Maybe this isn't so much a "Where were you" as it's a "What did you think about it" thread - but it seemed to be the right place for it anyway.

Well, I'm about to become a true adult ;) The big 30 is coming fast, and I was wondering what those of you who already crossed this line felt about it when it happened? Going from the twenties to your thirthy something........

Was it good or sad? Were you afraid of turning instantly grey and unproductive? What did you do on they day itself and most importantly - was it really such a big deal after all?

Enlighten me, please :D

I turned 30 on October 16, 2001. I was dreading it! I thought life would start being different for me. It wasn't. I turned 30 and everything felt the same way as it did in my twenties. For those of you turning 30 this year and in years to come, it's not all that bad. If anything I feel a little more wiser at this age than I did 10 years ago.

I had built up dread in my mind at turning 30 over the years. In my mind it was as if all of the fun in life would be over once I hit 30. Fortunately, the actuality of turning 30 is far from the end of the world. I've discovered that being in my 30s is a great and fantastic time. :thumb:

:cry: I dreaded the BIG 30!! I didnt' want anyone mentioning it at all :hammer: My mother always calls me on my birthday early in the morning to sing to me :rolleyes: Well that morning i took the phone off the hook. I had a rough night the kids were all gone and I just hung out at my house with my boyfriend. I cried and I got really drunk :cheers:
I don't like being this old!! Might as well take me to the pasture and shoot me now.. it is all down hill from here :eek:

I turned 30 last summer. Was a depressing day. lol Started with my best friend calling and asking how the old lady was. ;) Almost killed her for that. My family forgot my birthday last year too.

Originally posted by Jazzmyn
I turned 30 last summer. Was a depressing day. lol Started with my best friend calling and asking how the old lady was. ;) Almost killed her for that. My family forgot my birthday last year too.

Sounds like the makings of a movie, Jazzy, Thirty Candles!!! Molly Ringwald can play your role!!! :lol:

If I remember correctly, I took my family to the zoo (my choice). As far as what I was thinking...I thought wow, I'm 30. I don't think I felt any different before my birthday than I felt after my birthday. I had the same responsibilities and the same goals as before. I agree with Stacy, I feel a little wiser being past 30. I guess I've never been one to get too sentimental over the meanings of my birthdays. I just want a good cake and ice cream, lots of presents, and a little time with my family.

I was very upset at turning 30. Wasn't that the age when we said we would be "old"? Well, I sure did. Funny how the older I get, the larger the number for turning "old" gets. Now that I am two years into my thirties I realize that it wasn't so bad!

A funny side note. My wife didn't get upset when she turned 30, rather she cried all day when she turned 29! Go figure...

I turned 30 on August 8, 1997.

I thought I was going to DIE!!!

My husband and I had been in Chicago for a conference (for his job) and we flew home on my birthday.

It turns out I had a sinus infection and because of the pressure in the plane, when we descended into the Houston airport, my nose started bleeding. It felt like someone was pushing hot needles into my eyes. Fun huh?

Aside from that, I've had a lot of fun since I crossed over into my 30s. :)

I don't recall how I felt. I guess I didn't care. I turned 30 on December 27 2001. I'm ready for my 40's....BRING 'EM ON!!! I'm just so at peace with myself that age doesn't matter.

I don't recall how I felt. I guess I didn't care. I turned 30 on December 27 2001. I'm ready for my 40's....BRING 'EM ON!!! I'm just so at peace with myself that age doesn't matter.

I don't recall how I felt. I guess I didn't care. I turned 30 on December 27 2001. I'm ready for my 40's....BRING 'EM ON!!! I'm just so at peace with myself that age doesn't matter.

WOW!! Three times the fun....OH ROEMY :laugh: What in the hell happened here :lol:

suckers! I don't turn 30 for another 20 years!!!!!!!! Sorry, couldn't resist posting that. :D :p

:lol: @ DJ .... Bring on the 40s :lol: That's fynny :thumb:

I guess I basically feel the same way. I'm turning 30 in january, and I'm not bothered one bit .... To me it's just another birthday, and birthdays don't mean much to me. You're only as old as you wanna be .... and right now I'm around 14 ;) :D

Well, I turn 30 in two years, and will deal with that when it comes. It does feel kind of weird though creeping on up.

Originally posted by Harket

Was it good or sad? Were you afraid of turning instantly grey and unproductive? What did you do on they day itself and most importantly - was it really such a big deal after all?

Enlighten me, please :D

It was bad, it was real bad. I was turning grey and unproductive the whole day before I turned 30, then it passed and my hair was back to normal the next day. :lol:

Now I'm nearly 20 years older and guess what?........IT'S STILL FINE!!!:)

I really didn't notice it that much when I passed the big 3-0. I can still do all the things I liked to do when I was 20, so it was no big deal. (And considering that I'm legal and have more money than when I was 20, all the better! :D :cheers: )

Originally posted by 80sTrivia


Sounds like the makings of a movie, Jazzy, Thirty Candles!!! Molly Ringwald can play your role!!! :lol:

At least Molly Ringwald has my hair color!!! LOL :lol: Hopefully my family will remember this year. ;)

Hmmm... It was a time of change. I really was crying over being 30. I think I am an old man now. I should be sent to a home.

Oh wait....... I am only 17.

Opps, got to remember not to travel in time to much, it's always confusing me, and Bill and Ted can't keep fixing the time machine.

:rolleyes: To be 17 again :p
Live it up because before you know it you are 30!!

You know Harket, I will also be turning 30 this year. In fact, I turn 30 in September and it is already starting to bother me. I guess that I should get a walking cane and a rocking chair to get ready for the coming of old age.

I don't really put a whole lot of time into thinking about it. My brother is 31 (just a few months until hes 32), my g/f just turned 31 this month, but I still have 1 1/2 years to go.

A good friend of mine turned 29 in July, and most people I know are just a little older than me, so they get ancient before I do! I remember my g/f MANY times saying "one day you will be ancient and 30 too" and I just say "yeah, but no matter how old I am, you will ALWAYS be older!" :lol:

Seriously though, getting closer to 30 doesn't really phase me. I often pass for 24 or 25. Very rarely does someone say that I look 27 or 28. Doesn't bother me.

I look at it this way: I am MUCH smarter and wiser than I was during my teens or early 20's. So if I had a choice to continue getting older and wiser, or go back to my teens and relive that time, would I? Nope. I prefer being wiser.

Not a single person I know over 30 dreaded turning that age. Most didn't like the fact, but they weren't bothered by it either.

Originally posted by DanAria
Hmmm... It was a time of change. I really was crying over being 30. I think I am an old man now. I should be sent to a home.

Oh wait....... I am only 17.

Opps, got to remember not to travel in time to much, it's always confusing me, and Bill and Ted can't keep fixing the time machine.

I'll let you borrow the Delorian sometime. ;)

and right now I'm around 14 ;) ;D

Copy cat. :lol: :p

Turning 30 was not a big deal. I do remember that day, my boyfriend from Pennsylvania was in town to help me celebrate!
My ex-boyfriend called me that morning to wish me Happy Bday, and the new boyfriend was a little bit upset about that! Oh well!
Otherwise, turning 30 was not a big deal. I told people I was younger than that anyway! ha ha ha!
My 30's were great, not too different from being in my 20's. Just a little wiser and more confident.
I'm 39 and will be 40 in December! For some reason I have started dreading that! I guess because of all the media about all our favorite '80s Stars turning 40 this year as well! (Heather Locklear, Tom Cruise, JonBonJovi, Paula Abdul, Mathew Broderick...)

Originally posted by Bambi

I'm 39 and will be 40 in December! For some reason I have started dreading that! I guess because of all the media about all our favorite '80s Stars turning 40 this year as well! (Heather Locklear, Tom Cruise, JonBonJovi, Paula Abdul, Mathew Broderick...)

Bambi, you have something in common with the stars you mentioned... forty is looking fantastic on all of you!!!
:)

I turned 30 on June 24th of 2000.

Not a big deal. Turning 25 was more anxiety filled than the so-called big 3-0.

I cried. I cried once at work the day before I turned 30, but I blamed that on my low blood sugar. Then the next day, when I actually turned 30, I cried some more. My poor husband. I told him the clock started ticking that day.

He turned 30 two years later and it didn't phase him one bit.


Originally posted by maddog
A funny side note. My wife didn't get upset when she turned 30, rather she cried all day when she turned 29! Go figure...

My friend just turned 30 this year, and she was the same way.

Turning 30 never bothered me and I don't believe turning 40 will either. If I want to do something that a younger person does I do it. I know I get sore now doing physical activity, but that may be because i'm not very active anymore and any sort of exercise is shocking my muscles...... The only time I think about my age, is when I think that i graduated 19 years ago, and how quickly that went by , how quick will the next 20 yers be,as in all likely hood, I've probably past the mid point of my lifespan. That and thinking about how many years my father has left. So my future bothers me a bit, but I don't feel old or get all upset with turning 30 or40

I was upset and depressed. :cry:

My thirtieth was cool, my wife surprised me with a house boat for the day with all my friends. It was great, now as for thirty one , that totaly sucked. Thirty isn't old but theres no turning back when your'e 31or 32 or 35 or......get the picture?

Turning the Big 30 didnt bother me a bit! I am much more secure and at peace with myself than ever and eagerly await my upcoming 36th b-day! :)

My 30th birthday was pretty boring. I had to work, but my mom and sisters drove out to my office and took me out to Red Lobster for lunch. I remember it rained that day too, so hard that we were completely soaked getting from the car into the restaurant. Then Bill took me out to dinner at the Outback after work. Nothing too exciting.

I turned 30 Novemeber 24, 2000. I guess it isn't *that* bad, I am still breathing :D

It only bothers me when I see the 18-21 year olds with their hip huggers and belly rings :( Oh well, we were way cooler than that anyways ;) :D

I reached my 30th birthday 10 years ago this fall...It wasn't an important event at all to me. I had been through a very tramatic experience only three weeks before. I don't even remember anything about that day.

I'm not sure how I feel about turning 40 this year. I'm sort of dreading it but I think I look pretty good for an old lady! I have a great husband, a nice home, 2 beautiful daughters,I'm in semi-good health...what else could I wish for? :)

I still have 5 years to go before I turn 30, but I have to admit, I am dreading it. It's not really being "old" that bothers me as much as the thought of being an "adult" or a "grown up".

When you're in your 20s, you know that you still get a free pass at sorta being a "kid". Yes, it scares me to death to know that no matter what, come 2007, I will be officially seen as a "grown up"/ "adult". I think that's what scares and bothers most people, intellectually we all know that 30 is damn young, but no matter what, at 30 you'll still always be seen as "damn young grown up". That's what people don't like I think. If you go to a concert and people know you're age, they'll probably think you're a narc. *sigh* Anyway, I plan on enjoying the 5 1/2 years I have left till doomsday arrives.

The 30's have been my favourite Decade so far. Since I have turned 30 (2001) I have been a lead Singer in a Band, Started DJ'ing and become a Father.

I was very very depressed about 6 months before turning 30 but a friend of mine gave me this advice:

Worry not about entering your 30's. In your 20's you go out and experiment life and you dont really know what you want; in your 30's you have the confidence to go and do what you want because you know what way you wnat your life to be. In your 20's you are floating in a boat on the river of life; in your 30's someone just handed you the oars to direct it whatever way you want!

wow


That was great advice Prefab thanks for sharing that with us.

Why thank you my dear. I'm returning the compliment to all the people who have guided me from here over the past few months.

I think people are caught up with this "getting old" thing. Society and Marketing has us conditioned to think that we must be young and that anyone who shows signs of aging is "over the Hill"

Over The Hill? Allow me to refute this. Think Sean Connery or Harrison Ford; Think Racquel Welsh or Jacqueline Bisset. They are all still popular, You want Stylish? Think Karl Lagerfeld; You want Musicians who are still cutting it? What about Clapton or Paul McCartney, Ozzy Osbourne, Aerosmith or Tom Jones?

Lets get this straight Life is a long journey, its not about the length of it, its what you do on it that counts.

Me I'd rather be young at heart than worry about how old I am!

*Prefab Blushes and quickly steps off the soap box!!!!!*

Very well put Prefab you are a wise man.
But I still worry about being old. In this society you have to be young and very extremely thin.

Well stated, Prefab.!!! Age is a state of mind. ;) Ive met some awfully"old" 20-somethings before.... its more important to be young at heart. : )

I really like those saged words of advice, Prefab. I think they are absolutely true!!! :)

Originally posted by Prefab Sprouter

I was very very depressed about 6 months before turning 30 but a friend of mine gave me this advice:

Worry not about entering your 30's. In your 20's you go out and experiment life and you dont really know what you want; in your 30's you have the confidence to go and do what you want because you know what way you wnat your life to be. In your 20's you are floating in a boat on the river of life; in your 30's someone just handed you the oars to direct it whatever way you want!


Your friend is very wise. Right now, I must be the guy on the shore waiting to welcome the boaters and take the oars back. :lol:

I'm turning 30 next year... I do feel really old :( I'm almost 30 and I have no children.... I'm working on it, though!

I'll let you know next year how it feels!

Originally posted by Prefab Sprouter
Lets get this straight Life is a long journey, its not about the length of it, its what you do on it that counts.

Me I'd rather be young at heart than worry about how old I am!

*Prefab Blushes and quickly steps off the soap box!!!!!*

Couldn't have said it better myself :thumb:

Now will ya excuse, I have some LEGO that needs my undivided attention :)

BTW Prefab I would appreciate it, if ya wouldn't leave your old boxes lying around, it looks really massey, and someone could take a nasty fall over this thing ;) :lol:

Lol! *Prefab goes to tidy up his mess!!!! Lol!

Originally posted by 80sSmurf


Now will ya excuse, I have some LEGO that needs my undivided attention :)


Just don't play with mine! *pulls hers away* :p

Well I still have 4 years to go, but I feel it creeping up on me slowly but surely. A few of my friends are turning 30 this year or next year so I'm not far from it. I am dreading it, I'll admit it. I stopped wanting to get older the second I hit 21. I knew it would all be downhill from there on in lol. Turning 25 was depressing too for me, but then my older friends told me to shut up and be thankful I'm still in my twenties. So that's what I am, thankful I'm still in my 20s but plenty aware it's not gonna last forever and so I better live it up! :)

~Diane

I think I've got you all beat....I had started chemotherapy for Hodgkins Disease two weeks before. On my 30th birthday, August 24, 2001, I lost about 25% of my hair......in one day....it was awful. This year should be much better...am in remission.

Amy

Originally posted by amy31
I think I've got you all beat....I had started chemotherapy for Hodgkins Disease two weeks before. On my 30th birthday, August 24, 2001, I lost about 25% of my hair......in one day....it was awful. This year should be much better...am in remission.

Amy

I am very happy to hear that your cancer is in remission, Amy. I'm sure it was a difficult birthday for you last year and I hope this year's birthday sees better times for you! :)

Let's see......when I turned 30, it really wasn't too big of a deal. It was just another birthday for me.....!!! After all, I still look like I am in my 20s, so I can get away with being a little "out there" sometimes. (And, all I have to do is say I am a product of the 80s and people just say "OOhhhh, THAT explains it!!"

As a matter of fact, I have actually turned 29 five times now!!!!

I guess it's safe to answer my own question by now - turning 30 is no big deal :cool: I don't feel any different - well maybe just a little (kids seems soo much nicer now :D)

*Takes the LEGO from Smurf*

When I turned 20 I was... oh wait, this is 30 right? :lol: Nevermind, I'll just go over there and play with my rattles and baby stuff.

Some interesting reads... a lot of ppl want to be older, even as a kid. Ive never wanted to grow up.

On August 4, 2000, I turned 30. It didn't faze me, though.

I got one more year to go. :bigcry:

I turn 30 next march and am dreading it lol.

Next year is the big 3-0 for me. I'm so NOT where I wanted to be at this time in my life, but it's been one hell of an interesting journey so far.

Funny thing is, I don't really feel any older than I did when I was 19, turning 20. Yeah, I have some grey hair and a non-support-paying albatross of an exhusband (sorry, brief lapse into bitterness :D), but I still get all hyper gearing up to go to a concert, or just going out drinking with my old high school friends.

Every experience I've had along the way has contributed to the person I am today, and I'm really curious to see what I'll be saying when I'm 39, turning 40.

At any rate, age is really only a case of mind over matter...if you don't mind, it don't matter!

Pretty chuffed actually. I'd managed to get to 30 and was still single. Shame it didn't last, sorry my sweet.

*bump*

I'll be 30 in just a little over 3 years. I don't wanna grow old :bigcry:

I'll be 30 in just a little over 3 years. I don't wanna grow old :bigcry:

Hey Buster, I just turned 31 today. So I'm Old................I knew it!!! I thought it was just in my head, but it's true....Calgon, take me away....Giggles........... :bonk:

But really, I still feel young and vibrant. Smiles.

Hey Buster, I just turned 31 today. So I'm Old................I knew it!!! I thought it was just in my head, but it's true....Calgon, take me away....Giggles........... :bonk:

But really, I still feel young and vibrant. Smiles.
And you are still young and vibrant!! ;)

:shh: I'm not 30 yet...and I dont ever plan on getting there...after I hit 29, thats it. No more birthdays. Ever. :lol:

My 30th birthday was by far the worst one. I was still with my ex at the time, he deliberately forgot my birthday , when I came home from work we got into a big fight and the bastard pinned me up against the wall.
Guess he shouldnt have been too surprised I packed myself and the girls up and left awhile later.......Since then my 30s have been a learning experience, some great times some not so great but considering I am no longer with the ex ..........even the bad days alone are better than an hour with that man.

My 30th was spent at a sports bar with a few good friends and my sister. I got so messed up.

Oh gawd...that was like so 20yrs ago for me. LOL...30 wasn't that bad...I cried like a baby when I turned 24, that was my DREEDED year. :bigcry:
But I'm over it now, I just look at it like I'm a good wine with age, i'll taste better year after year! :clap: (I kill me :lol: )

I usually don't make a big deal about my birthday because it falls on January 2nd I figure people or to drunk or to hung over to remember it anyway. I thought that year would be different just because I am turning 30. That day I took my 2 children with me to see a movie just like my ex-wife asked me too, I figured fine maybe she has a suprise for me. We went shopping before hand and I left my credit card at home because I ran out of money. I walk back into the house and I heard my ex-wife moaning, I didn't say anything. I walked into our bedroom and to my suprise there was this guy with my ex-wife and they where going at it hot and heavy. I cleared my throat really loud and they stopped immediatally. I said to her "I guess he's getting my birthday suprise". I told her get dressed get the get the kids out of the car because I am packing my crap and leaving. I haven't lived with her since. Doesn't get much better than that does it?

Honestly, I spent my 30th birthday at a record company party with the members of a band that most everyone on this site HATES :lol: It wasn't planned that way - we just ended up there :p Then afterwards we all went out for sushi & I got waaaay too drunk to be in public :p

I flew to NYC for my 30th birthday and drank and danced from midnight until 6:30 in the morning to DJs Anthony Nero and Junior Vasquez at Exit. :)

I don't remember what I did, so it wasn't anything meaningful. I know had graduated a few months ago and had a full time job. It was depressing because I loved the freedom of college, but I really needed the money.

I'll tell you guys on Boxing Day! I know that I am not looking forward to it!! :mad:

I know it was in September of 1992, but I was a dad by then and didn't give it much of a thought. We went to Uno's for my birthday meal and I made the mistake of ordering an Oatmeal Stout from their large selection of beers. First beer I ever had that I had to chew.
Nah, nothing to it. I'm pushing 43 and the only thing that means to me is that it was Richard Petty's number throughout his NASCAR career. :D

I turned 30 on September 29, 1997. My freinds all took me out to Vince's Bar and got me Sh*tfaced! I didn't dread it at all. I'm now just over 2 years away from being 40. I still feel as I did in my 20s. Anymore, to me age is just a number. Doesn't mean squat to me anymore.

Oh gawd...that was like so 20yrs ago for me. LOL...30 wasn't that bad...I cried like a baby when I turned 24, that was my DREEDED year. :bigcry:
But I'm over it now, I just look at it like I'm a good wine with age, i'll taste better year after year! :clap: (I kill me :lol: )

Is that a fact? :naughty: ;)

I've more or less stopped celebrating my birthdays. This is mainly because everyone forgets when it is, even me. I'm so busy I just don't pay attention to the fact that I turned a year older one day. My 21st was the last great one I've had. Every one since then has been no different than any other day.

Turning 30 wasn't all that bad.. It was the day itself that was AWFUL!!! My ex (You'll see why he's my ex now! :lol: ) wanted to take me out to dinner. My big dinner surprise was TACO BELL DRIVE THRU!!! :hissy: Other than that I just got a little ribbing from the guy's at work.

When I turned 30 I had been married for five years, and had two kids. It was no big deal. One day you are 29, the next you are 30. Pretty much like from any one day to the next.

lol 30 was um...interesting.

I guess I went into full panic mode.

I had been talking via the internet and phone with my now ex-husband, so he decided I'd drive up to stay the weekend. We went out to a nice restaurant.

4 months later we were married. Up until then I hadn't had a real long term relationship. All my younger cousins and all my girlfriends were all married and had kids. I felt like there was something wrong with me. :lol:

That was 6 years ago, life has gotten much better since then. with my second husband. :D

Was like any other birthday... I was just happy to be alive another year to enjoy life :happy: Age is just a number to me...

30 didn't bother me at all.

40 was a bitch!

50 scares the hell out of me! (Who am I kidding 45 scares the hell out of me, 50 feels anchient!)

I'll be 30 in 2 more years. Trying to get used to the idea. 26 actually bothered me alot for some reason.

30 didn't bother me at all.

40 was a bitch!

50 scares the hell out of me! (Who am I kidding 45 scares the hell out of me, 50 feels anchient!)

:thumb: So true

Twenty somethings: don't sweat 30, it's not any different. When 40 comes knocking....DON'T ANSWER THE DOOR! :(

:thumb: So true

Twenty somethings: don't sweat 30, it's not any different. When 40 comes knocking....DON'T ANSWER THE DOOR! :(

Gee THANKS Poindexter! Me here just over 2 years away from the big 4-0!
Something tells me 40 won't just be knocking on the door. Damned thing will be blown away!

I turned 30.......July 15,1996..... on July 17th ...TWA flight 800 crashes...near Long Island.. killing 230...The Unabomber Theodore" Ted" Kaczynski is arrested...The Olympics heald in Atanta...Centennial Olympic Park is bombed....Jerry Maguire was the biggest hit movie of the year."Show me the money"..was the qoute every politicion hated to hear...The Kevin Bacon Game The theory is that every actor in Hollywood has appeared in a movie with Kevin Bacon--or co-starred with someone who has. Don't rack your brain to find "six degrees of Bacon" was a popular website to visit..Seattle Experiences Biggest Snow Storm in 6 Years....21 inches of wet heavy snow...

Seattle Experiences Biggest Snow Storm in 6 Years....21 inches of wet heavy snow...

I heard about that from my parents. I had apparently just missed the storm when I moved to Modesto.

:cry: I dreaded the BIG 30!! I didnt' want anyone mentioning it at all :hammer: My mother always calls me on my birthday early in the morning to sing to me :rolleyes: Well that morning i took the phone off the hook. I had a rough night the kids were all gone and I just hung out at my house with my boyfriend. I cried and I got really drunk :cheers:
I don't like being this old!! Might as well take me to the pasture and shoot me now.. it is all down hill from here :eek:

lol. ;)
I think I was partying with Milani...but I don't remember the details..:cheers:
(too many wild times)..and glad to be single again...:D

I just turned 30 in April. :thumb: It was no big deal to me. When my sister turned 30 in Sept. of 03 she was trippin'. She kept telling every one she was only 25. :laugh: We all knew better tho, but it made her feel better so we would go along with it. :) She started admitting she was 31 after her b-day last September. She doeasn't say 31 tho. She saw some movie, and decided one of the characters in the movie said it better she is "20+11". This is how she tells everyone how old she is. She makes them do math. :laugh: I'm cool with Birthdays. I know some really cool people who are in their 50s. I think once I start inching toward 60 then I might have an issue, but until then I'm fine for the next 30 years or so. :thumb:

I had been married for one year to the biggest jerk in Dayton, someone who thought wives were punching bags and things to literally kick and smack around. In that year I had learned that he robbed some things from my dead mother, made a lot more money at work than he told me (presumably to make me pay the bills and spend MY money so I couldn't divorce him), and other nice things I wish I had known a year earlier. When I was 30 I kicked him out, suffered on my own for a bit, then met the best guy in the world who treats me like a princess. So I guess turning 30 was good, even though I dreaded it, I was a lot more mature.
40 will creep up on me this November. I have a baseball bat under the bed to beat it off..
heidi

when i was in my mid-twenties I was scared of turning 30 but in my later twenties I wasnt really that worried about it! It wasnt to bad! I am in the prime of my life and you start thinking more about thing's you have done!

I couldn't have cared less.I still felt about 25,and it's all about how you feel(and look)
not how old you are.I remember being out with friends and telling people it was my 30th birthday,and being very proud.

My 30th birthday wasn't any different from others and I also didn't feel any different. The only change that turning 30 gave, was that I realy feel part of the grown up world.

My 30th birthday wasn't any different from others and I also didn't feel any different. The only change that turning 30 gave, was that I realy feel part of the grown up world.
walvis you still look like a 21 year old so behave :D

fancy leaving me alone with all these americans ;)

My 30th birthday wasn't that great I caught my ex-wife cheating on me that day!
To me turning 30 was just another number to me I still fell like I am 18.

My 30th birthday was just like any other birthday. My husband threw me a party and I got some great gifts and cards. I really didn't feel any different, other than knowing that I'm getting older. My 40th birthday is in another 2 years, I think that one I'll take a little harder. :lol: :cry:

fancy leaving me alone with all these americans ;)

Oooh a Lone Brit in a sea of Americans! Whatever shall you do Monty??? (Just kidding with ya!)

Come see me next year and I'll tell ya. ;)

I turned 30 in 1997 and it was no big deal. I actually mildly freaked out when I turned 28 and decided I needed to start doing all of the things I had been holding myself back from creatively, intellectually and in the community due to a lack of confidence or drive. Once I did these things I felt great! It made turning 30 like a passage into the kind of life I had always wanted. My 30s have been so much better than my 20s ever were and I still feel great at 38! :thumb:

I turned 30 in 2003; I actually looked forward to it. Other than having my son, my 20s sucked (was married (20) and divorced (29)). Right now at 32, I am starting a new life with a whole lot more brains. I figure my 30s to be the best years ever.




Don't stress over things you can't control, it's an awful waste of energy!:thumb:

Besides, getting older certainly beats the alternative:bigangel:!

Well I am turning 30 in 2 weeks and i am going out wth a bang, Having a total 80's party.. Drink and dance all night long.. I guess eventually i have to deal with the reality that i am Now 30 :violin:

i should also mention it helps to turn 30 when you don't look it.. people think i am in my early 20's ... i know when I start looking my age, Im not gonna look forward to telling people. : :spankin:

I turned 30 last year.. its not all bad... except for the creaking joints, tiredness that hits you as soon as the clock strikes 10pm, a sudden liking for reading carpet catalogues and wishing to spend your Sundays in DIY stores....

I went to London for my 30th with a whole group of mates who paid for everything.. even my hotel room and spoilt me rotten with pressies :D

I turned 30 in 2000, in Pizza Hut, (strange but true), after a great night partying in the Glasgow Barrowlands watching Thin Lizzy. Possibly more to the point, watching John Sykes and totally enjoying the music.

Age is immaterial..... you don't feel any different really, and if you think it's too bad, just add the numbers together, and like the rest of us, you probably find your 'real' age anyway!!!!!!!!! makes me 7 at the moment then... lol

I wish I could get that birthday back. When i turned 30 I spent the whole night hurling in the bathroom from food poisoning and i missed my own surprise party :bigcry:

:thumb: So true

Twenty somethings: don't sweat 30, it's not any different. When 40 comes knocking....DON'T ANSWER THE DOOR! :(
You're right....do NOT answer the door. Do what I did, kick the f*cking thing off it's hinges!

Age means nothing as long as you stay young mentally. I turn 44 this year, but if Father Time wants me he'll have to take me kicking and screaming, cause I'm staying between 18-21 in my mind until the day I feed worms.

Don't want to sound like an infomercial....but Pagan's recipe for staying young:

~ Eat right
~ Exercise
~ Have lots of friends....REAL friends
~ LAUGH YOUR ASS OFF!

Guaranteed success. :thumb:

And when all else fails and you go through a mid-life crisis....buy a Mustang! :lol: ;)

~ Eat right
~ Exercise
~ Have lots of friends....REAL friends
~ LAUGH YOUR ASS OFF!

Guaranteed success. :thumb:

I got the last two nailed, so I'm halfway there :D