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Nighthawk76 · 04-05-2006, 12:30 PM

It dawned on me early this monring that exactly four months from today will be my 30th birthday. And to be perfectly honest, it scares be a little bit.

I know there are probably quite a few of you reading this who are yourselves over 30 and are probably thinking to yourself right now, "Cry me a river, Mike.", it is just that since turning 29 last August I have become much more aware of the passing of time. Like that it has been almost 25 years since I started Kindergarden, 13 years since I got my driver's license, nearly 12 years since I graduated from high school. And I just don't know where all the time went.

I hope this thread doesn't make it aouind like I am depressed, I'm not, just a little uneasy.

80s_Fan · 04-05-2006, 12:37 PM

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Originally Posted by DAX

It dawned on me early this monring that exactly four months from today will be my 30th birthday. And to be perfectly honest, it scares be a little bit.

I know there are probably quite a few of you reading this who are yourselves over 30 and are probably thinking to yourself right now, "Cry me a river, Mike.", it is just that since turning 29 last August I have become much more aware of the passing of time. Like that it has been almost 25 years since I started Kindergarden, 13 years since I got my driver's license, nearly 12 years since I graduated from high school. And I just don't know where all the time went.

I hope this thread doesn't make it aouind like I am depressed, I'm not, just a little uneasy.

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I've been there and still going thru it; I just turned 37 last month and now I'm thinking that in three years; I will be 40 and not too happy with my life.
It goes too fast and really do want things to change for the better.

PZelda · 04-05-2006, 01:54 PM

I know I'm younger than you, but I've been feeling it to a certain extent. I haven't been out of high school for very long (3 years), but in the fall it will have been 7 years ago since I started high school...Well over the half-decade mark now.

Next year will have been 10 years since I started junior high. This fall, 15 years since I started kindergarten. I'll be 21 in four more months. Some days, I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact I am in my twenties. It's just...wow.

I feel the same way as you -- it seems like JUST yesterday we did these things. They seem like they happened in a whole other lifetime, when times were different, etc. It's quite freaky, really.

Penny Lane · 04-05-2006, 03:26 PM

30 didn't bother me
40 didn't bother me
50 was horrible!

gidgetgrape · 04-05-2006, 04:02 PM

I think everyone goes through that at some point or points in their life. It doesn't help that the media refers to things from 10 years ago as retro. I totally freaked out when I turned 25. Just remember that the best is yet to come.

Of course, I may need you to remind me of this post when I turn 30 next year.

Mr. Television · 04-05-2006, 04:08 PM

Wait until you hit 40. I really never got down about by age until I was 35. I agree with Allison though because it seems like a lot of the things I used to do happened a lifetime ago. I look at old pictures of me and I wonder who is that kid?

Nighthawk76 · 04-05-2006, 04:58 PM

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Originally Posted by PZelda

I feel the same way as you -- it seems like JUST yesterday we did these things. They seem like they happened in a whole other lifetime, when times were different, etc. It's quite freaky, really.

I know what you mean, Allison. When I think back on high school and grade school sometimes it feels like it all just happened yesterday where as other times it seems like it was a different life. And you're right, it is freaky.

Nighthawk76 · 04-05-2006, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by I Walk The Line

Wait until you hit 40. I really never got down about by age until I was 35. I agree with Allison though because it seems like a lot of the things I used to do happened a lifetime ago. I look at old pictures of me and I wonder who is that kid?

Somethings do seem like they happened a lifetime ago. And sometimes it seems it was somebody else's life and I just happen to have their memories.

Czas na Zywiec · 04-05-2006, 05:36 PM

I always say that I miss the early 90s cause it was the best period of dance/club music ever, and then it dawns on me that it was sooo long ago. Even since moving to this state, I was thinking about when I was a kid, the friends I knew, the things I did, and it seems so weird that it was so long ago. But at the same time, it feels like it was just yesterday I jumped off a tree and almost killed myself, fell off my bike and almost killed myself, almost got ran over by a train and was killed. I lived life on the edge.

Mijada · 04-05-2006, 05:39 PM

I know how you guys feel. I'll be 34 this year and it seems like the time just flew by. Last week I was looking through some of my old elementary school yearbooks. These things are over 25 years old and it really felt weird because while I was looking at them I kept thinking that my neice and nephew who are both 20 now weren't even born yet and now they both have kids of their own.

swedeace · 04-05-2006, 06:47 PM

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I do get how you feel old looking back. Im still quite young, but I remember babysitting this little kid right after he was born, and its like, he's 5 now. And when I talk about the 90s, it feels like it was just yesterday, but then I think, that was like 10 years ago!

I so know what you mean about this. I remember my mom, sister, and I babysitting for our four-month-old baby from one of our neighbor friends. We cared for her and her younger brother on-and-off for years that they are soooo used to us. I almost think of them as my "daytime siblings." Well, now the girl is 14 (and just started high school), and her brother is 12 (nearly a teen). It is a weird feeling, especially since there are a couple of 14-year-olds here. It's, like, "whoa!! Where did the time go? They are growing up!" Wow.... It makes me feel old....

swedeace · 04-05-2006, 06:49 PM

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Originally Posted by DAX

It dawned on me early this monring that exactly four months from today will be my 30th birthday. And to be perfectly honest, it scares be a little bit.

I know there are probably quite a few of you reading this who are yourselves over 30 and are probably thinking to yourself right now, "Cry me a river, Mike.", it is just that since turning 29 last August I have become much more aware of the passing of time. Like that it has been almost 25 years since I started Kindergarden, 13 years since I got my driver's license, nearly 12 years since I graduated from high school. And I just don't know where all the time went.

I hope this thread doesn't make it aouind like I am depressed, I'm not, just a little uneasy.

Yeah, I am sorta feeling the same way, especially during certain aspects in my own life. I am a couple of years shy from turning 30, and it feels a bit scary. My supervisor was telling us a story about how it was like when he turned 30. He said he was a punk during his teens and 20s during the 60s/70s, and the day he turned 30, he walked into a bar and thought, "Wow! Everyone is a kid in here." Ohhhh.... well, I think it's partially the media's fault, as some people have mentioned.

Dutabi84 · 04-05-2006, 07:39 PM

Eh. Just look at it as turning 29 years and 365 days old. Age is just a #.

(yeah, yeah. This is probably easy for a 21 year-old to say, I know)

Mr. Television · 04-05-2006, 07:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Dutabi84

Eh. Just look at it as turning 29 years and 365 days old. Age is just a #.

(yeah, yeah. This is probably easy for a 21 year-old to say, I know)

oh to be 21 again....

Unscarred · 04-05-2006, 07:48 PM

I'm 18, envy me, haha.

Actually, even though I'm young and years and years off being 30, or whatever, I have to agree that time goes fast. I'm almost 19...and it doesn't feel like I've been 18 for very long. Whats a year anymore!? The months just pass by like minutes in a day. Scary.

04-05-2006, 12:30 PM	#1
Nighthawk76 Rachel Berry Forum Celebrity Join Date: Feb 28, 2003 Location: Illinois Posts: 23,254	Aging It dawned on me early this monring that exactly four months from today will be my 30th birthday. And to be perfectly honest, it scares be a little bit. I know there are probably quite a few of you reading this who are yourselves over 30 and are probably thinking to yourself right now, "Cry me a river, Mike.", it is just that since turning 29 last August I have become much more aware of the passing of time. Like that it has been almost 25 years since I started Kindergarden, 13 years since I got my driver's license, nearly 12 years since I graduated from high school. And I just don't know where all the time went. I hope this thread doesn't make it aouind like I am depressed, I'm not, just a little uneasy.

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Mijada Spencers mom Forum 4000 Club Member Join Date: Dec 02, 2001 Location: eastern US Posts: 4,093	I know how you guys feel. I'll be 34 this year and it seems like the time just flew by. Last week I was looking through some of my old elementary school yearbooks. These things are over 25 years old and it really felt weird because while I was looking at them I kept thinking that my neice and nephew who are both 20 now weren't even born yet and now they both have kids of their own.
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04-05-2006, 01:54 PM	#3
PZelda Two Valeries! <3 Forum Addict Join Date: Jul 15, 2002 Location: I'm STILL missing NYC. :( Posts: 78,252	I know I'm younger than you, but I've been feeling it to a certain extent. I haven't been out of high school for very long (3 years), but in the fall it will have been 7 years ago since I started high school...Well over the half-decade mark now. Next year will have been 10 years since I started junior high. This fall, 15 years since I started kindergarten. I'll be 21 in four more months. Some days, I have a hard time wrapping my mind around the fact I am in my twenties. It's just...wow. I feel the same way as you -- it seems like JUST yesterday we did these things. They seem like they happened in a whole other lifetime, when times were different, etc. It's quite freaky, really.

04-05-2006, 04:02 PM	#5
gidgetgrape Forever Gidget Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 20, 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 3,509	I think everyone goes through that at some point or points in their life. It doesn't help that the media refers to things from 10 years ago as retro. I totally freaked out when I turned 25. Just remember that the best is yet to come. Of course, I may need you to remind me of this post when I turn 30 next year.

04-05-2006, 05:36 PM	#9
Czas na Zywiec what up Forum Star Join Date: Jun 28, 2001 Location: Southwest Side, Chicago Posts: 18,398	I always say that I miss the early 90s cause it was the best period of dance/club music ever, and then it dawns on me that it was sooo long ago. Even since moving to this state, I was thinking about when I was a kid, the friends I knew, the things I did, and it seems so weird that it was so long ago. But at the same time, it feels like it was just yesterday I jumped off a tree and almost killed myself, fell off my bike and almost killed myself, almost got ran over by a train and was killed. I lived life on the edge.

04-05-2006, 07:39 PM	#13
Dutabi84 kittens must die Forum Star Join Date: Apr 22, 2003 Location: MN/TX Posts: 11,026	Eh. Just look at it as turning 29 years and 365 days old. Age is just a #. (yeah, yeah. This is probably easy for a 21 year-old to say, I know)

04-05-2006, 07:48 PM	#15
Unscarred Member Occasional Poster Join Date: Apr 04, 2006 Posts: 70	I'm 18, envy me, haha. Actually, even though I'm young and years and years off being 30, or whatever, I have to agree that time goes fast. I'm almost 19...and it doesn't feel like I've been 18 for very long. Whats a year anymore!? The months just pass by like minutes in a day. Scary.