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To be saying I’m 40 already

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360whatdoyoumeab · 30/12/2025 00:15

my birthday is late July but I’ve been saying I’m 40 already as this is the year I will be turning it

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TheDandyLion · 30/12/2025 00:30

How many times do you actually get asked how old you are?

sleepylittlebunnies · 30/12/2025 00:29

@XenoBitch thats great 😂. Great way to have two big birthdays close together.

ForFunGoose · 30/12/2025 00:27

Oh yikes’
It’s very unnecessary and childish imo

XenoBitch · 30/12/2025 00:25

sleepylittlebunnies · 30/12/2025 00:23

In my head I start thinking, I’m nearly say 40 when my birthday will be soon, but I don’t actually say it. Be careful though, as one year I must have convinced myself I was that age, and then went and added another year on, on my birthday 😂. It was a while after that I realised that I had aged myself.

I had a friend who was turning 60, so of course all the cards she had had 60 on. She later slunk back and admitted she got her age wrong, and she was actually 61 😄

sleepylittlebunnies · 30/12/2025 00:23

In my head I start thinking, I’m nearly say 40 when my birthday will be soon, but I don’t actually say it. Be careful though, as one year I must have convinced myself I was that age, and then went and added another year on, on my birthday 😂. It was a while after that I realised that I had aged myself.

Eenameenadeeka · 30/12/2025 00:21

Yeah that's odd.. can't you just say almost 40

Shinyandnew1 · 30/12/2025 00:21

No, that is odd. You aren't that age yet, so why say you are?

AnneLovesGilbert · 30/12/2025 00:20

Odd. Why?

PinkArt · 30/12/2025 00:20

Say whatever makes you happy, but that's not how birthdays work 😂
I've got an early January birthday and even then this wouldn't cross my mind as something I'd ever do.

ArseSkinForAFriend · 30/12/2025 00:19

Bit odd but if it makes you happy 🤷‍♂️

XenoBitch · 30/12/2025 00:18

Weird. Do you do this with other ages too?

Kyffin · 30/12/2025 00:18

So you're not 40 until July 2026 but in December 2025 you are claiming to be 40 already?
You do you but if you're asking if you're being unreasonable, I think you are.
Seems a bit of a pointless post though?

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