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Did you feel worse turning 30 or turning 40?

To all:

Having turned 42 years old today, I was wondering if any of you felt worse turning 30 than you did turning 40? I, personally, didn't care when I turned 40 years old.

But I remember when I turned 30. I was depressed. I was no longer "in my 20s." I hated that.

How about you guys? Worse at 30? Or 40?

-- Ronald Dupont Jr.
Class of '85

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Permalink Reply by Tim Page on October 7, 2008 at 7:32pm: Hell, Im looking forward to turning 50 , my dads 65 and my gramps is 87 and they look great !!!! Dont let age get you down keep your head high and live large depression will kill you first.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jean Coffinberry on October 9, 2008 at 12:08am: I don't even recall how I felt at 30 and 40 was no big deal.
It is strange thing though to carry a memory of schoolmates as teens for years then to finally see them again here now in their 40s...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jay Bluemke on October 9, 2008 at 5:12pm: I'm 41, but in my head, I'm still in my twenties. There may be something wrong with me.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Jean Coffinberry on October 9, 2008 at 10:07pm: Ditto - except when I see a 21 year old it's "get the hell off my lawn you whipper-snappers!"; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Paulina Parraga on October 13, 2008 at 8:37pm: I'm with Jay... turned 40 in July, but in my head I'm not a day over 28!! So, I'm not stressin :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Robin Wolf (Berry) on October 25, 2008 at 6:58pm: Jay,
I may have the same disease you have. I'll be 42, but I still think I can keep up with my 15 year old daughter...sometimes I wake up the next morning, wondering why I hurt so bad. LOL.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Elizabeth Lebedeker on October 9, 2008 at 7:14pm: I'll let you know. It's coming up!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Connie (Wait) Hathorn on October 10, 2008 at 10:39am: 30 Killed me !!!!! I just wanted to crawl under a rock!!! I was so not ready to be out of my 20's. But now that i'm 40.......I have to admit i'm ok with it. Your only as old as you feel and I feel like i'm in my 20's and the best part is my kids are in thier 20's and we all hang out and have a great time. Wouldn't go back to the 30's or the teen's for that matter but the 40's i think its gonna be a good decade. I will most likely get to be a grandma in my 40's, looking forward to that. The toys are much nicer in your 40's now that day care and school for the kids is out of the way. The kids are still milking me for every penny they can get but atleast i can say no now lol !!!; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Stephanie Iannuzzi on October 11, 2008 at 4:51pm: Wel I stuggled with turning 30. I sat in my back yard the night before and cried my eyes out, wondering where time had gone. I thought 30 years old, man I am getting old. Went into work on my birthday in a very bad mood and my intire office had huge party for me. That was a great time i guess, now that I am 44 (OMG) i am 44. lol.... It is no big deal. Damn my daughter just turned 18 this year and I tell her all the time. Enjoy your life day by day. SO I do too. Day by Day.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Joan DeMichael Henry on October 12, 2008 at 9:46am: Geez, 30 seems like so so long ago. I was quite sad about turning 30, it was much tougher than the BIG 4-0. Turning 40 actually felt pretty good. I feel like Tim Page, I'm looking forward to what lies ahead. It's not so much about the number, it's about the state of mind.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Angie Weber on October 13, 2008 at 9:27pm: 40 has definitely been more difficult to accept (really didn't have a problem with 30) -- especially when I see myself through the eyes of my teenage students and remember what I thought about 40 year-olds when I was their age! But, like Jay and Paulina, I still feel like I'm much younger!! Hope it really is true - that you're only as young as you feel. Now if I only LOOKED as young as I feel! My mantra: 40 is the new 30 :); ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Theresa Newbery on October 14, 2008 at 1:55pm: Oh no Angie - I heard 40 is the new 20!!!! Anyway when I turned 30 I was pregnant (again!!!) so it didn't really bother me much. But I'm turning 40 in December - and its not going over so well! My husband wants to have a big party for me - and I want to ignore it. So - everybody - keep telling me how good it is to be 40 and maybe I'll feel better! lol; ▶ Reply to This