For some reason 25 bothered me. I'll be 30 in a few weeks and I'm pretty happy with myself & everything I've accomplished! I definitely don't feel old.
A lot of people say they dread turning 30. Why?
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25 was way worse than 30...i really had a quarter life crisis at that time.
30 was awesome, no regrets.
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I dreaded it because I wasn't where "I planned my life to be". Quotations for realizing at that point that life doesn't happen the way you plan it to. I had a job, a house, I was married, but I didn't have kids which was/is a big one for me.
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30 was the WORST. I was so sad.
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Turning 30 didn't bother me one bit!!! I had reached all the life goals I had wanted to: married, bought a house, had a child. So turning 30 was a happy occasion for me!
I could see how turning 30 might be upsetting if you weren't where you wanted to be at that point though. I probably would've been upset to turn 30 if I hadn't already had Xander.
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Nope. Just a number.
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25 and 35 were weird for me - but 30 was fine
I think 40 might be hard!!!
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Not at all. I had just become a mom 32 days prior - so compared to that turning 30 was no big deal!
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@Mamaof2: yes, considering I am bumping up on 40, I am kid of anxious about it too.
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I wasn't super happy with it. I always thought that I would be married and at least one kid. Luckily I was at least dating DH, so I knew I was with the man I was going to marry. But still being single and 30 was hard.
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Nope, it was a great year and I made many positive changes in my life that year.
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It hurt in that I realized I am really an adult (even though I was married for a year, had been on my own for 8 years). I realized that the fun 20`s were over and time for the next stage of our lives! I am now 31 and pregnant!
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DH proposed 2 days before my 30th and we were married tht summer. If those things had not happened, turning 30 would have been much harder I think.
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No I loved it!
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30 was really good for me. I think 40 might be hard because I'll definitely start feeling a bit 'old'.
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30 was fine, not looking forward to 35 for some reason.
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I'm still a few months away but I'm looking forward to it. I'm happily married, I have a beautiful baby (and could possibly have #2 on the way by the time my bday rolls around), and I have a successful career. I'm pretty pleased with 30!
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I'm turning 26 this year, and I can't wait to be 30. It seems like such a milestone, in a good way.
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30 was a little sad... I kind of jokingly was sad about it. But instead of getting each other gifts or having parties, we pooled the money we would have spent on each other and took our 4 closest friends out to dinner at our favorite pricey restaurant. That was AWESOME and really fun.
Ever since I turned 30 though, I've been really in denial about my age. Not because I'm not happy with where I am in life (I'm very satisfied with that!), but just because I don't like how old I'm getting and how quickly it seems to be catapulting forward! I feel like before I know it, I will be 40 and my kids will be entering high school. That is terrifying. So I'm sticking at 29 until I turn 40.
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I'm turning 30 this year too and I'm excited! I didn't care for my birthdays after 25 haha, so I'm glad I'm turning a "significant" age! And I feel great about where I'm so I can't complain!
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No, best time of my life!
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@Mamaof2: @looch: I think 40 is going to be hard, too. I never thought it until now when I'm creeping up on it and I'm "feeling" a little older.
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Nope. Not at all. I was in a great space in life. That said, I am now closer to 40 than 30. I have to say that turning 40 might bum me out.
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30 was great, but 29 . . . oy, that was a rough year! I just spent the entire year dreading 30, but on my actual birthday and thereafter I've been a-okay with my 30s.
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No I actually feel proud and better about myself and I have given myself an excuse to get nicer furniture
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I thought it would but it didn't bother me at all. I think it was easier for me because I was happy with my life and had already reached a lot of the goals that I wanted to achieve!
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25 was really hard for me. It felt like I was no longer a "young adult" and was becoming just an adult. I'll be 30 this year and I feel just fine about it. I have an awesome husband, a house I love, and a baby on the way. What more could I want? I think I'm really lucky to be so happy where I am right now.
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Nope! I was super excited to turn 30. I knew that the next year/few years were going to be really exciting. I had a lot to look forward to.
26, on the other hand, nearly killed me.
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Basically what @babycanuck: said...
I was okay with turning 30 until it actually happened. I cried at work. I "planned" on having a LO or at least being pregnant and I wasn't. That was a big part of the upset-ness for me.
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I will turn 30 this summer and I'm not dreading it at all, i figure the more birthdays I have, the better. I'd rather have them than 'expire'
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Nope, not at all.
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30 was a great birthday, but also sucked a little because most of my friends were still in their 20s (3-5 years younger than me). Today I turned 36 and I feel really weird about it. I can't believe my next milestone is 40 :-S.
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@mrs. wagon: that's how I feel. I don't feel old (and someone asked me the other day if I was 24!! Hahaha) but I DO feel like time is flying. If I look at the future, I do kind of feel old?? Like, I'll be 35 with a 7 and 4 year old.
and I'll be 47 with a 20 year old! THAT makes me feel old-- not my age, but my kids' ages!I don't think I'm going to wake up on my birthday and be like, "DAMN, I feel completely different than I did the last 364 days!"
A teeeeny part of me wishes I could have a big party & drink but my friends promised me a do-over for 31
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@ShootingStar: happy birthday!
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Nope, 30 was just another number.
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Not as much as I expected it to. My daughter turned 1 the same day I turned 30 though, so I think that helped shift the focus.
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Not that I recall! I had a fun joint 30th birthday party with some friends
I don't think I've been traumatized by any birthday milestones yet... maybe 40?
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@ShootingStar: happy birthday mama!
I think 25 was hard for me. I'm dreading 30!!!
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I'm turning 30 in 6 months and I honestly kind of forget my age all the time. My subconscious apparently thinks I'm still in my early 20s.
When I think about I do get a littttle bit of that "I'm not where I thought I'd be" feeling (don't own a house, no babies), but then I remember I'm where I'm supposed to be.
I'm more freaked by the gray hairs popping up than the #30...
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I'm turning 30 next year! The only thing that bothers me is that we had originally planned to be "two and through" by 30, and now thanks to our initial delays in getting pregnant and our midwife's advice to wait a year before attempting another pregnancy, that won't happen.
Not that there's anything wrong with having another kid at 31, 32 - it's just a struggle to get my head around plans changing.
and I'll be 47 with a 20 year old! THAT makes me feel old-- not my age, but my kids' ages!Subscribe to our newsletter
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