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Hello people, was just wondering how you all feel about either being 40 or approaching 40 as i achieve this milestone in two weeks time, is there anything you can suggest for me to prepare myself for this, until recently this didn't worry me but have come to realise i am moving into the new age bracket & can no longer reply to adverts with looking for under 40's lol rolleyes
Mark sad
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Hello people, was just wondering how you all feel about either being 40 or approaching 40 as i achieve this milestone in two weeks time, is there anything you can suggest for me to prepare myself for this, until recently this didn't worry me but have come to realise i am moving into the new age bracket & can no longer reply to adverts with looking for under 40's lol rolleyes
Mark sad

Look on the upside, you can now reply to adverts for over 40s and refer to police officers as "Sonny".
I turned 40 last year, was dreading the impending disaster, woke up on my birthday and thought ok I'm 40, looked in the mirror, same ugly bastard that was there the day before, told everyone I was thirty-ten and that was it. No sweat. biggrin
Well, I know I'm 10 years behind you, but I'm feeling the same about my 30th next year... :shock: :shock:
I'm looking back and wondering has it really been that long? blink
:P I'm not just knocking but banging, kicking, scraping and clawing on that big four-ough door.
But not too bothered about it at all.
The solution is easy. Next year my birth year will be 1966, the year after that it will be 1967, then 1968, then 1969.....
Ya get the picture wink
:evil2:
Do not go gentle into old age
Rage, rage, rage.........
Still got 5 years to go until the big 40. Don't think it will bother me at all.
Becoming 30 was a big deal for me, just wanted to stay in my 20's. Went a bit off the rails but have almost calmed down now :twisted:
G x
I remember having a panic attack when I turned 30. All the pressure from press and society says that when a woman turns 30 she has to mature into some confident aluring sex siren - and I felt like shit! rolleyes
I am still aware of the boxes society tries to stick me in, but there is a big difference now - I couldn't give a stuff! :P
I am 40 next April (the 2nd for those that want to send me a card. biggrin ). I am having more fun than I have in my entire life. I eat jelly and chocolate til it comes out of my ears. I feed ducks with my boyfriend every week, which we've named things like 'Beaky', 'Hopalong' and 'Hector'. And I see no point whatsoever in being 'grown-up'. My final words will be "That was fun!"
When I am 40 I shall have a party in McDonalds and everyone attending will have to wear silly hats... and we may even have a game of pass the parcel! :D
Hxx
Can we come to ya party Heather??.....Can we please??......Pretty please??
Shireen turned 40 last year and really......Apart from a slightly increased level of senility....Oh and an increased libido...
Nothing is really any different...
smile
40 is great. You get more relaxed about life.
You don't worry anymore about keeping up with the joneses.
You don't sweat the small stuff - just let it pass you by.
You don't need to compete with boyracers - you already know better.
Been there, seen that, done it, bought the T-shirt. You don't need to impress anyone - but others will be impressed by you.
And most of all, you have a damn sight more fun than you ever had !! lol
Mal
Somewhere between 40 and 12!
cool
Things I did before 40 redface
Things I did after 40 surprisedops:
In other words - cue hot panting sexy acrobics ladies -
"I'm the same boy I used to be." wink
have fun mark
remember life begins at 40 and this is totaly true heheheh
i havnt had as much fun in years
69position boink :eeek: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: kiss :dry: :silly:
jaky xxxx
Quote by steve-shireen
Shireen turned 40 last year and really......Apart from a slightly increased level of senility....Oh and an increased libido...
Nothing is really any different...
smile

smackbottom :smackbottom: Cheeky git!!....
I turn 41 in a few weeks and I dont want to be 41 sad I love being 40 :happy:
30 was the biggy for me and I really didn't want to be 30....
Dont worry about it, it's your outlook and personality that matters really.... wink
Shireen
xxx
I'm still a way off 40 yet, I can still class myself as early 30s.
I have started lying about my age though! Since I turned 30 I've stayed at 30 smile
Mind you, I was talking to a friends wife a couple of months back, she was going on about her impending 30th. I was making light of it trying to make her feel better, when I told her how old I was. Turns out she though I was younger than her :)
lol
well i was 40 in september and i was ok about it
did t worry me in the slightest
unlike when i turned 30 i freaked out :twisted:
i will also be 40 soon - not worried in the slightest. No doubt it will pass just as the other 39 did, hardly noticed cos its so near to Christmas biggrin
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Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’Swinging Heaven'
Wear Sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, Sunscreen would be it.
The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…
I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh never mind... you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked….
You are not as fat as you imagine.
Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum.
The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you
Sing
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts,....don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind...the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults....if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives,
some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t.
Maybe you’ll have children,maybe you won’t,
Maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s.
Enjoy your body,
Use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own..
Dance…even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings... they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on.
Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard.
Live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths...
Prices will rise,
Politicians will philander,
You too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young...
Prices were reasonable,
Politicians were noble
And children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don’t expect anyone else to support you.
Maybe you have a trust fund...
Maybe you have a wealthy spouse.
But you never know when either one might run out.
Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it.
Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen

Am sure they are the lyrics from a song but damned if I can remember title or artist
yes they are song lyrics...wasn't it called 'sunscreen'? not sure who the artist was tho
And now for the parody... :shock: :shock:
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of 'SH',
People often ask me if I have any advice to offer
And when they do, I tell them this:
If you're unsure about what you're going to do with your life,
Try to remember, some of the most interesting people didn't know what they were going to do at age twenty-two or even at forty, and nearly all of them are unemployed drug addicts forced to live on cat food.
Also understand that friends will come and go, this is because of your irritating personality, nobody likes you. So if the only thing getting you thought the day is the misconception that people like you, end it now. (bang)
Learn how to smoke Whinny Blues, if you're under aged, get an older kid to buy them for you.
Get to really know your parents, they're good for money, milk them, then put them in an old people's home.
Travel as often as you can, live in New York City once, live in Northern California once, never live in Adelaide, It's a hole.
Maybe you'll marry, maybe you won't, maybe you'll have children, maybe you won't, if you do have children, lock them under the stairs.
Do one thing each day that scares you, sing, dance, jump in front of a car.
Do not trust anyone who tries to update Sheakespear for the kids, and if you see Quindon Tarver in the street, punch him in the face for me.
Chorus
Brother and Sister, we can be free (smack)
If you're worried about the way you look, try to remember, you're probably fatter than you think, maybe you should consider an eating disorder. Don't worry too much about the future. If you're nervous about an exam, ring up your school to schedule time, and make a bomb threat. If you're a girl, lie about period pains to get out of anything you don't want to do. Cheat if you think you can get away with it. Remember, someone with richer parents is getting private tuition.
Shop-lift as often as you can, Shopping Centres factor shop-lifting into their prices, so if you don't do it, it's like they're getting money for free.
When you're on work experience, steal a cab-charge, and take a Taxi to Perth.
Wear sunscreen, but only if it's that coconut oil that gives you cancer.
Keep your old love letters, if you see an old lover in the street, try to run them over in your car.
Don't mess too much with your hair, or else by the time you're thirty-five, you'll look like Greg Matthews.
Remember you can wear your underwear four times without washing them, Forwards, Backwards, inside-out Forwards, inside-out Backwards.
Chorus twice
(bang bang bang bang)
Congregate in gangs around train stations and shopping centres, it's a free country, It's public space. Skateboard on War Memorials.
Smoke in your School uniform.
Set off car alarms.
Plant Drugs on a teacher.
Join a cult.
Spike Drinks.
Don't flush public toilets.
Remember, only you will truly take care of you, so carry a concealed weapon.
Don't wear your 'P' plates.
Walk around with your eye lids rolled back.
Touch your tongue on the tip of batteries.
Be open to new love.
Remember, you can't get pregnant the first time you have sex.
Expect others to support you, it's easy to get the doll and still do cash in hand work.
Respect your elders, when your grandma dies, have her stuffed.
Be kind to your knees, you'll miss them when you're knee capped by a loan shark.
Get revenge, don't forgive anyone for anything,
But most of all, don't aim too high, you're probably only suited to an office or factory job.
And trust me on the Whinny Blues.
Quote by shireen-steve
Shireen turned 40 last year and really......Apart from a slightly increased level of senility....Oh and an increased libido...
Nothing is really any different...
smile

smackbottom :smackbottom: Cheeky git!!....
Shireen
xxx
bolt
lol
Well i think that 40 was easy and good fun but i have just reached the 50 mark and to be honest it is just another birthday. I have had more fun in the last 10 years than i did in the 40 years before it
so happy 40th birthday
Rick
Thanks everybody for the reasurances, yes i am a little worried of how things will pan out but HEY !!! like most of you say it's only a number at the end of the day i guess dunno
I posted this in the early hours of the morning & was feeling a little down but just reading your replys & the forum in general always perks me up, i know i haven't posted much but have been lurking for about a year now so thanks again to all you mad feckers :cheers:
Mark <<<< 40 and proud :bounce:
Quote by mal609
40 is great. You get more relaxed about life.
You don't worry anymore about keeping up with the joneses.
You don't sweat the small stuff - just let it pass you by.
You don't need to compete with boyracers - you already know better.
Been there, seen that, done it, bought the T-shirt. You don't need to impress anyone - but others will be impressed by you.
And most of all, you have a damn sight more fun than you ever had !! lol
Mal
Somewhere between 40 and 12!
cool

You're dead right, since turning 40 I look back and think..been there done it..now what's next?
I now take a more balanced view of life and people, as what only life experience can give you, you could call it a bit of wisdom.
One thing is for sure since 40, I've got hornier........ wink
40 means more sex, better sex, less inhibition, less worrying about random trivia, more smiling, less housework, more laughter..... so its not all so bad!!