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?

[ShadowDancer]

Drink. Duh.

[Tax-chick]

Happy birthday to you both! I’ve found my 40’s to be the best years of my life so far, and I hope you do, too.

[KSCITYBOY]

Have fun!

[bill1952]

Well, exactly where in Pennsylvania were you born?

[DugwayDuke]

Get down on your knees and beg forgiveness for anything and everything. A good woman is hard to find.

[badpacifist]

It just getting good now.

[LRS]

Sheesh! Kids!!! ;)

[ShadowDancer]

They might be twins separated at birth. Chew on that one for awhile.

[Judith Anne]

I think it’s illegal to marry your twin...:D

[Man50D]

Any freeper advice as we crest the big hill tomorrow?

Don't go down the hill! When I turned forty I was given a black ribbon with the printed words "Older than dirt".

[cripplecreek]

40s are cool so far. I’m 43 and I’m happier in life than I’ve ever been.

[Uncle Ike]

” Any freeper advice as we crest the big hill tomorrow? “

Do whatever it takes to resist the temptation to run out and buy a Lawrence Welk album.... ;~)

Happy B’day to you ‘n the missus.....

[dawn53]

Go buy some reading glasses (if you don’t wear them already.) 40 is the magic age at which, when reading the newspaper or a book, your arms aren’t long enough anymore.

[savedbygrace]

Give yourselves matching “Over the Hill” sweatshirts and wear them together in public. People will appreciate your sense of humor and will be laughing with you not at you.

[nevergore]

Revel in the 18 minutes when she’s 40 and your still 39........

Comments like ...old woman.....grandma.....older than dirt.....during this brief 18 minute interlude will forever endear her to you.......

[ßuddaßudd]

Gee thanks, now I feel old. Enjoy your B-Day!

[Hegemony Cricket]

Mmmmm - dunno - call her “Old Woman” for 18 minutes? :-)

[Popman]

she is 18 minutes older than I am.

Listen to your elders

[A. Morgan]

Happy B’day you two!

[ShadowDancer]

A ping for those of you who may still have some very distant memory of that momentous occassion to share.

[Hegemony Cricket]

Dang, ya beat me by 31 seconds < Old Timer > :-)

[4yearlurker]

10 years from now you will think about how young 40 felt. I’ve been there. 50 ain’t so bad either. Enjoy your youth!

[ASA Vet]

Any freeper advice as we crest the big hill tomorrow?

How about posting a vanity thread and telling us all about it?

[org.whodat]

Bottle of wine, fireplace and a bear skin rug and add more bear skin with dim lights. Have a good one!!

[tubebender]

Your just kids. First Wife and I are looking forward to our 51st wedding anniversary on Feb 1. Our kids are almost 50...

[Larry Lucido]

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

[DooDahhhh]

Hey, 60’s are still good too!

[ShadowDancer]

Oooops, meant to include you in #21 also, gramps.

[4yearlurker]

Looking forward to it! Only 9 years to go!

[Falcon4.0]

"Any freeper advice as we crest the big hill tomorrow?"

Keep your health insurance paid up. Aches, pains and other injuries don't seem to heal as well or even go away after 40. Happy Birthday.

[1rudeboy]

Tell her that you’re buying dinner for her and her three closest friends. Get her out of the house. Buy a case of lager and a bottle of whiskey, and try to forget that fateful day in college.

[Cagey]

I did a google “What happened on Dec 16, 1967” and the search pulled up:

On december 16 1967, the following events occured: NADA

http://douweosinga.com/projects/googledate?day=16&month=december&year=1967&extra=

[Cagey]

Better link:

http://douweosinga.com/projects/googledate

[bws53]

I am 19 months away from the big four-oh myself. Hopefully I'll have that time machine built before I turn 40 so I can go back in time and warn about the dangers of global cooling warming

[dayglored]

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

You got that right. I'm about to turn 56, and been getting that junk mail for years.

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. ;-)

[dayglored]

> Get down on your knees and beg forgiveness for anything and everything. A good woman is hard to find.

AMEN!

[tpanther]

Yes. Do anything but be near a television and you’ll be just fine.

On the morning of my 40th, I got up and entered the living room where my family was gathered watching TV. As I entered, an obnoxiously loud commercial came on:

ATTENTION! IF YOU ARE BETWEEN THE AGES OF 40 AND 75, YOU CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR FUNERAL, BURIAL AND FREE CASKET...

or something to that effect.

So avoid being anywhere near a TV first thing. :)

[Justa]

Get medical checkups on everything. Take stock of where you’re at medically as things no longer cure themselves at our age. Also, if your wife’s up to it think about having another child!

[Larry Lucido]

Halloween 1996 for me. Damn, that was last century! And BFR (Before FreeRepublic)! I was just starting my last year of law school.

[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!