What "milestone" age was/will be the worst for you to endure?

**Rain Man** · 03-13-2006, 07:37 PM

Dave Lane's fall into the ranks of the frail elderly made me wonder about this.

Poll arriving soon, with a candle on top.

**KcMizzou** · 03-13-2006, 07:43 PM

30 didn't bother me too much, but for some reason, I dread 40.

(I'm 31)

seclark · 03-13-2006, 07:47 PM

45
i just didn't know what to do...
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'Hamas' Jenkins · 03-13-2006, 07:49 PM

12...I realized I was one-sixth of the way through the average lifespan of a male at the time. It was horrendously depressing. Plus my presents were subpar.

**Rain Man** · 03-13-2006, 07:49 PM

I envision people in their 40s still often being young and vital. At age 50, I see gray hair. 50 is the age of dread for me.

**HemiEd** · 03-13-2006, 07:58 PM

30 was very difficult, traumatic. More so than 40 and 50. 60 no longer seems old.

DJay23 · 03-13-2006, 08:10 PM

Thirty seems like it will be tough. I'm only 2 years away, but my hair has recently begun thinning, my metabolism is slowing down, I curse young kids and their terrible music, and I feel out of touch when I talk to a woman younger than 24 at the bar.

Frazod · 03-13-2006, 08:22 PM

30 was awful. My life was a mess, I had the worst job ever, and serious drug problems. Bad, bad times.

**KcMizzou** · 03-13-2006, 08:25 PM

I didn't feel old until I read how bad 30 is.

Frazod · 03-13-2006, 08:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KcMizzou

I didn't feel old until I read how bad 30 is.

Turning 30 wasn't so bad. Being a coked-up loser with a shitty job was the bad part.

**HemiEd** · 03-13-2006, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by frazod

30 was awful. My life was a mess, I had the worst job ever, and serious drug problems. Bad, bad times.

You seemed to have righted the ship now Tim.

Hammock Parties · 03-13-2006, 08:38 PM

I voted for the second-to-last option.

The worst is yet to come and babe won't it be fun.

4th and Long · 03-13-2006, 08:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rain Man

25 - officially an adult

25? Officially an adult? You all must have some strange laws in Colorado.

**Rain Man** · 03-13-2006, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by 4th and Long

25? Officially an adult? You all must have some strange laws in Colorado.

Don't give me your fancy-schmancy legal definitions, and your arcane discussions of brain development and pubic hair and constitutional amendments. I'm talking about the real world here, the real world where everyone knows that the only difference between a 20 year-old punk and a 22 year-old punk is the mark they leave on the pavement when you sic the police on them.

keg in kc · 03-13-2006, 08:49 PM

Hopefully 30 will have been the worst. I wasn't a druggie like Tim, but I was a loser for a lot of other reasons, plus recently divorced with no hope of ever doing anything meaningful with my life. Not a whole lot has changed in two years, some things are better some aren't, but I can't imagine things getting worse short of death in comparison to what my 30th birthday was like.

View Poll Results: What "milestone" age was/will be the worst for you to endure?
13 - becoming a teenager	6	11.32%
20 - no longer a teenager	1	1.89%
25 - officially an adult	2	3.77%
30 - no longer officially a "young adult"	11	20.75%
35 - welcome to the uncool	0	0%
40 - the bony finger of middle age beckons	10	18.87%
45 - now closer to 50 than 40	1	1.89%
50 - might as well be dead in the eyes of society	4	7.55%
55 - AARP wants YOU!	0	0%
60 - two generations removed from an 18 year-old	1	1.89%
65 - rocking chairs and porches. Yup, looks like rain.	2	3.77%
70 - a lot of the people you know are dead	1	1.89%
75 - diamond jubilee, celebrated with mushed-up food	0	0%
85 - the government officially calls you "frail elderly" at this point	1	1.89%
100 - sure, you get a card from Willard Scott, but...	0	0%
None - I love making life and self-image transitions.	8	15.09%
I don't know my age. I was raised by jackals.	5	9.43%
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03-13-2006, 08:10 PM	#7
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Frazod WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS Join Date: Aug 2000 Casino cash: $3105085	30 was awful. My life was a mess, I had the worst job ever, and serious drug problems. Bad, bad times.
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KcMizzou Supporter Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Parkville MO Casino cash: $10005170	I didn't feel old until I read how bad 30 is.
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03-13-2006, 08:38 PM	#12
Hammock Parties I'll be back. Join Date: Nov 2002 Casino cash: $4690478	I voted for the second-to-last option. The worst is yet to come and babe won't it be fun. __________________ Chiefs game films
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keg in kc oxymoron Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: OP/KC/Whatever Casino cash: $9556299	Hopefully 30 will have been the worst. I wasn't a druggie like Tim, but I was a loser for a lot of other reasons, plus recently divorced with no hope of ever doing anything meaningful with my life. Not a whole lot has changed in two years, some things are better some aren't, but I can't imagine things getting worse short of death in comparison to what my 30th birthday was like.
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