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Gemini Cricket · 03-05-2008, 03:40 PM

In 5 days I will be 37.
I usually don't freak out about birthdays, but for some reason this one is looming like a vulture in a top hat.
Ever feel like where you are isn't where you imagined yourself to be ten years ago?
I mean 37. That was the age I always thought my aunts were when I was a kid and even now. Yes, they're 50 something now... but 37 always seemed so old to me.
I saw myself as having a house, a husband and a dog. Now I live in a borrowed apartment with borrowed furniture, and an ex who lives with my ex dog. Oh, and yeah, no job.
Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the feel sorry for myself mode here. It just feels like time's flying by.
Yeah, I shouldn't complain about being 37. It's just a number. I've got my health, my life...
This weirdness is just a hitch, a speed bump, intermission... life will go on after it's done.

Alex · 03-05-2008, 03:44 PM

This isn't going to help (or maybe it will), but you're way older than I thought.

But don't worry about how old you are, that's generally not relevant to much other than how much you need to be putting into an IRA if you want to start investing now and retire at 50 as a millionaire.

BarTopDancer · 03-05-2008, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Gemini Cricket

Ever feel like where you are isn't where you imagined yourself to be ten years ago?

Yup. Had that at 30. Was supposed to have a house, a husband, a few kids and a dog. Instead I was living in an apartment, thankful I didn't have a husband or kids (or a dog) and very thankful for my amazing friends.

I hope that your 37 is as awesome to you as 30 has been to me.

Kevy Baby · 03-05-2008, 04:18 PM

I'm 43.

Chernabog · 03-05-2008, 04:22 PM

37 dicks!?!?! Don't suck any dick on your way out to the parking lot!!!

libraryvixen · 03-05-2008, 05:43 PM

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37 dicks!?!?! Don't suck any dick on your way out to the parking lot!!!

A man who quotes Dante (Hicks) is dear to my heart. I heart you Cherny!

Not Afraid · 03-05-2008, 04:24 PM

46 in a month.

MouseWife · 03-05-2008, 04:32 PM

I'll be 43 in a few days....

I actually liked the number 37. A good number. And, it isn't a young '30s {so you've been in the 30's hood for a while and have that experience} and you aren't 40 {although my 40th was fun spent at Disneyland proudly proclaiming my age on my birthday sticker}.

Okay. But, honestly, I won't ever ask anyone to guess my age. Ever.

I doubt if I would be as lucky as you are with Alexs' guess.

Alex · 03-05-2008, 04:40 PM

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I doubt if I would be as lucky as you are with Alexs' guess.

You might be surprised. I pretty much operate on the assumption that everybody I know only online is younger than me.

Which is stupid, since pretty much everybody I interact with regularly online is actually older than me. But I'm finally starting to catch up to the age people have always assumed I am.

Ghoulish Delight · 03-05-2008, 04:53 PM

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Which is stupid, since pretty much everybody I interact with regularly online is actually older than me. But I'm finally starting to catch up to the age people have always assumed I am.

Yeah, every once in a while I have to remind myself you're only a few years older than me. You've got curmudgeonliness beyond your years.

Me, I'm a few months away from 30. I never thought such artificial age delineations would mean anything to me, but I can't ignore the widening gulf between me and teenagers...and more frighteningly, between me and people in their early 20s. So despite (or perhaps because of) the apparent loss of sex appeal with the LoT 'mo crowd, I've been feeling very glad that I finally got brave enough to shave my beard and look 20 again. That's been a self esteem boost that that came as somewhat of a surprise.

03-05-2008, 03:40 PM	#1
Gemini Cricket ... Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 13,244	37 In 5 days I will be 37. I usually don't freak out about birthdays, but for some reason this one is looming like a vulture in a top hat. Ever feel like where you are isn't where you imagined yourself to be ten years ago? I mean 37. That was the age I always thought my aunts were when I was a kid and even now. Yes, they're 50 something now... but 37 always seemed so old to me. I saw myself as having a house, a husband and a dog. Now I live in a borrowed apartment with borrowed furniture, and an ex who lives with my ex dog. Oh, and yeah, no job. Don't get me wrong, I'm not in the feel sorry for myself mode here. It just feels like time's flying by. Yeah, I shouldn't complain about being 37. It's just a number. I've got my health, my life... This weirdness is just a hitch, a speed bump, intermission... life will go on after it's done.
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03-05-2008, 03:44 PM	#2
Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	This isn't going to help (or maybe it will), but you're way older than I thought. But don't worry about how old you are, that's generally not relevant to much other than how much you need to be putting into an IRA if you want to start investing now and retire at 50 as a millionaire.
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03-05-2008, 04:18 PM	#4
Kevy Baby Chowder Head Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Yes Posts: 18,500	I'm 43. __________________ The thing about quotes on the internet is that you cannot verify their validity. - Abraham Lincoln
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Chernabog Biophage Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: The Moon Posts: 2,679	37 dicks!?!?! Don't suck any dick on your way out to the parking lot!!! __________________ And they say back then our universe Was a coal black egg Until the god inside Burst out and from its shattered shell He made what became the world we know ~ Bjork (Cosmogony)
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Not Afraid HI! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 17,108	46 in a month.
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03-05-2008, 04:32 PM	#8
MouseWife Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Da' Beach Posts: 2,957	I'll be 43 in a few days.... I actually liked the number 37. A good number. And, it isn't a young '30s {so you've been in the 30's hood for a while and have that experience} and you aren't 40 {although my 40th was fun spent at Disneyland proudly proclaiming my age on my birthday sticker}. Okay. But, honestly, I won't ever ask anyone to guess my age. Ever. I doubt if I would be as lucky as you are with Alexs' guess. __________________ Summa' time....when the livins' easy.........
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