# Wow...being 30-something kind of sucks! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 15, 2004, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450 "2004-10-15T20:19:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![krisolov](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/krisolov/32/3724_2.png) [@krisolov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/krisolov)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/21 "2004-10-16T02:17:46Z")
hell, my 30s were the most interesting part of my life. Owned and improved a house, really got the career together and then changed it, had 2 great kids, worked really hard and ended up with a great marriage, and got some fun in there besides. It had its moments, but I got the figurative white picket fence, kids in the yard, etc… . ---
**Author:** ![vivalostwages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d07c76/32.png) [@vivalostwages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/vivalostwages)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/22 "2004-10-16T05:32:39Z")
I’m almost done with my 30s and I never noticed anything sucking–well, other than my touchy gallbladder and some white hair. I don’t mind hanging with other people, but I make pretty good company for myself. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 6:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/23 "2004-10-16T06:13:23Z")
Here, this will cheer you up - in ten years you’ll be wishing you were 30-something again. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/24 "2004-10-16T06:19:18Z")
Well, being only twenty-two, I have no opinion on how much being thirtysomething sucks but if it’s indeed that bad, I might as well go huff on a tailpipe. My life isn’t bad, per se, but I would hate to think I have eighteen more years of this ahead of me. ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/25 "2004-10-16T06:27:15Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > I like option Athena: Be married (more or less), dogs instead of kids, buy a great house, and kick back and enjoy yourself. More or less? ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/26 "2004-10-16T06:31:16Z")
34 and very shallow guy checking in. I’m loving my 30’s so far. At 34 I’m getting way hotter girls than I was at 24. Why this is I’m not sure. Either it’s that there are more women out there looking for a father figure than I could have possibly imagined, or it’s either my experience and wisdom has just made it easier for me to talk to and “pick up” (for lck of a better phrase) women than when I was 24. The only thing I don’t like is my apparent inability to like just about any new music that comes out on the market. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 6:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/27 "2004-10-16T06:52:00Z")
> [@SHAKES](#): > > The only thing I don’t like is my apparent inability to like just about any new music that comes out on the market. No no, this isn’t a 30s thing, it just means you have taste. ---
**Author:** ![yellowval](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/919ad9/32.png) [@yellowval](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yellowval)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/28 "2004-10-16T07:01:49Z")
> [@Athena](#): > > I like option Athena: Be married (more or less), dogs instead of kids, buy a great house, and kick back and enjoy yourself. Yeah. Me too. Married, no kids, no desire for any. Cats? Yes. Dogs? Yes. Fish? Yes. Any other animal that doesn’t have a home? Absolutely. House? Got it. Kids? Are you kidding me?!? There really are other options. I wouldn’t be worried so much about which which of the two types you listed you fit into. You’ll find the life that’s right for you, when the time is right. I’d like to think that while our friends are saving money for their kids’ college tuition, we’ll be taking vacations in the Caribbean, Europe, Africa … you name it. Seriously. Don’t let anyone - including yourself - pressure you into doing what doesn’t make _you_ happy first. Then again, I’m only 27. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/29 "2004-10-16T07:39:03Z")
On my 30th birthday, I went to a Gay bar in Berlin and was having a wonderful time and at midnight, broke down in tears. The 20’s were over and I thought my life was going down in flames. How wrong I was. A year later I met the love of my life and we are still together, I wised up in many respects and have had a great time ever since. Not too long from now, you will look back on this 30th birthday and think, “I was a baby!” Marriage, single…what is the fuckin’ hurry? Congratulations on not jumping into some loveless marriage when you were 19 and having to regret it for the rest of your life. Just keep on moving…life catches up. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/30 "2004-10-16T07:50:08Z")
> [@SolGrundy](#): > > I’m liking my 30’s a lot, so far. I feel like I wasted my 20’s, and now I’ve got the chance to do it right. Which means that by the time I’m 70, I’ll only be 60. This is great! Same here. I’m can’t to get out of my twenties. They were fucking miserable. I’m looking forward to being thirty. One year and twelve days left. ---
**Author:** ![Largo62](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/45deac/32.png) [@Largo62](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Largo62)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 8:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/31 "2004-10-16T08:50:51Z")
If you think being 30-something sucks, just wait till you’re 60-something . . . like me. When I was 30-something, like you, I thought it sucked. Now I wish I had it back. ---
**Author:** ![AngelicGemma](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/439d5e/32.png) [@AngelicGemma](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AngelicGemma)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 9:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/32 "2004-10-16T09:02:04Z")
> [@cher3](#): > > What happened to get married, have kids and enjoy being with people who love you and whom you love? That’s my plan for when I’m 30 something. I didn’t realise marriage couldn’t be fun. I think I’ll enjoy being that age. I may have finally paid of my student loan. So I’ll have money to spend. The b/f and I have already agreed on a pool table and bar. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![JayElle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/4bbf92/32.png) [@JayElle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JayElle)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/33 "2004-10-16T11:36:21Z")
I’m with **Alice**. The 30s are great, at least compared to the 20s. I wouldn’t relive my 20s for anything. I wouldn’t mind jumping back and reclaiming that 17 year old body, though! ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/34 "2004-10-16T16:36:07Z")
> [@Miller](#): > > Same here. **I’m can’t to get out** of my twenties. They were fucking miserable. I’m looking forward to being thirty. > > One year and twelve days left. LOOK OUT FOLKS! He’s losing his faculties already and he’s not even 30! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![lel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/8797f3/32.png) [@lel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lel)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/35 "2004-10-16T17:40:21Z")
> [@JayElle](#): > > I’m with **Alice**. The 30s are great, at least compared to the 20s. I wouldn’t relive my 20s for anything. I wouldn’t mind jumping back and reclaiming that 17 year old body, though! As far as I’m concerned (perhaps I’m an oddity), the vast majority of people, as long as they keep themselves in decent shape, look better in their 30s than they did at 18 anyway. There seems to be something more, perhaps, sexually attractive about someone at, say, 25-40 than at 18 anyway (as long as they don’t gain loads of weight and become mouse potatoes like I did :rolleyes: ). The heck with the 17-year-old body, I want to look better at my current age than I did at 17! ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/36 "2004-10-16T18:20:09Z")
Maybe I’m just a weirdo, but my 30’s were good. So were the 40’s. The 50’s are not too bad right now. If you are determined to be unhappy, then you will be. Like Carly Simon used to sing, “These are the good old days”. It’s all about what you make of it. ---
**Author:** ![noname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/58f4c7/32.png) [@noname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/noname)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/37 "2004-10-16T19:15:18Z")
Hmm, 30s seem to be better than the 20s. I’ll be 30 in about 7 months, and have been in a mini-depression about it for some days. I was quite content with my dead-end job, cos the money was ok, and on time. Thats all I needed. But the past few weeks, I have been taking stock of what I have to show for all these years, and nothing substantial comes up. So, I have quit my job, and am preparing to greet 30 with some solid decisions and plans. Looks like I’ll really enjoy being 30. Thanks for the unintended encouragement, everyone. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2004, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/38 "2004-10-16T21:53:52Z")
My 30’s are almost over, but they rocked, compared to my 20’s. I got married at 28-ish, so the rough newly-married-working-things-out stuff was over by about 31 or so. My career has progressed, my marriage has bloomed into a wonderous thing. We chose not to have kids, and I have all the pets I want, plus I have children in my family, so I dont have to do without the love of a child in my life. Money doesn’t suck, we have a house we like in a neighborhood we love. Life is good. Life is very good. ---
**Author:** ![pestie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e5b9ba/32.png) [@pestie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pestie)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/39 "2004-10-29T17:28:59Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > 30 something > single (not dating anyone) > just moved to a new town where we don’t know anyone > unable to find decent (or even indecent) social events in said town. Hey, how’d you end up living my life? Heh… Actually, although I’m 32 and girlfriendless, I do have a good job, a decent vehicle and a nice house, so I’m not doing so badly. I certainly don’t hate my life. I just wish I could meet a few interesting people around here. Hernando County, Florida is not exactly a hotbed of… well… anything, unfortunately. I’ve been here a year and a half or so and have yet to make any friends outside of work. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/40 "2004-10-29T18:44:08Z")
> [@Aesiron](#): > > Well, being only twenty-two, I have no opinion on how much being thirtysomething sucks but if it’s indeed that bad, I might as well go huff on a tailpipe. I agree with this. Thanks to the people who say it’s not so bad. I’m turning 29 this year! Then I’ll be entering my “30-something” episode, and I never thought it would be that bad! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450.md?page=3)