aibu about your 40's

[notespeciallyno]

Aibu to wonder what your 40's were like or are like?

[NiceLegsShameAboutTheFace]

Not the best. My 50s, on the other hand, friggin ROCK

[Fatasfooook]

Filled with anxiety and body deterioration

[june2007]

So far ok. But being prescribed reading glasses. (on top of usual ones.) at 40 was a bit like great welcome to my 40,s.

[MrsBrentford]

45 next month and have put on weight and started to feel a bit invisible

[Paintedmaypole]

I didn't have time to worry about becoming invisible, getting fat etc during my 40s. I was too bloody busy.

[Makegoodchoices]

Best social life since uni days. But fat.

[PickAChew]

Much the same as my 30s but with less fucks given.

[Haggisfish]

I am loving them. Dc old enlightened to have real fun with and loads of fun, enjoying my career, got a really busy social life again and do lots of fun hobbies. Got my anxiety beaten with meds. I’m in a really good place.

[Namechangeforthegamechange]

So far been pregnant or breastfeeding and too exhausted to think about any else

[Haggisfish]

Dc old enough, that should say not enlightened!

[Likethebattle]

I’m turning 41 this year. So far everything hurts, my hormones have gone nuts, my eyesight but turning shit and my weight is refusing to drop! I feel done and knackered!

[PositiveVibes11]

Loving 40's, easier than turning 30 for me. Used it to change some things that I didn't like about my life such as my job. More confident in myself and feel I know who I am.

[justjuggling]

My ex husband left me 2 weeks before my 40th birthday so my 40s have not been what I’d imagined they would be! However, I’m braver and stronger than I ever thought I could be and I’m proud of what I’ve achieved in this decade so far. Am totally planning for my 50s to be INCREDIBLE!

[supersop60]

Had my DD at 40 (and DS at 44) so pretty busy with small children, and then peri menopause!!!
Have just turned 60 and feeling great.

[oxoxoxoxo]

Had two babies so no time to think about age - though I suppose things started to deteriorate physically..... It's hard to know what was caused by having children, having an early menopause, general age - but my looks, eyesight, weight etc have all plunged (or expanded...) and I'm definitely creakier now (mid 50s).

But for me the 40s were fab - recently married, lovely children, gave up work (then went back part time and flexibly) so all great! Just need to look in the mirror a lot less....

[TheVanguardSix]

I’m not going to lie. It’s a tough decade. I think it’s like the ugly/spotty phase for the middle aged. It’s a decade of change in a way I’ve not experienced.
That said, I’m a way better person now more than ever. I feel like I’ve finally become who I’m meant to be. And for that, I really will gladly accept prolapsed everything! It’s actually worth it.

[TatianaLarina]

40s are great. You stop giving a shit what anyone thinks and your kids are old enough not to eat snails and electrocute themselves.

[BillieEilish]

Bloody awful.

[MustShowDH]

I'm glad to hear my deterioration is normal. I've spent the last few weeks feeling like my body is giving up on me and I may as well be dead as it's so unable to function - I'm 44 in a couple of weeks.

[eldeeno]

On the whole, I'm enjoying my 40s. Kids are now teens, so starting to get my life back a bit. Agree about not giving a shit!

Worst bits... yep, getting fat and feeling knackered.

[Megan2018]

Fabulous so far, just had a baby and loving life. Feel exactly the same as 30’s tbh.

[Snorkelface]

Early menopause, career crisis, looked shite, never ending friendship/family dramas. Still trying to crawl away from it.

[BillieEilish]

Early forties … a breeze.

45 onwards … menopause/perimenopause/Dc's don't need you as much and will be gone or nearly gone in 10 years/society blanks you/husband has potential to leave you/exhaustion/friends start getting breast cancer/Most jobs say 25 to 45/agree body really does start to fall apart/SM is full of woman pouting in underwear/hair is grey

All horrible. Definitely my absolutely worst decade by far. I have fingers crossed for my 50's.

[katy1213]

Mine were brilliant - looking back, I was in my prime! Plenty of money - lots of travel - still had a waistline. Not sure what happened after I hit 55-ish, though.

[thecatneuterer]

Same as Katy1213 above. I felt confident, sexy and I was out in nightclubs (salsa) at least three nights a week and had a very varied and fun love life. I felt sorted money-wise, fulfilled generally and had no stress of any kind. And that carried on till early 50s when I suddenly lost my mojo and began to feel that I was ageing (I had felt immune to that until then). Even in my late 50s things are still OK, but I do miss my 40s (yet I really don't miss my 20s).