What's the *worst* thing about being over 30?

[Doodaddy]

Totally copying Darlene's idea here...

Anyway, for me, it's definitely the feeling that if I screw something up I can't just "try something else next year." I've had 4 or 5 careers already, which of course means I've done exactly 0 career advancement. (I'm a SAHD now, yay! Best boss ever!)

Anyway, I'm starting to realize that an entirely fresh college degree is probably out of the question, that my chances of doing anything entirely different get smaller every year.

And you guys?

[celticbuffy]

Well, DooDaddy, I'm right there with you on having had a few career changes so far. I'm getting ready for another one. (If I'm accepted that is....to nursing school). I figure that I'm running out of time as far as finding what it is I want to do as a career. I know what I don't want to do and I haven't yet figured out how to get paid for reading books or browsing the internet all day :) I think one of the worst things about being thirty-something is that we still have time to follow our dreams but we also are adult enough (I hope) to know that we may also have to "suck it up" and do what we don't want in order to support our families while we find what it is we do want to do. Whew...how's that for a run-on sentence?! The knowledge that I have to be the adult (ie: breadwinner) is hard to swallow sometimes.

[Mr Lady]

For me, it's the mustache. Dang, I hate this mustache.

[La Belle Mere]

I have chin hairs. I am the "Bearded Lady". Feelin your pain. x

[Dawn]

I thin it's the realization that I am nowhere near where I thought I would be by 31. Most days, that's ok. Some days though... I feel like I might never get "there".

[Aidan]

The worst thing is that I'm all out of Cheetos. The second worst thing is that I can't eat Cheetos with impunity anymore - actually, this one is kind of serious. When you hit your thirties, you begin to run out of easy passes for abusing your brain and body. Taking drugs, eating junk, killing time, what have you: what you have begins to matter more. Maybe some people figure this out earlier in life, but I'm slow on the uptake.

[Doodaddy]

Wait... Cheetos are a drug?

[Aidan]

Covalent cheetohexachloride, infused with fromaggified sulfate.

[La Belle Mere]

That's what I was gonna say.

[Ashmystir]

I'm right with you Doodaddy! I thought that I'd be much further along in a career now. I finished my Business degree back in 2003 but still have an entry level job and I've been looking!! people in their 30s are supposed to have it all together but I guess that is assuming too much. ha. ha. Anyway with the exception of a good job...I love my 30s so far.

p.s. Love my cheetos but how do you keep from getting orange stained fingers. =)

[Maria]

I eat white cheddar natural cheetos--delicious, and without the stained fingers. They also claim to be "natural"--I'll wait for you to pick yourself up off the floor after a maniacal fit of uncontrollable laughter--ok, they claim to be natural, so I feel like I can eat more without making myself feel yucky.

[WriterJax]

For me, laugh lines, frown lines, and a mother who still thinks I'm 16.

I still abuse Cheez Doodles, but I hear what Aidan is saying. I actually feel tired and run down when i eat badly or abuse my body in general, and I hate that I know and appreciate what Activia is for. Special yogurt? Is this what it's come to?

[La Belle Mere]

Oh I'm right with you on that. I've only gotta have 1 crap food day and I feel like sh*te. Rubbish.