How to Get Over Turning 40

[Sunlover]

Wait

Wait until you're 65 and then 40 looks pretty darn good.

 

[squarejohn]

If you're 40, you're still a puppy. If you're asking for a suggestion for something to do, try this: Sober up, get showered, shined and shaved, put on some good clothes and take your wife to dinner.

 

[bailadora]

Meh - it's just a number. Turned 40 this year and so far, so good. Whenever I get the inevitable "over the hill" jokes, I quip back with - "yes - and ready to roll!"

 

[mc4d2150]

Today is my first full day as a 69-er .... So far so good! But as they say, the day is still young & with a little effort I can no doubt screw things up if I put my mind to it!

I jokingly told a friend yesterday that I was really quite excited at the thought of a whole year of being "69" it being a favorite of mine; I just hoped that will be fully "up" for it for the whole year.

What I am a bit apprehensive about is next year - 40-69 have been really good years ... but 70?? Now that looks a bit scary from here.

 

[squarejohn]

Today is my first full day as a 69-er .... So far so good! But as they say, the day is still young & with a little effort I can no doubt screw things up if I put my mind to it!

I jokingly told a friend yesterday that I was really quite excited at the thought of a whole year of being "69" it being a favorite of mine; I just hoped that will be fully "up" for it for the whole year.

What I am a bit apprehensive about is next year - 40-69 have been really good years ... but 70?? Now that looks a bit scary from here.

I'm 69 also. My actual age doesn't scare me as much as the loss of health; I spent the last year without much health. Now, that is scary.

 

[rowseyone]

Turning thirty was harder than turning forty for me.

 

[Babalugats]

Probably the guys who are asking the questions are the one’s who are reading the books! Ever read any of them?

 

[EnglishEm]

Turning 40 was a miserable day in my life, as was turning 41. I don't want to get old, I don't want to look old and I don't want to feel old. I'm not one of those people who say 'age is just a number' or 'you're as old as you feel'. Bollocks to that...I want to be young again...For every year that I get older, I'll also get a little more pissed off about it...The only way I can deal with it, is to grow old as disgracefully as I possibly can...

 

[hardhorn]

I'd say for me turning 40 was worse then turning 50 but I think that had more to do with what was going on in my life at the time.

 

[ace195008]

I will second what Sunlover says, wait until you hit 60, i just did on august 20th. I agree 40 can be pretty eye-opening and so can 50 ........

 

[Berwyn]

Holy thread necromancy Batman.....the OP was from 2004...wonder how he feels now that he is closer to 50?
40 this year and so far no big deal. I don't FEEL old and my wife says I still act like a child...but maybe that wasn't meant to be a compliment...

 

[Jackotheshadows]

OK, I'm drunk off my ass as I write this, so I'd like to know...

How the heck did you handle turning 40? I tried to treat it as no big deal, but my wife and friends insisted on making a big deal of it. What were YOU'RE emotions upon hitting the big four-oh? How did you handle it? Did you throw a big bash? Low-key affair? Did you and your SO/wife fuck like you were 21?

I didn't. I turned 40 in January, and escaped to Vegas, and had a great time with a good buddy of mine. But I am still pissed.

Damn, that clock is starting to tick loudly.....I feel like time is zooming by!

 

[Firefly69]

I loved turning 40! I actually looked forward to it and the start of a whole new chapter of my life.

I also insisted that I wanted a surprise party. I didn't expect it.. but I got one anyways. lol. And yes, it was a surprise.

 

[Felix_Jones]

Turn 50, I'm sure by then 40 will seem amazing.