It's my birthday, I'm 45, and it sucks. Talk to me...

[GoddessOfGuinness]

Tell me how you wish you were 45 again, and how that's when life really begins.

Tell me how you can't wait to be 45, because 20-something really sucks.

Whine with me, and reassure me that I'm not the only one who thinks 45 is blechy.

Whatever.

I'm drinking an Adnams Suffolk Special Bitter, and it's quite tasty :party:

[dfong63]

1. happy birthday!!!

:party: :toast:

[tomreedtoon]

2. Big deal. I'm 50.

And I have found more in life than I ever had, even at 16. If you need a cheer-up, get the audio tape of Susan Jeffers's book "Feel the Fear and Do It Anyway." I go to sleep with it every night, playing on repeat, and it may do wonders for you as it has to me.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

19. Not quite ready for pre-recorded affirmation therapy...

But I'll probably try it before the year's out.

[prolesunited]

3. Happy Birthday!!!

Not there yet myself, but why do you think its blechy?

I've found that with each passing year, I've grown to know and like who I am more and more. Personally, I think there is a certain wisdom and confidence that comes with age.

:toast: :party: :hug:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

23. I'm just finding that my feet hurt more and more...

and the people I whom I thought cared remember me less and less.

But maybe I'm just having a bitchy moment. :P

[maxanne]

4. Happy Birthday Goddess

I just turned 48 a few days ago. It was the lowest key birthday I've ever had - most everyone forgot about it, it was so low key.

I'd give anything to be 45 again. I was so young, so idealistic, so much less wrinkled....:P

[GoddessOfGuinness]

25. Well here's to you, then!

:toast:
Please pass the eye cream!

[Faygo Kid]

5. Actually, you probably need reading glasses now

I am the worst person to talk to on this, because at 45 I was a Big Shot, thin, in shape, and with a Big Job; now, at 52, I am going to go bankrupt. Ah, women. The curse and the joy of my life. Treasure your friends, family and books. Maybe that's what it's all about, ultimately. And, don't feel sorry for yourself! Help those who need it, whoever they may be.

[salinen]

7. 45!

You'd better start planning your funeral. What will be on your headstone? What about a will? Oh yeah, I'm 46.

[Faygo Kid]

9. And your point is?

Thought your post was garbage.

[prolesunited]

12. Well aren't you the empathetic one?

Why even bother posting if you can't be nice?

[Faygo Kid]

15. Check it out

You can check out any of my posts, my friend, and determine for yourself whether I am empathetic. Don't need a lecture here. My best to you and yours.

[prolesunited]

21. Somebody posts

who obviously feels down and is in search of support and comfort.

You then proceed to toss her feelings aside and tell them they're garbage. No lecture. Just honestly don't know why you would do that.

Have a nice evening yourself. :D

[Faygo Kid]

24. Wait a minute! Please read my inital post 5, then 7

My response to another post, not the initial post, is what you are responding to. I suspect we are on the same wavelength. Will you please review those posts, in order, again? Only want friends here, and hope you will reconsider.

[prolesunited]

27. In the infamous words of

Rosanna Danna, "Nevermind."

:Me crawling under the table and slinking away:

Sorry! My bad. Maybe I should go to bed now. Please don't hold it against me. O8)

[Faygo Kid]

29. Thank you! I'm sacking out now, too.

No hard feelings, and thank you for caring for our poster, who needed a sympathetic ear, and shoulder. Hope to see you again on DU! Nighty night, and don't let the bedbugs bite.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

26. No headstone...

I don't want to waste space.

Just put my ashes on the mulch heap.

[madrchsod]

6. happy birthday

yes-i wish i was 45 instead of 56.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. Have some cake...

and a good brew, too! :beer:

[drfemoe]

8. Welcome to the Slope

you will now learn the full meaning of "over" the hill
:wtf:

:freak: My friend from hs and I figured out the other day why
"they" say, "Life begins at 50". We just can't remember what we decided. :shrug:

Maybe it was because we don't need men anymore. :kick:

Happy Bday .. :nopity:



ps
:toast:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

32. LOL! I used to think I needed men...

Then I got worn out from them needing me!

Thanks, and cheers! :toast:

[Leftist78]

10. look at it this way.

You're halfway to 90, and you're also the same age as my Mom.

Sounds like you've got some good beer to get you through it though. Can I have some?

[GoddessOfGuinness]

34. Only if you're of legal age.....

Wouldn't want to contribute to delinquency of a minor..........
:beer:

[Leftist78]

36. oh you're safe with me....

I'm up to the ripe old age of 25. You don't happen to have a thing for younger guys by any chance do you :evilgrin:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

40. I couldn't possibly have a thing for anyone younger than my

older stepson.

But your question made me feel momentarily younger.
Thanks! Have another brew! :beer:

[Maple]

11. Hi kid!

Did you know they figure people can live to at least 120?

And you aren't even middle aged.

Another 75 years in front of you.

Don't you think you should further your education or something?

Exercise, stay fit?

75 more years is a long time.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

35. Methuselah lived 900 years

Methuselah lived 900 years
But who calls that "livin'"
when no gal would give in
to no man that's 900 years?

-George Gershwin

:D

[Rowdyboy]

13. Happy birthday, Grasshopper...

45 was pretty good but 49 is better!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. Better is good...........

I'll hope it gets better. :-)

Grasshoppers...I used to drink those when I was a kid.
Thanks for the cheer! :beer:

[girl gone mad]

14. You share a birthday with..

Ed Harris, Randy Newman and Jon Stewart - 3 good libs. And you're younger than 2 of them.

[Dirk39]

16. Happy birthday from Germany,

I'm 39 and I did listen to an interview with Randy Newman on a german radio station today. If it wouldn't have been for the 15 years, I could swear it was you:-) He's 60, it's his birthday and it sucks.
Don't listen to that always optimistic americans - o.k. otherwise they're o.k. - become sarcastic and melancholic like we are.
Schönen Geburtstag,
Dirk

[GoddessOfGuinness]

42. Vielen Danke!

I love Randy Newman! He writes terrific film scores!

Have a brew :beer:

[Dogmudgeon]

50. Ich Bein Ein Sarkastischer

Hey, now, don't you Germans go thinking that you're the Kings of Pain and Melancholy and Sarcasm and that you're tha shizznit and all.

There's plenty of us Yanks who can kick your Euro-spending asses just like we did at Pearl Harbor!

(Do I really have to add this? --> :-) )

--bkl
Sarcastic. Melancholic. Proud.

[MuseRider]

17. Hey fellow

musician. Just think of how mature your playing has become! I will be 50 in 11 days and I think that for women aging is very liberating. 45 really did seem kinda strange for some reason but it just gets better.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

44. I never had to warm up when I was younger.......

I guess that's the trade-off for more mature playing. I s'pose it's worth it. ;-)

Thanks for helping me look forward to 50! :toast:

[MuseRider]

54. Isn't that the truth!

Hey, the 5's in any group of years have always bothered me. You just get that "uh o" feeling. The big ones are always kinda fun, like you made it. Besides having less energy these years are good ones don't you think? Have a wonderful day, OK?

[NightTrain]

18. You're only 8 years my senior

So what's the big deal???

[GoddessOfGuinness]

45. I dunno.....Maybe it's too much $#!+ hitting the fan

at one time. I'm tired...
8 years ago I had a lot more energy.
But that's not to say that won't change either... :shrug:

[reknewcomer]

20. Forty five and you're still alive

Gimme things that still jive
With the age I've survived
Coming home to you...

[blackcat77]

22. 51 Here -- Happier than I've ever been

Life is what you make of today, not how many yesterdays you've had

[Fovea]

28. Actually

I nearly died at 45. I had a stroke and two heart attacks on the same day.

At 48 it aint a picnic either. Goddess, just enjoy the good days and make every day as magickal as you can.

Happy Birthday.
Hwas thu Hal!

[Wapsie B]

30. I'll be

47 soon, so being 45 would be a youthful experience for me. Happy Birthday!

I'm drinking Schlitz myself.

Age is only a state of mind.

[populistmom]

33. Happy birthday!

I'm not going to say anything because I still have a large chunk of my 30's to get through and I'm in no rush, nor haven't a clue yet personally as to what 45 feels like, so I'll just give you a :toast: and a :hug: !!!

[Yupster]

38. Happy birthday, but

I can only commisserate. I'll be 45 in a month. What's more, today I spent at a funeral of a fine friend.

He was a pediatrician with a wife and two adopted kids. He was 43 when he died.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

46. I'm sorry about your friend............

Sounds like you need a :hug: and a :beer:

I keep hearing that 50's great, so maybe there's hope for us yet. :-)

[Zorra]

39. No problem, we got it covered.

Happy Birthday. :grouphug: :party: :grouphug:

May you always be healthy and happy.

[devilgrrl]

41. I'll be 40 in a few days. Get over yourself!

;-)

Other than that HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!!

:toast: :party: :bounce: :party: :toast:

[reknewcomer]

43. Get over it

We’re terminal cases that keep taking medicine
Pretending the end isn’t quite that near
We make futile gestures, act to the cameras
With our made up faces and pr smiles
And when the angel comes down, down to deliver us
We’ll find out that after all, we’re only men of straw

[GoddessOfGuinness]

47. The thought of dying has never freaked me out.

I've always figured it was just another part of the journey.

[reknewcomer]

48. If six was nine

Don’t nobody know what I’m talkin’ about
I’ve got my own life to live
I’m the one that’s gonna die when it’s time for me to die
So let me live my life the way I want to
Yeah, sing on brother, play on drummer

[VOX]

49. Happy Birthday, GOG! 45 was nine years ago for me...

but I'm having a ball! I've been through some major shit, too -- a decade of serious eldercare, a bout of cancer, a "career death," etc. -- but the path has been cleared to finally live life, and I am ready.

Hang in there, better times will cycle around. Be there for them!

:toast:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

66. Thanks Rez!

Seems like these last couple of years have been just one thing after another. And I really hate soap operas!

I guess I'm at a low point in my Karmic Cycle, or something. Anyway, Thanks for the pat on the back.....I have a feeling birthdays will feel better when we have a democrat in the White House! :toast: Cheers!

[RebelOne]

51. Happy Birthday!!

So OK, I'll tell ya, I wish I was 45 again.

[DemExpat]

52. Happy Birthday, Goddess!

I felt that 40 really sucked, but after that, birthdays have been fine.....I'm 52.

Once you accept "I'm really getting old" (otherwise I'd be dead), the next birthday is just something to celebrate and be thankful for!

:toast: :toast: :toast:

DemEx

[soleft]

53. Happy Birthday - I'll be 41 on Friday

It's a little freaky because this year I'm basically starting all over in life, with a new home pending and a new partner. I always thought at this age in life you're settled and know what's going to happen day to day.

But since things didn't work out that way, I take comfort in the idea that the one constant in the universe is change, and you never know what's going to happen.

I remember reading a parenting book when my son was a baby, and it said, if you find one stage of your child's development challenging, don't worry, because it won't last long. Unfortunately, that's also true for the stages you dearly love.

And I think life if like that now. The sucky times don't last, the good times don't last, but they always come back around again. That you can count on.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

67. It's only felt sucky once before...

When I turned 38, for some reason. It's probably just hormones. My hores are moning! LOL! :D

Thanks for your wisdom, friend...

[Maeve]

55. Age is just a number

Mind over matter--if you don't mind, it don't matter.

And life begins when you want it to--for me, it was when I got out of school, when I got married, when we started having kids,when I first went on the stage professionally, when we could finally vacation WITHOUT kids and went to Ireland, when I get them out of the house and on their own, when we move to Ireland in 10 years, etc., etc., and so on. I'm planning on numerous lives in this one, just in case we really do "only go around once!"

So have a :beer: or three, a good birthday and do something you really love! :toast:

[NaMeaHou]

56. I'll be 44 tomorrow

and after moving all my furniture to the new house today, intend to spend it on the couch stretched out bitching to anyone who will listen that my back hurts and I feel a stroke coming on.

Just draining the waterbed last night damn near killed me.

Many happy years ahead for you!!!!!!!!!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

68. Congrats on the new house!

Take it easy tomorrow. You've earned it!

November 30 was my great-granddad's birthday. I never knew him, except in stories my granddad told me. I always felt close, though...because our birthdays were so close.

Here's a toast to you then! :toast:

[Iverson]

57. 45 is sexy

and that ain't too bad!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

69. Hmm...What's sexy about it?

:shrug:

I'm not saying you're wrong...I just don't feel any sexier...

[MaineDem]

58. Happy Birthday

And don't sweat the age. I've got about 7 years on you and, seriously, since I've been about 44 I've enjoyed life more than I ever did! It's a great age.

Just stay active and you'll be fine. :)

[Spirochete]

59. Happy Birthday

I'll be 50 Monday, and it seems like just a couple months ago, I was turning 45. I'm sure that's not exactly what you wanted to hear, but to tell you the truth, 45 wasn't bad at all. This 50 thing is bothering me some, but 45 didn't.

[Zomby Woof]

60. oh stop it

And Happy Birthday! :party: :beer: :party: :beer: :toast:

[GoddessOfGuinness]

70. Hey! It's my party and I'll cry if I want to!

:P

Thanks Zomby! :hug::beer::toast:

[amazona]

61. tee hee...happy birthday...I'm 45 too

Keep in mind, the older you get, the higher the quality of booze you have the ability to appreciate. Your tolerance may be less but your palate is more. So your friends and family gotta buy you the good stuff.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

71. Is it your birthday too?

That's true about the booze...I can't stomach the stuff I used to drink years ago... :toast:

[Norbert]

62. It's only a number

cheer up and enjoy. I'm fifty.

[ramapo]

63. Don't worry...be Happy Birthday

45's ok. Seemed old once but now I'm 48 so it seems young.

Hey what can you do? Enjoy it!

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

64. Happy Birthday Goddess

YOu are right (I just turned 45 in August) 45 puts that FEAR in you that gravity is now your enemy (or at least you boobs, chin and any other part's enemy) and that 50 is not far off and all that jazz....it will pass in about a week.

Happy Birthday though...I'm quite pleased that you were born. The world needs more masters of the stringed instruments. :D

[GoddessOfGuinness]

72. Thanks NSMA!

Y'know something? Meeting folks like you makes me think being born was worthwhile! :nopity::beer:

[Cleita]

65. Eh, you're just a sweet young thing yet.

You can still drink Guinness without blowing gas all over the place. Happy birthday! :toast: