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Do You Have An Age You Turned Which Made You Sad?

They say "Age Is Nothing But A Number" well I think its a matter of perspective.

From the age of 18 to my late 20's I mainatined a youth appearance and constantly got ID'ed if I bought alcohol, cigarettes or entered a night club.

When I turned 30, it was very emotional because the baby face was gone, I was starting to get a little gray in my hair. I also noticed I wasnt getting ID'ed anymore.

Please tell me if there was an age you turned that was hard or emotional for you.

twshield 8 Mar 14
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I just turned 30. I feel old.

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It was all down hill at 30 for me, with only an occasional up swing. I've got 50 in my sights (Holy Crap!!!) but I usually feel like I should still be in my 30s.
I guess I'm a grown-up but most days I really have no idea what I'm doing. ?

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I think when I turned 40. The grey hairs really started kicking in then..

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I threw up in front of everyone at six.

That was bad.

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Believe it or not, 12. 12 was it for me.

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I'm 81. Reaching a particular age ever made me sad. Still, getting old is a process of having to give up things that give up things which were central to your life -- sports, driving, recreational walking, reading, and more. We just have to learn to adapt and to make our goals more immediate ones, easier to fulfill.

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30 Major lelt down,lasted 7 years,
pity it took me 7 years to learn I was wasting my life worrying about being over 30.

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I remember my 1st bought of melancholia. It was a feeling that swept over me inexplicably out of the blue as I sat on a step outside the Lutheran daycare where my parents took me while they worked. I was 10.

I remember turning 21 and thinking 24 was old. ha...ha
So for me really more about physical "milestones", busting butt down stairs, the change. I never cared about being carded, always thought it weird. They'll card you up here when you're 80. It's so dumb.

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Today I turned 35 and it sucks. I feel about 60 physically (I've broke a ridiculously large amount of bones) at least I don't look that old. Also I want to have kids before I get too old and my male biological clock is ticking like a motherf*cker.

Roman Level 5 Mar 15, 2018
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Not regrets, I have a back injury and it limits me. When I was younger was very physical. Had energy and stamina that was hard to match. At about 33 they discovered that have progressive disc disease. Slowed me down. Back then a 20 mile hike to bear rock was nothing.

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When I was coming up on my 30th bday I was worried about it but when it actually happened it didn’t bother me. I’m 44 now and the last year I’ve noticed it feels like everyday there’s a new line on my face. The thing that really makes me feel old though is thinking about how much of my youngest daughter’s (7) future I’ll miss.

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Actually I have not. I'm 71 and age is just a number. I have a friend that lamented forever the fact that he turned 40. I thought it was funny. My take on age might be because I've been down the marriage road 4 times now. Two were younger and two were older. I feel like I have lived a very long life because of this, but I'm not ready to leave yet. Life is but a movie in which I have played many parts along with many other people.

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I didn’t feel like an adult until I reach 28–no clue why, since I had a 2 year old by then. After that, I Havent thought about my age much at all. I’m sad that arthritis is kicking into a few joints, but otherwise, I’m still kicking around and have no age-related complaints.

UUNJ Level 8 Nov 20, 2018
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I'd say 40 was bad for me. It was right around then I found I had to give up many of the vices I'd become so fond of through my twenties and thirties. That entire decade was hard for me in terms of having to grow up, but especially my early forties - before I learned not to take myself so seriously.

TO_BY Level 7 June 13, 2020
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I'd have to think about it for a while... somewhere around 44-45 I think. I was at a skateboard park skateboarding with my son... and I was clearly going to crash after dropping in on one of those darn metal ramps they put in little parks. I decided to bail and run it out... quickly realized there was no way I was as fast as I used to be... and in the resultant wipeout, broke my right elbow.

I skateboarded 24/7 as a teen in the 70s and never broke anything! And now I break my right arm despite landing on my left side!?!?! Even the young orthopedic doc made a comment like "This radial head fracture is a very common break in older patients!"

Older?

OLDER!?!?!!

A few months later, first time back on a board at a different park... an embarrassingly mild wipe out and I cracked or broke something in my left wrist! I never got that one x-rayed, but something was definitely messed up. (Scared of the wifes response if it was broken!)

Suddenly I was too old to skateboard... too brittle AND fat... very frustrating and sad.

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