Things your parents didn't tell you about turning 40
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I would be needing a second set of glasses
I would be needing several copies of the 2nd set of glasses since I wouldn't remember where I left the last pair,
My brain would still be stuck at 25
Hangovers would last more than one day
I would be hornier than ever
It would get worse (well, better....) every year after that (so far at least)
The sources of weird noises my body would make would go up
Vices would be much more enjoyable0 -
I was never told about hairy ears....you heard me...HAIRY EARS people!!0
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I remember my mom looking pretty hot in her 40s. I don't think I fared as well but I'm working on it.0
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My parents didn't tell me that when I turned 40 I would still feel like a kid. That I would want to be active and play. Life is just beginning! I feel GRRRrrrreeeeeaaattttt!0
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40 hasn't been too bad for me, I wish my mom was still around to tell me about what 40s are like! My biggest problems are my skin and hair is drier now! texture and everything is different! I pee a little when I jump, sneeze, laugh etc. (okay that one is REALLY annoying!!) and it is taking FOREVER to lose weight, my metabolism is a LOT slower than it used to be! I still FEEL 30 something.
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My sex drive is out of this world!!! :blushing: Really kind of a sucky time in my life to be single!!! :laugh:
And the pee that sneaks out when you are doing jumping jacks...:noway: UGH!!!0 -
I was never told about hairy ears....you heard me...HAIRY EARS people!!
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My eyes are razer sharp.
But my hearing especially in the voice range is not as good as it used to be.0 -
So can you still be hot in your 40s? Is it too late for me to lose the weight and finally be hot again? That's the thing that's rumbling around my brain right now.
I honestly look better now at 40 than I ever have.
Except the male pattern baldness thing. LOL!
I have a smaller waist & more muscle than my senior yr of highschool.0 -
I wish they had told me that my brain will be in denial about being 40, but my body will be fully aware! The aches and pains that have started to show up in the past couple of years, has my brain in open rebellioin screaming "I can't be old! Not yet!"
LOL I think my brain is 20 and my body is 60!0 -
Hell YES!0
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Ear hair...Yes...and not just out of the middle where you expect it...along the sides and usually a single very long one that appears overnight sticking out from behind the ear. Bushy eyebrows. Got the bifocals 3 weeks ago. Age spots on the skin and getting a haircut and seeing clumps of hair that are much grayer that I remember from the last time...Don't get me started on the remembering thing!0
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Don't get me started on the remembering thing!
Because you can't remember what you were going to say about it?
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I have my progressive lenses on as I type! So great being able to read the fine print! Ironically I got them a week before my 40th B-Day this past year. :laugh:0
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my sentiments exactly and it only gets better they tell me0
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Thank you all for a laugh and boosting my spirits: at least I'm not the only one going through this.0
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This is why I joined this group. The truth comes out about what happens after you turn 40. My mother did not tell me about thyroid problems she had at this age. Would have been a good heads up. I am learning to embrace 40 and beyond with happy thoughts. :happy:0
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How grand!!! Love all the comment. Some are funny. I'm 43 and really liking mfp. Not much changed. Grey, a little, but I use "reincarnate" brown henna shampoo from Lush. It really works. Still jumping around. Mmmmm but my knees do creek a bit. Mmmmmmm....... Carpe Dium everyone.
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So can you still be hot in your 40s? Is it too late for me to lose the weight and finally be hot again? That's the thing that's rumbling around my brain right now.
It's never too late.
No one told me that I would become my mother. My children tease me about it all the time :laugh:0 -
Many people told me that it was not proper to play baseball when I was a mother and then when I was still playing and 40 they said "you still play baseball" I think we need to be more supportive of each other and if someone feels good doing something, even if they are over 40, let them do it and support them. Even if they need bifocals to do it:smile : (of course there are exceptions like things that are not healthy for us)0
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That I would be wearing reading glasses and have the volume up so high on the TV that the police will come and tell you to turn it down. :sad:
ha ha ha nice to know I'm not the only one :laugh: :laugh:0 -
Those stray chin hairs that pop up over night !0
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So here is my list:
1 - That my short term memory is very short. I can be doing something then forget what I was doing and go to do something else and then before I know it, I have a gazillion projects going at once that all have to be done right then. Bless my husband for putting up with a scatterbrain sometimes.
2 - That I went from no glasses to bifocals in one visit. Really? However, will say that having thyroid removed according to eye doc has a lot to do with that.
3 - That I love my afternoon power nap. LOVE IT! I makes me feel like I can take on the world after that.
4 - That I didn't mind the occasional grey in my hair, well it is kind of a silver. I am just curious as to why it has to come in thicker and standing straight up in the air. Oh, and I did freak the first time there was a grey eyebrow. The hair, yeh, can handle that, but the grey there and down there?? Oh man, yep, that sucks.
5 - The pee thing sucks. (Glad I am not the only one it seems)
6 - What is up with getting so hot at night!!! I feel like I am sweating to death, wake up covered in it. I feel like my hubby has married a sweatmonster.
7 - Sex drive is awesome, and we are more comfortable it seems with each other with our bodies, so we don't worry about anything. Could it also be because there are no kids at home either??
8 - That one of the scariest days is when your twenty something tells that you will be a grandmother maybe? Seriously? It was a maybe that turned out to be a not but they wanted it to be a yes.
9 - That you will miss having all the chaos in your house when all your children leave. Of course, they come back!
10 - That when you go to the doctor, they test you for more things, and always wanna run a test for something. Really, doctor, appreciate it, but getting tired of getting poked.0 -
HI I totally related. I am reading at night with a little led light I attach to my book so I can see better....I wish I new losing weight would be harder too.0
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I have a silver, wiry Grandma type hair growing out of my eyebrow! Whenever I see it poking up again I reach for the tweezers pronto - aaahhh! Gray hair is one thing...but brows? Yech. Thanks 40s...0
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I've been going grey since my 20's, so I'm no stranger to a bottle of color. However, years ago I saw a comedy special by Sinbad where he said "If you break it after 40, it stays broke", and whoa, he was RIGHT about that one.
My short term memory is ....what was I saying? Also, I didn't realize I'd own reading glasses in several colors either.0 -
I keep making the font on my Kindle bigger and bigger...
and who knew that knees start to sag?0 -
i notice aches and pains that aren't debilitation, but they do make me take notice.
^^^^This
I woke up on my 40th Birthday (remind you at that time i was in the gym every morning for a least a year running) with a strange pain in my knee...went away thru the day. Now every now and then I wake up with aches and pains that have "no" explaination.0 -
i notice aches and pains that aren't debilitation, but they do make me take notice.
^^^^This
I woke up on my 40th Birthday (remind you at that time i was in the gym every morning for a least a year running) with a strange pain in my knee...went away thru the day. Now every now and then I wake up with aches and pains that have "no" explaination.
OH Yeah forgot to mention I have many more nose and ear hairs that I have to pluck daily
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Hello All!
This is just a fun posting about how subtle things in life creep up on you.
For example...I'm going to be welcoming my very first pair of progressive lenses. What are progressive lenses you ask...well it's a nice word for bifocals. I thought my eye sight was a little off lately :laugh:
Speaking as somebody from the optical world, I want to personally thank you for that purchase!! LOL0
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