A new line was drawn. Hooray!
That said why am I drawn to articles like this - c/o The Frisky's 30 things every women should stop doing once she turns 30. Here goes (together with my comments in red):
- Buying clothes from the junior section. Does Tammy Girl still exist!?!
- Forgetting her parents’ birthdays. Chance would be a fine thing - they both still believe in Birthday Santa.
- Making out with her BFFs at bars for attention. Pass.
- Making out with her boyfriend at bars for attention. Pass.
- Filling her bed with stuffed animals (really, even one is too many). Pass.
- Carrying a torch for anyone she hasn’t seen in the last five years. How about someone I haven't seen for one year, four months, nine days...?
- Rebelling against her parents for the sake of rebelling against her parents. Pass.
- Declaring an entire gender “all jerks.” Ha... tempting, but why rule them all out!
- Holding a grudge against anyone who wronged her in high school. Pass.
- Skipping regular gyno exams. Hell yeah!
- Going to bed without washing and moisturizing her face. Ooops...
- Being “that person” who had a bit too much to drink at the office party. Pass.
- Crushing on Justin Bieber. Who?!
- Thinking she’s got it all figured out. That would never happen.
- Calling her father “daddy.” Pass!
- Engaging in sibling rivalry. I will never be too old not to engage in sibling rivalry.
- Trying to get by on her looks. I wish!
- Living paycheck to paycheck. I'm living a method I like to call 'Save a months salary, spend a months salary'...
- Expecting a man/knight in shining armor to swoop in and save her. I didn't realise this was still an option?
- Aimlessly jumping from job to job. Pass.
- Using MySpace to pick up guys. How about Twitter?!
- Expecting a man to do all the wooing. Not just a little bit...?
- Wishing she had someone else’s life. Pass.
- Expecting everyone to drop everything because it’s her birthday ... Done.
- ... or because her “boyfriend” of two weeks dumped her. I prefer to wallow alone. And rebound with others.
- Measuring her self-worth by a number on the scale. Pass.
- Being cheap. Pass.
- Quitting a job without having a new one lined up first (especially in this economy!). Hell no...
- Blaming her mother for all her issues. Never!
- Romanticizing her 20s. Like I said, it's all filed away "Shit I did in my twenties".
#22- I've gotten lazy this season and don't even feel the need to pick up the phone to call/text him just to..... talk. I want him to call, write and suggest the date first. I'm just along for the ride.
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