# I'll be 43 tomorrow (9/13). Yeesh. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 12, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228 "2003-09-12T16:44:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/1 "2003-09-12T16:44:54Z")
OK, I know, it’s not THAT old. But I live in a college town, and every September I have to watch a parade of 10,000 young, nubile women move into town while I age another freakin’ year. And, my boobs have suddenly decided that my armpits are a perfectly acceptable place to go when I lie on my back. ``` :: wanders off to find cake:: ``` ---
**Author:** ![Kallessa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/7993a0/32.png) [@Kallessa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kallessa)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/2 "2003-09-12T16:50:17Z")
I turned 43 on Sept. 5, but I’ve decided to reverse the numbers and be 34 instead. Want to join me? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/3 "2003-09-12T17:02:26Z")
About this parade… Happy Birthday katie. ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/4 "2003-09-12T18:33:55Z")
Ha. I beat you. I turned 43 in February. I’m with **Kallessa**. Let’s be 34. Now, where’s that house-boy? I need to send you some cake. [sub]beefcake![/sub] ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/5 "2003-09-12T18:53:02Z")
I’m 46, and my face is slowly sliding off my skull, like I left it out in the rain overnight. _Curse you, Isaac Newton, and your devil gravity!!_ ---
**Author:** ![katie1341](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/91b2a8/32.png) [@katie1341](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/katie1341)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/6 "2003-09-12T18:58:22Z")
Maybe I should start lying about my age, but tell people that I’m older than I really am… if I say I’m 51 then they’ll think I look fabulous for my age. Oh, god, can “she’s a handsome woman” be too far behind? Then it’s just a small step to the plastic rain bonnets… ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/7 "2003-09-12T18:59:44Z")
Aw, you whippersnappers don’t know nothin’ about this here aging stuff. I’m 54, so I am, and never felt better! Well, other than the stiff-legged shuffle when I get up in the morning, and the residual hot flashes four years after the change, and the extra five pounds in the last couple of years, and the… Hey, consider the alternative, huh? 😛 ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/8 "2003-09-12T21:35:09Z")
Heh. I’ll be 16 tomorrow. I’d gladly give you some of my youth if I knew how. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/9 "2003-09-12T21:57:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by XWalrus2 \* > \*\*Heh. I’ll be 16 tomorrow. I’d gladly give you some of my youth if I knew how. \*\* Sadly, I’ve got underwear older than you. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/10 "2003-09-12T22:14:01Z")
Well, you know what they say, ‘life begins at 43.’ Unfortunately, science has recently discovered that death begins at 45. ---
**Author:** ![ReuvenB](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9fc348/32.png) [@ReuvenB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ReuvenB)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/11 "2003-09-12T22:16:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chefguy \* > \*\*Sadly, I’ve got underwear older than you. \*\* That’s just scary. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/12 "2003-09-12T23:58:36Z")
Wishing you a good day, a good year and a good life. ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/13 "2003-09-13T00:45:04Z")
I always think it’s so cute when these young kids come complaining about how they haven’t died, yet. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/14 "2003-09-13T01:10:06Z")
Happy Birthday **katie**! I’m glad you’re here to celebrate another one with us. I’m several years older than you, my dear, and [_ **I** _](http://www.geocities.com/techchick68/vegas/beatle.html) certainly believe we should be acting our age. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/15 "2003-09-13T01:16:06Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by XWalrus2 \* > \*\*Heh. I’ll be 16 tomorrow. I’d gladly give you some of my youth if I knew how. \*\* _I_ know how, but it involves my bathing in your blood. Still up for it? ---
**Author:** ![Salem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Salem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Salem)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/16 "2003-09-13T02:36:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by katie1341 \* > \*\*… Then it’s just a small step to the plastic rain bonnets… \*\* No!!! Not the plastic rain bonnets! My mother **always** had the plastic rain bonnets. I refuse! I’m celebrating the 5th anniversary of my 39th birthday in February. I like to think of myself as five. It matches my mental age so well. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/17 "2003-09-13T04:36:28Z")
1. Is that in dog years? Quickly gets the hellouttahere. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Big\_Cheese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8baadc/32.png) [@The\_Big\_Cheese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Big_Cheese)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/18 "2003-09-13T11:18:44Z")
43 here too, college town here too. I know what you mean. You eat less, you exercise just as much and you still go flabby-ain’t fair. Birthday cake is my favorite, have a big peice and think you’ll have no all-nighters worrying about mid-terms. Then again, an all-nighter for me is staying up till midnight. ---
**Author:** ![Quasimodem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Quasimodem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quasimodem)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2003, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/19 "2003-09-13T20:07:21Z")
Yeah, I’m **43** too! 😃 Yeah, _right_! Happy Birthday! Quasi ---
**Author:** ![indecisive1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/41988e/32.png) [@indecisive1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/indecisive1)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2003, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228/20 "2003-09-14T12:51:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\*I’m 46, and my face is slowly sliding off my skull, like I left it out in the rain overnight. > > _Curse you, Isaac Newton, and your devil gravity!!_ \*\* This just cracked me up. Thanks for the laugh, **Eve**. I’ll be 43 in two weeks. Maybe I’ll have a “rain-bonnet party!” [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ill-be-43-tomorrow-9-13-yeesh/201228.md?page=2)