A few moments ago I turned 30

[Dmoney]

This means I have to sell my guitars and put the proceeds into stocks and shares right? Settle down, buy a dog, buy a cat. Get a cinquecento (I can't even drive). I got a hair cut and bought some socks and undies from marks & sparks to celebrate. 

[Afghan Dave]

Congratulations!

You DON'T have to...

It's OK, over the coming years you will lose all your male friends as they abandon both your friendship and their own dreams for the illusion of security and maturity offered by a marriage & mortgage...

Then..

In the years 36-39 they will gradually contact you again as their marriages/relationships fail but by then they will be fatter and much balder with little disposable income living in a rented room.

Maybe you'll be able to see them once every 3 months or at Christmas.

If you manage to resist the urge to follow the lemmings your chances of staying free are greatly increased each year... Rejoice!   :o :o

http://pjmedia.com/drhelen/2013/05/02/men-thirty-to-fifty-less-likely-to-want-to-marry/



This is your last chance. After this, there is no turning back. You take the blue pill - the story ends, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill - you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes.

[Dmoney]

hahahah!

I'm sure most of what you just mentioned happened to most of my friends in in their early 20's!

[Afghan Dave]

hahahah!

I'm sure most of what you just mentioned happened to most of my friends in in their early 20's!

But not to YOU....

Why?

30 is a great age to realise you can do anything you want...

[Dmoney]

True. Shame its taken so long to work that out!

[Philly Q]

This means I have to sell my guitars and put the proceeds into stocks and shares right? Settle down, buy a dog, buy a cat. Get a cinquecento (I can't even drive). I got a hair cut and bought some socks and undies from marks & sparks to celebrate.

I've always bought my socks and undies from Marks & Sparks....  :|

Not doing very well on selling my guitars, though, and it's a long time since I was 30.

Despite the depressing picture painted by Afghan Dave (almost none of those things happened to me), happy birthday!

[Dmoney]

marks does boss undies, lar!
It's where the cool kids go.

cheers!

[MrBump]

Don't listen to Afghan, he's a cynical old sod.

I turned 42 at the weekend.  I have a wife, a family, a nice house and a decent enough job.  And I still buy guitars, still see friends (OK, not so much these days, but the special ones are always there), and occasionally join bands and play gigs.

M&S all the way for underwear, or Debehnams.  "Specialist" underwear can be bought from Mr Afghan at discount prices.

[Afghan Dave]

OK... I'll admit it... I shop at M&S quite a lot. I even keep an online wishlist.

But apart from that I'm still free of mid life malise and I'm about to turn 40 (or as I consider it 39 "reloaded")

So bring it!  :P

[gwEm]

I'm greatly enjoying my 30s so far!

Its true I have put on a little weight and invested in a cat. I quite like the cat though.

Theres no rules and you can do whatever you like as Dave says. I have slowed up a little, but I still hit it hard.. harder than most of my mates did in their 20s. I think being a musician helps with all this.

[JDC]

I'll be 30 by the end of the year, feels like I'm losing my cool but then my uni flat mates don't even know who Bill and Ted are let alone Wayne's World!!! On the plus side by the time I finish my degree I should have a good career that will support me to a comfortable standard and if my gym progress stays on track I'll have a hot body ;) Basically I'll be the full package so maybe I'll find the right woman to settle with, not any woman, if not I'd rather be happy than be married to someone I hate.

I'm growing rather fond of Charles Wyrwhitt suits and shirts but Marks and Spencer do some rather nice suits for the price, especially ones in navy. Their shirts seem to be of good quality too if some what limited in selection when it comes to the slim fit range. One also recalls some rather nice leather goods but their sock designs are no match for a pair of Peter Jones signature socks granted the price difference does reflect this.

[juansolo]

30 kind of passed me by, There was a brief moment when I thought it was going to go all marriage and kids, then that passed. I think I hit contentment at around 35, though for the last 6 years I'll admit I've got rather large and unfit. 40 smarted more than I thought it would. Still happy though and I didn't even notice 41 (to be fair someone reminded me the day before...).

[Philly Q]

50's the next big one for me, unfortunately....  :?

[dave_mc]

i have some pretty cool simpsons and beano/dandy socks from m&s :oops:

happy birthday :)

[38thBeatle]

Happy birthday- my gawd, you are slightly younger than my eldest son!