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I spent my 40th Birthday out off my head (legally and illegally) generally surrounded by friends who were far younger than me - though the old guard dropped in earlier (pre clubbing) but had to (and I expect wanted to) return to babysitters et. thinking without any sadness "This is the way it's going to be for me"...seven years later I'm married with 3 kid under 5 and happily so...


I'm with John Lennon.

your female intuition is correct Lady Muck. I am indeed a she.

i'm not overly worried about ageing - it is a natural fact of life but I'm interested in how it changes a person and what it means to others to reach this milestone. The mainly male perspective given here has given me some insight into what i expected, in that men generally don't give an arse. But women are usually more susceptible to these kinds of issues but by the time we reach 40 are we still bothered.

Sue Wrote:

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> Turning 60 was something else altogether.

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> AAAARRRRGGGHHHH!!!!!



It couldn't have been that bad...after all, you can actually remember when blocks of ice-cream contained a pistachio flavour. Whereas I cannot recall what I ate for breakfast this morning...

Aw come on Sue, be positive, that pass thing means we can go wherever we want, when we're not working to pay for mundane things like food.

Actually for me, 40 was better than 30, 50 better than 40 and am finding that as I really have stopped giving a damn, 60 is getting better all the time!

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