Is 30 such a desirable age?

I think that Jenna focused on that age because of the magazine article. She wanted to be grown up and anything other than what she was.

Well, gotta admit, I hated my 30's (I'm now 44) and am just loving my 40's or maybe its because I was with a bad guy throughout my 30's?

I am 33 now and think the best times are between 20 and 28. You definately don't want to be a teen. Sure, you have lots of time at hand and a whole world to explore but the adults make your life a hell with all their restrictions and inability to understand you in the slightest way.
When you are in your tweens, life is fantastic, you are legally allowed to do whatever you want but if you do something stupid, people are very reluctant and forgive you easily because you are still young. Trouble begins when you are turn 30 or when you are close to 30: They start telling you that you should stop behaving like a teen and become responsible ans stuff, they pressure you to get married and all this other mojo. You can't be together with a girl just for fun anymore, you can only move together if you have "serious attention to get married". It's pretty gross^^ Life is actually over with 30, from there and on you have to live your save, silent, structured and boring life and if you ever dare to do something non-conform, you are called a stick-in-the-mud hippy or irresponsible big child.

i looooooovvved my late 20's - once you get into a career and aren't a poor broke student anymore but you're still young and enjoy all the advantages of youth - you don't need a lot of sleep and you still have energy and you can still eat whatever you want. that was a great time.

that being said - now that i am 39, 30 and early 30's are a great time to have kids and start doing the whole building your own family thing. it wasn't easy to say goodbye (in my heart) to my 20's (my body was ready for it though).

like anything, it's all what you make of it. Happy 30th.



"everything i say, by definition, is a promise." CARMINE SABATINI -(The Freshman)

I think she just focused in on thirty because she just read the magazine article about how great it could be but 30 was an awesome year for me probably because it was the year I married my wonderful husband! But the twenties were alot of fun too!

I'm 35, and so far, my 30's have been the best time of my life. There is a certain confidence that came with my 30's, and the desire to impress other people is gone. I'm having more fun, and appreciating life far more now than I ever did in my 20's.

"My sister thanks you, my mother thanks you, my father thanks you and I thank you."

30 is great because you're young enough to be attractive and playful... but you're old enough to be sophisticated and more respected.

People in their 20s suffer from a lack of respectability and credibility, because they are lumped in with the "young and stupid"... whether they are or not.

At 30 and beyond, you carry more credibility because you've had more life experience.

That's my take.

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