ARRRGH! I turned 50 today!

[Brigid]

And last week I got info in the mail on joining AARP! Is it any wonder I'm tempted to go out and get some Ghirardelli chocolate right now? :cry:

[Critters2]

1. My sympathies!

Next September for me. I should've accomplished something by now, but no. Nada. You've probably got progeny or something. You should feel good about what you've done in 50 years.

Ah, screw it. Wanna share some chocolate? :hug:

[Obama4ever]

24. Happy Birthday

[lost-in-nj]

2. Well

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!


I turn 50 in Nov.......

chocolate sounds wonderful right now!!!

:party: :party: :toast: :toast:



ENJOY YOUR DAY


lost



:hi:

[Bucky]

3. I'll be joining you in five and a half years.

I mean, I feel so young & stupid still. How can I be 44 already?

Consolation prize: I can eat Activia and take massive shits, just like Jamie Lee Curtis!

[Brigid]

5. !!!

:rofl: This has got to win you a DUzy award!

[Dystopian]

25. LOL!

That is too crude!
:rofl:

peace~
:rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

[hobbit709]

4. Just a bunch of kids

I turn 58 in a month and a half. And go ahead on the chocolate.

[UndertheOcean]

6. My condolences

On the bright side , you probably have 30 years ahead of you , or if you are lucky , maybe more , about 30 years to enjoy your life to the fullest , make everyday count.

[AnneD]

7. You are in the youth ....

of your old age-have some choclates, loosen your bra, and kick your shoes off.

[Parche]

8. happy day of birth

:woohoo:
:hi:

[lightningandsnow]

9. Happy birthday!

You're the same age as both of my parents! (That was not meant to make you feel old, by the way)

:hug:

[Brigid]

10. In all seriousness . . .

I'm actually quite lucky to be coming here and kidding around about turning the big 5-0. I had a heart attack in January. I'm fit, don't smoke, and am not overweight, so heart disease just kind of sneaked up on me. So I really do need to count my blessings.

[cordelia]

11. Happy Birthday! I reached

that milestone in March.

I'm celebrating until the end of the year, too. All the chocolate and whatever I want.

You should do the same.

[KitchenWitch]

12. I am not even 45 and I keep getting stuff from both the State and Federal governments re: Medicare

I am not on SSDI either.

:shrug:

[Brigid]

13. What I want to know is . . .

How did AARP know I was turning 50? :scared:

[KitchenWitch]

16. No clue

:scared:

[CBHagman]

21. They just do.

I haven't turned 50 yet -- that's still months off -- but AARP has been keeping the hits coming.

Anyway, please, please, please do something utterly wonderful for yourself, just whatever makes you happy (If that's chocolate, I'm all for it). In fact, if you want to celebrate all month, or all year, I say go for it.

And I hear you on the heart disease. I had one of those events myself, without warning.

And may I say midlife rocks? Really. Even if the body is doing its thing and putting up protests, the mind is wonderful, as you've got the experience and the perspective and the depth to use it. Go for it, and have a wonderful birthday.

[hippywife]

34. I got stuff from them

when I was only 45. Everyone seems to sell our info these days so it's no wonder all this crap comes in the mail. Since DOB is part of protected health information, if we could track down who's selling it, I would think we would have a case to put a stop to it.

Anyway, my sympathies. I'll be right behind you this summer. Sigh.

I hope you do something to celebrate and enjoy it anyhow. Might as well! :hi:

[khashka]

14. Congrats!

Happy Birthday! Nuthin wrong with being 50. So celebrate with some chocolate!

Khash.

[av8rdave]

15. I joined the "50 club" week before last

As an experienced "50," I just wanted to let you know that it isn't all bad.

Happy Birthday!

[Richardo]

17. Happy birthday, whippersnapper...

I beat ya by 18 months.

As a male, my 50th birthday brought me an AARP application and a 'very special' doctor's appointment. :eyes:

[Shine]

18. May your blessings outnumber your birthday candles, Brigid!

:toast: :hug:

I hope you do something special for yourself, even if it is getting some chocolate.

[bigwillq]

19. Happy Birthday!

:toast: :bounce:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

20. My dear Brigid!

Fifty...

I remember turning 50...

Enjoy your day, and your life!

I suspect that you have many, many good, happy and productive years ahead of you!

Enjoy your chocolate, sweetie!

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

[Skittles]

22. my grandma told me

a lot of fine people are denied the privilege of growing older so it is selfish to complain about it. Yes INDEED!

Skittles, age 51 :D

[Dystopian]

23. Happy Birthday Brigid!

I turned 50 six years ago. Thankfully, it was on the weekend. Had it been a work day, I would have had to call in sick. I was so depressed that I spent my weekend in bed in fetal position. It was hell. Also, I started getting AARP stuff when I was 49. I was outraged! I looked online to find someplace to inform them not to send anything else, because I had died. There wasn't any way to send that information, so I kept tossing it with rage.

It was the first milestone birthday that freaked me out....
You'll be fine....I am! I went through menopause without killing anyone!

Here you go sweetie


:loveya:


peace~

[Bullwinkle925]

26. Ahhhhhhh . . .

to be 50 again.

Enjoy it! It's not as bad as you think!!!





HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TOOTS!!


:party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party: :party:

[mitchum]

27. You are now closer to 81 than 18, but Happy Birthday anyway!

[Bennyboy]

28. happy Birthday! welcome to the club!

I am 52. No big deal...

[LibertyLover]

29. Happy Birthday!

I feel your pain. On my 50th I was getting ready to go to China to adopt our munchkin. One of the attorneys at my office called me into her office and said that she had heard I was 51 and getting ready to adopt. I laughed,and told her absolutely I was not 51,waited a second and then finished with, I just turned 50. She didn't say much more after that. I'm looked at 55 in August and have a soon-to-be 6 year old daughter. Life's good.

[Brigid]

33. Awww!

I'll bet your daughter is adorable. Pic, please? :)

[LibertyLover]

39. Sure - if I can get the yellow tornado

to hold still for more than 3 seconds. :rofl: To say that that kid has energy is an understatement of proportions so vast that they almost encompass the vacuum which is Bush's brain.

[bertha katzenengel]

30. Happy birthday, Brigid!

:bounce:

[Handkerchief Waver]

31. 50 is the new 40

Didn't you know?

[WritingIsMyReligion]

32. You could be dead.

:shrug:

[SeattleGirl]

35. Happy Birthday, Brigid!

I turned 50 2 years ago. It's really not that bad.

[Orrex]

36. Girls on Film!

Happy Birthday, young lady!

[NNadir]

37. One alternative to this would have been to die at 40.

In fact, in general, the alternative to growing old is dying young.

Fifty is a magnificient age.

Quoth Igmar Bergman: "Growing old is like climbing a mountain. Your breath gets shorter but your views grow more expansive."

Congratulations on making it this far.

[SallyMander]

38. HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

As my grandpa says, getting old is better than the alternative! :toast:

:party:



Edit to clarify - before anyone kills me - i don't think 50 is old! Grandpa is 87 :D

[BarenakedLady]

40. Happy belated birthday.

I hope it was a good one.

:party:

[Beer Snob-50]

41. happy birthday! (i stop looking at 50 next march)

i know what you mean about the aarp. a few years ago, my wife and i were at a motel for a long weekend and the women at the desk asked me for my aarp card so that i could get a discount. i felt old all weekend.

[Sanity Claws]

42. Happy Birthday!

I had my 52nd on May 26.
We're both Geminis and in the prime of life.

[applegrove]

43. Congrats on your big day!!