Hitting 40

JupiterKid

Today I turned 40 but I don't feel 40. I honestly don't know where the last 20 years have gone - they've certainly flown.

Boards.ie wished me a happy birthday. Any other AHers who have hit the big 40 got any advice or words of wisdom?

Kevin McCloud

Don't ever get married.

johnny osbourne

happy birthday

ya its time to make a life plan and get your priorities in order

wandatowell

Get married to the right person.

Maximus Alexander

By the time I'm 40 you'll be 51. So uh, I guess you should enjoy only being 40 and stop worrying about it. Soon you'll be 51.

PandaPoo

In dog years, you're dead

Wacker The Attacker

I'm 38 and my mickey still works. I'm happy.


I **** therefore I am.

Kevin McCloud

Wacker The Attacker wrote: »

I'm 38 and my mickey still works. I'm

Your mickey should stay working till your 91.

Lapin

40 is the new 70.


Hang on, is that right or should it be t'other way round?

endacl

PandaPoo wrote: »

In dog years, you're dead

In Pluto years, it'll be another 208 earth years before you're one year old.

Pluto is a dog. In plutodog years, you're still in nappies. Age is a matter of cosmic geography.

PandaPoo

endacl wrote: »

In Pluto years, it'll be another 208 earth years before you're one year old.

Pluto is a dog. In plutodog years, you're still in nappies. Age is a matter of cosmic geography.

Jaysus

NachoBusiness

Turned 40 last year. I'm the same, don't feel it, although I'm starting to hurt myself doing simple things. I moved the sofa recently for example and and I got a sharp pain in my lower back and my hip started to throb and has been sore ever since. Think I may have gout in my left heel also. I now judge restaurants not by their food, but by how comfortable their seats will be to sit in for a couple of hours.

The real headwrecker for someone around our age though is that the distance in time from the mid 90's until now, is roughly the same amount of time as from the time we were born, until the mid 90s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isdjOvmWb6I

The Backwards Man

I'm 37 and I haven't a clue if my micky still works or not

Kevin McCloud

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm 37 and I haven't a clue if my micky still works or not

Do you wear nappies?

endacl

The Backwards Man wrote: »

I'm 37 and I haven't a clue if my micky still works or not

Do you have it on backwards?

The Backwards Man

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Do you wear nappies?

endacl wrote: »

Do you have it on backwards?

Yeah:rolleyes:

Jaysus lads, yous can do better than that!

endacl

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Yeah:rolleyes:

Jaysus lads, yous can do better than that!

It's years and years of pints of Tennant's, isn't it? Does things to a man's mickey. You're afraid to check? Go for it, man. We're all here for ye!

Kevin McCloud

The Backwards Man wrote: »

Yeah:rolleyes:

Jaysus lads, yous can do better than that!

Does your mickey get excited when you are stripping the scrath off the bog?

The Backwards Man

endacl wrote: »

It's years and years of pints of Tennant's, isn't it? Does things to a man's mickey. You're afraid to check? Go for it, man. We're all here for ye!

That's better, witty and original :pac:

My micky is like a fully charged power screwdriver, pull the trigger and its raring to go, but if you've nothing to screw you haven't a clue how good it is.:)

The Backwards Man

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Does your mickey get excited when you are stripping the scrath off the bog?

My whole body trembles with excitement when I'm on a bink:)

Witchie

As a 41 year old my mickey usually still works as I like younger men.

OP, turning 40 is great. People take you seriously but you are still young enough to go out and have loads of fun. Have loved life more since turning 40. Think I am more comfortable in my own skin and don't give a toss what others think coz am of the opinion that I know myself well enough to know what works for me and they don't.

Enjoy it and happy birthday.

Kevin McCloud

Some say it takes longer for the mickey to get going when you hit your forties, abit like the electric kettle with limescale.
It will boil the water but takes longer.

The Backwards Man

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Some say it takes longer for the mickey to get going when you hit your forties, abit like the electric kettle with limescale.
It will boil the water but takes longer.

Limescale doesn't do much harm if you keep the element well scrubbed.

Witchie

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Some say it takes longer for the mickey to get going when you hit your forties, abit like the electric kettle with limescale.
It will boil the water but takes longer.

Weird am watching you........Your voice is very soothing.

Kevin McCloud

Witchie wrote: »

Weird am watching you........Your voice is very soothing.

Once you aren't scrubbing your element.

Witchie

Kevin McCloud wrote: »

Once you aren't scrubbing your element.

I will have you know my element is in perfect working order.

Galwayguy35

Turned 40 in December, feel just as good as I did 10 years ago, find it's a bit tougher on the dating scene though as I get older.

Tigger

I'm 40 and I tink I look and feel 25 however I think people that are 25 look 12 and I'm not allowed feel them.

Pumpkinseeds

I'm 42 and I think most people feel the same as the OP about turning 40. It's the first milestone birthday people don't look forward to and it does make you take stock of your life. Feeling younger than you are is quite normal.

_Kaiser_

40 this year as well and like others above I don't feel it either

Here's a question.. is "turning 40" still a big deal as in do ye have a big bash etc? I don't think I'd have the interest.. just another day to me

jaymcg91

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

40 this year as well and like others above I don't feel it either

Here's a question.. is "turning 40" still a big deal as in do ye have a big bash etc? I don't think I'd have the interest.. just another day to me

Maybe just do something special to you, like take a trip or something, if you don't want to have a party? I think it's nice to mark milestones, just in my own way rather than automatically deciding to have a party :P.

Pumpkinseeds

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

40 this year as well and like others above I don't feel it either

Here's a question.. is "turning 40" still a big deal as in do ye have a big bash etc? I don't think I'd have the interest.. just another day to me

I didn't do anything at all for mine, I was just so pissed off and neurotic about it, but a lot of people like to have a party. Just do or don't do whatever you want.:)

kfallon

_Kaiser_ wrote: »

Here's a question.. is "turning 40" still a big deal as in do ye have a big bash etc?

Go on outta that ya durty fecker! Still, you gotta get rid of the ould pisshorn somehow I suppose, fire up Redtube and keep her lit :cool:

:pac:

NachoBusiness

I had some dried in toothpaste on my chin this morning which I couldn't get off no matter how much I scrubbed. Then I realized it wasn't toothpaste at all, but my chin stubble has in fact turned white. The end is nigh.

anncoates

It sucks.

Let's not try and circumvent that fact.

Also, a name change to JupiterAulFella is in order

http://Before I die, some words for my baby daughter. Paul Kalanithi ...

OP have a read of this article form the Guardian its about a doctor that died of cancer aged 37, when his daughter was only a few months old. Its very good about our perception of time passing.

Ole Rodrigo

40 last June. Doesn't bother me on the whole. However, we are all in a downward slope after 35. Its an imperceptibly slow decline for the most part but every now and then you can notice - weight is slightly harder to lose, a few more creaks getting out of bed, a strong aversion to being hung over, thinking you're cool again after a few likes on Facebook.

Yes, we are now entering a phase where life stops giving and starts to take away, right up until it knocks on your door

Magico Gonzalez

Turning 40 in Oct, used to eat and drink like the effects were temporary now I consider the longer term health implications and try and wind in the self abuse. Now being beyond tipsy drunk is very unappealing and I wouldn't get a good nights sleep if I over eat. Knocked the cigs on the head thankfully in my mid 30s. Second best decision I ever made.

In a nutshell, heading towards this age you have to lift the head up and look down the line a little bit. Start to think about the long term implications of your diet, personal finances etc. Got married relatively old (couple of years ago) which was the real game change in terms of being responsible.

Paramite Pie

Don't worry, your still only a day older than yesterday.;)

You can't age an entire year in 24hours. If you don't feel any different then that's great!! Celebrate that instead.

topper75

Janey Mac I'm nearly 40

.... something about grey hair ...

... something about a pension...

*drops banjo in disgust and walks off stage because semi-scenile brain can't remember lyrics*

nullzero

This thread just hit 40

murpho999

Turning 40 is not so bad when you consider the alternative.

As for me, 44 now and healthier and fitter than I've ever been as a mild mid-life crisis made me take up running, get fit and lose weight.

For me the biggest difference with getting older is getting hair in places you never had it before and also you have to watch the weight.

I can't eat and drink like I used to as a young lad and not gain weight so a weekend's excess has to be burned off.

iDave

Know how you feel, I'm turning 30 tomorrow

kfallon

iDave wrote: »

Know how you feel, I'm turning 30 tomorrow

Get out ya prick pup :mad:

:pac:

iDave

kfallon wrote: »

Get out ya prick pup :mad:

:pac:

Not a pup anymore, auld like the rest of ye. Still a prick though :P

josip

42 now and in the last 3 years everything has seized up.
Both knees are clicky clicky after years of ball.
Some days the joints don't get loosened up at all.
Drunk after 2 pints, hangover after more than 3.
Falling asleep by 9.
Reckon if I can just keep going till I'm 46/47 I'll take anything after that as a bonus.
40 is nearing the end of this level, no harm to start thinking about the next level.

Turtyturd

Still a good few years off for me but have no apprehension about it. Always dreaded turning 30 but that subsided the closer it got and the day just passed by like any other (probably helped by spending it in Universal Studios) with no changes in who I was or what I enjoyed.


Have made some lifestyle changes (diet, went back playing football, swimming/walking more regularly, yoga) in the last year after excess during my 20's, so hopefully by the time 40 rolls around the wear and tear on my body won't be too bad.

Fat Christy

Witchie wrote: »

As a 41 year old my mickey usually still works as I like younger men.

OP, turning 40 is great. People take you seriously but you are still young enough to go out and have loads of fun. Have loved life more since turning 40. Think I am more comfortable in my own skin and don't give a toss what others think coz am of the opinion that I know myself well enough to know what works for me and they don't.

Enjoy it and happy birthday.

The deception!!! I was convinced you were a woman!! :eek:

jester77

I've still 2 years to go.

I presume the grey hairs will start appearing around then and the gut will start to expand.

Galwayguy35

jester77 wrote: »

I've still 2 years to go.

I presume the grey hairs will start appearing around then and the gut will start to expand.

People make out that the weight piles on after middle age but haven't noticed that myself, eat reasonably healthy and ecercise and I don't think it should be a problem for anyone.

Spunge

at least youre not dead