4Turning 40 soon and not feeling good about it!

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So I turn 40 soon and I've got mixed feelings.I have achieved so much and I'm content and looking the best I have then I did when I was younger.However...I few years older than my husband and well...I'm not looking forward to his family finding out even though they know I'm older than him.They weren't too happy when he was marrying me because I was few years older than him and well now...40 would sound even older to them.I get on with them now, I dont know why I feel like this though.I should be looking forward to my birthday but feeling rather nervous because dont know what comments they'll be making.

Don’t invite them to your birthday.

Focus on you and yourself. And celebrate where you are at !

Don't worry yourself about what his family thinks ! Presumably they already know how old you are, so this birthday isn't going to be a huge revelation to them.

Is there some reason why they have to be involved in it anyway ? If you are feeling rubbish about turning 40, don't make a big fuss about it. Have a nice dinner with your husband and leave it at that. There isn't a rule that "big birthdays" have to be celebrated in a huge way.

OP if it makes you feel any better, I turned 40 in Feb.

I’ve achieved a grand total of fuck all in my life and look and feel like a sack of rotting shit. I’m also older than my husband by five years. I spent the day 9 weeks pregnant in a dark room vomiting into a bucket.

Your life could be worse. You could be me!