50 Painfully Relatable Posts That Show What Being In Your 40s Is Really Like (New Pics)

What's even more worrying is when you're stood at the top of the stairs and you can't remember whether you've just come up or if you're about to go back down.

Portal amnesia: where you walk through a door and forget why.

Hey, wait til your 70s.

How do you know?

my home phone # from when I was 11 is still my mom's number. She's had the same number since the 1960s.

Oh god! I just started doing this a few months ago. It started with one show and now I do it for most of them. And I just turned 50. :) Mostly because the dialogue is quiet and the rest of the show is obnoxiously loud and I hate to adjust the volume every 30 seconds.

It's a Hollywood problem, not an age problem. They apparently don't think the dialogue is important, or they don't know how to mix sound so that it works well for people who aren't using a multi-channel sound system with a center speaker.

That was the 30s for me.

Guilty!

I've been watching anime with subtitles for more than 20 years and i prefer the Japanese voices because the translation fits the actions of the characters and plot of the story and the Japanese voices sound nice. I've watched soo much anime in 20 years I can tell what genre of anime my husband is watching in the next room when I'm in the kitchen cooking our dinner 🤣🤣🤣

I think I stopped dressing for "other people" in my late 30s and finally started wearing what *I* wanted to wear. When it's warm (which is 80% of the year in Southern California) I wear men's cargo shorts, Costco brand, with cute/funny iron-on patches I put on them. (The one in the photo says "Certified Good Dog".) I wear men's jeans with a snarling wolf on them when it's cold enough for pants. I wear t-shirts with cute animals on them (the one in the photo has a leopard gecko on it!) I rock a wallet chain like it's 1993. (There are a million acrylic charms and keychains on it.) I am finally happy with how I look, for the first time in my life - during my childhood my mother tried to force me into HER ideal of appearance, and then I spent 20+ years of my adulthood trying to make my boyfriend like how I looked. If you're in your 20s/30s right now... be happy. Be yourself. Dress how YOU want to when you're not at work. You will gain nothing but misery trying to make others happy. the_lakoto...9378ee.jpg

You just run out of excuses and accept, welp this me, whatever.

Life's too damn short

I gave up trying to appease people when I was in my late 20s. The sooner you learn to be who you want to be the happier you are gonna be.

I am spaniard 43 and I dont know what exactly appeasing means. Something like pandering?

I will still be thinking about those things in vivid excruciating detail well after I have forgotten what year it is or what my name is

Unfortunately I still remember when the Principal was asking everyone to name a something to the whole school and because he had a thick accent all little kindergarten me heard was sing jingle bells, so as loud as I could I started singing until he yelled out “that’s not what I said “ in front of the school! I still feel the agony of that day, however I can laugh now about it. Funny stuff!

Word

Sleeping is now an extreme sport.

I pinched a nerve rolling over in my sleep.

Riiight? Like, How, just how? Ugh.

Hey, I literally just started this chapter of my life a couple of weeks ago! At least I’m not alone!

I turn 40 this year, I hurt my neck rinsing my hair in the shower the other day *sigh

I love singing along as i shop

I love this. On good days I'll even sing along to the songs.... 🤪

Im still in education. The dj at the shops 100% amazing taste

I went to a screening of Macbeth a few years ago at a sparsely populated art house cinema and happily dozed off during the violent climactic scene between Macbeth and Macduff. Fortunately I woke up before they accidentally locked me in.

Also in your 60's.

So true.

I have a cousin who loves to say that he's reached the age where he never passes up a bathroom opportunity.

I've had jacked up kidneys my whole life, now add age, irregular horrific periods, Cancer, chemotherapy and menopause. I have to wear pads, because if I don't I would be changing my underwear 3x's a day. Sneezing, coughing, gas (farts you can't trust) bending over, squatting, etc. are all C**p shoots, sometimes literally. I have to buy pads and pantiliners in bulk, which are expensive as s**t. My hormones and estrogen are all over the place, so you would think since I'm almost 48 and in menopause that I would be able to have a hysterectomy. Big f*****g No Bueno! I'm bipolar I, anxiety disorder and CPTSD, been through Cancer and chemotherapy twice, in menopause and currently on disability and Medicare still refuses to let me get a hysterectomy. The reason? I'm single and don't have kids...What The Everloving F**k!

It's called a tactical wee.

If you have a cough or cold, incontinence pads are your best friend

And just wait until you're 75 . . .

I've had the same Oncologist and Nurse for almost 8 years. Both of them, have gotten married and had kids in that time. I'm extremely close to both and have seen pics of weddings, kids, vacations, pets, etc. Amber's engagement ring (I kept telling her that he was going to propose!) Chris pre-kids and in-laws (there's a reason he volunteered to work holidays) they were there for me when I was taking care of Mom and after she died when I was struggling REALLY bad, they also sent flowers and watched the livestream of her funeral, since it was during Covid. Basically, these people have literally seen me inside and out, so "Professional" boundaries went out the window a long a*s time ago and I absolutely love it.

Many of my former students are doctors. But when my physician retired, I had to exclude all of them as replacements. I'm proud of you people, I love you people, but not any of you - not even the best - is performing a prostate exam on me. Nope, not happening.

Yep. This hits.

I'm in my 30s and have terrible hangovers! The worst is when I wake up, I feel fine and have a mini celebration, but once I actually properly sit up and start moving, the hangover kicks in :(

I got terrible hangovers in my 20s, the last one after drinking a couple of bottles of beer. Went teetotal after that. My body just said no more.

Oh my goodness I thought the right was a picture of a foot 😩

Bad, bad!