You know you're over 30 when... (fill in the blank)

[Darlene]

... picking the white hairs off your head take more time than actually dyeing it.

[Ashmystir]

when the radio DJ refers to the music that you listened to as a teen as..

classic or oldies.

[Riayn]

... you find yourself saying "kids these days....."

[Amy]

Jodi, i nearly peed myself. holy crap that was perfect.

...you remember trying so hard to perfect snubbing out your (pretend) cigarette on the playground and trying to find the perfect boy to be your "Danny" so you could say, "Tell me about it, Stud." and then chase him around the playground singing "The One That I Want."

Or was that just me...

[The Dudes Dad]

When you saw the original Star Wars in the theater the first time it was released.

[Aidan]

If you're in your mid-thirties, it seems that Star Wars is pretty much your default first movie experience.

[Karl]

Star Wars was definitely that for me. It is to blame for making me a lifelong science fiction geek. :)

[The Dudes Dad]

you ever had a mullet and it was cool.

[Julie]

When you make a referrence to "back when Sean Penn was married to Madonna" and the 20 somethings in the group look at you like you're nuts, and the one time contents of your purse ( makeup, your favorite compilation tape, and a relatively new drivers license) have been replaced by coupons, crayons, and a pull-up. :)

[Lisa Wilson]

...when you wake up and you must admit it to yourself when applying make-up.

[mama's got moxie]

...staying out past midnight means you'll need a full day of sleep the next day.

...you no longer understand slang or any of the words in songs that are played on the radio.

...college kids look daggone young!!

...you can't eat fried chicken, doughnuts, doritos and snicker bars and still look good.

...you realize you have no business even looking for a second in the junior's department.

...parts of your body start aching for no good reason.

...you can remember when drinking tap water was the normal thing to do.

and that sad part is i didn't have to think hard to come up with any of this!! haha... darlene, i love your post about taping songs off of the radio and cursing the dj. ha!! oh, those were the times.

[Julie]

HA! Taping songs off the radio...good times...lol

[peaches]

...when you join a thirty-something bloggers community and you post a grainy picture of Spike from the original Degrassi series as your profile picture. Case. and. point.