What's your favorite thing about being in the thirty's?

[Aerynna]

My least favourite thing is being single and childless. Perhaps this comment belongs on the singles forum, but I noticed quite a few singles there under 30.

I noticed tons of people are pitiful towards childfree and singles who are in mid-30s or older. Almost everybody wants to be with someone or at least develop a family. Are people so afraid to be alone without husband or children? Of course, I advocate in having a spouse, but children should be a choice. For me, at this point I chose not to have children but do want a spouse.

Maybe I don't know any better but I feel more at peace as a single and feel more motivated to be involved with ministry at local church since I'm not married or have kids. I have desire to help people and also assist the body of Christ (fellow Christians). I'm also disabled, so that makes some difference. That may has to do with the fact I have bad experiences in my long term relationships in the past but I learned from these. I'm going through a difficult phase of my relationship now because I realized I may have to make a choice because he's not a believer plus I grew up and realized what I really want in a partner. Different predicament!

The best thing about being in 30s is like what everyone else said -- more confident and less concerned about what other people think of me. More stability and increased knowledge about myself and what I look for.

 

[searchingforGodlyanswers]

Mine is i'm more confident and sure of myself. I used to be so insecure and so kind of mousey.When i was younger i'd almost faint if i had to do some public speaking or address a crowd. I know myself better and i don't worry so much about the way i look as i used to. I still like to look nice when i go out and for my husband but it's not so important now.

I don't know yet. I just turned 30 on Oct. 30, so I guess I'm going to have fun finding out!

The looks thing with me is I don't have to worry about not having anyone, finding someone, and my husband insists I don't need makeup. Not having to shave my legs when I have a sprained back and not caring as much when my husband says he doesn't like it all natural . LOLOL

 

[brokenbananas]

I love my 30s and look forward to my 40s and beyond.

- Love who I am, confident
- Closer to Christ, more willingly accept God's discipline, pruning, refining, working
- Accepting of others
- Loving life overall -- finding joy & beauty in the simple things
- No longer encumbered by what other people think, their expectations, etc.
- Accept and love my body for all its different stages
- My sex drive is through the roof
- Love my husband/marriage & being a mommy to our children
- More wisdom
- Don't care about impressing others
- Don't need to learn everything the hard way
- Learning how to leverage in all different situations
- A lot more content in just being

 

[Evie]

more mature and in Christ!

 

[GQ Chris]

Oh yeah here's another, the zit outbreaks are few and far between.

 

[Mercy4u]

Oh yeah here's another, the zit outbreaks are few and far between.

HAHAHAHAHA! I hear ya!!

What's my favorite thing about being in my thirty's? Being able to boss the twenty's around..LOL Actually, it's getting over that stage of not knowing if you are an adult or still a kid. I feel like an adult in my 30's (even if I'm still a big kid sometimes). The other thing is being more secure in who I am and who I am in Christ...hind sight really IS 20/20. I'm far from perfect but at least I can accept myself and be happy with who I am (who God made me to be). In my twenties I was so unsure of myself and so afraid of failure.

 

[ceedaisy]

not being in my forties!

OH MY GOSH, that was MY EXACT THOUGHT!! You must be my missing twin!! Oh wait, different ages. Oh well, I can work around that! LOL But hey, great minds think alike!

 

[ceedaisy]

HAHAHAHAHA! I hear ya!!

What's my favorite thing about being in my thirty's? Being able to boss the twenty's around..LOL Actually, it's getting over that stage of not knowing if you are an adult or still a kid. I feel like an adult in my 30's (even if I'm still a big kid sometimes). The other thing is being more secure in who I am and who I am in Christ...hind sight really IS 20/20. I'm far from perfect but at least I can accept myself and be happy with who I am (who God made me to be). In my twenties I was so unsure of myself and so afraid of failure.

Hear, Hear, to bossing the younger ones around!!!! J/K

And, I don't feel like an adult yet. And I look at my four year old, and I don't feel like a Mother. I don't feel like a woman. I feel like that title is for mature smart sophisticated looking women. I'm definitely not sophisticated, and I feel that real bad when I go to Church and see all these modern hair dos, and nice dresses.

But I'm glad of my age because now I'm on an antidepressant. I'm living life now and I'm not caught up in it.

 

[ceedaisy]

Not having to shave my legs when I have a sprained back and not caring as much when my husband says he doesn't like it all natural . LOLOL

Man, you are sooo right! Boy I remember getting embarrassed and bent out of shape if I found a single hair that had been missed. Now, it is more like a protective shield to keep off unwanted intruders! Like Barbed wire!! Ha HA HA.

 

[BeautyForAshes]

I can relate to poster about being unmarried and childless (me too ), but there are so many other great things to focus on though. ~ I now fight both pimples and wrinkles all at the same time!
~ Confidence - I never really cared what people thought but when I turned 30 I REALLY stopped caring.
~ Money - I actually have money saved, unlike in my 20s an extra cash went to shopping sprees and traveling.

 

[Swede]

I know who I am

 

[Josh3908]

You know I can't think of a huge amount of good things about being in my 30's I still get treated like a kid (I look younger than I am, though not that much). I am closer to where I want to be as far as school and career etc but not where I want to be yet, or that close. I have no friends (well 5000 miles away I do), my body is a wreck and I have to workout continually to stay healthy and function normally (not that, that's necassarily a bad thing, exercise is good). I have no money, no job and no place of my own. Although having a B.S. Sports Science has saved me money on health care I couldnt afford, so I guess thats a positive, kinda. Though my college loans are huge. I did get some cool Christmas presents so thats a plus I guess.

A friend of mine's grandfather said one time, "Never get old son, there's nothing good in it". In some ways he was right, but I guess some of us get wiser with age, so not totally.

 

[Im-revived]

Becoming a supervisor

 

[ChristyLover]

I have a few things that are better now that I am in my thirties.
I am a more mature Christian. My marriage is better now than 10 years ago. And in complete honesty, we are better financially now and that's important to me too.

Wow this was started in Nov and still going!!

 

[oat02351]

I guess I'd have to say common sense and a little more wisdom... other than that, I can't say I like much else though; esp the widening hips, the lack of interest in things that now bore me, the moods I get with pms from bawling my eyes out to wanting to kill someone (ladies do ya' feel it?), ya I can say there's not too much about this I like. I was free back when, care free and living with the folks. I guess I feel lately I'm being dragged down though I don't know why.

 

[JulianaTheory]

Best thing...I'm not in my 40's yet! But it's comin'! LOL!

 

[Niels]

- I'm in the best shape of my life. In the past, I was a little too skinny for my liking. While I may still be on the thin side, I wouldn't mind keeping things the way they are now.

- It has finally dawned on me that adult life isn't so serious, and as long as I remain responsible, I don't have to act so "grown up" all the time.




*sigh* I still get zits... as do my siblings who are in their 40s!

 

[JPPT1974]

Best shape of my life
Loving to workout
Know more than I used too than I did in my teens or twenties

 

[BeachBlonde]

more financial smarts and own my own home.

 

[Mr.Cheese]

Bleh. I dont' think there is anythign I like about being in my 30s. All the 30s do is remind me how much of my life I've wasted and can never replace. I'm trying like hell to catch up.
"Time" by Pink Floyd says it better than I can.