For all the over 30 gals

[WebLady]

My sister just turned 30 and I was joking with her about how things are going to start changing for her now.

So I thought I'd ask you all ... What changes (in your life, health, body, etc) have you noticed since turning 30?

[HalloweenBride]

I just turned 30, so I haven't really noticed anything yet..we'll see.. lol:bbeek:

[WebLady]

Well since I am 'over 30' I guess I should go ;)

hmmm ... I have noticed certain things starting to sag a bit. I seem to get stray hairs in places I swear I never had before. I have bouts with my skin worse than it was when I was a teenager. And I have developed allergies and gained some weight.

I also catch myself saying things like "**** kids" when the local teenagers get too loud or something. And I don't like crowds much, I used to not be bothered too much by them. I also would rather stay at home than go out and 'party' ... I am still a fun girl though :p

[CindySue]

Well i can definitely say that losing weight isnt as easy as it used to be. Like Brandi, I would much rather sit at home than waste the makeup/hairspray/time to get ready to go somewhere. Im more interested in world news than I used to be. Still really dont care whats going on, but I just have to know. :bbeek: If they are under the age of 25, I have this overwhelming urge to give them advice and call them 'just babies".:o
Gawd.......I feel soooo old.........

[jeni740]

I am 32, I was always 105-110 pounds my whole life, I hit 30, and quit smoking the same year, I put on 25-30 pounds and am really having a hard time losing it, I don't eat anymore than I used too, and I do exercise sometimes. That is really the only difference I have noticed. OOOHH I forgot about the little black hairs that come from no where on your chin sometimes GROSSSSS!!!! my body is still resisting gravity thank god

[hummingbird521]

Well since I am 44 years old I have gone through lots of changing in the last few years. Gaining weight just seems to come with the territory. I eat the same, but do not have as much energy to exercise (and I really just don't care anymore). The body definetly is sagging in places where I wish it wasn't. My breasts and behind is racing to see which can touch the floor first. :bbeek: I don't have as much leg hair to shave as I once did, but that has been replaced by those annoying little chin and mustache hairs that seem to grow overnight. I have daily and nightly power surges (hot flashes) that leave me breathless and looking as if I have ran a marathon. You never know when one of them will hit you either. You swear you are going to spontaniously bust at any moment. :irked: And would actually welcome the relief it would bring. Your patience is gone. You start to say whatever is actually on your mind whether it should be something kept to yourself or not. You really just don't care. Everything seems to annoy and get on your nerves, where once it didn't bother you at all. You can't sleep a whole night through even if your life depended upon it. You get up at least once if not three times a night to go to the bathroom or just throw the covers off only to raise up 20 minutes later and pull them up due to freezing at that point. You catch yourself starting to tell your kids to turn the stereo down, not up anymore. You watch the news nightly. And find yourself watching PBS to see the concerts and animal shows. And what is worse is when watching PBS you realize you are watching something that your parents are probably enjoying as well. You start to dress for comfort, not fashion. You develop gas as well. And you never know what foods, if any, might cause it to happen. A fun Saturday night involves staying home and renting a movie on pay per view and eating popcorn and snuggling only. You no longer have the urge to go bar hopping. You find yourself relieving your childhood through your children at sporting events. You start talking about your aches and pains when people ask how you are today. Your short term memory is gone as well. You make grocery lists for only 5 items, but can remember what happened 5 years ago.

Now doesn't this sound appealing to everyone. :D

[BriansBride07]

I turned 33 this year and the only thing that i've really noticed since turning 30 was the fact that I don't enjoy the party scene anymore, I would much rather have a nice quiet party at home with close friends. Also I find that I mother people younger than me and i'm constanly saying im sorry for giving too much motherly advice to women who are just beginning to be mothers. Luckly my weight has not changed much over the years. Though there are days that I wake up and feel like im trapped in a 80 year old womens body LOL

[SerendipityCrafts]

Ohhhhhhhh .... those hairs growing out of places they aren't meant to grow are horrible! Hugh found one on my back! Ick!

And one day, I was staring in the mirror and low and behold I find a black hair growing out of the top of my nose. It must have been there for some time because it was at least a 1/4 inch!

Does no one look at me closely? Did they not see it or did they just not want to tell me! Ewwww! I hate that part of my daily routine, is to now check for regrowth!

I notice wrinkles that weren't there the day before (more and more often). Thanks to my breast reduction, my boobs are still as good as ever but my stomach now sags! Ewwwwww!!!!!! I seriously mourn the loss of my body that once was.

The good side of 30+ is that I enjoy "geting down and dirty" more than ever before. At least one thing gets better and better with age!

ETA one more thing .... I go to bed late and no matter what I do, I am up with the birds! Now that is just not fair.

[Valmai]

I think turning 30 made me start to feel unsettled, children started growing up and needing me most then the dreaded by the end of my 30s i separated form the ex and then i turned 40 - OMG 40s has been wonderful, old enough to have learnt a few lessons yet still young enough to know how to benefit form them lol xxx
A lot of my friends seem to have divirced in their mid to late 30s for some reason! x

[SerendipityCrafts]

A lot of my friends seem to have divirced in their mid to late 30s for some reason! x

Mine too ... so did I. My personal opinion is that by 35 or so, we know what we want and we also know what we don't have to put up with any longer. At 35 or so you look at your life and wonder if this is all there is? It's do or die and well if you are going to make a change it's better to do it before the other half of your life is gone. Mid life crisis :)

[hummingbird521]

Mine too ... so did I. My personal opinion is that by 35 or so, we know what we want and we also know what we don't have to put up with any longer. At 35 or so you look at your life and wonder if this is all there is? It's do or die and well if you are going to make a change it's better to do it before the other half of your life is gone. Mid life crisis :)

So right you are Elizabeth.

[cowboysbride]

I am 32, I was always 105-110 pounds my whole life, I hit 30, and quit smoking the same year, I put on 25-30 pounds and am really having a hard time losing it, I don't eat anymore than I used too, and I do exercise sometimes. That is really the only difference I have noticed. OOOHH I forgot about the little black hairs that come from no where on your chin sometimes GROSSSSS!!!! my body is still resisting gravity thank god


OH! I get those! EWWWW, I was like where did THAT come from??? LMAO, whew at least I'm not alone!

[cowboysbride]

Actually I'm better off now in my 30's than I was in my 20's! I'm a helluva lot smarter, I got rid of an @$$hole ex husband and married the man of my dreams. I lost 20 lbs during my divorce and have managed to keep most of it off and am living the life that I always dreamed of. I have a few gray hair, I get the chin whisker (Eric found it the first time and I was mortified) but I just pluck my eyebrows...and check my chin LMAO! The back pain and leg cramps that I have now are the only things that really bother me...but if I'd take my calcium/magnesium tablets they'd go away!

All in all I'm okay...I wouldn't change any of it and go back to my youth...I was stupid and impressionable and wasted a lot of years trying to be someone everyone else wanted me to be!

[rainbowtreat]

I have noticed the pains I had already had are more and more painful now that I have turned 30. The weight I dont even worry about any more. I have a guy who loves me for me. My weight has always been up and down. I am comfortable with who I am FINALY after years of not being. It helps having a man who loves you regarless. I was told that after 30 a woman has just 2 years to build up her calcium after that it doesnt matter. Do ya think I have been doing my share? NOPE and with my hip as bad as it is ya htink I would. I am bad at eating the things I shouldnt and being lazy.

[Orgirl1969]

I'm 37, let's see what I've learned and what's become of me:

1. I color my hair regularly b/c if I don't, I get a nice "skunk stripe" where my part should be. My 18 yo daughter loves to point it out too. The women in my family start graying early (like 22) but fortunately, they have great skin and even though I smoke and love the sun, I have no wrinkles, not even crow's feet. I'll take the $6 bottle of color over a $4000 facelift any day!

2. My feet hurt after a 12 hour shift and they didn't used to and my metabolism went down the tubes. If I don't eat right, I get gas and pack on the pounds now.

3. Around age 30, I started becoming more and more interested in politics and the state of the nation, particularly when I started making more money and my tax rate went up!

4. I started finding gray-haired men attractive about age 30 too. I also discovered a thing for men in suits. The "starving artist" once had it's appeal, but I'd take a steady paycheck and some stability over a drummer or poet any day of the week. And, being single from the time I was 25, I've dated a lot, and now I really know what I don't want. I also know what I like and am not intimidated by telling someone what I need.

5. I discovered in my 30s that the music I listened to in high school now has it's own name, like "retro" or "classic rock."

6. I still like to hit the bars occasionally, but now I AVOID the college kids and the dance clubs. I prefer live bands and an older crowd. I still LOVE concerts, but my best friend and I decided a few years ago that we are too old to have lawn tickets and make too much money to stay at Motel 6. And I find the drunk, younger crowd in the "pit" annoying when I'm actually there to listen to the band (I used to be one of the drunk ones!). And now, I really have to behave because my daughter frequently joins us on our forays.

7. I discovered a love of cooking and gladly throw dinner parties for my friends. The family now comes to my house on the holidays instead of me travelling around the countryside to eat at everyone else's house.

8. I get some exercise so the girls haven't taken a real fall yet, but two major abdominal surgeries and two children have taken their toll. I could do 500 crunches a day and still not have a flat stomach like I did when I was 18. That blows.

9. And lastly, 40 is looking younger and younger all the time, but I've come to the realization that the other people in my life, like my parents and my children, are getting older every day and that's very hard to watch.