Today I have finally reached mid-life

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Today I have finally reached mid-life

Posted: 5/22/2003 5:55:33 AM EDT

I turned 40 today. OMG......where did the time go? Isn't 40 when we go through the whole mid life crisis thing? I have been telling people for the last 2 years that when I turned 40 I was gonna start shopping for a corvette and try to pick up 2 20 year olds. Now I doubt I could keep up with the 20 year olds [BD]

So now I am thinking instead of the expensive car, maybe it is time to start shopping around for my first machine gun. I can use the whole mid life crisis thing as an excuse when someone asks me why. [:D]

Now, anybody got any good recipies for Geritol milk shakes?

Posted: 5/22/2003 6:00:39 AM EDT

[#1]

I am turning 36 this year, and I am feeling the 'mid-life' thing already. Getting old sucks...

Class 3. Cool. Do it.

Posted: 5/22/2003 6:03:22 AM EDT

[#2]

Happy Birthday Lumpy. College freshmen girls generally consider you 'middle aged' at 35, so it should be no big deal by now.

Posted: 5/22/2003 6:11:20 AM EDT

[#3]

I'll be 40 in October and I have a Barrett on order. I wonder if there's a connection.

Posted: 5/22/2003 6:11:48 AM EDT

[#4]

I had my mid-life crisis at 37. Somehow 3 dozen years wasn't old, but 3 dozen + 1 was over the hill. I also realized my "new" motorcyle was now 12 years old and my daughter 9. I had a time for a while. And now that's all 6 years behind me. [BD]

But my real mid-life crisis is that I can't afford one. [:D]

Posted: 5/22/2003 6:20:11 AM EDT

[#5]

I feel the same way and I'm freaking myself out, everywhere I go, everyone looks younger than me.....WTF!!!!!! [shock]

Posted: 5/22/2003 6:28:48 AM EDT

[#6]

The thing that bothers me is that LEO's and soldiers look like "kids"--what ever happened to "fighting [b]men[/b]??" [:(]

Edit: Sorry, I am an idiot--Happy Birthday!! [bday]

Posted: 5/22/2003 6:32:48 AM EDT

[#7]

[bday]

[b]Happy Birthday, Gramps!![/b]

Posted: 5/22/2003 6:33:39 AM EDT

[#8]

You would have to know when you are going to die in order to determine what 'mid life' is.[:D]

Posted: 5/22/2003 6:40:04 AM EDT

[#9]

All I can tell you is that once you are over the hill, you start picking up speed.

Posted: 5/22/2003 7:21:23 AM EDT

[#10]

Yep...but wait 'till you turn 50...shit's gonna start happening to you that you can't believe!

Happy Birthday!

[BEER]

Posted: 5/22/2003 7:25:24 AM EDT

[#11]

Happy Birthday!

Posted: 5/22/2003 9:18:21 AM EDT

[#12]

Quoted:
Yep...but wait 'till you turn 50...shit's gonna start happening to you that you can't believe!

Happy Birthday!

[BEER]

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Damn, you ain't kidding.

Posted: 5/22/2003 9:24:36 AM EDT

[#13]

Happy B-Day!!! [beer]

Posted: 5/22/2003 9:46:25 AM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
All I can tell you is that once you are over the hill, you start picking up speed.

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lol. OP, you always crack me up.

Happy Bday Lumpy! nice to have you around the mid-life group! here's another thing to look forward to: yearly prostate checks! tip: choose a doc with small hands.

Posted: 5/22/2003 9:51:41 AM EDT

[#15]

Turned 40 last sunday. I was thinking the crisis think would hit in another 5 years.

Damn did I miss it, I hate to be late.

Posted: 5/22/2003 10:09:44 AM EDT

[#16]

What happens if you live to 100? You need to readjust your lifespan so that you can get cool toys EVERY year for your mid-life crisis.

[banana]

Posted: 5/22/2003 10:32:02 AM EDT

[#17]

Happy Birthday!

[:D]

Posted: 5/22/2003 10:45:48 AM EDT

[#18]

I'm 36 and I feel like I've only lived a fourth of my life. Hoping for 130. [:D]

Posted: 5/22/2003 10:48:14 AM EDT

[#19]

[ I have been telling people for the last 2 years that when I turned 40 I was gonna start shopping for a corvette and try to pick up 2 20 year olds. Now I doubt I could keep up with the 20 year olds [BD]

I told my wife that when she hit 50 I would trade her in for 2 25 yr. olds.....She just kept reading and told me I wasn't wired for 225. Unfortunately, she was probably right.

Happy B'day Lumpy.

Posted: 5/22/2003 10:48:47 AM EDT

[#20]

Half down half to go. Congratulations. You deserve a machinegun if you have made it that far. Then again, dont we all.

Posted: 5/22/2003 11:44:22 AM EDT

[#21]

I decided to have my mid-life crisis at 30 so I'd have time to enjoy another! Happy Birthday!

[headbang]

Posted: 5/22/2003 11:52:22 AM EDT

[#22]

Happy Birthday!!! [bday]

I thought you were leaving the board, hmmph.[;D]

ByteTheBullet (-:

Posted: 5/22/2003 11:54:48 AM EDT

[#23]

Don't worry Lumpy...at least there's Viagra![:D]

[sex]

Posted: 5/22/2003 11:58:47 AM EDT

[#24]

I'm 37 and I feel like I'm just hitting my stride. I really feel like I don't know what I want to be when I grow up.

The truth is, I feel MUCH younger than the calendar says I am. It sounds like a bad joke to tell me that my 20th HS reunion is coming up. Feels more like my FIVE year reunion should be coming.

I haven't even given up skateboarding yet!

My business is starting to take off now, too, and I know I'm in the right field because I can work all day long and it always feels like play instead of work. The money is starting to come in at a good pace as well.

I attribute my youthful attitude (and even my youngish appearance) to having no wife or kids to grind me down. Even in the best marriages, the constant stress of just handling the affairs of a family wears away at you, even when all is going smoothly.

I'd LIKE to be married, but I have yet to meet a suitable woman. (Suitable for me, and that I'm suitable for as well.)

CJ

Posted: 5/22/2003 12:03:47 PM EDT

[#25]

You know you're getting old when you walk past 2 really hot chicks on your way to the gunstore and the only thing that crosses your mind is "Do I need some more Winchester small rifle primers?" Happy Birthday!

Posted: 5/22/2003 1:36:07 PM EDT

[#26]

Happy Birthday! Welcome to the club. Being half dead aint all that bad.

Posted: 5/22/2003 7:32:57 PM EDT

[#27]

Thanks guys!

Posted: 5/22/2003 9:21:18 PM EDT

[#28]

Happy B'day Lumpy [beer]

Welcome to my side of the hill [;)]

Posted: 5/22/2003 9:40:20 PM EDT

[#29]

Buy a nasal hair trimmer.

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