# 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:** 13\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/41 "2004-10-29T19:05:34Z")
The thirties are not bad at all. I am married to a wonderful woman, and we have a great kid. What sucked was turning 29, because no one will believe you, especially if it’s your birthday. “How old are you?” Me: “Twenty-nine.” (Knowing nod) “Oh, okay.” I can’t wait for thirty nine. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/42 "2004-10-29T19:12:36Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Well, as of last Tuesday, I have officially been in my thirties for two years. So far, I have to tell you, it kind of sucks! > > Basically, there seems to be two lifestyle choices - > > 1. Get married, kids, house and lock yourself into a life of repetition, aggrivation and misery > > 2. Live alone and become the weird single older guy as all your friends get married or move away Come and be a gay man. At 30, practically everyone is single or still screwing around, it’s _normal_ to go clubbing and do Stupid Things, plus the music’s better! Happy days! I can’t wait til I’m 30. ---
**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, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/43 "2004-10-29T19:19:51Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#): > > The thirties are not bad at all. I am married to a wonderful woman, and we have a great kid. What sucked was turning 29, because no one will believe you, especially if it’s your birthday. > > “How old are you?” > > Me: “Twenty-nine.” > > (Knowing nod) “Oh, okay.” > > I can’t wait for thirty nine. Why not? I mean, why will no one believe me? Is it because everyone uses this age? ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/44 "2004-10-29T19:31:08Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > Well, as of last Tuesday, I have officially been in my thirties for two years. So far, I have to tell you, it kind of sucks! > > Basically, there seems to be two lifestyle choices - > > 1. Get married, kids, house and lock yourself into a life of repetition, aggrivation and misery > > 2. Live alone and become the weird single older guy as all your friends get married or move away > If movies have taught me anything, any minute now my girlfriend is going to break up with me and I’m going to inheret a kid. I’ll trade you being thirysomething for being fortysomething!! :eek: :eek: 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/45 "2004-10-29T19:48:59Z")
> [@Elenia28](#): > > Why not? I mean, why will no one believe me? Is it because everyone uses this age? For some reason, people who are in denial about their real age tend to claim that they’re only twenty-nine or thirty-nine, whichever they think they can get away with. ---
**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, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/46 "2004-10-29T20:11:50Z")
> [@Maus Magill](#): > > For some reason, people who are in denial about their real age tend to claim that they’re only twenty-nine or thirty-nine, whichever they think they can get away with. OIC. that’s what I thought. No worries, I have a baby face, so I look even younger than 29 most of the time. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/47 "2004-10-29T21:33:08Z")
> [@lel](#): > > 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! I’ve recently been noticing that I find people in their 30’s (usually) looking better than they did when they were in their late teens or early 20’s, but I’ve also wondered if it’s a kind of biased opinion because I myself am 31. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who thinks this. ---
**Author:** ![msmith537](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@msmith537](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/msmith537)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2004, 9:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/48 "2004-10-31T21:28:55Z")
> [@Master Control](#): > > I’ve recently been noticing that I find people in their 30’s (usually) looking better than they did when they were in their late teens or early 20’s, but I’ve also wondered if it’s a kind of biased opinion because I myself am 31. It’s nice to know I’m not the only one who thinks this. I don’t know about that theory. ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/49 "2004-11-01T03:14:56Z")
Kind of a sobering thought: I’m 37, married for 13 years, no kids, 4 cats… and when I was 34, I had already lost almost a dozen friends of my age or younger! Drowning, fire, overdose, mass suicide (!)… one by one, they went away… and here I am and enjoying myself! I’m learning who I am, who I was, and starting to think about who I want to become… So don’t sweat your 20’s - come through in one piece, and in some circles, you’re doing okay… D ---
**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/50 "2004-11-01T03:23:16Z")
> [@Daithe Lacha](#): > > So don’t sweat your 20’s… Of course, I meant to say “Don’t sweat your **30’s** …” Do whatever you want with your 20’s! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/51 "2004-11-01T04:31:22Z")
> [@msmith537](#): > > I don’t know about that theory. Just an opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Mollie\_Magill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mollie_magill/32/20882_2.png) [@Mollie\_Magill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mollie_Magill)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/52 "2004-11-01T13:11:38Z")
> [@Daithe Lacha](#): > > So don’t sweat your [30’s] - come through in one piece, and in some circles, you’re doing okay… I was personally surprised to actually make it to my thirtieth birthday. ---
**Author:** ![GomiBoy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b2d939/32.png) [@GomiBoy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GomiBoy)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2004, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450/53 "2004-11-01T20:15:42Z")
Oh, man, I love my 30s so far. 28 - Working for a failing .COM. Living in a shared apartment with a girlfriend that isn’t what I want but I can’t break up with her because she’s totally dependent on me to keep her stable and I am too stupid to realize that this is never going to change. 29 - no job, almost evicted from my apartment, finally got job as a contractor, so broke I couldn’t make rent where I was living. Couldn’t make s 30 - Slightly better, but live alone in a boring little town in England, no friends outside of work, no girlfriend, almost have to start importing women from the States to have a date at all. But work is slightly better 31 - Rockin’ times abound. I have a great group of friends, mostly older than me with a few exceptions, who are really fun to hang out with. I have a great girlfriend, a wonderful house share arrangement in London, do different things (sometimes in different countries) about every other week, travel for work, and really feel like life is actually on track for once… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wow-being-30-something-kind-of-sucks/269450.md?page=2)