You are the only person I recall saying the exact same thing as me on the 30 and 40 thing. Thirty hit me like a hammer, very depressing.

In retrospect, if may have something to do with my financial position as related to my responsibilities at the time. We had our children at 23 and 26, so at 30 times were pretty darn tough, and stayed that way through my 40s.

By the time you get to 50 and 60, the reality of being mortal sinks in real hard. :D

The early 40's didn't bother me, mostly because I was too busy to think about it. The later 40's are starting to freak me out a little (I'm 47).

That said, I have a wonderful wife, two great kids, a job that pays the bills but still allows me to be home a lot with the family and little debt (just the house). I'm also one of the few people that I know in my age range that's not on any prescriptions. I can't complain (but sometimes I still do).

I was in a terrible mood on my 30th birthday. Now I just look back and laugh at that... and laugh at others who think they're getting old at that age.

I'm finding there are a lot more middle agers than I even thought on this board. I always had the impression it was more heavily populated with 20 somethings. I guess we just act like children so much... heh.

True! I'm off and heading to pilates so my abs will very much feel 40s.

I finally got my degree the year the year I turned 30. My oldest son was born about three months later. With starting my career, raising two kids (the second came two years later), and remodeling a 100 year old farm house from the studs out, my 30's and early 40's are a complete blur. I woke up the other day and noticed I had teenagers approaching college. :eek:

I never even gave turning 30, 40 or 50 even a second thought.

It was just another day on the calendar to me.

For some reason, 25 was my hard one. I think I had high expectations on what my life would be, and I was batting .000. Since I've come to reality, I haven't had a problem with any particular birthday. I still feel like I'm 25 on most days, and I still occasionally get carded when I buy alcohol. I'm still single, never been married, and have no children, and I'm okay with that on most days as well. I've got new goals, but I've learned not to put a time limit on myself. Things will happen when they happen, and I just have to do what I can in the meantime and make the most of the time I've got.

30 was easy. 40 was painless. 25 sucked ass. Everyone telling you that, "You're a quarter of a century old!" :mad:

Turning 44 made me question my mortality. My oldest grandparent lived to be 88. This means I have more years in the rear view mirror than I do in front of me. :grr:

Shit, you could tomorrow in an accident.

You could live to be a hundred.

Why worry about what you think is the downhill run?

Live life today and forget about the rest of the bullshit.

I work in a hospital. I see death on a regular basis. I've been questioning my mortality for damn near 20 years now. No biggie to me. When the man upstairs punches your time card, it's all over.

It's not so much that life is short, but rather, death is just so damn long. :p

Same here, it was the only kegger I ever had. At the time, I was heavy on the dart scene, and was playing 7 nights a week. They all came over to my house, and I had passed out before they got there, slept through the whole night.

Man, I feel for you. Hang in there, this really is the good times, seriously.
I would give anything for my girls to be back that age again. Now I get to see them at least once a year during the holidays.

That being said, I am pretty stoked about Thanksgiving this year, they are all meeting us at our new house on Tablerock.

I know it sounds cliche, but you have the time to do about anything you want. Don't let your current situation ever get you down.
I had a daughter at 25 and another one was in the oven, so that auto insurance break was huge. Was making about $5 an hour at Beech Aircraft, going to WSU on the GI bill at night.

I remember thinking that at that age, now it is about 75% behind me if I take my meds, excercise and eat right. :D

I was kinda sad at 30 for the same reason of feeling like I finally lost my youth. 40 was not bad at all, really. Just a number.

Well we all know you're the coolest cat in the joint.

:D

Heh! Were things a little more in order by 40?