The big 30

[ronnie3]

I'm going to turn 30 on Christmas day and usually my birthday passes by without much thought as mostly busy with other things, but this year I'm dreading it.

I don't want to be thirty.

I'm so sad please can anyone cheer me up with anything positive about being thirty.

[ummmm]

errrrrr......It doesn't feel that much different to 29! Except overnight all your joints start aching....you suddenly can't stand loud music.....and your ability to use technology disappears!

[warpig1]

Thirty is the new twenty apparently, so look forward to enjoying your twenties again.

[funkymoped]

thirty is only one second older than 29 !

numbers.... numbers make the world go around, the world go around.

think of it like this. its only 10 years and six weeks till you hit 40.
:-)

[kate1976]

I turned 30 this year and I was dreading it but it really isn't so bad, now I'm dreading turning 31!! I think it's just the fact that we're getting older and there's nothing we can do about it is the scary thing!

You can be flirty in your thirties so look forward to it!! It's fun!!

[OooErr]

I turned 30 this year as well, and i was dreading it. Really didn't want to say goodbye to my 20's. Now that i am 30 it isn't any different and like everyone else has said it is just a number. In the lead up to my birthday i was going out a lot and drinking far too much just because i couldn't bear the thought of not being in my 20's anymore but now i realise that nothing has changed inside me, i am still the same person that i was before my birthday. Hope you manage to have a great birthday and try not to worry about your age x

[cascarelli]

Technically - if youre 29 now, youre actually already in your 30th year - sorry! See, its not so bad is it?

[smudge]

I felt exactly the same as you ronnie!

I was dreading leaving my 20's & then to top it all, Elvis Presley died on my 30th birthday (16 Aug 87), so I had really good reason to cry then!

Ten years on from that - I had a brilliant 40th birthday, as my husband & daughters gave me a big surprise party in a hall & everyone who I loved was there! It's a night I shall never forget!

Trust me - it's not really as bad as you may think & apart from the celebrations of them, birthdays are just another day!

P.S. Our little Granddaughter got muddled up the other day & reminded me that I was '95'! Thankfully, she meant '59', which made me feel much better!!!!

[Katie~77]

Ronnie, I know how you feel. I will be 30 in January. I've been dreading it since my 25th birthday.x

[tradey]

theres nothing to worry about being 30 at all, just wait till you turn 40 im dreading that.well on my 30 it was fab good meal and drinks with mates.dont worry about it at all just enjoy it.

[dot.hawkes]

Oh get over it, you should be so busy you won't notice, if you have to dwell on that you mustn't have too many other concerns and so u should think yourself lucky.

[Katie~77]

Ooh hello. Haven't seen you for ages.x

[ronnie3]

well thank you all but still, 30, oh well and yes dot i am lucky and shall try not to dell on it too much.

[chicklin]

Just think.......40 is much worse! And as for 50 - well, I'm not quite there yet but to be honest I'm not a bit bothered these days. You really are as old as you feel. Age is only important if you're a cheese!
However, before I realised this, on my 40th birthday I felt so bad about it I just refused to acknowledge it and didn't open any cards or pressies until the next day, when funnily enough, it didn't matter...cos it wasn't my birthday. Ha! Ha!...Yes I know I'm strange....

[happygam]

Hi ronnie3...I am a 32 years young lady...closer to 33 now tho...I am proud of it..better than my 20's...i wasn't even worried when I was approaching my 30th...didn't bother me at all..I think in your 30's you don't give a stuff at what people think anymore!! Lifes toooo short to worry about your 30th...theres nothing negative about it at all, your alive and kicking...enjoy it!! Have a ruddy good knees up and celebrate the fact your 30...not be miserable!!!

[KingOpabinia]

"coolest dude" Wardy you are showing your age.

[smudge]

Yep, David Bowie is a 1947 baby - just like me!

He certainly is a good example of us old biddies & he's the best!

[whiffey]

The older you get, the more frequent and satisfying sex becomes - so cheer up !

[campbellking]

Set yourself a challenge for the year. I turned forty in May, decided I wanted to be in Africa on my birthday, and to run a marathon in the year. Had a brilliant time in Zambia and Botswana, went white water rafting, and on the horseback safari, went swimming on my horse. Also got chased by lions whilst on the horse, which almost shortened my life expectancy...
Got back from New York this weekend, having run the New York marathon, which is the most fabulous running race. Had an absolute ball running alongside the most enthusiastic crowd you can ever imagine.
Anyway, as you get older, you'll probably find as I do that you can't instantly remember how old you are. You can always do what I do, which is work in a hospital. Most of my patients are in their seventies and eighties, and it really changes your perspective on age.
Enjoy life, you only get one shot at it.

[WendyS]

I think your thirties are probably some of the best times of your life. You're old enough to have left teenage angst behind you, sufficiently confident to know your way around, still have most of your life in front of you and are too young to be looking in the mirror and finding grey hairs.

Cheer up. The alternative option to being 30 is being dead. When you look at it in that light it seems a much better choice !