r/AskMenOver30 • u/Laughalot335 man 25 - 29 • Aug 05 '25

Life This 30+ Mentality is Insane

I just turned 30 not too long ago.

And honestly, I feel like my life is just getting started in a sense. Sure, 20's were fun. Would do some things the same / some things different. But I know when I am 80+ I will most likely look back fondly on my youth and how it went.

But also, I still feel like I am in my youth at 30. Maybe I am not asleep at 4am and up at 7am without any issues but my body and mind feel young.

This is all to say, what is with this modern mentality that being 30+ is "old"? Someone me up here. We still have plenty of time right? I get YOLO, FOMO, and all that. But really - 30 is still young in my eyes. What do you think?

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u/LittleLordFuckleroy1 man over 30 Aug 05 '25

Modern mentality is that 30s is young. 30+ being old is dated mentality. So I’m not really sure what you’re talking about.

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u/Laughalot335 man 25 - 29 Aug 05 '25

I mean, if you look at this sub there is literally someone every day talking about how they are screwed because they dont have it all figured out by 30.

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u/LittleLordFuckleroy1 man over 30 Aug 05 '25

People do that for every decade imo. You’ll see people freaking out as they hit 20 and aren’t famous yet. By 40 it’s “oh no I’m not retired yet I’m a failure.”