Comments on: Age 30 transition

By: A

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 14:49:33 +0000

I turned 29 in December and I’ve been saying I’m 30 or almost 30 since I was 28. I’m so ready to leave my 20′s behind!

By: akmom

akmom — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:13:10 +0000

Robin – yes, it does sound like you’re lying! I don’t think I outright lied about being 30 when I was 29, but said a lot of things like ‘almost 30′. I’ve only been 39 for two weeks, so have not yet had many occasions to talk about my age, although I did make a joke about turning 39 for the first time. I’m tempted to lie about my age this summer, though, so I can play in the over-40 soccer league with my friends. It’s not like I’m so athletic that I’d clearly be a ringer or anything.

By: bluemoose

bluemoose — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:50:44 +0000

akmom — a lot of my friends dreaded the 30 change. I was so so so so ready for it. My 20s were necessary. I did some amazing things, lived in some weird places, and dated some inappropriate people. I don’t regret a minute of it. But I was glad to move on (with the help of the geritol, denture cream, and adult diapers one of those friends who dreaded 30 — and turned it before I did — sent me for my birthday. Cute, right?)

By: Robin

Robin — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 15:15:28 +0000

akmom, did you do that thing where you started saying you were 30 when you were 29? I did. I hated being 29 (and 39)–it sounds like you’re lying!

By: akmom

akmom — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:54:20 +0000

I find it amusing that so many people seem to view turning 30 as a bad thing – you’re so OOOOOOOOOOOOLD – and I couldn’t wait to be 30. I was done with my 20s by about 27, and ready to move on. I suppose it didn’t hurt that I was the youngest in most of my groups of friends, and was tired of the (good-natured) teasing about being a baby because I was still in my 20s. As I approach 40, which seems to be even more dreaded than 30, I’m looking forward to it, but not in the same way.