 20's anymore, that's for sure! Any ideas how to deal with it?

[kevinpate]

Sure, close your eyes, take two deep breaths and consider that your only two alternatives for today were ....

(a) Turn 30
(b) Cease to exist

Then open your eyes and tell yourself GOOD CHOICE!
Happy B-day to you!

[Craig_F]

Try leaving the country. My wife just couldn't deal with it. All she said was "I don't want to be here when I turn 30," so I took her on a cruise. She seems fine now :)

[Nick_W]

Thanks, kevinpate, I suppose I needed to know that it's okay to age... I just want to put 22 candles on the cake and pretend nothing happened!

[Shak]

Ivana,

So Nick is your ToyBoy then :)

I would never have put you higher than about 25.

Shak

[Nick_W]

Craig_F, you sound like the remedy I need! Tell your wife she's lucky! My husband (Nick_W) just laughed at me...

[Ivana]

Ooops, got the browsers wrong... previous message was suppoesed to be by me, Ivana, not Nick_W, sorry. And Shak, thanks for the compliment, that's appreciated.

[littleman]

30 is about the age when 18 year olds start to call you "Sir" "Ma'am", and when folks over 40 start to take you seriously at first impression.

The early thirties are an interesting time.

[jeremy goodrich]

he he he, that was funny reading through that.

Happy b'day Ivana (or should I say Nick? :) )

[Ivana]

Well, I remember having *really* short hair at 21 and someone saying "sorry, sir"... That was no fun!

[4eyes]

Congrats Ivana

Turning 20 really sucked - I wasn't in a famous rock band and I didn't play soccer for a premiership team. Huh - life is all downhill from here, I thought.

Turning 30 was bad, but as bad as turning 20. I was 'doing OK' - no longer wanted to play soccer, no longer wanted to be in a band just wished I was a little richer.

Turning 40 was OK, not brilliant, but OK. No longer cared about money much - got enough to survive and thats enough for me. Glad I was still alive (by the time he was this age, Mozart had been dead for 5 years), glad to be healthy, glad to be good looking and charming, glad that I no longer believed my own propoganda;)

Now I am 44 and the next big one is 50. If I make it, I will be proud to be 50. That is, unless the increased wisdom that 50 brings allows me irradicate the sin of pride, in which case I will finally be perfect.

I'll keep you posted on that one;)

Congrats again Ivana.

[EliteWeb]

Happy B-Day :P I don't think much about age, I think when I will is when I'll expect people to treat me with seniority or something crazy like that. Im up for serior citizen discounts though when i hit that braket :D

[coconutz]

>>Any ideas how to deal with it?

I've refused to grow up. It's been alot of fun ;)
Happy Birthday!

[Macguru]

Happy Birthday Ivana!

My GF is only 29 (lucky me!) and will turn 30 later this fall. She has already started doing strange things like buying a tube of mud for 35 $ and spreading it all on her face for 15 minutes then rinse it all off.

Do you have similar symptoms?