I love the last sentence.

HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!! Sorry, but wait till you're 50. It gets so much worse and the age bracket gets bigger.

I'm 48 and have played video games since Pong. They will pry my controller from my cold dead hands.

i relate. also thing needs to start no later than 6pm

This. I've had this happen while visiting concerts. At one point it changes from "music" to "NOISE!!!" and I have to leave. I never travel without ear plugs anymore.

When you are 40: "Who?? Reality show of people never work single day??"

Amen to that.

Same…. Wish I came to that conclusion sooner.

I had a 7am flight from a budget airline airport. So I had to be there ~5am. But there were not trains of busses that early. So I had to take the last bus the night before that arrived around midnight. Sleeping on the airport floor was the only option for a student (or airport hotel for €100/night, which was a few times more expensive than the flight).

Why are there afterparties though? Aren't parties enough? ;-;

I read a book a few years ago and the old man in it gave some little bits of advice to a younger man. One that stuck was, how relaxing it was if you just let impatient people go in front of you whilst driving. It's amazing how often I do this and then see the driver, in a rush, further down the road, with no real advantage gained.

I've never been able to pulling all-nighters, not even when I was 16

To be fair, anyone who says “Bountiful felicitations!” Instead of “Hi!” Is a pretentious AH and is trying to show off their knowledge of words. I suspect that’s not what the OP is referring to though. 🙂

People kept saying I was a prude in my 20s for not wanting one night stands, after a while I felt like there was something wrong with me for not wanting to be promiscuous... the moment I slept with someone I didn't truly care for I felt like a r**e victim. I mean I wasn't, there was consent, but in my mind I felt dirty. I don't think people realise that trying to get your more conservative friend to be more sexually open and liberal can damage them. Be careful.

Every last week before my decades are terrible: 19/20: end of being a child, 29/30: getting old, 39/40: getting old (again), 49/50: I will die tomorrow (or sooner). Then the next morning the sun rises again and everything goes on.

None of us are guaranteed anything. Live your life the best way you can, love those around you and be grateful for everything you have.

I'm turning 40 this year and y'know what? I'm super okay with it. I've always been one of those 4 going on 40 "kids". Officially being "old" and hopefully everyone else finally catching up to me seems kind of nice.

30 is still damn young. 40 is not that old, either.

Thinking 40 is old

LOL! I'm looking at 60 in 3.5 years. 30 is nothing

What I wouldn't give for 30 again

Right? My son just turned 42. Which I can't believe, because I'm basically 26 (in a 59 y/o body).

I don't think 30 is old. I don't think I'm old and I'm 71. Just remember Mick Jagger is pushing 80.

Hey, 30 hit me harder than 40 or 50...... Turning 30 was the end of youth...(for me anyway)

I remember at 15, thinking a 20 year old friend was so old and mature...

30 is but a baby...

I thought I was an adult at 20. I realized I wasn't actually an adult at 30 and was just starting to finally actually mature.

Now that I'm in the second half of my 50s I feel like I'm in the middle of another kind of teen experience. Instead of learning who and how I want to be as an adult I'm learning who and how I want to be as an elder :)

THIS. This is the only real point that's actually accurate, seeing people acting like 30's is 50's or 60's (on internet)is puzzling to me, sure you're not 20 anymore but neither your body is suddenly going to collapse at 30 nor it means living the life of retired person.

Nah. Aging is like making wine or a slow cooked brisket. Some are just that much better after a little time.

"Strawberry wiiiiiiine"

30 is young. Really - if you think otherwise it just mean that you are not above 50.

Go Ethel!!!😅

When you are the sober one at a gathering you quickly find out that your "cool" drunk buddies are really boring louts.

When you're in chronic pain, life goes on. You can only take so many meds before it triggers another problem.

This should be much higher.

Taught my kids how to use a washing machine, iron and cooker. Before they left home they could cook at least 7 meals from scratch including a roast dinner. They understand budgeting, finance and saving. Life skills

Oh yesssss....... Right with you there...

That's a little shitty for the other people involved though. It's sucks to be ready to go do whatever you've been planning for a week just to have the other person ditch you 2 hours before you were meant to do the thing.

It’s been the opposite for me. I cooked all my meals because I was poor and had more energy. Now I’m paid more and tired more often and am like “screw it, I’m not working all day and then making dinner”.

I’ve got a mate who does this. All that “First in, last out, weekend working, etc.” is 1980s BS. If you are having to work those hours, you either have too much work or you can’t organise your time properly. The worst bit is that no one is impressed - least of all your boss who will likely wind up promoting someone else over you because they play golf with that person or they have friends in common. Hard work is rarely rewarded, meritocracy doesn’t exist and he’s an idiot for thinking it does.

It also feels liberating to be mature enough that hearing such a remark about yourself doesn't hurt anymore. Moreover, it tells you something about the other person's character.

Not cool under 30 either.

I'm a hundred percent with you on this. I like it cool, especially at night. I always say that I can add layers but I can only take so much off.

Yep....when you realize your group of " friends " is just a group....very few friends.....

Nope, you've been listening to the wrong people. If you want blue hair, then have blue hair. If you want a skeleton hoodie, then wear a skeleton hoodie.

Don‘t forget the smell.

I use urban dictionary to keep up with my sons, eldest used to make me feel a dafty if I had to ask.