Melanie11
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It's creeping up on me! I don't think I like not being in my 20's anymore. I feel this is where I start to fall apart! :bawling:
30 Days Till I'm 30
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TouchDown
Is it Friday yet?
Young'un.
RIP - VTEnviro
His Memory Eternal
19 days until I'm 30. I'm excited about it. There's plenty of things I'm looking forward to.
It beats the alternative.
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It beats the alternative.
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Fluvial
The Ditch Witch
About 50 days 'til I'm 50. 
Melanie, don't worry, 30 is a good age - you won't start falling apart.
Melanie, don't worry, 30 is a good age - you won't start falling apart.
wilheldp_PE
PE, LEED AP, SPAM KING
It's been 35 days since I turned 30. I don't feel any different.
DVINNY
2-time 10K winner
Melanie, I didn't like the idea too well either when I was turning 30.
I did fall apart too, been in the cardiac unit on 3 separate occasions since.... and went from having a six-pack, to a smudge-pack...
welcome to the old people's club.
I did fall apart too, been in the cardiac unit on 3 separate occasions since.... and went from having a six-pack, to a smudge-pack...
welcome to the old people's club.
OSUguy98
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About 2.5 months until I'm 30... and with a baby on the way, a lot to look forward to (at least come July-August and on).... but I'm not feeling all that great about my age starting with a 3.... but it's just an age... in my head I'm still 20ish (some would argue younger)... Basically it all boils down to how old you feel... or at least think/consider yourself to be...
csb
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I've been 30 for 6 months. I haven't fallen apart. I also get carded still, so it's all good.
Dark Knight
Silent Guardian
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Melanie11
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My husband is two years younger than me and we don't have any children.
When I was in Vegas a couple weeks ago I got carded at all the table games so maybe that's good but they are probably just much stricter about carding in Vegas.
I occasionally get carded at restaurants. It's getting less and less.
When I was in Vegas a couple weeks ago I got carded at all the table games so maybe that's good but they are probably just much stricter about carding in Vegas.
I occasionally get carded at restaurants. It's getting less and less.
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Dexman1349
Turned 30 in early September, my wife turned 30 2 weeks ago.
I won't be worried about the age of 30 until my kids get there.
I won't be worried about the age of 30 until my kids get there.
Chucktown PE
Well-known member
I turn 30 in 8 months. My wife turns 30 in 19 days. I'm looking forward to harassing her about that.
Wolverine
Uncanny Pompadour
Haven't you heard? 30 is the new 29. So technically your de-aging one year.
40 is the new 30, so I'm only mentally underdeveloped by a few years now.
50 is the new 40, but I don't understand why they don't also translate that to malt liquor so I can buy a 50oz (that extra 10oz could help account for the loss when I pour the first dregs out on the ground for my homies)
60 is the new 55, but your already so damn old nobody cares much anymore. Go retire.
70 is still the same old 70, but the good news is that you can order coffins online at Walmart now so even though your old, you might also have the computer savvy to save some dough and cheat death just a little.
80 - forget it.
40 is the new 30, so I'm only mentally underdeveloped by a few years now.
50 is the new 40, but I don't understand why they don't also translate that to malt liquor so I can buy a 50oz (that extra 10oz could help account for the loss when I pour the first dregs out on the ground for my homies)
60 is the new 55, but your already so damn old nobody cares much anymore. Go retire.
70 is still the same old 70, but the good news is that you can order coffins online at Walmart now so even though your old, you might also have the computer savvy to save some dough and cheat death just a little.
80 - forget it.
benbo
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Good God, am I the oldest person on here? (53 next month).
Only problem is that I may need to get one from the Big and Tall Coffin Shop.
Every time we walk out of the Costco I point out the coffins and tell my wife which color I want. Now that I know about Walmart I'll put one in my shopping cart.
Only problem is that I may need to get one from the Big and Tall Coffin Shop.
IlliniASU
Engineers don't only drive trains.
Turning 30 isn't all that bad. I've been 30 now for about 2.5 months. Look on the past decade and see what you've accomplished, and imagine where you'll go in the next.
The sky is the limit!
Does anyone remember this from the Chicago Tribune? It seems appropriate to post. It's interesting to take a fresh look at it now.
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"ADVICE, LIKE YOUTH, PROBABLY JUST WASTED ON THE YOUNG"
by Mary Schmich
June 1, 1997
Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
The sky is the limit!
Does anyone remember this from the Chicago Tribune? It seems appropriate to post. It's interesting to take a fresh look at it now.
-------------------
"ADVICE, LIKE YOUTH, PROBABLY JUST WASTED ON THE YOUNG"
by Mary Schmich
June 1, 1997
Wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long-term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists, whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Oh, never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they've faded. But trust me, in 20 years, you'll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can't grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don't worry about the future. Or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubble gum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind, the kind that blindside you at 4 p.m. on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing every day that scares you.
Sing.
Don't be reckless with other people's hearts. Don't put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss.
Don't waste your time on jealousy. Sometimes you're ahead, sometimes you're behind. The race is long and, in the end, it's only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive. Forget the insults. If you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters. Throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don't feel guilty if you don't know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn't know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives. Some of the most interesting 40-year-olds I know still don't.
Get plenty of calcium. Be kind to your knees. You'll miss them when they're gone.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't. Maybe you'll divorce at 40, maybe you'll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don't congratulate yourself too much, or berate yourself either. Your choices are half chance. So are everybody else's.
Enjoy your body. Use it every way you can. Don't be afraid of it or of what other people think of it. It's the greatest instrument you'll ever own.
Dance, even if you have nowhere to do it but your living room.
Read the directions, even if you don't follow them.
Do not read beauty magazines. They will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents. You never know when they'll be gone for good. Be nice to your siblings. They're your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but with a precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle, because the older you get, the more you need the people who knew you when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard. Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths: Prices will rise. Politicians will philander. You, too, will get old. And when you do, you'll fantasize that when you were young, prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don't expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund. Maybe you'll have a wealthy spouse. But you never know when either one might run out.
Don't mess too much with your hair or by the time you're 40 it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia. Dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it's worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen.
EM_PS
shining like a lighter...
who the hell can realistically retire before 70 anymore? My dad just turned 83, he's obviously retired, but still kicking ass & taking names
ld-025: .to all the 20 something year olds teetering into their 30's
hmy: , you're almost out of that "kid" phase; embrace it, the world might begin to take you a little more seriously
Fluvial
The Ditch Witch
My hubby is 52, and he could retire from the City this year with 30 years' service. A year of that is accumulated leave though. They have a great retirement plan - if he chose a certain option, his salary would basically remain the same as it is now with him working.who the hell can realistically retire before 70 anymore? My dad just turned 83, he's obviously retired, but still kicking ass & taking names
Preach it!to all the 20 something year olds teetering into their 30's
FLBuff PE
Multi-disciplinary engineer
:tardbang:...to all the 20 something year olds teetering into their 30's
So sayeth this 31 y.o. kid.
Melanie11
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Thanks all! This was theraputic. Bring it on !
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