I''m 40. Just saying.

monster · 09-23-2010, 12:14 AM

40? really? I just ain't feeling it.... Do I have to get the bifocals today?

Pico and ME · 09-23-2010, 12:17 AM

I got my first pair at 45, but my eye doctor told me that my eyes seem to be aging faster than normal.

monster · 09-23-2010, 12:20 AM

I hate glasses, i wear contact lenses.

But 40? Really? I feel 25.

xoxoxoBruce · 09-23-2010, 12:27 AM

Does that make you a cougar now?

Pico and ME · 09-23-2010, 12:29 AM

40 the new 25. Im coming up to 50 and that is weird.

casimendocina · 09-23-2010, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Does that make you a cougar now?

Equation: 40 + female=cougar

I reckon that's leaving a variable or two out of the equation.

monster · 09-23-2010, 07:02 AM

well beest is still 39.....

does nobody feel the need to correct my double apostrophe?

Shawnee123 · 09-23-2010, 07:07 AM

No bifocals. Get yourself a purple outfit and a big red hat!

I don't feel my age either. The 40s are the BEST.

Happy Birthday!

monster · 09-23-2010, 07:08 AM

no wai! no hats

thanks

Undertoad · 09-23-2010, 07:42 AM

40s for me = my dreams are all dead and I'm too old to make new ones.

Shawnee123 · 09-23-2010, 07:45 AM

40s are as hard as any other decade, I suppose, but when you get to this age you should know yourself pretty well by now. I don't expect that I'll ever change into a domestic goddess, that clothes won't lie around the floor, that I'll become less emotional and more driven, that I won't cry when people win a bunch of money on a game show (heheeee...I'm just so damn happy for them), that I'll be a great friend and daughter and sister who remembers to send cards or pick up the phone....

The beauty of it I've found myself saying "sure, I can work on improving things and doing better, but I am just human me. I'm not human him or human her...I'm just me." Struggling along as we all do, but liking myself much better than I did when I was so much younger.

It's empowering!

monster · 09-23-2010, 08:38 AM

Shawnee is wise. But I can still dream of being a domestic goddess, can't I? (while not giving up any other aspect of my busy life)

My birthday gift to myself was supposed to be getting my house neat and tidy and clean. I failed. You can't even tell I tried. But I know I tried, and I know it's better. Sorta. Ah well. My friend just took me out for breakfast. I realised I was hungover. Start as you mean to go on.....

Cloud · 09-23-2010, 08:40 AM

that's a big one! congratulations, and many happy returns of the day.

monster · 09-23-2010, 08:41 AM

thanks

glatt · 09-23-2010, 09:40 AM

Happy Birthday Monster! The 40's are great! (The first three years anyway.)

09-23-2010, 12:14 AM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I''m 40. Just saying. 40? really? I just ain't feeling it.... Do I have to get the bifocals today? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-23-2010, 12:20 AM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	I hate glasses, i wear contact lenses. But 40? Really? I feel 25. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-23-2010, 12:27 AM	#4
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Does that make you a cougar now? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

09-23-2010, 07:02 AM	#7
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	well beest is still 39..... does nobody feel the need to correct my double apostrophe? __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-23-2010, 07:07 AM	#8
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	No bifocals. Get yourself a purple outfit and a big red hat! I don't feel my age either. The 40s are the BEST. Happy Birthday! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-23-2010, 12:17 AM	#2
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	I got my first pair at 45, but my eye doctor told me that my eyes seem to be aging faster than normal.

09-23-2010, 12:29 AM	#5
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	40 the new 25. Im coming up to 50 and that is weird.

09-23-2010, 07:08 AM	#9
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	no wai! no hats thanks __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-23-2010, 07:42 AM	#10
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	40s for me = my dreams are all dead and I'm too old to make new ones.

09-23-2010, 07:45 AM	#11
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	40s are as hard as any other decade, I suppose, but when you get to this age you should know yourself pretty well by now. I don't expect that I'll ever change into a domestic goddess, that clothes won't lie around the floor, that I'll become less emotional and more driven, that I won't cry when people win a bunch of money on a game show (heheeee...I'm just so damn happy for them), that I'll be a great friend and daughter and sister who remembers to send cards or pick up the phone.... The beauty of it I've found myself saying "sure, I can work on improving things and doing better, but I am just human me. I'm not human him or human her...I'm just me." Struggling along as we all do, but liking myself much better than I did when I was so much younger. It's empowering! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

09-23-2010, 08:38 AM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Shawnee is wise. But I can still dream of being a domestic goddess, can't I? (while not giving up any other aspect of my busy life) My birthday gift to myself was supposed to be getting my house neat and tidy and clean. I failed. You can't even tell I tried. But I know I tried, and I know it's better. Sorta. Ah well. My friend just took me out for breakfast. I realised I was hungover. Start as you mean to go on..... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-23-2010, 08:40 AM	#13
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	that's a big one! congratulations, and many happy returns of the day. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

09-23-2010, 08:41 AM	#14
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	thanks __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

09-23-2010, 09:40 AM	#15
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Happy Birthday Monster! The 40's are great! (The first three years anyway.)

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