Turning Forty-i Cant Wait!

gypsyangels · #1 03-12-2007, 04:27 PM

hello everyone, hope this finds you all well.

my twin sister and I are turning 40 on the 21st of march and I cant wait but she isnt coping too well with it.

I was wondering if anyone else had problems with reaching birthday milestones?

gypsy xo

amber · #2 03-12-2007, 04:32 PM

Congrats!

Yeah, I have problems. I hope I die when I'm about 45. So, clearly, I really don't have any helpful advice for your sis. Except, save for plastic surgery, keep fit, distract yourself with fun effluvia, and travel as much as possible. I'm not sure that is good advice, it's just what I want to do.

strandinthewind · #3 03-12-2007, 04:32 PM

40 was awful. I hit it last November and am now just accepting it. I still cringe when I say it.

tuigirl · #4 03-12-2007, 04:56 PM

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Originally Posted by strandinthewind

40 was awful. I hit it last November and am now just accepting it. I still cringe when I say it.

Maybe it's different for a guy, I don't know but actually being 40 something is great ..it gives you licence to be even more critical about life and get away with speaking about it!! Its what I percieve wisdom to be, I guess. Nobody listens to you at 20, but they do when you hit that magic number and it's like finally getting the ability to laugh at yourself and to do it without being too harsh, coz you are who you are...whoever said turning 40 is the beginning of life is right, so all the best to you and your sister..have fun being 40

Macfanforever · #5 03-12-2007, 04:57 PM

40, i've been there , It didn't bother me, but 50 probably will.

amber · #6 03-12-2007, 05:14 PM

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Originally Posted by tuigirl

Maybe it's different for a guy, I don't know but actually being 40 something is great ..it gives you licence to be even more critical about life and get away with speaking about it!! Its what I percieve wisdom to be, I guess. Nobody listens to you at 20, but they do when you hit that magic number and it's like finally getting the ability to laugh at yourself and to do it without being too harsh, coz you are who you are...whoever said turning 40 is the beginning of life is right, so all the best to you and your sister..have fun being 40

Really? I would think that the uglier I got, the less people would listen to me. Also, which part of your life is it the rest of? The wrinkly part with no sex? The part where you really start in with the aches and pains and are much less mobile? The part with much more serious health scares?

tuigirl · #7 03-12-2007, 05:20 PM

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Really? I would think that the uglier I got, the less people would listen to me. Also, which part of your life is it the rest of? The wrinkly part with no sex? The part where you really start in with the aches and pains and are much less mobile?

Aaahhh...your'e looking at the dark side of it Amber..no, I mean it's when you finally get to realise what your'e about, who you really are (guess I'm looking at it from the spiritual side of it , if you like). yes, there is all that wrinkly/aches and pains bit too (no sex?, what? nah, it's much more fun) I guess it's all how you look at it. 40 is just a number and I don't expect your'e anywhere near it yet, you gotta get there first to see what I'm talking about!

amber · #8 03-12-2007, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by tuigirl

Aaahhh...your'e looking at the dark side of it Amber..no, I mean it's when you finally get to realise what your'e about, who you really are (guess I'm looking at it from the spiritual side of it , if you like). yes, there is all that wrinkly/aches and pains bit too (no sex?, what? nah, it's much more fun) I guess it's all how you look at it. 40 is just a number and I don't expect your'e anywhere near it yet, you gotta get there first to see what I'm talking about!

Okay. I guess what I "really am" is someone who doesn't want to get wrinkly and achy and pain-y. I guess my spiritual side mostly involves playing outside vigorously and athletically while looking hot.

tuigirl · #9 03-12-2007, 05:39 PM

hey amber...I'm glad your'e enjoying being how old you are now (20 something?) playing outside vigorously or whatever..wait till you hit 40 then, you'll see what I mean and it ain't all that bad

madformac · #10 03-12-2007, 06:05 PM

Ambers got years left before the big 40. Same number of years as me.

In fact, ****... Its not that far off at all is it???

tuigirl · #11 03-12-2007, 06:10 PM

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Originally Posted by madformac

Ambers got years left before the big 40. Same number of years as me.

In fact, ****... Its not that far off at all is it???

Meh...get over, you both got ages yet and when you get there, you'll think what the heck was all the fuss about. It's the 10 years after that you gotta worry about!!!

estranged4life · #12 03-12-2007, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by gypsyangels

hello everyone, hope this finds you all well.

my twin sister and I are turning 40 on the 21st of march and I cant wait but she isnt coping too well with it.

I was wondering if anyone else had problems with reaching birthday milestones?

gypsy xo

happy early birthday to your sister and your self.

I'll be 37 in exactly 2 months (Today wouldve/shouldve/couldve been my Mom's 63rd birthday - but she died, oddly, on March 21st 2005.)

I'm the youngest of Mom's 5 kids - and the ONLY one still in their 30's

jannieC · #13 03-12-2007, 06:21 PM

Happy Birthday to you and your twin!

I still have a year and a half left.

I wouldn't say I'm looking forward to it, but I'm not totally dreading it. I still look hot.

rbs3676 · #14 03-12-2007, 07:33 PM

Turning 40 was not a big deal to me. I felt like I looked really good, I was in a happy relationship and it was just an overall very good time for me.
My partner at the time and two of our friends all went to Las Vegas for a long weekend. Celebrated my actual birthday at Alize, which is a beautiful French restaurant on the 56th floor of the Palms hotel. It was amazing.

I had a hard time turning 42 this past November. I just hate to see it in print. But again, I don't actually FEEL old, I certainly dont act it and I am told that I still can pass for 32 -- so that makes me feel a bit better about it.
At the end of the day, it's a mind set, really.

Happy birthday to you and your twin! Do something fun and special!!!

rbs

goldie · #15 03-12-2007, 07:37 PM

I had a bit of a hard time turning 30, but now 4 years later, I love my thirties!! I read a few "turning 30" books. Surely there has to be some "turning 40" books out there? If you find them, let me know, I am going to need them in 6 years!