You don't go out to bars or parties on the weekend, but you're not yet requiring any cardiac medication.
The joints creak, but they still work.
Reproduction is no longer scary, but it's still interesting.
Yep, you belong here. Welcome to the fold.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
w00t! CT's in my clique!
[ June 12, 2004, 10:49 AM: Message edited by: Icarus ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
CT, From the time I was 38, until this past November, I was still in the 30's clique, and I went out to bars on the weekend for the first time since my twenties. Haven't stopped yet. I started the immaturing process early.
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
I *do* go out to bars on weekends... and I get paid for it!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
We, apparently, are in a fold filled by two, Icarus.
That makes for a pretty loose fold.
*pause
Usually, that signifies recent weight loss.
Woot!
[Edit: and we are gaining weight rapidly, in the more familiar style. Hey, Jim & Elizabeth. Welcome to our expanding fold.]
[ June 12, 2004, 10:53 AM: Message edited by: ClaudiaTherese ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
No, CT, it just means you have yet to receive the Flip and Fold for a Christmas present from your hub. That will come when you are forty.
I watch CNN Headline news, not because I care, but my age bracket forces me to out of peer pressure. Even the Weather Channel has taken me by storm (pun IS intended).
My ass swells if I look at a piece of chocolate cake, but I eat it anyway, and just cut something else out of my diet.
I have replaced the bar scene with TV show nights. I was completely hooked to American Idol, and could admit it with no shame.
I had my first grey nose hair. Really. (In fear of this, I went to my father and was afraid of the hair that was inevitably going to sprout from my ears as well. He reassured me this WOULD NOT happen until my 40s.)
My wife and I ARE ready to own a Wi-Fi Linux based solar food processor...
I too look back on my twenties with a tear in my eye and a sharp pang of remorse.
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
I wanna join. I'll be 38 on the 25th of this month.
Posted by BlueJacsFan (Member # 6590) on :
I beg to differ on the ear hair thing. I'm 37, and am already experiencing that phenomenon. It's not too bad yet, but they're still there. I hate going to the barber and seeing all the gray that ends up on the apron. Fortunately, it's not quite as noticeable on my head.
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
Y'all are welcome. Embrace the thirties.
Nobody, not even God, has enough money to pay me to relive any of the days I've already sucessfully survived. If I could be assured that such reliving would be accompanied by great karmic benefit to others (saving babies from frypots, say), I could maybe be pressured into doing it as a sacrifice. Maybe. It would take a lot of babies.
I say what I want to whomever I want, I speak my mind and forget to hold my peace. On the other hand, I'm too savvy about my own foilibles to poke fun at others, and I've exquisitely honed the toddler's art of amusing myself with paper and empty boxes.
I wear silk pajamas and watch Saturday morning cartoons.
I'm still finding authors to fall in love with. I can still remember my favorites from long ago.
This is what the thirties look like. Hooou-ah!
Posted by ClaudiaTherese (Member # 923) on :
And silvery-gray goes with everything.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
Truly the coolest clique.
And started by CT, of course. Proud to be a member.
Dagonee
Posted by Derrell (Member # 6062) on :
CT
Posted by NdRa (Member # 2295) on :
My boyfriend who is turning 31 this year is already complaining about hair growing crazily out of his ears. It's weird and old man like, but I guess I don't mind cause I actually dig the dude. He's the first guy over 25 I've ever dated, and I must say there are several differences In him and his group of 30 something friends that I didn't expect. They are jealous at the amounts of dairy products and extremely spicy foods my stomach can easily handle.
Hmmm, now that I think about it, there aren't that many differences I can list. They just spend an awful lot of time sitting around bitching about how old they are, and how lucky I am that I'm so youthful.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Part of being newly forty is a fondnes for those in their thirties. I am always trying to help. here is something for the ear/nose hair problem.
And gals, watch those face hairs! They are fun as well, and tend to crop up in an exponential fashion with every passing thirthy-odd year.
[ June 12, 2004, 02:37 PM: Message edited by: Elizabeth ]
Posted by Jim-Me (Member # 6426) on :
Awww... Elizabeth likes me... er, I mean, us... Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
CT - bless you, I was feeling soooo left out.
You forgot to mention that this is the age where we stop making excuses for slowing down and taking it bit easier (particularly in the late 30's) and start turning relaxation into a veritable artform.
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
I'm in. Posted by dawnmaria (Member # 4142) on :
Oh yeah! I feel cool again! All my employess are so much younger then I am. I was talking to one of them today and found out she'd NEVER SEEN THE BREAKFAST CLUB! I almost had a stroke right there! They pick on my music too. They haven't heard of half the people I like and I don't know who the hell they're talking about half the time but you guys do! We're all the coolest! Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I know. Someone said the word "ruckus" the other day. I asked them to describe the ruckus and they looked at me like I was nuts.
They also never get it when I say, "It's an imperfect world, sir. Screws fall out all the time."
Dagonee
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
may I join?
*hopped for joy at most recent best-buy trip - PJ Harvey still putting out*
Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
I love being 30. I'm the hottest mom in the PTO and have yet to wear a vest that features a holiday scene.
space opera
Posted by dawnmaria (Member # 4142) on :
OK. If I ever wear a holiday vest, please just shoot me. And if you ever see me pull Kleenex out of my sleeve slap me hard!
Posted by Ela (Member # 1365) on :
quote:I beg to differ on the ear hair thing. I'm 37, and am already experiencing that phenomenon. It's not too bad yet, but they're still there. I hate going to the barber and seeing all the gray that ends up on the apron. Fortunately, it's not quite as noticeable on my head.
BlueJacsFan, as someone who started going grey in my 20s, I totally empathize.
Posted by jexx (Member # 3450) on :
*blush*
I have a Halloween vest. I made it myself from a fabric panel I bought at Jo-Anne's Fabrics.
I like being in my thirties. Things haven't really started to hurt yet, and I can still fool myself into thinking I'm "cool". It's hard to convince myself of my coolness some days, because my customers are a bunch of late teens/early twenties, but they are nice enough to let me have my delusions of coolness.
I'm not old yet, but I'm not young either, and I like that.
I will ALWAYS be younger than my old man husband, who has started growing the dreaded ear hair (at a fairly young 38). He's also going grey, but his Army Guy haircut camoflauges (harhar) that somewhat.
I'm letting my haircolor grow out to see what color it really is (years of purple/red/auburn dye!) and I am surprised at how grey it is. I will reserve judgement until the last three inches of color grows out. I may dye it again. Okay, I *will* dye it again, I don't know how long I will be able to resist.
I am comfortable in this age group. I wonder if my forties will be as fun?
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
We get to say dagnabbit? I am so in! Posted by Shepherdess (Member # 6115) on :
Now I have something to look forward to in about 8 months--I'll be eligible to join the Hatrack 30's clique! I'll be counting the days Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :
Jexx, you must resist the lure of the holiday vest. That's where it all begins. Pretty soon you could find yourself wearing a quilted scene on the seat of a pair of black stirrup pants. No matter how cute that snowman, scarecrow, or bunny is, the rule is to always resist.
space opera
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Though I never use the word "Thirtysomething" because that was a show about babyboomers. I'm 34 now.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
I like being in the 30s clique.
You no longer feel the pressure to be brilliant and begin to understand why experience does matter. You begin accruing power because your not so busy flitting [or moping] around.
Posted by Dagonee (Member # 5818) on :
I like it because I'm in it, my sweetie-pie is in it, and I'm the happiest I've ever been in my life.
Obviously, the 30s rock!
Dagonee
Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
*straps 30-something mask around heavily-downturned downtrodden shoe-spottin' noggin*
*ties tie*
*yelps*
"hiddey-ho!"
Posted by BlueJacsFan (Member # 6590) on :
quote:BlueJacsFan, as someone who started going grey in my 20s, I totally empathize
I refuse to admit that I'm going grey. I see the grey hairs, but no one else has commented on them (and I'm sure my family would say something if they had noticed -- they're cool like that ). Like I said, they're more noticeable on the barber's apron than they are on my head.
Posted by Olivetta (Member # 6456) on :
I'll be 35 soon, so I'm snatching the 35th post.
I bought a 'christmas sweater' last year (well, actually at the after-Christmas sales the year before) So I would have something holiday-ish to wear to all the preschool and school thingies around Christmas. Since I'm a heathen, it's dark blue and has a snowman with Christmas presents around him on it, and it was embroidered by hand.
I still get looks at other holiday functions, but , by god I'll be sassy if I wanna be the rest of the year. (*winks to CT*)
I'm still a hot mama, dagnabit! I painted my fingernails and toenails RED today. It's been years since I've done that.
It felt good. Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
quote: It felt good.
*snatches olivetta's claws*
"this will feel even better..."
*reaches for salve*
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
You know, I absolutely love being 30. I've enjoyed every decade I've had, but 30 has been the best so far (of course, I'm 32, so there is still time for things to go horribly, horribly wrong). I think of one's 30s as being a time of fullness, of ripeness. I've worked through my major unhealthinesses; I'm more comfortable in my skin than I ever have been. I'm kinder, more thoughtful, and more self aware than I once was. I've established myself, proven to myself that I'm capable of functioning in the world, but still young enough that a major career shift is a distinct possibility.
As an aside, if my wife's new career path is lucrative enough, and we aren't dependent on the money I'm making for survival and such, I think I am going to try something different--doing computer stuff for a living is getting a bit boring. I'm a little up in the air as to what, but being a vet, a wildlife photographer, an entymologist, and working with animals in a zoo or conservation type setting all really appeal to me.
Posted by Tammy (Member # 4119) on :
Woo-Hoo
I guess this is where I belong.
I must have missed this earlier. Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
I assume you don't have to be well into your thirties to join up. I'm 31, so I'll be in this clique for some time yet.
I guess I'm not far enough into my thirties yet to understand why some of you other thirtiers are starting to feel old already. I sure don't. I'm in my prime.
Of course, prime is all relative.
Posted by beverly (Member # 6246) on :
I just turned 30. I certainly don't feel old. It's still taking some getting used to, you know, being in a new decade, but I'm pretty comfortable with it. More so than I thought I would be. Life is good.
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
*Ponders the posts ahead of her with regard to how good the 30's are. . . *
*Reflects on the positive and negative aspects of the last five years.*
*Decides that the positives far outweigh the negatives*
*Rushes off to make a gratitude list*
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
*Swaggers in*
Finally a clique that was made for me! Posted by Don Driscoll (Member # 4488) on :
I just turned 31 and I feel _much_ older. I work with a bunch of undergraduates who don't get any of my 80s pop-culture jokes and haven't even heard of most of the bands on my custom Yahoo/LaunchCast radio station. People who were born after 1977 and think that Star Wars means Epsiode I shouldn't be allowed out of their parents' house.
I also have two kids and that accelerates the aging process considerably!
-Don
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Well, I'm 30, and I agree with Don, only more so -- I have three kids, and I teach high school. Even younger students -- I've been in Los Angeles longer than these girls have been ALIVE!
Another part of why I feel "old" at 30 is the fact that I'm not where I expected to be in my life.
Posted by plaid (Member # 2393) on :
I'm 37 now. I'm glad to be out of my teens and twenties -- glad to be over all that angst and uncertainty and to be out of school.
But my thirties have been pretty mixed. Both my parents have died, and my own health has sucked the past couple years. If I could, I'd start my 30s over again to try to keep bad stuff from happening...
Posted by katharina (Member # 827) on :
*hug*
Posted by dawnmaria (Member # 4142) on :
_________________________________________________ Another part of why I feel "old" at 30 is the fact that I'm not where I expected to be in my life. _________________________________________________
I totally agree with you on that one, But how many people do you know that are right where they want to be in life? I think alot of times out expectations don't grow or change as we do and it leads to these feelings. I am terribly disappointed that I am only now having kids, but I am adjusting to that by being thrilled at buying cute girly clothes. My husband is just bemoaning his fate that "his life is over". He's happy but not where he thinks he should be by now either. I am just trying to change into a glass is half full person. It's hard to do since I've always been such a Daria-like chick. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Well, while I do have a number of friends from HS who are not where they expected to be, I think far more are -- at least more or less.
I expected to have kids, and be a teacher -- but the single mom bit, that I did NOT sign up for.
But you gotta play the hand you were dealt, and I'm doing the best I can with mine.
[ June 14, 2004, 08:52 PM: Message edited by: rivka ]
Posted by dawnmaria (Member # 4142) on :
rivka, That's all any of us can do at this point. I am feeling better about where I am, I hope I can help my husband feel that way too. I think knowing I am going to get what I want (being a mom) even though I wish I'd gotten it sooner is helping. I don't know how to help my hubby though. His emotions are all tied up into being a better provider and such and the coming baby compounds it I think. God I really feel like an adult now! Posted by fallow (Member # 6268) on :
I think I speak for all of us when I say:
30 is not old! It is merely the threshold of wisdom. Let us remember not to conflate the two.
fallow
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Speak for yourself. I'm definitely not wise.
Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :
Considering I have a compulsive fear of winding up homeles and alone, I'm way ahead of where I thought I'd be.
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