anyone else turn 40 this year?

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how do you feel about it?

I turned 40 in December and it is fine! The numbers don't worry me but I do feel 'older', my body aches in places for no reason it seems! But I do have an 8 month old so that could be the cause . I am also happy to be where I am, you know - major life goals achieved - lovely man, 3 wonderful children, job I love, our own home etc. So I am thankful and feel that I can really look forward to and enjoy my 40's - well that is my slant on it after 2 weeks

I am 40 in August and my overwhelming feeling about it is that I just find it so hard to believe - how can I be 40!
On my 36th birthday i was freaking out a bit about being old and being 40 in 4 years, my lovely DP said 'oh well when you are 40 you will have a wee 2 year old running around' And I do! - that meant so much to me at the time because it confirmed that he wanted to have kids with me. So like others have said, I have my DP and I have my gorgeous DS so who cares about being 40 ... except my younger friends will tease me mercilessly all year

40 in February. My sister recently asked me how old our brother's girlfriend was. I said 'about my age' then 'I mean, about the age I still think I am - mid-thirties'... She is 34. I feel like zazas - happy to be where I am, which seemed unachievable 10 years ago. Fantastic DH, two amazing DSs - DS1 after many years of trying and medical intervention, lovely home... 40's just another number, isn't it?

another rising 40 here! Not till September though. Am quite happy about it - good excuse for a party anyway! I'm pretty much where I want to be, decent house, happily married, two dcs. Could do with a sligthy better standard of living but we're mortgaged up to the hilt at the moment. Overall pretty content though.

I was 40 a few months ago.
Thought about it a lot in the run up but probably only because I thought I should.
I'm happier,fitter,slimmer, healthier and much richer than I was at 30 so what is there not to like??

lol at Go in the same jumper!

I'm 40 in November and dreading it - where did the past 10 years go? In many ways I'm where I want to be: interesting job - if not well paid, two lovely dds, beautiful house, reasonably happy marriage given the huge amount of stress dh and I have been under recently but I'm just terrified by the fact I only seemed to be 30 a second ago and life has definitely changed in the past decade, then I was out every single night living it large, now if I go out once every six months I'm doing well. The vast cricle of friends I used to have has dwindled away as everyone's had dcs and is too knackered and wrapped up in their own lives and I worry about how to rekindle that. I'm also having to start to make a big effort to look presentable now whereas 10 years ago I just jumped out of bed, pulled a comb through my hair and was good to go. So I just want time to slooooow down from now on, but it won't!

I'm 40 at the end of April and DH is 40 at the beginning. I've just sorted out some childcare so we can have a 3 night break with friends in France so really looking forward to that. We've never been away for that long on our own since having our girls who are now 7.

As for the thought of turning 40, it does seem old , and I do think, how did that happen, where have the years gone. But when I thnk of my mum at 40 she and her friends seemed quite ancient, I'm sure we're generally much fitter and trendier now at the same age, or am I just kidding myself.

It did freak me out when DH said 'My parents were 40 when we met you know'. We've been together 20 years.

more to the point... what is everyone doing to celebrate?

i fancy:

• weekend away in fab hotel with family on/around my actual birthday
• huge garden party thing in the summer to celebrate dh's and my joint 40th plus 10 y wedding anniversary (ha fkn ha! we are in relate atm! )
• 80s "disco" type affair
• big w/e houseparty with lots of friends somewhere really cool

the budget will not stretch to all that though i fear!

Well, I'm definitely having a party - at home with some nice food and drink and hopefully some dancing. Plus for my actual birthday, we are going to New York en famille - I was born there so will go back to my roots as it were, and take the children to see Manhattan for the first time. Can't wait!

Not sure what we're doing for mine. In days of old i'd have one massive big f*ck off party or go out all night raving etc, but as I've got a five week old baby, i imagine we'll just get a takeaway and have a bottle of wine. Not sure if i feel or about that, although i am truly too tired to want to go out til 9 in the morning!

a baby - now that is really what i'd like for my 40th not much chance of that though with things the way they are.

congratulations

Thanx Kate - sorry things aren't favourable for you at the moment tho!

I am 40 in 2 weeks time, with 2.6 toddler I'm SAHM'ing for now. Will be 35 wks pg. Can't imagine doing anything, as I'm thrilled just to get through each day awake and smiling. Really knackered! Am getting something sparkly, but really want to just get on with having baby and get on with having life back by time am 41!

Actually, i've just decided. I am about staying in and having a takeaway and some vino. I have a beautiful new DD, a wonderful DP and a great DS. What more could i ask for?!

I'm 40 in May. Gutted.

40 in May - I would love a party, am thinking of a barbecue over looking the beach where we live. I have not had a proper party for my birthday since my 21st. Hope it will actually happen
I can't quite BELIEVE that I will be 40, but I am actually OK with it. One reason I can't believe it, is that I always think of that Ab Fab episode when Eddie turns 40, and she and Pasty get stoned in the loo, and then stagger downstairs to insult all the guests at the party!! And of course when I first watched it, I was early 20s and thought 40 was so old...
Oh and funnily enough, we just watched an old episode of Doctor Who (with the Cybermen) and Jackie is having her 40th do....and I thought "oh my god, I am as old as Jackie!!" Not that I am telly addict or anything...!

40 in July. No party planned cos of dd and her problems. feeling very depressed.

I'm 42. Didn't find 40 a huge deal - married with two children it felt like the age I should be iyswim. The people who really have problems with 40 are my not inconsiderable number of friends who are still single and childless and can hear the clock ticking very loudly.

I understand what you mean Lilian but 40 just seems so old and inside I'm really very young.

I'm 40 in November. Don't worry too much as I'm fitter and healthier than I was at 30.
Also I'm one of the very few mums in dd's class that aren't well into their 40s already and they always so "Oh Posey you probably don't remember that, you're so young"

I will be 40 in 3 weeks. Dh has bought me an enternity ring after years of pleading for one. I am supposed to be only wearing it in at the moment to see if it needs resized but I am just going to keep wearing it and "forget" to put it away until the actual day.

My pil are coming down from Scotland to baby-sit and we are going to a big Burns supper type affair with friends.

I am not actually looking forward to being 40 but will say I am 30 plus 10.

Well, I turned 50 recently and it was nowhere near such a big deal for me as 40 was. I've finally come to terms with not being young any more (took most of my 40s to reach that point), so it doesn't matter any more how old I am!

However, I do endorse the theory that you should always choose friends that are a bit older; that way you may be getting on a bit yourself but you'll never be as old as the people you hang around with!.

And remember, in 10 short years you'll think 40 is young, so make the most of it now!

I'm just sorting through music for my party next weekend! We've got all late 80's/early 90's funky soul stuff! Its gonna be fab!

Talking of being fit etc, i remember promising myself that i would be slim at 40. I have no idea what went wrong there!

Feeling a bit at being fat and forty actually. Bugger.

i am huge. since i gave up smoking about 18m ago it is as if someone has inflated me with a pump. am seriously considering some personal training sessions as a f'off bday present...