Reasons why turning 40 is the best

[Photosymphysis]

Last year I turned 40 and it's been the best!

Age may be just a number, but turning 40 feels like I'm liberated from a lot of things I "should" do or care about.

The mantra has become "Fuck it, I'm 40"!

I don't want "sexy" pants. I want massive comfy pants. Fuck it, I'm 40, I'm going to be comfortable.

I want to take up this awkward hobby. Fuck it, I'm 40, I'm not going to get any younger.

I'd quite like to do some needlepoint. It's a bit middle aged, isn't it? Fuck it, I'm 40! I'm allowed to be 'middle aged'!

What glory have you found in forty?!

I'm 35 and I'm quite looking forward to my Fuck It 40s. Can I have a playboy on the side?...

Am 40 later this year and this is exactly what I need to read!!

I'm 39, already wear comfy underwear and I'm really looking forward to turning 40.

I know this will vary depending on when you had kids but I feel like I'll be able to concentrate on my own ambitions again.

Is there any hope for me at 30 having already ditched the sexy pants I don't have any awkward hobbies yet but have young children who will be teenagers by the time I'm 40 so I'm sure I will have more time for awkward hobbies then. Sounds like you have a great mindset to me;

@JackieCollinshasnoauthority

I'm 39, already wear comfy underwear and I'm really looking forward to turning 40.

I know this will vary depending on when you had kids but I feel like I'll be able to concentrate on my own ambitions again.

Yes!

Luckily for my turning 40 coincided with my kids being a little bit older (youngest is 5) so that I can leave them with DH for a few hours at the weekend without feeling guilty. And fuck off out in the countryside by myself!

I bloody love it! And DH is all in favour since it keeps me sane!

What am I waiting for? Because I'm already 40.

@Fruitteatime

Is there any hope for me at 30 having already ditched the sexy pants I don't have any awkward hobbies yet but have young children who will be teenagers by the time I'm 40 so I'm sure I will have more time for awkward hobbies then. Sounds like you have a great mindset to me;

Congratulations on prioritising your own comfort over everything else. This is the beginning of your selfish revolution!

Hopefully you'll only need another year or two before you can indulge yourself in whatever the fuck you want! You'll never be this young again.

(Though, if your kids are little and you're already feeling trapped with tiny kids, work, domesticity. Don't pile on the guilt too. Because the flip side is: you're still young! You've got time! Play the long game!)

I'm 40 in June, ditched the sexy pants and wired/push up bras years ago

Oh absolutely, the 40s were the beginning of freedom. But if it's proper joy you want you gotta try the 50s!

Threw my exh out at 40!!

Met now dh at 42!!

I’m 41 and no kids but this still applies. 40 and over is too old to a) care what anyone else thinks and b) hold off on doing / being whatever you want.

@dudsville

Oh absolutely, the 40s were the beginning of freedom. But if it's proper joy you want you gotta try the 50s!

Brilliant! This is what I needed to read!

@DukeofEarlGrey

I’m 41 and no kids but this still applies. 40 and over is too old to a) care what anyone else thinks and b) hold off on doing / being whatever you want.

That's it! That's exactly it!

Part of me is a bit cross that it took me so long to get here. But fuck it. I'm here now!