My Wife and I are Turning 40 Tomorrow...

[big truck]

We met in college. I was from Pennsylvania, she was from Oregon. We both worked in the cafeteria.

Somehow the topic of birthdays came up - she was born in December, so was I. She was born on the 16th, so was I. She was born in 1967, so was I. She was born at 10:40 am (pacific time), I was born at 1:58 pm (eastern time). Given the time change, she is 18 minutes older than I am. Any freeper advice as we crest the big hill tomorrow?

[Pablo64]

"Be thankful you’re not turning 50. That’s when you start getting AARP crap."

My wife and I started getting that crap when we were 25. Apparently the people in the AARP recruiting department are already to senile to count.

[purpleraine]

Except in Mass. and San Francisco.

[knarf]

re post #11 by Man50D ... at 40 I got a ball cap that said,

"I'm not 40
I'm $39.95"

I got a kick out of that.

Being a Feb 29th Pisces, I have too many of my own conflicts to be of any use to you except ...

Take her to bed and stay there for a few hours.

[Erik Latranyi]

For 18 minutes, you can have intimate relations with an “older woman” at least 9 times.

[Pablo64]

Don't buy into all the lame hype about turning 40 (over the hill, black balloons, etc.). It's all what you chose to make of it.

So far for me and my wife (who is much older than me, like 7 months!!) our 40's have been great. Our kids are old enough that we don't have to have sitters if we want to go out, or even be gone for the whole day. We look at our lives now compared to 20 years ago and we are amazed at how blessed we are and how far we have come. We are really looking forward to the next 20 years and beyond.

Age is really just mind over matter: If you don't mind, it doesn't matter.

[knarf]

"My 40's were pretty good, except for judgment. I made more mistakes in that decade than in all the ones before put together, but I'm recovering, somewhat. ;-)"

Yahbut ... we were makin' the money to buy our way out of it ... or cover ourselves before our wives found out.

/8^)

[Hildy]

here’s the most important one of all...TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES. It’s gets tough from here on in. Just take care of you body, physically and your mind, spiritually. Everything else will fall into place.

[Krankor]

Quit your job and go live at the beach on a South Sea isle. While it didn't work for Howard Sprague, I still think it's doable.

[vietvet67]

In your 60's you get to tell old age jokes.

Three elderly men are talking about their aches, pains and bodily functions. The seventy-year old man says, "I have this problem. I wake up every morning at seven and it takes me twenty minutes to tinkle." The eighty-year old man says, "My case is worse. I get up at eight and I sit there and grunt and groan for half an hour before I finally have a BM." The ninety-year old says, "At seven I pee like a horse, at eight I flop like a cow." "So what's your problem?" ask the others. "I don't wake up until nine."

[Shady]

Aw gee, I just bought a Guy Lombardo CD! Seriously, life after 40 is just fine! We bought a lake house and both of us are on our second time around...My first wife passed away and I was very lucky to find a wonderful person to share my life with me. Count your blessings and go out and buy a great bottle of Champagne!

[Don Corleone]

Mammograms and PSA’a!

[Pablo64]

Doh!! Apparently I haven't had enough coffee to spell or type correctly this morning.

"to senile" should read "too senile".

[Dustoff45]

A promise for a long successful marriage -

There is no record of a husband ever being shot by his wife, while He was doing the dishes.

[knarf]

"Also, if your wife’s up to it think about having another child!"

Surely you jest!

I'll be 60 (or 15) in Feb. and my son turns 14 Dec 28 ... he deserves a more active dad than I am ...

Just keep it as a thought ... go through the motions, big truck ... but do NOT have another.

[dayglored]

> For 18 minutes, you can have intimate relations with an “older woman” at least 9 times.

My, my, aren't you the optimist!

The 2-minute duration might be right, but the nine repetitions ... nah, haven't done that since college...

[Don Corleone]

A good woman is hard to find.

AMEN!

On the other hand..."A hard man is good to find"! Mae West.

[fleagle]

My advice to you is to start drinking heavily...

But seriously, I turned 40 in October and so far so good.

[big truck]

Sorry - quit the heavy drinking senior year of college. Now it’s an occasional beer every now and then.

[nevergore]

Well thank you ya’ young whippersnapper....

[napscoordinator]

Yieks! 40! Glad I am not there yet. lol. Just kidding. I will be there in two years.