i wish i was 27 again

[PricklyPete]

I’m turning 40 this year and enjoying life as much now as I ever have.

Wonderful wife with 3 great kids (all under 4 years old).

We are financially secure, live in a great area, and my job is low stress/good pay with a great schedule that has me home by 3:15 nearly every day.

I bike/run/Hockey/board 3-4 times a week. Still regularly run my long runs (7.5+ miles) at under 7 minute miles. My wife has matched me in keeping herself in shape and I am just as attracted to her now as I was 14 years ago when we met.

I never look back and feel like a previous year was “better”. Honestly, I am waiting for the shoe to drop...I feel my family and I have been overly lucky and at some point life is going to rear its ugly head.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

Turning 27 in April and my body feels old AF.

 

[Zeze]

I’m turning 40 this year and enjoying life as much now as I ever have.

Wonderful wife with 3 great kids (all under 4 years old).

We are financially secure, live in a great area, and my job is low stress/good pay with a great schedule that has me home by 3:15 nearly every day.

I bike/run/Hockey/board 3-4 times a week. Still regularly run my long runs (7.5+ miles) at under 7 minute miles. My wife has matched me in keeping herself in shape and I am just as attracted to her now as I was 14 years ago when we met.

I never look back and feel like a previous year was “better”. Honestly, I am waiting for the shoe to drop...I feel my family and I have been overly lucky and at some point life is going to rear its ugly head.

Hear hear!!!!!

The entire year of 2017, I've been coming home by 3-4pm then log in. I also got to work 1-3x a week.

I too am cherishing where I am in life. Although we've been going through tremendous exhaustion (physical & emotional) due to 2 infants/toddlers, I am absolutely grateful.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

26.

26 was the first year I fell asleep while trying to play an MMO all night. It was also the year that the US Government mailed me a postcard and said I was too old.

28 was the year I was in a car accident and the cop who showed up looked like a kid.

35 now; doing just fine, tyvm.

 

[ponyo]

I'm in my low 40s and I feel myself getting fat, old, and too comfortable. Life is good but I always fear getting too comfortable because that's when you suddenly die. Life is funny that way.

 

[dank69]

27 was the best. still enough health to do fun stuff and finally enough wealth to afford it.

How old are you now? 27.5?

 

[dave_the_nerd]

I'm in my low 40s and I feel myself getting fat, old, and too comfortable. Life is good but I always fear getting too comfortable because that's when you suddenly die. Life is funny that way.

Two of those three you can do something about.

 

[snoopy7548]

27 was cool but now I'm 32 and I don't really see the need to be younger. I'm in excellent shape, still go snowboarding 2-3 times per week (and take hard falls when trying new tricks, but I didn't start until I was 28), and I have even more money! Though I do notice more aches and pains after getting up out of an uncomfortable position than when I was younger.

 

[Kaido]

I dunno, I'm the opposite. I had anxiety really bad growing up & had health issues later on. Mid 30's now, know how to feel good (figured out how to cook, have an exercise routine, etc.), know what I want (job-wise, hobbies, etc.), and so on. Plus I have job experience, so I'm not stuck in crap jobs anymore & can switch things up if desired, which is nice. I'd take the last five years over high school or my 20's any day, if we're basing it on personal history!

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

When I was 27, I worked full time, went to culinary school full time and, smoked weed like crazy. Good times.

 

[Captante]

27 was cool but now I'm 32 and I don't really see the need to be younger.

Give it a few more years ... 30 isn't a cliff its more the start of the down-slope!

Having said that, keep up with the outdoor exercise... my Dad made it to 89 before cancer took him and was jogging several miles a day till 87.5 or so. May not have extended his life a lot but as for the quality of said life it made a huge difference!

 

[mrblotto]

Jeebus, I thought most of y'all were older than you said. Dang, I'm 50 but I feel younger.....like maybe 40 lol

Time goes by faster and faster. Can't believe I've had the same job for 20 years now. Sure I have aches and pains, but I try to at least enjoy this crazy ride that is life.

I FINALLY graduated college when I was 27.....yeah it took me 3 schools and 9 years to do it before it finally clicked lol. I learned a lot about what I DIDNT want to do for a career during those 9 years of in and out of college.

 

[ponyo]

Two of those three you can do something about.

Very true. It's just that I've been blessed all my life with great health and insanely fast metabolism. I've been the same 6 ft 175-180 lb weight from high school to my early 40s. But last year or so, I started feeling my body slowing down and I can no longer not exercise and still eat any/all foods much as I want. I've put on 15-20 lbs of weight. Lack of exercise and low stress along with all the yummy BBQ have contributed to my weight gain. I'm confident I can shed the weight with moderate exercise but it's going to be harder due to being over 40. There's reason why most athletes retire when they hit 40.

As for comfort, once you tasted the good life, it's hard to give that up and regress.

 

[sandorski]

lol, way to pick the worst aged, lololol

 

[Herr Kutz]

Still feel 25

 

[BoomerD]

Still feel 25

So do I...but it gets me slapped every once in a while...

 

[dave_the_nerd]

As for comfort, once you tasted the good life, it's hard to give that up and regress.

Well, you don't have to give up food and shelter. But if you're not being challenged by life, it gets kinda boring. Learn a skill, take up a new hobby, stuff like that.

 

[Captante]

Jeebus, I thought most of y'all were older than you said. Dang, I'm 50 but I feel younger.....like maybe 40 lol

Yep 53 here ... still feel like I'm 20 provided I avoid mirrors!

 

[BD231]

I wish I had pussy in my life again, not attached to this snitch network tryina be involved in everything.

Boy .... I sure do miss pussy man. Sux.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I get it....at 27, you're old enough to go after young girls looking for older guys. You still have metabolism and don't have to work out much to look good. I just remember at 24/25, I hit the point where I couldn't stand dealing with the stupid girls I kept meeting. I kept meeting these girls that were 18-22 that had the princess complex or weren't old enough to enjoy drinking coffee or wouldn't be bold enough to try eating sushi beyond a California roll...

b-b-b-bbut girls mature much faster than boys! Thats why as a female I only date OLDER men that beat me instead of younger ones.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

to be honest though, life started sucking the moment I had to get a paycheck.... Not sure about the whole 27 thing.

As dick and spoiled as it sounds, everything was so much better when I had everything delivered to me... Need to make dinner? Who cares, mom is making/deciding it. Need groceries? Mom/Dad have it covered. Need to clean/maintain the house? 'Rents got it.

You get the drift.... Responsibility sucks. Every kid thinks they want it until they finally have it. Most kids of the latest generation can't handle it either, and they fall apart as they try to scrape by and pay bills every month without having any savings - let alone retirement.

I'm really just counting down the days to when my kid(s) aren't such a burden in life. The fact that leaving for anything (Store, restaurant, etc...) is like a 30 minute ordeal of gathering formula, with the bottle/warmer, making sure the diaper bag is loaded (clothes, diapers, etc.), making sure the kid is dressed.... Is something that as a dad I can never get used to. I'm just wired to think "toss on pants, toss on t-shirt, toss on tennis shoes and leave"... as a 5 minute task. Not so anymore....

 

[IEC]

First drawn when I was 18.

Fun is an attitude, not an age.

 

[Thunder 57]

26 was the first year I fell asleep while trying to play an MMO all night. It was also the year that the US Government mailed me a postcard and said I was too old.

You were too old. Time to take responsibility.

to be honest though, life started sucking the moment I had to get a paycheck.... Not sure about the whole 27 thing.

As dick and spoiled as it sounds, everything was so much better when I had everything delivered to me... Need to make dinner? Who cares, mom is making/deciding it. Need groceries? Mom/Dad have it covered. Need to clean/maintain the house? 'Rents got it.

You get the drift.... Responsibility sucks. Every kid thinks they want it until they finally have it. Most kids of the latest generation can't handle it either, and they fall apart as they try to scrape by and pay bills every month without having any savings - let alone retirement.

I'm really just counting down the days to when my kid(s) aren't such a burden in life. The fact that leaving for anything (Store, restaurant, etc...) is like a 30 minute ordeal of gathering formula, with the bottle/warmer, making sure the diaper bag is loaded (clothes, diapers, etc.), making sure the kid is dressed.... Is something that as a dad I can never get used to. I'm just wired to think "toss on pants, toss on t-shirt, toss on tennis shoes and leave"... as a 5 minute task. Not so anymore....

That's why I liked (in retrospect) the way my parents raised me. I had to help around the house. When it came time to get a car, they had the means, but I was on my own. I had already been working though and had enough saved to get a nice used Camaro Z28 . They actually did help out a little bit by loaning me $1000, but it was paid back. I have seen too many kids who are handed everything and they almost inevitably turn out to be fuck ups.