Turning 30

In 6 months I will turn 30. I know I am jumping the gun.
I seem to not be able to get it out of my head.
I was wondering if there is anything I should be expecting?
Did it bother you to turn 30?
What did bother you about it?
If it did not bother you what age did?
~Jenna

Didn't bother me either. Just an excuse to have another rockin' party!! The 30's were so awesome that I can't wait for 40! (I'm 37.)

Actually, according to the Birthday Calculator:

As of 12/6/2004 10:20:39 PM CST
I am 37 years old.
I am 447 months old.
I am 1,942 weeks old.
I am 13,590 days old.
I am 326,182 hours old.
I am 19,570,940 minutes old.
I am 1,174,256,439 seconds old.

There are 290 days till my next birthday
on which my cake will have 38 candles on it.

Those 38 candles produce 38 BTU's,
or 9,576 calories of heat (that's only 9.5760 food calories!) .
You can boil 4.34 US ounces of water with that many candles!

I also have a hot 24 year old boyfriend!

IT'S JUST A NUMBER BABY!!

I was jazzed about turning 30 (9 years ago)! I was so excited to get out of my 20s and on to 'real life'. I had NO problems with turning 30.

What can you expect? Life to get better and better, baby. From here on out, the view expands year by year...if you let it.

Oh, and, umm, for some of us our sex drive increases as we get into our 30s. Mine did. (can I get a whoo-hoo?)

Turning 39 bugged me just a twinge but only because next year I turn 40...and I just can't believe it! I certainly don't FEEL 40...whatever that means.

But like Kristin said, it's just a number. And I can't be doing too bad because I have a sweetie pie 22 year old boyfriend who is counting the minutes until he gets off from work and gets to come home and be in my arms. And the feeling is mutual.

Besides, ain't nothin' you can do about it, so you may as well enjoy it. Look at it this way: the older we get, the more we get away WITH!

Okay, so you all are much better adjusted than I am. I took it badly....I cried all night because my 20s were gone, and I thought I completely wasted them. I thought my best years were behind me (ie best shape I would ever be in, best I would ever look, etc), and I was completely miserable.

Now let me add, I was COMPLETELY WRONG. My 30s have been even better than my 20s!!!! I look good, I feel great, Im happy and even the sex is better! LOL Now Im 36, and in a way Im looking forward to turning 40! Im assuming its even better yet!

So, just let me tell you, thinking about it and feeling sad certainly isn't abnormal..but let me reassure you...the 30s are a great time and its nothing to dread!

When I turned 30, I really thought I was getting "old" HA HA!!!!!! I got so sad that day because I was already divorced with a small child and I felt like I would never marry again. LMAO. I soon realized that it was not too late for me. :p

Do not think of 30 as a sad time. Your life is just beginning. I will turn 50 in about 3 1/2 years. I am still kicking and still plan to be around to boss my kids for another 40 years at least. ;)

OMG DON'T TALK ABOUT TURNING 30!! I'M TURNING 30 IN MAY AND I'M FREAKIN OUT!!!! I just realized how fast my life is going ... expecially now that I have a baby.. but I am remembering how badly I wanted to turn 20 and now I'm going into my 30's and its FREAKIN ME OUT... Not afraid to get older but just afraid of how fast life is!!

Geez, I'm staring at 27 and I already feel old. 26 I'm ok with, but for some reason I'm not ready to be 27 yet.

I had a rockin' party on my 30th. Got totally insanely drunk, had a neighbor bring over a friend who did card tricks and man, it was FUN.

I was GLAD to have my 20s over with. For the most part, they were wrought with depression, frustration, catastrophe and tears. I was so ready to be done with it, it wasn't even funny.

But, you shouldn't feel badly about panicking, either. There were moments when I went "OH MY GOD, I'm turning THIRTY!" LOL. But, that's it... that was the gist of my panic. Just OMG! OMG! LOL.

I'm looking forward to 33 (which I just turned last month) and 34, 35, 36. I'm SO young...

... read an article today about how people in their 60's can hope technology advances enough to stop aging sometime in the next 20 years. It's headed that way, at least. Maybe we'll live to be 1,000. :o And in that case, I'm a mere embryo!

~phosphorescent

29 was my rough year because I worried about turning 30! By the time 30 arrived, it was smooth sailing...

My 30's have definitely been better in every aspect than my 20's (I'm 37)... I feel young and I act young and that's what counts for me!:)

You will do fine!

Although I had no problem at all with turning 30, or 40, I have to agree with the other ladies here that looking back I have to say that my 20s were most definitely NOT my best decade. My late 30s were wayyy better than my early 30s. And I'm havin' the BEST time now! :D You have the power, too, to make sure that things only get better. :)

SG: I can not imagine my sexdrive getting any larger! I have already been accused of trying to "wear it off"! :D

I know it is just a number but it is a number that recently has been repeatedly brought ot my attention and its freakin' me out now.

I could not wait to get out of my teens. It wasn't about turning 19 so I was legal to drink, I did anyway. It was just that my teens years sucked! Half my 20's were spent in despair. There I was a single mom with a boy. No education and totally worried about how I was going to provide all the things my son would want and need. I am over that now. The other half of my 20's has been pretty good to me. I have a husband now, who views my first son as his own. Who treats me like I am the queen not just his queen:)

I find myself in the car wrestling with the carseat. I am off to another appointment. I have a milion other things that need to be done. It is at this point I think OMG! I am too young for all this.

Now, I find myself talking to this young girl I met, she has 2 very young babies and she is just a baby herself. I am silently thanking god that I am done with that period.

When I take inventory of myself and compare it to 10 years ago I know I have come along way baby! I have 2 beautiful boys( I wanted only boys) I have a wonderful man, a house, a car and a social life that includes women. Which is something that totally astonishes me.
10 years ago I did not see all this. I certainly did not see having even one girlfriend!
I am all growed up I say to myself. And I don't wanna be. Although I don't want to do the 20's again.
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!!!!!
~Jenna

Meralove: when do you turn 30? May what?
~Jenna

My ex is two years older than I so I never had angst turing 20, 30 or 40 - - he got there first, so I was just following along.

Not sure how I'll take 50 in 3 1/2 years! YM just turned 29 last weekend. I think he'll be fine with 30, and I'll apreciate a slightly decptive "I'm in my 40's & he's in his 30's" explanation of our age gap.

I relished my 30th birthday!! I finally felt like I had grown up! However, when I turned 40 I was so depressed. I did not want to leave my 30's behind! It took me a few years to adjust to being in my 40's. Now I am 48...and actually look better than I did 10 years ago and am much happier in my life with my 25 (soon to be 26) year old husband! I can't say I am looking forward to turning 50. It's not the age, it's the time. My goodness! Time has absolutely flown by!!!

I have a wonderful man, a house, a car and a social life that includes women. Which is something that totally astonishes me. 10 years ago I did not see all this. I certainly did not see having even one girlfriend!

i know what you mean, i guess i am still waiting for the girlfriends...i have a great bf, but really no gfs since my best friend and i stopped speaking earlier this year. i miss her...

i am 25 so not too worried yet about turning 30. i guess i just hope that i will be more of a "grownup" by then!
:p

Originally posted by lovey6975
Meralove: when do you turn 30? May what?
~Jenna

I turn 30 May 10th.. You?

I turn 30 May 5th. yay May babies:D
Jenna

Originally posted by MerAlove23
I turn 30 May 10th.. You?

Mera~

My daughter's birthday is May 10 too! I'm telling you.... we have to watch out for you Tauruses!;)

Don't we though, 1love? :D Jenna and my Mom share the same birthday. I guess it's no wonder Jenna and I discovered eachother so easily and I dragged her butt over here to ageless.

And the funny thing? I left the forum she and I met on and put my mother in there in my stead... and now Jenna and my Mom are emailing! Don't know if that means I can't divulge secrets to Jenna anymore, tho. Muuuahhahhahahaaa... just kiddin', hon, ya know I trust ya! :D

WOOT!
~phosphorescent

Thirty was no big deal to me. I don't remember what I thought at 40. :D I know my 40's were tough. Turning 50 was not so ok. I thought that there was nothing sexy about 50. People don't think of 50 as any particular great thing... Well I did find out that sex was unbelieveable in one's 50's.

Now I am 2 years from 60. How did it all go so FAST! I guess I don't mind the age, but I hate the way most people think about the age... that it is so old. But like my Mom said, 'she feels the same inside at 79 as she did at 30.' I feel the same as I did in my 20's but tons wiser and more at peace..

Originally posted by 1love
Mera~

My daughter's birthday is May 10 too! I'm telling you.... we have to watch out for you Tauruses!;)

LOL Stubborn as a Bull but Caring and loving as anyone can be!! :)

Nope, 30 didn't bother me . . . 40 didn't bother me and 50 didn't bother me. I honestly can't imagine that I'm ever going to let something as insignificant as turning a year older bother me.

For those of you that it bothers you, what do you do about it??? You can't change it, stop the clock or turn back the clock. I think the important thing is to live every day like it matters because it does matter.

I can't imagine being bothered by a birthday, but I think I would be saddened if I were to one day turn 90 and look back and realize that I had not lived my life to the fullest, loved with all my heart and been the best person I could have been. I try to live my life with no regrets and certainly don't think for a minute that our chronological age defines any of us.

Guin you are the same age as my daughter. I didn't mind turning any age, actually I was surprised when i passed my 50th and 60th as I had never expected to live that long. My age never made much difference to me as for some reason I had always looked considerably younger than my age. I hated it when as a married lady I went to the door and was asked if my mother was home. But when I turned 64 I started having the old skin, liver spots, all kinds of changes took place. I started looking like pictures of my grand mother instead of me. Somehow, I got lost and my grand mother took my place. I look in mirrors as seldom as possible

OOOooohhh Fossy( that's weird) I already have all yer juicy secrets:p ( locked lips, zippered, soldered)

Us tauruses are very stubborn but also very loyal. I fit every characteristic named in the description of a bull.

My friend has informed me that she will be throwing a bash for me for my 30th. This is a real treat to me as in my 30 years I have never had a birthday party. To top it off it is here b-day the day before mine so I will get to celebrate hers with her:D

Here's a tidbit of info: I was born in the 5th year the 5th month and the 5th day. I weighed 5lbs 5oz's and was born at 10:50 a.m.
I thought that verra cool.

If the 30's start out as well as my late 20's ended I shall enjoy it indeed!

~Jenna

Wow Jenna that is cool......

I always knew when i was turning a 5th year....In a 5th month... but I was on the 10th so 5 from you... ;)

I just turned 31 back in Aug. I went through all of this last year. I remember when I was 27 thinking it is getting close. Then at 28 it was getting really close. 29 well then it was just right around the corner.....

But as the months got closer and the days were drawing near....I then started to really panic.

But the day I turned 30, I had a few of my closest friends over for drinks........and we sat around talking about days past. That night I realized that turning 30 wasn't a bad thing. During those 10 years between 20 and 30 I had 8 years of friendship with 2 of my closest friends that were there with me.

We talked about the highs and lows we went through together, and some of the crazy stuff we did as well. But all in all it made me realize turning 30 was just the beginning of another year of life, with chances for many more wonderful memories and friends to be made.......and experiences to be had. Oh and I have to add this.......the sex did get waaaaaaaayyyyyyyy better.....ok ok for me anyways.....=)

Don't look down on turning 30, take it looking forward and embrace the wonderful things it is going to bring to you.

Raveness