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Whats the old saying? "You're only as old as you feel!"
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Cheers,
Chad
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Cheers,
Chad
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Whats the old saying? "You're only as old as you feel!"
*Drops the Mic*
Cheers,
Chad
I'm turning 30 in August. I'm not sure why I'm feeling nervous / anxious about it... Maybe because I don't know what to expect. I actually felt the same when I was in my 20's so maybe it's just me being paranoid.
Life is fine. I have a great rewarding career where I look forward to go to everyday. I have a collection of hobbies that I actively engage in. Serving my community on my bday instead of just eating out, which is what I would never do in my 20's. I think in my 30's, I am finally able to develop my true self and not really caring what people think about me.
In terms of dating, I broke up with my ex in January, so it still stings me too much to start dating. Even though everyday is great (in terms of career and pursing my interests) and I praise God for it, but after a busy day I still feel quite lonely when I curl up in bed.
I wonder if it is too late to date now that I'm reaching my 30's. Seems like my options have drastically reduced.
I can relate to that last sentence. I didn't get married until I was 31 and I had a failed engagement actually, at 29.
After that, and turning 30 several months later, I truly believed it was probably to late for me.
Getting older can be so difficult to wrap your head around. At the same time every single day is a blessing.
I'm glad to know you're staying busy, helping others and have hobbies as well.
God bless.
Thanks for sharing your story, amariselle. I'm very happy everything to hear you were able to find your true love.
How did you overcome that sense of loneliness or feeling like it is too late?
I still have a bit of trouble getting out of that rut.
Excellent, and I'm only 28. We'll see what the Lord brings.
Its been four years since the US Navy rejected my enlistment, but now I know what I'm doing. I aim to enlist with the French Foreign Legion, saving all I can over the next year or two, then flying to France and sealing the deal. After five years of service, I may continue or leave, I don't know yet. Afterward, I could get work as a security contractor aboard merchant ships, or I could move to northern Sweden or Norway.
I thought about Singapore, there are a few FFL and expats in Singapore, but the news out of Singapore's very disconcerting. Relative to it's size I mean, because the news out of Sweden, and Europe in general, is troubling. I'm counting on the rural north being more peaceful.
My being 30-something is going....not great. At least sometimes, and mainly in one particular area. I'm a point where I don't know if I'll ever be married, the ultimate desire that still eludes me in so callous a fashion. I'm forcing myself to accept the possibility of never having this desire (be it God's will or my own actions) and trying to find a way to be okay with it. But what goes hand-in-hand with lack of marriage would also mean I'm going to have to say goodbye to having love, or intimacy, or even a future family. This would also entail that I may grow old alone and die alone. That's not a reality I was expecting to face in this juncture of my life, and it saddens me beyond what I can bear sometimes. This is not something I even want to call "reality." I'm not suicidal in the least, but oftentimes I'm not impervious to thoughts of...well, what's really my point then? What am I even here for? I was hoping I'd know the reason by now, but alas, I don't. And that's such an awful feeling sometimes.