Where were you at 33 years of age? (page 4)

copsec

Hmmm, at 33 I had been free of my JW ex for three years and was hitting the bars pretty badly trying to make up for what I thought I had missed out on and was on my way to becoming a serious alcoholic. Then I met my best friend in the whole world and straightened up and we married when I was 34. It's been three years and I am happy as hell. For those of you who are not married I highly recommend being best friends with someone before you marry them. It is FANTASTIC!

SheilaM

take the risk of having kids when it is such an uncertain and risky endeavor. WOW, LOL I never thought of it like that I think riding a Harley is an uncertain and risky endeavor, or driving in heavy traffic or climbing a mountain with no gear (YIKES was that a mistake SIGH) but I never thought having two children that love and adore you this way. Especially now having a grandbaby that melts my heart when she calls me Nana. I had been married 13 years by the time I was 33. I was on heavy fade from the dubs. Geesh I never once thought I was old at 33 hmmmm Anthony and Mel were about 13 and 15. It's all in persoective. Stacy: OOOOOOH Girl you do need spanked and not in a kinky way in a Mom, smarty mouthed kid way......do people live that long ROFLMAO

logansrun

When I was 33....it was a very good year.....it was a very good year for blue-blooded girls of in-de-pen-dent means.....we'd ride in....limosenes.....their chaufer's would drive.....

God, I love that song. I'm only 27 so I can't say much.

B.

wednesday

at 33 i had been married 16 yrs and had a teenager and a preteen. I was pretty and genreally healthy but had just found out i was bipolar, generally more on the depressed side. It was actually the calm before the storm, b/c in the next few yrs, my life was to change dramtically, very dramtically for the worse.

Odrade

1970 baby here too. 33 is shaping up to be pretty great. I'm finally going to school, we have a nice house, no kids so I don't have to share my toys... Some great new friends have come into my life.

Ah... things are good.

O

La Capra

That was two years ago for me. I had been teaching for ten years, and getting really bored. It was about that time that I took stock of my life and decided to make changes, like go to law school, practice Judaism, and clean up my emotional health. I had accomplished a lot "on paper" by 33, but I was socially and emotionally barren. I'm pleased to report that progress, though slow, is being made on that front. I am almost halfway through with law school, and am feeling much more mentally balanced (thanks to this board and a good psychologist who is experienced in problems related to JWs). Shoshana

Princess

I just turned 34. Looking back on the last year I have to say 33 was really great! I started it off in Hawaii for the holidays with my family. Went on to run a half marathon in the spring and then ride my bike 206 miles from Seattle to Portland in the summer. I celebrated 15 years with my husband in July. My daughter turned five and my son seven. A few days after my birthday I ran another half marathon and improved my time by 19 minutes. I'm training for a full marathon in January.

My husband and I quit the dubs about the time our son was born. We have bought a home and started a successful plumbing business since then. We have switched out focus from JW's to family and spend a lot of time training for different running and cycling events. We want our children to be active, happy people. We encourage them to dream big. This morning we took them to Seattle to run the Seattle Kid's Marathon and we all had a blast!

Life is Good.

Rachel

DanTheMan

Thanks so much for all of the responses. I find it interesting that this seems to have been a transitional age for many people.

That's why I brought this topic up. I'm always studying people, trying to imagine what their life has been like, noticing what sort of character they've developed, trying to guess what sort of events in their past shaped them into who they are. I especially study people who are older than me, some seem to be doing well, but by the looks of others I'd say they took a big wrong turn somewhere in life.

I feel like I'm at a "make or break" age where I need to start taking some real direction or I'm going to get left behind. I'm not 20 anymore where I have all these avenues open, things are starting to narrow down for me. I regret so many decisions I made as a teenager/young adult. 20 years from now I want to look back and say to myself "Self, you didn't do so good for the first 30 years or so, but after that I feel good about what you did".

Rachel, you are so damn cheery! You need to watch some depressing movies or something. LOL

Sassy

What were you doing when you were 33? What have you learned since then? Did you feel "grown up" or did you still have a lot of learning and maturing to do? Had you met your current significant other or was that yet ahead?

When I was 33, I still living with my first husband and children. I had gone back to school and was just graduating and about to go into the business work field for the first time. My life has changed so much since then. I had lived such a sheltered life up until then. The only thing I knew before that was to be a 'submissive' wife, mother and JW. Getting out into the 'world' by working and out of the housewife only role was a big change for me. It was also the beginning of our marriage ending. Finding my independence and realizing that I didn't have to put up with someone walking all over me showed me I didn't deserve to be treated that way. However, as a good little JW, I did stay with him until he had an affair. .

As far as meeting my current significant other, that was this year. I met and was in relationships with several 'mistakes' between first hubby and my "knight". Sure am happy I am where I am!! Life is good!!

avishai

33 is a weird year for me. My Dad died when he was 33, i was 13. So It's kinda a year to get out from his shadow. It's a good year!

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