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[hiddenmuse]

My birthday is coming up next week - and while in the past I was cool about getting older, this year, it just feels weird. I'm not dreading the upcoming birthday (34) - but at the same time, I'm just feeling like, "damn, I'm getting old, aren't I?"

I remember thinking that 34 was old - and here I am. Another year older, and another year of living. Granted, there's a lot of things that I haven't done, that my peers have done ... but I'm okay with that.


That's all I have to say right now. Just wanted to get that off my chest. :-)

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[nikitaquincy.livejournal.com]

I started feeling old the day I turned 20. It's gone all downhill from there. :/

I'm 32 and I've done nothing with my life. At my age, my mom was married, had her first kid, and had bought a house. And most of my friends are established in their careers/families/etc. I just feel like I've wasted my life. :(

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

For a long time, I felt the same way.

When I was 24, my mom was married and had me. I was single with no plans to get married.

At 29, she'd had my brother. I just started dating Kellie.

At 34, my mom had been divorced for about 2 years. I'm "partnerized" with Kellie and living in California.

Also, it didn't help that while I was in my 20s, I saw so many of my friends getting married and having kids. I felt like I was "damaged goods" since I was nowhere near married and/or breeding. I just seemed to scare the guys away or something. Now, I'm relatively happy - and so glad that I didn't end up getting married and having kids.

[http://users.livejournal.com/lessthan3__/]

girl, i feel ya. when my mom was 32, she had a 12 year old daughter, and a 2 year old daughter, and was twice married (hence the gap between me and my sis!). when my sister was 32, she was already married for 5 years, and was travelling all over the world. most of my friends from college are married and more than a few have kids. i feel like they all have their shit together and i'm still floundering. :(

*hug*

[http://users.livejournal.com/lessthan3__/]

we have the same birthday, we have the same birthday!!!!!

*throws confetti*

yay us!!!!! :D

[hiddenmuse.livejournal.com]

Yay indeed!

(and I want them to jump out of my cake, too. Especially if we can get Pete to wear that obnoxious pink suit. *eg*)

[screwthedaisies.livejournal.com]

I remember thinking that 34 was old - and here I am.

Right now, "50" is the new old to me, and I'm hoping that when I get to 50, I'll feel the same way about it as I did when I hit 34: "Hmmm. Wonder why I thought that was old."

Happy pre-birthday, though! Thank goodness the bad news of getting older is usually tempered by cake and gifts! No matter how old I get, cake and ice cream always makes me feel four again. :) (Particularly if it's served on those themed paper party plates. I wonder if I can get Star Wars ones for my upcoming birthday....)