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I have never had issues with age, I've always been an old soul so the years are just catching up with me. However there was something different about turning 30, it was quite liberating! You are no longer a "young woman". By that I mean people cannot take the liberties treating you more like a child than an adult as they do while you are still in your 20s.
About a week after my 30th birthday my father and I had a disagreement. It was stupid, but it was at that point that I declared my independence. When he got louder I said "I am THIRTY years old, there is not a person on this planet that is allowed to speak to me like that, including YOU!"
Turning 30 gave me permission to declare to the rest of the world (mainly my parents) that I was well and truly an adult. I still wish I knew half of what I THOUGHT I knew at 18.
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I've been married for 24 years and have four wonderful children.
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