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forty
I met up with the Cake crowd for a quick drink to celebrate Single Cookie's birthday. It was good to see them, but odd being out without Babycake and I scuttled off home as they left to go to the dogs. I managed a brief chat with my old childhood chum, Mrs Carrot Cake and we talked about being forty at our next birthday. Mrs Carrot Cake shocked me by saying that she was really bothered about it and had told people to put thirty on her cake. I hadn't been bothered in the slightest about leaving my thirties behind, as I had a great decade and I hope the next one will be better, but I can't help wondering if I'm missing something and I should be more upset at reaching the halfway point.
mrs mcmuffin on 18 Nov 2006 @ 08:51 PM ✲ Permalink
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I once had a friend who sincerely said to me as she looked upon her 30th birthday (I was in my mid 20's)that she was looking forward to it because she felt they would be the best years of her life. I realised how right she was once I hit my thirties. Now that I am eeking my way through my 40's i realise how little I have begun to care what people think of me. I am more able to just 'be' me rather than morph myself into what i felt i 'should' be.
Personally i think my 40s is even beating my 30's for maximum life satisfaction with minimum stress.
Posted by: jo | 18 Nov 2006 23:20:02
Thanks, Jo-that's how I thought one's 40's should be, a time to give even less of a sod about what other people think and the confidence to know that's ok.
Posted by: mrs mcmuffin | 19 Nov 2006 06:57:09
