Is the purpose of this thread to brag about our age or feel bad about it?
I'm a youngin but some days I feel 90!
Brag of course! Why should someone feel bad about their age.
And also, for me to realize that everyone isn't in their 20s anymore. Idk how long you've been here but I've been here for ions and sometimes I forget that people aren't the same age they were 5, 7, 10 years ago.
I'll be 38 in September. If all goes well, I should be celebrating with a 6-week old baby.
In my mind I'm still in my 20s. Then I listen to my co-workers who are actually in their twenties talk about going out to the bars and realize that I'm way closer to 40 than 20.
I'll be 38 in September. If all goes well, I should be celebrating with a 6-week old baby.
In my mind I'm still in my 20s. Then I listen to my co-workers who are actually in their twenties talk about going out to the bars and realize that I'm way closer to 40 than 20.
What kills me is that young people think I'm old. Like when I was 25, 38 might as well have been 58, but I still feel young! Until like you said some youngin talks about her life and I can't relate. I remember even at 30 talking to a friend who would have been 32 and she had a friend who was turning 40 and I asked what did they have in common--LOL! Ah well, aging beats the alternative every time .
Most of my friends are 2-17 years older than me. I'd say the average is 7 years age difference.
3 of my closest friends here are 32+. We have a lot in common from being single childless women, entrepreneurs, always involved with the hottest events, etc.
I have a hard time relating to women my age and younger. We often don't have much in common.
Eta - old is like 98. Remember, I dated a 38 yr old when I was 22. 7 years later we're still in frequent contact. We have a lot in common from music, movies, world views, etc.
I'll be 38 in September. If all goes well, I should be celebrating with a 6-week old baby.
In my mind I'm still in my 20s. Then I listen to my co-workers who are actually in their twenties talk about going out to the bars and realize that I'm way closer to 40 than 20.
What kills me is that young people think I'm old. Like when I was 25, 38 might as well have been 58, but I still feel young! Until like you said some youngin talks about her life and I can't relate. I remember even at 30 talking to a friend who would have been 32 and she had a friend who was turning 40 and I asked what did they have in common--LOL! Ah well, aging beats the alternative every time .
Agreed. So I was at a bar on Saturday night with two friends (34, divorced, two kids; and 31, single, no kids) and this guy was hitting on me. When I turned him away, and said I was married, he was shocked. Um... So I said I had been married for 7 years. He turned out to be 20. But apparently he thought I we were way younger than we were, and then the idea of married -- and the when we disclosed our ages, of being so OLD and yet still going out -- blew his mind. He kept marveling at it. Which made me sad because I like to go out and don't want to be old enough to make people marvel at that.
But I realized that (1) I was dating my husband at his age so you can be working towards it at that age, but (2) he was 4 at that time.
Every song that came on, he asked how old I was when it came out. Mostly college or law school. And then, like, kindergarten for him.
It was all very sad. And then he tried to make out with me.
The big 30th. I have 11 months until my birthday. My twin sister & I have tossed out the idea of getting together with our H's and going out to dinner. We'll see as we live 2.5 hours apart so it might not work.
I was definitely one of the younger posters when I started posting on MM back in 2006. MM has seen me through most of my 20s in which a lot of shit has happened, which I think is pretty crazy.