Hangin' On to the Edge of Forever
Mar. 30th, 2009 08:46 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
themostepotenteToday is my 39th birthday, and man do I feel like I'm hangin' on to the edge of forever. Sometimes, I wonder how I've made it this far with all the crazy whacked-out shit I've done.
I still get carded for entrance into the casino, for liquor and for the occasional pack of cloves. I don't think I quite look my age, but still, I don't want to get older, dammit!
I really, really don't want to turn, much less think about, the big 4-0.
I have a whole year to think about this, but ladies, any advice? Thoughts. Wishes. Stories to share. Virtual cake and alkeehol. Hot nakey boys.
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I still get carded for entrance into the casino, for liquor and for the occasional pack of cloves. I don't think I quite look my age, but still, I don't want to get older, dammit!
I really, really don't want to turn, much less think about, the big 4-0.
I have a whole year to think about this, but ladies, any advice? Thoughts. Wishes. Stories to share. Virtual cake and alkeehol. Hot nakey boys.
--P
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Date: 2009-03-30 01:04 pm (UTC)I was so freaked by 39 that I worried all year, and by the time 40 came around it was almost a relief :)
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Date: 2009-03-30 01:05 pm (UTC)My advice? Celebrate your 40th birthday (in a year) like no other! This is what I'm going to do in a few more weeks. :-) I love celebrating with friends, and if you want the story of my birthday-party, stay tuned - I might post about it. *g*
39 felt older to me than 40 does. I don't know why. Maybe because I have the impression that the higher the numbers, the more things are coming together in my life instead of tearing me apart.
And now, enough of philosophy. Have a beautiful boy! *points to icon*
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Date: 2009-03-30 01:10 pm (UTC)You really don't look your age :)
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Date: 2009-03-30 01:11 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-30 01:25 pm (UTC)*snogs*
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Date: 2009-03-30 01:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-30 01:40 pm (UTC)Maybe fandom, geekery, and porn keep us young.
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Date: 2009-03-30 01:58 pm (UTC)I went through the panic of realizing my mortality at 29, so 40 came with little fanfare. Thankfully. I don't think I could have gone through it twice. :-D (And I haven't been carded since I was 16, so go you!)
To help with the transition...
...my contribution. *G*
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Date: 2009-03-30 02:02 pm (UTC)now i feel like a total bitch for wangsting about turning 30 this friday.
*offers chocolate and an open bar, with a side of HUGE HUGS*
why make sense when i can have people do it for me?
Date: 2009-03-30 02:03 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-30 02:04 pm (UTC)Happy birthday!
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Date: 2009-03-30 02:06 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-30 02:13 pm (UTC)That's all I really have to say. :D Party your ass off.
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Date: 2009-03-30 02:18 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-30 02:20 pm (UTC)Some things are hard to give up. I certainly don't turn heads like I used to, (although I think I'm holding up fairly well) but I am pretty happy to be where I am right now.
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Date: 2009-03-30 02:27 pm (UTC)Lots of virtual cake for you.
I find if I give myself a bit treat every year, that I don't have too many issues about getting older. We'll see, though.
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Date: 2009-03-30 02:31 pm (UTC)I turned 4-0 last year. Not traumatic at all. My musings are here (http://rickey-a.livejournal.com/72971.html) if you're looking for some sort of ju-ju.
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Date: 2009-03-30 02:33 pm (UTC)I don't know yet what the transition from 39-40 will be like. I recall my transition from 29-30, with my 29th year being one full of self-doubt and fear followed by a sense of certainty and empowerment that settled on me after 30. I felt, for some reason, like switching that 2 in my age to a 3 gave me more consequence and a recognition of accomplishment.
Here's hoping that the transition from 39-40 is equally positive for you.
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Date: 2009-03-30 02:45 pm (UTC)Alles Gute!
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Date: 2009-03-30 02:58 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2009-03-30 03:22 pm (UTC)Don't really have any advice. I still can't get used to turning 40 last autumn; I just try not to think about it. But really, I remember turning 20 was much scarier: "Oh noes! I'm not a kid anymore!!" :P
*sends all the virtual cake, alcohol and hot naked boys you want!* ♥