Comments on: On Turning 30

By: Natalie

Natalie — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 02:29:56 +0000

This is EXACTLY how I feel. I just turned 30 myself. I feel the goddamn same.

By: lourdes

lourdes — Thu, 28 May 2009 18:09:00 +0000

well I just turned 30 today and It feels weird. there are a few things I will not miss about my 20’s but i will miss pronouncing twentysomething when people ask my age. from now on thhh will be coming out of my mouth. I have no children, I am not married and I am still working on my undergrad degree. Yes, I have not accomplished half of the things I thought I would have by now but I have been working on them for a while so that makes me feel better. I still feel so young. I still act goofy but I am mature at the same time. I can’t wait to see what my 30’s have in store for me. a new chapter in my life to make up for all of my mistakes that I made in my 20’s.

By: lourdes

lourdes — Thu, 28 May 2009 17:58:00 +0000

well I just turned 30 today on the 28th It feels weird. I do not have any kids am not married and I am still in collage trying to get my undergrad degree. I can honestly say I still feel sooo young. I’m still goofy but mature at the same time. yes, I have not acomplished all of my dreams I thought I would have by now, but I have been working towards them so that makes me feel better. I will miss prononcing twentysomething when people ask my age now that thhhh will be coming out of my mouth. but I am somewhat excited for what my 30’s will bring. a new chapter in my life to make up for all my mistakes in my 20’s.

By: marissa

marissa — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:19:00 +0000

i’m turning 30 next month and i am really freaking out. i found myself thinking about it at least 20 times per day, and often cry about it too. as a woman, i am so afraid that i will stop being pretty. and on an even more important level, i thought i’d be married with children by now. i guess i’m afraid for my future.

By: Leslie in VA

Leslie in VA — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 00:09:00 +0000

I turn 30 in 6 days. I’ve been dreading it for a while. Now that it is this close I am really devastated. I think it is because I always thought I would be married & have a couple children by now. So this year I am gonna become more social & try to meet other single, um 30 somethings. It will be different since all my friends are married & can’t go out that much.

By: Sarah in CA (formerly just Sarah)

Sarah in CA (formerly just Sarah) — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 19:12:00 +0000

30 didn’t really mean anything but, like my dad warned me, it was turning 31 that killed me because I was no longer “30″, I was “OVER 30″ :-(

But seeing as I’ll be turning 36 in May…. 30, and 31, are looking pretty sweet :-D

By: Amy

Amy — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 21:26:06 +0000

I’ll be 30 in a few weeks. I don’t feel any different than when I turned 20. Maybe a little more wiser, but I look forward to my 30’s. 10 years ago, I was worried about where my life would end up. 10 years later, I know where it’s at and now I can enjoy it :)

By: renne

renne — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:34:43 +0000

funny, my boyfriend turns 30 next month and i still have another year and half left before i hit 30. i googled turning 30 and got to this board. i personally can’t fathom being a “grown up”. what does that mean anyway? i pay my bills, rent an apmt in a wonderful beach town in california, have a great career, good health, approach my relationships with family and friends in a more mature way…so i don’t know if marriage, kids and a mortgage equate to grown up status, but for me, i’m learning that it should also mean i’m mature enough to be grateful for what i have and enjoy it to the fullest and like someone said on an earlier post, i make every day count. getting through my 20’s has finally landed me here…does that mean i’m grown up and ready to face being 30?

By: Jess

Jess — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 08:04:14 +0000

Wow. Like many of you I am up late and googled turning 30. I am actually 31 but there isn’t much there:)
I still feel like such a kid and none of these posts are as relatablea sI had hoped. I have kind of drifted arounnd since college and haven’t formed a real career. I am pretty, lots of friends etc..u might miss the inner turmoil.
I think I just have a peter pan complex-girl style. I have a great boyfriend but I look around me and see everyone getting married, kids etc..and the part that bothers me the most is that I don’t envy them but I do feel left out and weird. Its like I don’t understand why everyone wants to be married and grown up , its unappealing and hard to not be able to relate. I just want someone to sat its ok, you are still young and just a late bloomer!I am not ready to be old:(

By: shaw

shaw — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:45:09 +0000

Eeeck!!!!
I hate the thought of turning thirty. I guess it’s because I’ll never see my twenties again. I’ll have to pass the torch onto some other hotter, younger blonde otherwise I’ll risk looking like a “cougar”. My skirts will just have to get longer and I’ll have to accept that natural boobs are just gonna eventually- and sooner rather than later- look saggy, period.
Ma’am started sounding like a freakin bullhorn last week and my son pointed to a picture of Kelly Ripa on a magazine cover yesterday and said, “mama?”
When the heck did he stop looking at the picture of Jessica Simpson and thinking that? Must have been between 28 and 29. Does it get better? Sigh…
Fighting back tears now and googling face serems.