by my estranged wife, its true, I don't see "growing up" as that positive of a thing. It reminds me of settling for someting that is just passable instead of making your life what you dream it to be. I think I've matured and got a better career, but i have never "grown up" and led some life that I was not happy about, and when it heads that way i have to change it
that's one thing you never want to do is settle: I have done it many times, and in the end, it led to nothing but despair and unhappiness.
You shouldn't worry about being in your thirties. The thirties were great. I'd go back anyday. I was sexier in my thirties than in my twenties. I have more confidence, the older I get. You don't worry so much about that little pimple that only you see. My body has went downhill in my forties. But that's because of knee and ankle injuries and arthritis. I can't work out like I used too. I think if I hadn't gotten hurt, I'd still be as spry as I was when I was twenty. If you're single in your thirties, stay that way. I was married during my thirties, widowed at 36. If you're single in your 40's, stay that way. I'm having a blast. The young at heart thing IS the key. Most of my friends are in their mid twenties to mid thirties. They forget that I am older, until it comes to a more physical activity. Oh yeah. menapause has it's downside. I mostly joke my way through it.