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Originally Posted by montsnmags

So, at 10:44pm, I am now in bed finishing up my first day of being 40, writing this missive from one of my gifts (the iPad - the puzzle's keyboard required some assembly). I have had Mother here since Sunday, and am expecting the rest of the rabble (siblings and partners) staying for the weekend. I'm looking forward to next week.

Cheers,
Marc

Happy birthday and well done for surviving the mother's visit!

Originally Posted by yvanleterrible

Good on you!
Being 40 is good, it was my favorite birthday...

Originally Posted by montsnmags

I've looked forward to it for a few years now. It's simultaneously a credible, and yet ridiculous because of it, age for me. No one will believe that I'm 40, I'm sure. . 14 perhaps.

Same here - there's a few people I work with who are 40 this year or next, and are being real moaning minnies about it. I'm apparently making things worse for them by being so gleeful about 40 later this year

I know a few people don't believe I'm that age - for some reason they peg me as 10 years younger.

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I wonder why guys pick 12 ... or 14 ... or 10 (local guy) to be in their heads. I'm 25 in my head. Gals -- chime in here. What age do you feel?

I don't. I guess I must feel about 40 now because I'm feeling more comfortable in my own skin than I have done since pre-teenage. But... I find it hard to visualise myself as being a certain age. I'm just me. (The same goes for gender, too, bizarrely. I don't tend to see myself as female, just as me)

Originally Posted by recluse

I feel the way I always feel.
I am, I'm me.
Age is someone else's opinion.
Always unasked for.
Always wrong.
Who wants a hug?

This just about sums it up I think.

Hugs are always good.

Originally Posted by phenomshel

Chris insists I look 26. I feel about 29 most days. Days when it's been a rough shift at work I feel about 90! Chronologically, tomorrow I will be 44.

Happy birthday for tomorrow, your time (it's tomorrow here already )