# It's my birthday. I'm (gulp!) 40. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2009, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-im-gulp-40/496166 "2009-05-12T15:07:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a698b9/32.png) [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rascal_s_Mom)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-im-gulp-40/496166/21 "2009-05-14T02:26:51Z")
> [@Myrrajh](#): > > This made me smile. I’m glad you’re content. I love that word because that’s also how I feel. 🙂 Hope I can also look forward to that when I’m 50. How old are you? Just curious. ---
**Author:** ![Myrrajh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/87869e/32.png) [@Myrrajh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrrajh)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-im-gulp-40/496166/22 "2009-05-14T02:40:58Z")
> [@Rascal\_s\_Mom](#): > > How old are you? Just curious. I’ll be 42 in July. ---
**Author:** ![monavis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e0b2c6/32.png) [@monavis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monavis)\ **Post date:** [May 14, 2009, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-im-gulp-40/496166/23 "2009-05-14T11:57:58Z")
Happy Birthday(Late)! You are just a baby, I am old enough to be your Grandma and am looking forward to being a hundred. Life is just starting for you. I say he with the most years wins! ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-im-gulp-40/496166/24 "2009-05-15T03:01:52Z")
Happy Birthday, young 'un! There’s a saying over here: “You’re only as old as the girl on your arm.” Turning 40 did not bother me at all. Of course, I turned 40 – and 30, and 50 too – in Bangkok. The bars here have a very nice way of soothing any birthday blues. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-im-gulp-40/496166/25 "2009-05-15T04:13:26Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > The bars here have a very nice way of soothing any birthday blues. I dunno, **Sam** … all your tales of foreigners getting hung out to dry by bargirls have pretty much eliminated any possibility that I’ll ever go there… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-im-gulp-40/496166/26 "2009-05-15T04:37:28Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I dunno, **Sam** … all your tales of foreigners getting hung out to dry by bargirls have pretty much eliminated any possibility that I’ll ever go there… Aw, c’mon. Be a little adventurous and take chance. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-im-gulp-40/496166/27 "2009-05-15T04:48:31Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > I dunno, **Sam** … all your tales of foreigners getting hung out to dry by bargirls have pretty much eliminated any possibility that I’ll ever go there… > [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Aw, c’mon. Be a little adventurous and take chance. 😉 Ah, but I see one DID just [bite off a Belgian tourist’s todger](http://nationmultimedia.com/breakingnews/30102675/Thai-woman-bites-Belgian-tourists-organ). :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Ruby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@Ruby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ruby)\ **Post date:** [May 15, 2009, 4:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-im-gulp-40/496166/28 "2009-05-15T04:52:59Z")
Happy Birthday, you young’n! My 20’s were good, my 30’s were better, my 40’s were great, and I’m looking forward to the 50’s starting in September. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/its-my-birthday-im-gulp-40/496166.md?page=1)