Are we all adults now?

[Waus]

I gotta be honest - it didn't matter how many friends got married, pregnant, careers or whatever - it didn't really settle in to me that childhood was over until Yauch died.

I know that's Beastie General talk - but seriously, everyone on this board that I pseudo-know is pretty well out of their youths.

I heard a guy talking who was somewhere in his 60s a few years ago, and he said his biggest regret was that he'd gotten that old and just didn't have much to show for it. I genuinely get scared that I'm already this old - especially when cruising wikipedia and seeing how young the geniuses, movers and shakers were when they did their best work.

So how's it going - are you feeling old, in your prime, still a young'n?

[Bob]

i'm noticing a gut beginning to emerge and it's freaking me out

i'm getting gruntier too, mostly around sitting and standing transitions

i feel like i'm at a point where i have to exercise to maintain rather than improve (not that i do it anyway, hence the gut thing probably)

i dated a 23-year old who told me "well you're older so you're probably looking for something more permanent, right?" as an excuse to dump me

and too many damn famous people are younger than me


i'm 28, i'm not old, i know. but it's seriously occurring to me now that i will be some day and i hate it

i guess what i'm saying is that i gotta bang more 23-year olds before it's for real too late

[TurdBerglar]

when you notice the girls in porn are now born in the 90's

[Randetica]

ill turn old sackish in less than 2 months

[MC Moot]

I grew my beard in for the first time in about 3 or 4 years and I'm still trying to figure out when all this grey showed up on my face...I've never done so much scissor grooming in my life...foolish vanity...

[kaiser soze]

my pubes are turning gray so I guess so

[TOY]

A normal person proposed to me (!)

idk, that's pretty safe to say. Right there.

[cosmo105]

I'm 28 and married and we're talking a lot about kids. That's just insane to me. Though I do really like saying "my husband."

Being back in school has really thrown me for a loop and made me feel 22 again, but I have to remind myself that everyone else in the program is about 4 years younger and some even younger than that. I would say that it's weird caring so much about my future and all but I think I've sort of always been like that, very driven and career-minded. For me probably the whole having to work harder to lose/maintain weight thing or not being able to drink very much anymore without losing a day to a hangover is probably the lamest part.

[Dorothy Wood]

I'm kinda glad I'm older. Although I still feel like a lost kid. I can't imagine having a house or a child...don't really understand how it would even be possible, I can barely take care of myself and my apartment. Yet I'm the boss of a bunch of people and know how to do all kinds of things...but things just seem to get tougher. I looked for a new jobs yesterday for hours and just started sobbing...I make more money than any job I could get, and I can't get a better job without going back to school. I can't tell if I'm more or less depressed than I was in my 20s. Luckily I don't care that much about getting old and diseased. I might have a death wish actually. *sigh*

[Guy Incognito]

When i turned 30 i had a great birthday and really wasnt bothered. I kinda wasted my twenties if i am honest so really didnt mind the milestone of 30 and got on with stuff. Did lots of stuff, got married, went to loads of cool places, finally passed my driving test, had kids, had a few traumas along the way. packed a lot in.
But now i am turning 40 this year and even though i dont really know why i am not looking forward to it and thinking back to might have beens and what ifs. Am not getting upset about all that but its just weird that i am reflecting and thinking about life as i move towards being like..old.

[Myu-to]

Two things that were pretty good indicators for me

1) The other day at the stoplight I honestly thought, "Those damn kids need to turn that music down..."

2) My balls are becoming much better acquainted with my knees.

[nodanaonlyzuul]

Definitely feel like an adult due to responsibilities, but I still feel relatively young. Either way, I was a super duper late bloomer in all areas of life. So right now I feel pretty awesome. This is the happiest I've ever been. (y)

[abbott]

Mentally im 15. But im so old i can pick up my suitcase wrong and not be ablea to play golf for 2 weeks.

[Randetica]

I kinda wasted my twenties

ditto

So right now I feel pretty awesome. This is the happiest I've ever been. (y)

ditto ditto

[Gareth]

i'm 31.
thus far, the 30s have been better than the 20s but mainly cos i now have a bit of money and am in europe so can go do fun stuff.
also quit my job in london recently and am going to amsterdam to try find work.
it's bit of a punt.

[ms.peachy]

I've felt like an adult since 1998, when mr.p and I bought our house. I still feel fairly young, except there are days when I feel old-ish. I can't freakin' wait for my mentalpause though, I tell you that much. I am so over this monthly bleeding bullshit.

[Echewta]

This board has called me old from the beginning so no shocker to me. Suckers.

[miss soul fire]

I'm 34, 35 in nearly 2 months. Most people I know think I'm a lot younger, which is nice. I also feel like I'm 25. Haha! When I realize I'm 5 years from 40, I get scared, specially because I thing I didn't do much when I was younger. During the last 3 years I did lots of stuff I wanted to do when I was younger and didn't for lots of stupid reasons. Now I feel that my time is almost up and I still wanna do lots of things, like traveling, meeting new people, a better career and all that. Despite my age, I still don't feel I want to get married and have kids just now.

[camo]

I just turned 32. It was the second year in a row you cunts never made me a birthday thread.

[kll]

It's crazy to see how all of you who were literally "kids" when I joined here are actually all growed up and married, thinking of having kids, etc. Makes me feel all the more an "adult" when I think about that...

Just celebrated our 10-year-anniversary with my bf, whom I met on here, so that makes me feel like an adult - kinda...

There have been so many massive highs and lows the past few years - only an "adult" could have these challenges, but I still feel mentally like I'm 21...

[na§tee]

since i've been here since 1998 i'd like to think i've grown up a bit, of course. but what does adulthood mean nowadays anyway? i don't quite have the means to buy a house, and i don't want to get married or have kids right now, and those signifiers i think are very outdated. the circumstances we live in now have changed hugely.

but in answer to your question, i don't feel old. i am turning 30 in the summer and people i work with are still gasping about 'how young (i am)'. my father died a couple of years ago aged 50 and that is young to me. it's all relative, eh.

[Bob]

it's nuts to think about, but i've been posting here since i was maybe 15 or 16, and i can't think of anyone in my real life that i've continuously been in contact with for such a long time. so i guess that makes you guys my oldest friends? there's an awful truth if i've ever had to admit one

i mean i like you guys and all but i wish i'd gone outside more as a kid or played an instrument or something. i could've lost my virginity way sooner than 23

[Dorothy Wood]

I'm not sorry I didn't make better friends growing up. I guess I might be sorry I've been so timid, but I've been around enough people to know that the majority of people are dull. And most of the people on here have above average interesting lives, in my humble opinion. So I think it's kinda neat. Sorry Bob that you feel like you're missing out or something. I mean I barely remember all the people I banged from age 19-27. It just doesnt matter in the long run.

[Randetica]

I'm not sorry I didn't make better friends growing up.

whatever happened to your best or ex best friend you kept mentioning on here?
she has a weird name and is blonde i believe

[Kid Presentable]

Court.

I'm feeling rough, I'm feeling raw I'm in the prime of my life.

[Bob]

i can eat 50 eggs

[Dorothy Wood]

whatever happened to your best or ex best friend you kept mentioning on here?
she has a weird name and is blonde i believe

She's good, she got married, is in the process of buying a house (she's better at life than me). I ate dinner at her apartment this past Monday. We don't hang out all the time because we like to stay home and be lame with our menfolk. Sometimes she comes out to my comedy show. We're still BFF...if that term is allowed to be applied to two 33 year olds....

[TurdBerglar]

what about George?

[Dorothy Wood]

what about George?

Almost a year ago he was diagnosed with a genetic heart defect and was supposed to die in like two weeks to a month, but I was a good nurse and he was a tough motherfucker so he lived six months and two days. It was all really stressful and expensive, but in the end he keeled over while playing and so died quickly with little suffering and I didn't have to pay to put him down. He was a good boy. I absorbed his energy, so I have more power now. His ghost protects me when I'm riding my bike too. (these are things I made up to make myself feel better).

[beastiegirrl101]

Hi friends!

This place always makes me feel warm and fuzzy. In no way do I ever want to be in my 20s again, it was fun but no thank you. It took me a while to get to the point I am now but so happy I've finally arrived.

Oh and I'm married too! Got married last Friday, and Cosmo105 it's still weird for me to say husband.

[TurdBerglar]

Almost a year ago he was diagnosed with a genetic heart defect and was supposed to die in like two weeks to a month, but I was a good nurse and he was a tough motherfucker so he lived six months and two days. It was all really stressful and expensive, but in the end he keeled over while playing and so died quickly with little suffering and I didn't have to pay to put him down. He was a good boy. I absorbed his energy, so I have more power now. His ghost protects me when I'm riding my bike too. (these are things I made up to make myself feel better).

you told us a story once how you heard him crying out for you and couldn't find him and you were getting worried then you looked up and saw him sitting atop the fridge looking down on you all proud like. you took a picture of him up there and posted it here. I don't know why I remember that but I grew up with cats and dogs and I really like having pets around.

[Randetica]

She's good, she got married, is in the process of buying a house (she's better at life than me). I ate dinner at her apartment this past Monday. We don't hang out all the time because we like to stay home and be lame with our menfolk. Sometimes she comes out to my comedy show. We're still BFF...if that term is allowed to be applied to two 33 year olds....

thanks, awesome that youre still friends!

sorry about george though

[Randetica]

I grew up with cats and dogs and I really like having pets around.

i lived two weeks without pets, worst two weeks ever

[Myu-to]

Hi friends!

This place always makes me feel warm and fuzzy. In no way do I ever want to be in my 20s again, it was fun but no thank you. It took me a while to get to the point I am now but so happy I've finally arrived.

Oh and I'm married too! Got married last Friday, and Cosmo105 it's still weird for me to say husband.
AWESOME!!!

Congratulations!!!

[taquitos]

I am an adult now! Congratulations!

[Lex Diamonds]

I think I might be, I just became an uncle and I'm seeing a 28 year old... those are kind of adult I guess.

[venusvenus123]

Hey congrats BG101!!

I feel quite old now. I'm past 45 but.... it does beat being dead :(

However, now that everyone is living till 100 or so I guess I'm not quite middle aged yet :rolleyes:

My son is going to be 13 this summer. He's already acting quite the teenager.

I still love this place. It's a bit like a sanctuary from all the social networking bullshit out there.

[Yun]

i started to read this thread but then realized, holy shit i have to go to werk! so i'll catch up later, yeah?

[rirv]

Growing old...

...the way I see it is...

...consider (for those not really around then) how disparate 1969 and 1981 seem... like a millenia right? Then think, 2001 to now... not really THAT big a deal, right? Well, time is slippery.

I have no real interest in growing old. I feel that by retirement age, which for me will be 70+ and in 43+ years time, the world will be such a different place, how can I plan for that?

I'm fully about enjoying everything right now as much as possible. If that means finding the right woman and having children then I would welcome that, but at the moment it doesn't figure. I quite enjoy living a life with minimal consequence. As far as savings and money and so forth go, I am terrible at that. The other week, my bank balance was very healthy. The adult in me would have smiled and left it at that. But the child which very much resides withing blew most of it on a guitar amp, artwork, various trinkets and a couple of trips to London. I guess I'll grow up one day. As long as I am vaguely happy, right?

[rirv]

And like Dorothy Wood said, I kinda feel I have a death wish. I wouldn't mind so much if someone told me I had x amount of time to live. So what. You've got to go some day. I honestly don't understand the mindset which just saves and plans and hopes. It always ends. Fair enough, provide for your children and loved ones, but beyond that? You don't take anything with you when you go.

[miss soul fire]

In 5 yeara I'll turn 40. That scares me, but the fact that I'm not married or don't have kids don't scare me because I'm not really interesting in getting married or having kids, only if I met an anazing person and that scarea me because I feel getting married is dying and having kods is dying twice. And I'm also living the best time of my life. When I was young I dosn't have many friends money so it was boring. I wish I was 15 yeara younger, but I'm not so whatever. I'm just enjoying lige more than I ever did in my entire life!

[like2_drink]

One time when a coworker asked me what I was going to be up to that night, I told her "Going to buy some beer, and laundry detergent." She told me "Yep, you're in your twenties." C'est la vie, mon ami.

[Waus]

One time when a coworker asked me what I was going to be up to that night, I told her "Going to buy some beer, and laundry detergent." She told me "Yep, you're in your twenties." C'est la vie, mon ami.

For whatever reason I can't stop thinking about this now: http://download.lardlad.com/sounds/season12/worst4.mp3

[Homsar]

Ugh...I'll be 30 next year.

I remember joining this board in either 1999 or 2000 with off-and-on regular posting. It's bizarre to look how much everyone has grown just through a messageboard.

I realized it was time to be an adult after my last relationship that ended almost four years ago. She was a psycho (and that's me being charitable) and after I had to sneak out of the apartment with my two cats and leaving behind 99% of all my personal belongings, I realized I needed to get going with my life. No more crazy girlfriends trying to slice my throat because of a mental illness she suffers from (I was 15-hours away from anyone I knew, so it was a horrifying experience).

I needed to continue my education and get a degree beyond just a BA. Now I am graduating in February for my MFA and begin on pretending to be an adult. Before we know it, we'll all be dead and forever forgotten. Oh well, better live it up and have something to show for when it's time to go.

[zippo]

congrats!
and imo we most certainly will not be forgotten. somehow, someway, everything we live will be eternal.

[Myu-to]

gloriously healthy poops (they were more like 6/10 before, now 9.5/10)

Discussing your poops is not only an indicator that are you an adult, but that you are clearly an old adult.(y)

[Waus]

Before we know it, we'll all be dead and forever forgotten. Oh well, better live it up and have something to show for when it's time to go.

I know that feel.

Do you have a portfolio online or anything to showcase your art?

[Homsar]

I know that feel.

Do you have a portfolio online or anything to showcase your art?

I'm working on it.