AAAAAAHHHHH I turn 20 on Wednesday

[Lenape85]

This is really fucking scary, 20 years old, and my youth has been a waste. I never got to have many of the fucking experiences that other people have had. I wish I was turning, say, 17.

[LoZoccolo]

1. Ha ha ha ha HAAAA!

OK, 18-19 is cool, but the twenties are so much better but you have to make sure you don't get into a rut and let stuff pass you by. Serious. Twenties are way way better. You can go to bars and clubs and drink and stuff. I'm laughing because you just don't know!

P.S. I turned 30 recently.

[Left Is Write]

The 30s are even better.

And welcome to it!

[amandae]

2. Your youth has been a waste!?

You're still in your youth! Enjoy it! Before long you'll be turning 30 wondering where your "youth" went ... and when you're 40 you'll realize you were still in it at 30!

Happy early Birthday!!

[JVS]

3. Oh good lord! Better order the rascal scooter!

[Lenape85]

7. And I think my brain is shorting out

And soon, I'll be senile, and when people go senile, they become Republican

[Bouncy Ball]

4. Get a grip.

If you don't stop this, when you are 87 years old, you are going to remember freaking out over turning 20 and you are going to want to go back in time and kick your 20 year old self's ASS.

Age is just age. It's nothing. It means nothing. We have a weird hangup over it in our culture, but it's just a weird hangup.

I'm 34 and fucking love it. My 30s have totally rocked. A waste? You haven't even lived yet! If things are this good now, I say BRING ON the 40s! I'm going to party even harder then!

[ronnykmarshall]

11. You GO BB!

My 30's were the BEST!! I learn, I loved, I grew. I'm almost 44 and I'm still learnin' and growing. Ok in some places I don't WANT to grow. But I live in L.A., plastic surgery sweeite!

[Bouncy Ball]

12. But in some places you wouldn't MIND growing

I take it!

MWA!!! Love ya, babe.

[ronnykmarshall]

14. Back at ya!

SMMOOOOOOOOCH!!!!

[GreenPartyVoter]

5. hon, the world is your oyster. Go slurp it down!

[Prodemsouth]

6. I bet you are in your 60s - you proably look like the guy you use as

as your avatar.

[Lenape85]

8. FDR was in his 60s when he died, I believe

1882-1945

[Lisa]

9. Hah! I'm old enough to be your mother!

I turned 37 last month -- besides the fact that everybody at work forgot my birthday (which was actually a bonus!) -- I figure I've still got a whole 3 years to go for my "young and irresponsible" phase.

[ronnykmarshall]

13. Happy late birthday, Lisa!

[Lisa]

18. Thanks ronnykmarshall!

But seriously -- my twenties were way better than my teens, and thirties have been the best so far. For all the reasons Bouncy Ball mentioned (except for the hair thing -- still coping with that).

[Lenape85]

17. But you'd be a really young mother

Chances are, if you were my mother, you probably would have put me up for adoption.

[Lisa]

21. naw, I'd probably have kept you ...

My mom and dad would be spoiling you right now ... and the best thing is, you'd be through the terrible teens and getting ready to go out and find yourself. (I got along much better with my folks after I was 20 and had my own place.)

I'd probably have had to put off my graduate degree ... but hey, the technology is so superior these days, it would be a lot less work to do my MSc topic now (as opposed to the late 1980s).

[ronnykmarshall]

10. Oh. My. God.

I don't EVEN want to go there.

Honey, you are 20!! Baby I will be 44 in less than a month.

I remember the day I turned 20.

Jesus Christ! If I could turn back time (oh no! I'm having a Cher moment) ... I would LOVE to be 20 again.

ENJOY this time in your life. You'll be just fine. Sweetie, just wait 10 years. Your 30's will ROCK!! I fuckin' loved my 30's!

Enjoy, learn, grow ..... kick ASS!!!

[Bouncy Ball]

16. THIR-ties! THIR-ties! THIR-ties!

I noticed other adults started taking me more seriously once I hit 30.

I noticed I also cared less what other people thought about me or my life.

I was finally not poor.

Finally got my hair under control.

(Oh and I don't want to get this thread locked, but um, other things got WAY better and more interesting, too.)

[auntAgonist]

25. Oh I know you're right.

I'm gonna be 48 on wednesday, where does the time go?

life only gets better.

[auntAgonist]

15. I'll be 48 on wednesday!!

I'll trade ya!

Happy birthday !

[RagingInMiami]

19. My advice - Join the AARP as quickly as possible

[njdemocrat106]

20. So what?

I just turned 24 in November. With the exception of the past 2 elections and the passing of my father last year, I've been pretty happy so far.

[Placebo]

22. I'm 18 years old...

And I agree, it feels like...I'm doing nothing in my life. Isn't this supposed to be the best time of your life??? Sure doesn't feel like it!

[Left Is Write]

29. No, that's not quite right.

The teens are, as they told me in my teens, "The greatest days of your life... so far. "

You don't have to be doing something specific with your life right now. You're just beginning the path to who you'll become. Enjoy the trip!

[Endangered Specie]

23. Welcome Brother... we've been expecting you.

Your not an adult (21), but your no longer a teen, its one of those off years.

[barackmyworld]

24. My friends have been freaking out about turning 20 too

the messages here are awesome and inspirational, thanks! I hit the big 2-0 in april.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

30. I've never heard of anyone freaking ot over turning 20.

That's just odd.

To the original poster:

Relax, you've got plenty of time to do whatever you want with your life. I've done tons of stuff since I was 20. I'll be 26 in April. I still feel very young, and I am in far better shape now (after having one child) than I was even as a teenager.

[Left Is Write]

26. Your youth cannot have been a waste. You're still in it.

Trust me. I'm old enough to be your mother. Don't count yourself "old" before your time. There is PLENTY of time for "experiences."




edited for typo.

[jellybelly]

27. yeah!

A fellow 20 year-old...

[AwakeAtLast]

28. Sweetie, I will be 35 on Tuesday, which means

*snif* I am old enough to be your (very young) mother! But I'm not.

[deminflorida]

31. AAAHHHH I'm 44 on Monday.....

But that's O.K. my wifes only nine years older than you will be. Of course she turns 30 in March so I'd expect here to start freaking soon too.

[Flammable Materials]

32. I turn 38 on Tuesday.

Shaddap, whippernsapper.