The Big Deal with Thirty Something

I recently turned thirty-two years old and I am telling you the, truth thirty something is a strange age. When I turned Thirty two years ago EVERYONE made a huge deal out of it! My older friends were putting up signs in my from yard saying "welcome to my Age-block!" My not yet thirty something friends were telling me I was over the hill! I heard everything from, its all downhill from here to your thirties are the best years of your life?

But what puzzled me most about all the fuss was is why there even was a fuss? No one made a big deal the year before on my twenty-ninth birthday, or the year before and so on. And furthermore no one made a big deal about it the year after when I turned thirty one? From what I have seen people usually go all out for your Thirteenth birthday, Your sweet sixteenth birthday, Your eighteenth, your twenty -first birthday, your forty and fiftieth birthday, And I can see why each of these birthdays are considered a milestone so to speak.

At thirteen you are no longer a child, but a pre-teen. At sixteen You are a full blown teenager and you can finally drive. At eighteen you are considerer an adult and are responsible for your own decision's. At twenty-one you can actually go in the store and buy anything they are selling. For me turning twenty one was a big deal just because I was actually old enough not only to drink alcohol but I could actually purchase it! I still remember my first alcohol purchase like it was yesterday, Anyway moving on before I get lost in the moment, When you turn forty that is usually a big deal and some may say you are over the hill but your fiftieth birthday should be the big one! Turning fifty is a huge achievement in my book.

Now having said that, What is so special about thirty? I certainly do not feel special? I really do not feel or look for that matter any different than I did when I was twenty two? I am mean I still dress the same as I did in my twenties, I still eat the same, I still sleep the same and think the same. I really do not see an upside or downside to being thirty something. Their are things that do bug me about being thirty.

The first thing is no one believes me when I tell them my age. It never fails whenever I meet someone new I can normally guess their age range. And alot of times I guess they think they know my age range and normally my actual age will not come up until I mention my oldest son or they meet him, He is fifteen years old. So I am chatting with a twenty three year old who assumes I am about her/his age and they realize I have a fifteen year old son and their eyes get huge and I ALWAYS know its coming, "How old are you?"And I always smile and tell them I am thirty two and they are always like "No Way" I thought you were my age! Well yes I was once about ten years ago! And the younger folks always act like I am just too old to be cool? I have several friends that are thirty something that I have alot in common with but I also have alot of twenty something friends I have alot in common with. There is nothing wrong with this except My twenty something friends and my thirty something friends have NOTHING in common so its hard to throw a party and have them all together at the same time. So I have to divide my time up between them.

SO thirty has been a strange age for me in way because I sometimes feel like I am to Old to be Young but to young to be old?