# I'm 30 today **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 28, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610 "2009-04-28T14:06:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/1 "2009-04-28T14:06:25Z")
I’ve thrown some big parties over the past few years for other people’s 30th birthday, but it looks as if mine will go under the radar. So instead I am starting a thread all about ME and MY birthday right here, blatantly fishing for well-wishing. Commence. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/2 "2009-04-28T14:13:57Z")
A spanking! A spanking! And after the spanking comes the oral sex. (I hope you get as much as you want!) Happy birthday! ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/3 "2009-04-28T14:17:15Z")
Yikes – that’s a tough post to follow. Happy birthday, you young whippersnapper! (twicks, who’s just a tad under a quarter of a century past her 30th birthday) ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/4 "2009-04-28T14:18:50Z")
Wishing you a good day, a good year and a great life! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/5 "2009-04-28T14:20:42Z")
Uh oh…you better answer the door. I’m pretty sure it’s Mr. Responsibility knocking. Have a great day! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/6 "2009-04-28T14:25:44Z")
> [@tdn](#): > > A spanking! A spanking! > > And after the spanking comes the oral sex. (I hope you get as much as you want!) > > Happy birthday! It’s like batting after Babe Ruth. Sheesh! Happy 30th! ---
**Author:** ![BlueKangaroo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3d9bf3/32.png) [@BlueKangaroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlueKangaroo)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/7 "2009-04-28T14:29:22Z")
Happy Birthday! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/8 "2009-04-28T14:33:04Z")
> [@Shirley\_Ujest](#): > > It’s like batting after Babe Ruth. Sheesh! > Happy 30th! [Lou Gehrig](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Gehrig) set a season record of 175 RBI in 1927, batting 4th after Ruth, the same year Ruth hit 60 HR. Happy 30th, **Zipper**! It’s all gray hair from here.😃 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/9 "2009-04-28T14:55:26Z")
Thanks, all. I’m all cheery now!!! In the past few months I’ve broken out in acne AND gray hair. Is this what 30 is? An amalgamation of ailments from different decades? Ugh! ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/10 "2009-04-28T14:59:16Z")
May the Indians beat the Red Sox for you. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/11 "2009-04-28T15:01:50Z")
WOW! Congratulations! Man, do I remember _my_ 30th birthday…my voice changed, I started being interested in girls, I got hair in previously hairless regions, and my other testicle descended. ---
**Author:** ![drachillix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/48db29/32.png) [@drachillix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drachillix)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/12 "2009-04-28T15:03:13Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Is this what 30 is? An amalgamation of ailments from different decades? Ugh! 30 is being old enough to know what to do with it and still being young enough to find it in the dark. ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/13 "2009-04-28T15:04:45Z")
> [@Sigmagirl](#): > > May the Indians beat the Red Sox for you. Those bastards had better try…I’m gonna be sitting in the rain at the game Thursday. I’ll be just behind the Sox’s dugout, so if nothing else I will be able to heckle!! > [@Jettboy](#): > > WOW! Congratulations! Man, do I remember my 30th birthday…my voice changed, I started being interested in girls, I got hair in previously hairless regions, and my other testicle descended. Good God…being a girl, I hope that NONE of those things happen to me- ever! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/14 "2009-04-28T15:07:24Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > Man, do I remember _my_ 30th birthday… (snip) I got hair in previously hairless regions Me too, but not as much as when I turned 40. I look forward to 50, when I can do a combover with my back hair. ---
**Author:** ![Jettboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/85e7bf/32.png) [@Jettboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jettboy)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/15 "2009-04-28T15:17:28Z")
> [@ZipperJJ](#): > > Good God…being a girl, I hope that NONE of those things happen to me- ever! 😃 If you start being interested in girls, be sure to take lots of pictures. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/16 "2009-04-28T15:30:59Z")
> [@Jettboy](#): > > If you start being interested in girls, be sure to take lots of pictures. If her other testicle descends, that might be worthy of some pictures, but I can’t guarantee that I’ll look at them. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/17 "2009-04-28T15:34:24Z")
Oh yeah… [This](http://cakepicturegallery.com/d/8726-1/Multi-tier+birthday+cake+with+butter+cream+cupcakes.jpg). ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/18 "2009-04-28T15:40:34Z")
Good call, **tdn**! My mom is picking me up 3 cupcakes from [here](http://www.mainstreetcupcakes.com/menu.htm) today 🙂 (in lieu of my usual favorite - ice cream cake. Because my teeth are too sensitive for ice cream anymore. Because I’m old.) ---
**Author:** ![WormTheRed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/bbe5ce/32.png) [@WormTheRed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WormTheRed)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/19 "2009-04-28T15:49:42Z")
Congratulations, and celebrations! I’m just a couple of months shy of the big 3 0 myself. And by how you seem to be handling it, I don’t need to panic 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2009, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610/20 "2009-04-28T21:03:36Z")
Conga-rats, you young whippersnapper. You’re half my age. Now take that cake and get off my lawn!!! 😃 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-30-today/494610.md?page=2)