Atomic Playboy
Lifer
- Feb 6, 2007
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What the hell is with all you people thinking life ends at 30? I don't follow celebrity gossip, but it seems to me that the last few years the People magazine sexiest men or whatever issue has had guys like George Clooney and Brad Pitt, who were in their late 30s at the time. Not all 30 year olds are fat, slovenly, disgusting pigs.
Whoozyerdaddy said it in a very disparaging (but true) way; women are attracted to maturity, wealth and power (and good looks, sure). You may look good at 20, but you're immature and poor. At 25, you may have started to mature, but you still don't have much power or wealth. By 30, you're definitely a man, you're gaining power and wealth (provided you haven't totally fucked up your life), and you still look good. Shit, in your thirties, you'll probably be at your most attractive to women. Like Whoozyerdaddy said, younger women will see you as a "man" (they'll be fed up with "boys" their own age), women your age will be hitting their sexual peak (studies show women hit a high point in horniness in their early to mid thirties), women in their 40s will have biological clock issues and will be envied by their friends if they can score a handsome young go-getter... Your 30s will be swimming with ass if you know how to market yourself at all.
I'm in the same boat as you (24, soon to be 25), and I'm looking forward to te next few years. I'm sick of my job, so I'll probably quit in the next few months. My grandmother just passed away, and I'll be getting a small sum of inheritance from her estate. Now is the time when I can do anything; up and move, maybe travel, see Europe, Africa, the world, date random women/men, just try to have a good time. Your life isn't over, it's just beginning. If you don't like your job, quit. You have your whole life in front of you; don't spend it miserable.
Good luck to you, I'm sure you'll pull through OK.
Whoozyerdaddy said it in a very disparaging (but true) way; women are attracted to maturity, wealth and power (and good looks, sure). You may look good at 20, but you're immature and poor. At 25, you may have started to mature, but you still don't have much power or wealth. By 30, you're definitely a man, you're gaining power and wealth (provided you haven't totally fucked up your life), and you still look good. Shit, in your thirties, you'll probably be at your most attractive to women. Like Whoozyerdaddy said, younger women will see you as a "man" (they'll be fed up with "boys" their own age), women your age will be hitting their sexual peak (studies show women hit a high point in horniness in their early to mid thirties), women in their 40s will have biological clock issues and will be envied by their friends if they can score a handsome young go-getter... Your 30s will be swimming with ass if you know how to market yourself at all.
I'm in the same boat as you (24, soon to be 25), and I'm looking forward to te next few years. I'm sick of my job, so I'll probably quit in the next few months. My grandmother just passed away, and I'll be getting a small sum of inheritance from her estate. Now is the time when I can do anything; up and move, maybe travel, see Europe, Africa, the world, date random women/men, just try to have a good time. Your life isn't over, it's just beginning. If you don't like your job, quit. You have your whole life in front of you; don't spend it miserable.
Good luck to you, I'm sure you'll pull through OK.
Modelworks
Lifer
- Feb 22, 2007
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Honestly? I'm 25. I got a solid job, some good friends I've known for 10+ years, good family, a nice car, and don't have a problem finding a girl(s) who are into me. Really, all that I can hope for now is for more of what I have, which is mostly inevitable. My own family down the line, a bigger savings/equity, etc.
I actually really can't complain, this thread made me feel better, thanks.
I actually really can't complain, this thread made me feel better, thanks.
HeroOfPellinor
Lifer
- Dec 27, 2001
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I'll start feel older when I stop feeling better every year. As it is, I feel stronger and sharper each year.
ViviTheMage
Lifer
Hitting 22 in about a month and a half. Can't believe I wasted 20 years of it. Finally starting to live out some stuff. Can't wait till summer, schools out, college done, life actually starts... until I hit unemployment and get evicted from my cardboard box.
Originally posted by: bladder23
I'm 14, I'm almost 15
any advice
Yeah - read all the depressing stuff that gets posted on Off Topic and don't ever think, "Well, I guess it's normal." Hell no - don't get caught up in other people's sad stories and bring yourself down. Always remind yourself - I am not going to do what he/she did. I am not going to underachieve just because everyone else around me underachieves. I am not going to let someone convince me I am not as good as I think I am. I am going to continue to be a social recluse just because there are a thousand neffers on ATOT who are social outcasts - so it's not like it's normal, right?
Read all these 'real-world' tales of depression and angst and tell yourself, "I am going to structure and lead my life in a way that will place me far away from this mess that seems to plague everyone's life." Don't fall for the emo-wave - the tortured artist that no one understands. Don't wallow in apathy, don't feel like an outcast - do whatever the fuck you want and listen to wise men and women.
The whole world is place for arrogant bastards to showboat and make themselves look better than the masses. Everyone is out to prove, "Queues? I don't wait in queues. The queue starts where I stand." Don't ever believe that someone is better than you.
Older people aren't always right...but they aren't always 100% wrong either. They tend to have a very defensive approach to life - quite the opposite of the full-on offense you want to unleash on the world. Strike a balance and learn to develop a sense of (better) judgment.
As for chicks? Call me sexist but the average 16-year-old guy is way smarter than the average 16-year-old girl. Yet, somehow, all dudes end up becoming a slave to pussy. Guys in high-school sacrifice their dignity, pride and whatchamacallit hoping to 'get lucky' with the cynosure of their eyes. It's all freaking bullshit. Don't ever let a chick manipulate you or make you feel less of a man. (Most) Chicks that age are frighteningly dumb & naive - if you end up with a leash around your neck, you will only have yourself to blame.
Just take a look through L&R and check out all the clueless dudes who have most of the goods - education, good jobs, benefits, car, bank etc. - yet feel lost, sad and neutered when it comes to relationships. It is NOT that complicated. Don't end up like that. Ever.
"I wish I knew at 16 what I know now at 22." I'd have a dollar (and some loose change) if I had nickel every time I thought that to myself.
/sermon
24 here too, halfway to 25...
yeah its getting old....but on the same hand, i figure i got until 29 to really still be "twenty something" doing stupid things...right? lol
and i still game like i did when i was 10...so that hasnt changed. Im just upset cause your athletic performance, (competitive swimmer, biking) will start to drop off here soon... first time where your body can't be as fast as it used to be...
yeah its getting old....but on the same hand, i figure i got until 29 to really still be "twenty something" doing stupid things...right? lol
and i still game like i did when i was 10...so that hasnt changed. Im just upset cause your athletic performance, (competitive swimmer, biking) will start to drop off here soon... first time where your body can't be as fast as it used to be...
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Yeah, at 25 it's down hill. Your metabolism slows down, so you start gaining weight, your energy level drops, blah.
At 30, the gray hairs start, then the ones that don't turn gray start dropping like crazy in the shower.
At 35, you start to realize you wasted your 20's and your life didn't turn out in any way-shape-or form the way you planned when you were in college. You want to try to make up for it by having adventures and doing exciting things, but kids/work/kids/after school activities/sports/kids/house pretty much limits your free time fun to 2 hours at Home Depot on weekends and an hour or two of WoW at night (if you're lucky).
I'm 37 now...I'll let you know what happens when I get to 40. Can't wait.
Nobody is forced to get married, have kids, and/or buy a house.
Fritzo
Lifer
- Jan 3, 2001
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Originally posted by: Special K
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Yeah, at 25 it's down hill. Your metabolism slows down, so you start gaining weight, your energy level drops, blah.
At 30, the gray hairs start, then the ones that don't turn gray start dropping like crazy in the shower.
At 35, you start to realize you wasted your 20's and your life didn't turn out in any way-shape-or form the way you planned when you were in college. You want to try to make up for it by having adventures and doing exciting things, but kids/work/kids/after school activities/sports/kids/house pretty much limits your free time fun to 2 hours at Home Depot on weekends and an hour or two of WoW at night (if you're lucky).
I'm 37 now...I'll let you know what happens when I get to 40. Can't wait.
Nobody is forced to get married, have kids, and/or buy a house.
No, but it just kind of happens (as it does to most people).
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Originally posted by: Special K
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Yeah, at 25 it's down hill. Your metabolism slows down, so you start gaining weight, your energy level drops, blah.
At 30, the gray hairs start, then the ones that don't turn gray start dropping like crazy in the shower.
At 35, you start to realize you wasted your 20's and your life didn't turn out in any way-shape-or form the way you planned when you were in college. You want to try to make up for it by having adventures and doing exciting things, but kids/work/kids/after school activities/sports/kids/house pretty much limits your free time fun to 2 hours at Home Depot on weekends and an hour or two of WoW at night (if you're lucky).
I'm 37 now...I'll let you know what happens when I get to 40. Can't wait.
Nobody is forced to get married, have kids, and/or buy a house.
No, but it just kind of happens (as it does to most people).
Really? I always thought planning a wedding and buying a house were very long, drawn out processes. It seems like something that takes months of preparation wouldn't "just happen". I could see how kids could "just happen", however
But then again, I'm only 25. What do I know?
Siddhartha
Lifer
- Oct 17, 1999
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If you are lucky you will be 26 the year after. For most people living and getting older is better than the alternatives.
MiniDoom
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- Jan 5, 2004
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Originally posted by: Special K
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Originally posted by: Special K
Originally posted by: Fritzo
Yeah, at 25 it's down hill. Your metabolism slows down, so you start gaining weight, your energy level drops, blah.
At 30, the gray hairs start, then the ones that don't turn gray start dropping like crazy in the shower.
At 35, you start to realize you wasted your 20's and your life didn't turn out in any way-shape-or form the way you planned when you were in college. You want to try to make up for it by having adventures and doing exciting things, but kids/work/kids/after school activities/sports/kids/house pretty much limits your free time fun to 2 hours at Home Depot on weekends and an hour or two of WoW at night (if you're lucky).
I'm 37 now...I'll let you know what happens when I get to 40. Can't wait.
Nobody is forced to get married, have kids, and/or buy a house.
No, but it just kind of happens (as it does to most people).
Really? I always thought planning a wedding and buying a house were very long, drawn out processes. It seems like something that takes months of preparation wouldn't "just happen". I could see how kids could "just happen", however
But then again, I'm only 25. What do I know?
They are drawn out processes, they just usually start after knocking up the girlfriend and last about 9 months.
Siddhartha
Lifer
- Oct 17, 1999
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Originally posted by: bladder23
I'm 14, I'm almost 15
any advice
Develop good study habits and go to class eveyday this discipline will come in handy later in life.
Use condoms
Wear your seat beats.
I just turned 26 today and started thinking this morning about what I want to accomplish before I turn 30, never did this before. It was weird for me.
1)get my mba, 2)buy a house, 3)get back into the gym more often, 4)meet the girl I want to marry
Age is just a number you can do lots of things to make your self feel better about birthdays like staying optimistic and fit.
1)get my mba, 2)buy a house, 3)get back into the gym more often, 4)meet the girl I want to marry
Age is just a number you can do lots of things to make your self feel better about birthdays like staying optimistic and fit.
SandEagle
Lifer
- Aug 4, 2007
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doesn't matter how old you are. any age is better than being that guy dying of cancer at the hospital... as old as you feel.....be happy to be alive
by the time I was 25, I had completed my MBA and a Master's in computer science. married at 25, kid at 26, home at 28. once you have kids....you get older by your kid's birthdays, not yours lol
by the time I was 25, I had completed my MBA and a Master's in computer science. married at 25, kid at 26, home at 28. once you have kids....you get older by your kid's birthdays, not yours lol
Jeff7
Lifer
- Jan 4, 2001
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At 25, I'm still underweight, and just maintaining it takes work. I think it was 3 weeks ago, I lost 5lbs in one week, and my usual weight is only 120 to begin with; I'm around 5'10".Originally posted by: Fritzo
Yeah, at 25 it's down hill. Your metabolism slows down, so you start gaining weight, your energy level drops, blah.
At 30, the gray hairs start, then the ones that don't turn gray start dropping like crazy in the shower.
At 35, you start to realize you wasted your 20's and your life didn't turn out in any way-shape-or form the way you planned when you were in college. You want to try to make up for it by having adventures and doing exciting things, but kids/work/kids/after school activities/sports/kids/house pretty much limits your free time fun to 2 hours at Home Depot on weekends and an hour or two of WoW at night (if you're lucky).
I'm 37 now...I'll let you know what happens when I get to 40. Can't wait.
By 30, I'll probably be entirely gray. I started getting gray hairs a few years ago.
Life already didn't turn out the way I had planned. When I was in high school, if you could fix computers, you were worth $100/hr. I didn't see any need for college. I went to college anyway as a formality. Around that time, the dot-com bubble imploded. Two years of college wound up turning into a big, useless expense. I got a job in retail for the next 2.5 years. Now I'm back in college, for mechanical engineering technology. I've got one semester left after this, and I still find the work quite boring. Why right now, I'm procrastinating doing Heat Transfer homework, because it's mind-numbingly tedious busywork.
Maybe by 35 I'll finally be going for a degree I might really want, something in nuclear, quantum, or astrophysics. Ideally, I'd have gone straight for a Ph.D. in one of them, but I was impatient to get a job that paid more than retail, and I didn't feel like entering the workforce in serious debt. So much for that, I'm already tens of thousands in debt. I hate having loans. My total net worth is negative.
I haven't planned ahead in terms of family or where to live. Right now, I'm pretty indifferent about either one.
spacejamz
Lifer
- Mar 31, 2003
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you may was well just pack it in if you are gonna have a shit attitude like that...
where the hell do you get that life turns to shit after turning 30???
you must keep some real shallow company if that is your take on life...you have my condolonces...
HeroOfPellinor
Lifer
- Dec 27, 2001
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I can't imagine being single at 30. The pickin's at that age are awfully slim. All the half decent chicks are married or divorced or have kids. The rest are severe head cases. Good luck.
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