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Realized that 20's are the last meaningful years a person's life
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:17 AM Author: Snowy razzle heaven Because life is basically over at 30. Or to be more precise, the most active stage of life is over at or around 30. By 30, you should be done with your education, you should know yourself, you should have a very permanent career that you will most likely be in for the rest of your life, you should be married or close to it, you should have most, if not all, of your lifelong friends, what else is there left after 30? Sure, your career might still have yet to peak, and you might not have had kids yet, but those things are just natural progressions of things that should already be set in motion before 30.
So what does this imply about the 20's? I think it means that there is absolutely no reason to hold back anything during your 20's. If this were a race, this is already the last lap that actually matters. We should be going all in on every hand that we play, because the game will be over soon, and these are the last years where you are allowed to take risks in a real and fundamental sense; for while we are still young, there is no such thing as failure, for we can do no wrong.
Of course, it also means that to waste any time in your 20's is a crime against yourself. That said, I am retiring from xoxo effective immediately. |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:07 PM Author: free-loading green degenerate gunner lol @ boomerism (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172628) |
Date: January 30th, 2011 11:20 AM Author: house-broken vigorous associate This only applies to those who get married and have kids. Otherwise, it doesn't apply.
Pretty sure guys who end up marrying for the first time at 40 will not reflect on the past and say that their 20s were the last meaningful years of life. |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:24 AM Author: Hyperventilating tattoo internal respiration this is probably true. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172201) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:27 AM Author: Fuchsia ungodly clown mexican lol @ guys getting married at 40. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172234) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:31 AM Author: house-broken vigorous associate What's wrong with that? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172274) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:32 AM Author: floppy aggressive kitty Look at who 99% of guys marry at 40. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172285) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:32 AM Author: house-broken vigorous associate ? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172293) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:34 AM Author: floppy aggressive kitty XO guys have this idea that they'll marry some young beautiful girl at 40 who will just love them and think they're the best. IRL, unless you're a Hollywood actor it is probably not going to happen. Look who even biglaw attorneys marry around that age. At 40 you will marry a 35 year old woman who may or may not be divorced and may or may not have kids but definitely will not be much younger or much more attractive. Sorry. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172307) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:38 AM Author: house-broken vigorous associate 1. An average 40 year old guy can likely go as low as 32-35.
2. A highly attractive 40 year old with a nice income can likely go as low as 25-26 (my parents have a 12 year age gap).
3. Depends on race. A black guy looking for a wife at 40 is different than a white guy looking for a wife at 40 (supply/demand).
4. With all the internet dating going on, it shouldn't be difficult to find a decent wife at 40.
5. Your options aren't limited to the US. |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:39 AM Author: Pearl halford Probably still damaged at 35. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172347) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:40 AM Author: house-broken vigorous associate My point is that if a guy wants a younger wife (25-30), it's not difficult to find one, even at 40.
Will he find her at church, the local pub, or while shopping in the grocery store? Probably not, but will he find her somewhere in the world? Yes. |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:53 AM Author: High-end red tank LOL @ this delusional aspie, especially #2. If I had to guess, maybe 5% of 40 year-old men are married to women 15-years younger.
It's really sad when Fish is the voice of reason. |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:56 AM Author: house-broken vigorous associate Bro, all an American guy has to do if he's desperate for a younger woman is travel to a foreign country or get serious about online dating. Also, who cares about finding a 25 year old woman at 40. Me personally, I'd be perfectly find with a nice 32-33 year old chick at 40. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172542) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:00 PM Author: Fuchsia ungodly clown mexican Women who marry for a green card and women who resort to online dating are such great pools to choose from. LOL aspie. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172568) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:03 PM Author: house-broken vigorous associate Plenty of decent women use online dating. As I said, you'd have to look around, but it's not as difficult as you make it seem. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172596) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:08 PM Author: Fuchsia ungodly clown mexican lol (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172637) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:13 PM Author: floppy aggressive kitty Like the guy said, maybe 5% of guys succeed at pulling this off. The other 95% of guys fail miserably. Of those 5%, a good number are divorced within a few years as the bitch tries to take them for what they're worth. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172692) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:14 PM Author: house-broken vigorous associate I really don't think it's that difficult if you're decent looking, have a nice income, and are willing to really look.
The problem is that most 40+ guys aren't decent looking and don't have a nice income, or just have concluded they prefer to be single. |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 1:46 PM Author: floppy aggressive kitty XOers tend to overestimate:
1) How good they look now
2) How good they'll look at 40
3) How much they'll earn at 40
4) Pretty much everything else related to them |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:08 PM Author: High-end red tank LOL...wow. You really are aspie. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172642) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:09 PM Author: house-broken vigorous associate Great explanation. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172648) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:26 PM Author: Multi-colored chrome national You realize that most single women who are 32-33 either unattractive, fat or crazy? The very attractive/ desirable, intelligent women marry by 25-30. There is a very small pool of attractive & educated women with NICE personalities who are still single at 30+. If they're not married, they usually have a long-term boyfriend (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172812) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:33 PM Author: house-broken vigorous associate I don't know about crazy, but I can go on Match right now and find you a ton of 32+ yr old women who aren't unattractive or fat. Would you like me to put together some photos for you? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172847) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:36 PM Author: Multi-colored chrome national These women will be desperate for marriage ASAP and probably be borderline basketcases. They are not looking to fall in love and enjoy the ride. Going out with a 32 yr old woman when your 40 is not the same thing as falling in love when you and your GF are both in your twenties and just enjoying yourselves and then get married if/when you feel it is best for both of you. The best thing you can do is find a nice, smart & pretty girl when you're both young and if you both love each other, don't let her go....It's not going to get better (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172870) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:39 PM Author: house-broken vigorous associate That's fine, but my point is that there are many attractive 32+ women out here. They may have other flaws, but looks isn't one of them . (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172900) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:42 PM Author: Multi-colored chrome national Right, but looks isn't the only consideration one should take in mind for marriage. Also the sample of single attractive, intelligent & nice women at 32+ is much smaller than the sample of single pretty intelligent, nice women who are 22-27. If you meet a girl when you're both young, you both grow together through your twenties and experience a more ideal love, which is harder to find when a woman is 32+ and anxious to get married to any decent guy regardless of whether she really loves him (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172919) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:44 PM Author: house-broken vigorous associate That's fine, but for me personally, I'm not ready to settle on just one woman and probably won't be for a very long time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172928) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:46 PM Author: Multi-colored chrome national Okay, I see your point. If you're a very attractive, well-off guy with good social skills you can get laid until your 40, but don't expect to find your life partner or a wife you're absolutely crazy about once you're 40 and looking to settle down (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172933) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:48 PM Author: house-broken vigorous associate I'm Black, mang. If I decide to marry at 40 it'll be to a Black/biracial woman and plenty will be available. The supply of quality Black men is low so even if I wait until 40, I'll be perfectly fine. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172940) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 1:03 PM Author: citrine famous landscape painting location Seriously though dude, would you want to marry a black woman? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17173029) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 1:05 PM Author: house-broken vigorous associate Yes. Why wouldn't I? It's not like I'd be choosing between Bumreeka and Tansheeka, or Rayleeka with 4 kids. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17173036) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 1:06 PM Author: Multi-colored chrome national Why do you think a single attractive black woman who is 30+ is any different than a single attractive white woman who is 30+? I'm sure any single attractive black woman who is still single at 32 is going to be as desperate and crazy as a white woman who is 32 and single. And most of the attractive, educated, intelligent black women will not be single at 30+ (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17173044) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 1:11 PM Author: house-broken vigorous associate Because of two reasons:
1. Black women tend not to date interracially.
2. Most Black dudes aren't trying to marry or marry late.
3. The amount of quality Black men is small and many of them look to date/marry women of other races.
This results in many quality Black women remaining on the market after 30. I even have cousins and friends who are 30+, attractive, have a decent career, have no kids, and are educated, but still single, just dating around, or in relationships where the guy is putting marriage off. |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:27 AM Author: Spectacular volcanic crater I stress out and don't end up doing anything when I have this sort of attitude. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172231) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:27 AM Author: Ruddy faggot firefighter (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172236) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:28 AM Author: concupiscible fishy marketing idea filthpig deep (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172244) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:30 AM Author: titillating magical piazza what the hell man you have your whole life past 30 too, it's not like it magically ends then
I don't even want to consider school again until I'm around 30 |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:31 AM Author: floppy aggressive kitty shhhhhhhhhhh, no, just let him retire. His life ends at 30. It is all mundane repetitiveness after that. So carpe diem uvt! Add the xoxo and autoadmit domain names to your blocked sites list on your router. Scramble your password for your account. Bye! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172279) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:30 AM Author: floppy aggressive kitty "That said, I am retiring from xoxo effective immediately."
Thank God. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out, faggot. |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:31 AM Author: Fuchsia ungodly clown mexican ti, oc, tcr. The OP is one of the most unpleasant pieces of shit on this site. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172278) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:32 AM Author: floppy aggressive kitty Exactly. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172294) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:33 AM Author: sable brethren police squad (faggit) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172302) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:34 AM Author: Aquamarine Pontificating Locus What are OP's other monikers? Everyone's got weird new monikers. I'm confused. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172304) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:35 AM Author: Fuchsia ungodly clown mexican us vs. them; uvt. It's often in the e-mail tagline (the blue print on the side). (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172312) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:36 AM Author: floppy aggressive kitty He is uvt. He's a superstudyazn CS guy who thinks he is a rebel and thinks math is art. He's a virgin, of course, which is the main reason he hangs around here. Basically, one of the most obnoxious individuals to come across this site in a very long time. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172319) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:41 AM Author: Charismatic hospital voyeur oh, u mad uvt knows what a data structure is and you don't? u mad uvt fucks White women and fields job offers while you sit around the house unemployed, getting fat and outgrowing your tracksuit once a month? u mad. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172366) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:43 AM Author: sable brethren police squad (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172394) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 2:07 PM Author: floppy aggressive kitty lulz, I know what a data structure is and uvt has never fucked a girl, white or otherwise. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17173608) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:38 AM Author: Exciting Crawly Round Eye Stage Why? I think he makes a good point. It's a beautiful sunny day. Now get the fuck out there! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172334) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:35 AM Author: narrow-minded sweet tailpipe field lol this logic is bullshit (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172311) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:36 AM Author: floppy aggressive kitty No. It is great. Stop it. He has taken courses on logic and gotten As. Therefore, he should retire. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172324) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:37 AM Author: narrow-minded sweet tailpipe field ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172329) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:36 AM Author: passionate dun range (guy about to turn 30)
later this same asshole will state the 30s were it, then the 40s. fucking idiot. i want to piss in your ear |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 11:38 AM Author: Pearl halford LOL (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172339) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:10 PM Author: citrine famous landscape painting location I think people who marry in theor 20's (men, at least) are giving up a lot of living for really no reason. In fact, I think you're pretty much a fucking idiot for doing this, unless there extenuating are circumstances.
Successful men in their late 30's have a world of opportunity. You're 30's, if you think about it, should actually be the best time of you life, if you've laid the proper groundwork. |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:11 PM Author: house-broken vigorous associate THIS (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172672) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:14 PM Author: floppy aggressive kitty *shrugs* I have to admit, of the regrets I've had in my life this really isn't one of them. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172700) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:16 PM Author: citrine famous landscape painting location And that is good that it worked out for you. But I see my friends who got hitched in their 20's, and that was pretty much it for them (at least until, for some of them, they got divorved). There was no real benefit they realized by doing this. Guys in their 30's are doing the same things, but are more accomplished, have more freedom and mobility, and in a lot of cases a much better financial picture. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172721) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 1:47 PM Author: floppy aggressive kitty See, that all depends on who you marry. If you marry some leach who demands to live near her family/friends and pop out kids then sure, you're right, that's a losing proposition. But that's not great at any age, IMO. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17173430) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:14 PM Author: Snowy razzle heaven I mean, I agree that 30's are pretty significant too. But if we think of life as a trajectory, by 30, the ball will have already left your hand, and while it may still be going up, it is because of what you did before not after. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172707) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:18 PM Author: citrine famous landscape painting location As far as a profession, of course this is true. But that analysis does not really apply to relationships, except for the financial piece, which may or may not be significant. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172733) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:27 PM Author: Snowy razzle heaven well you are more or less the person that you are by the time you are 30, and all relationships are obviously determined by that. and I do think the strongest friendships/relationships are formed while we are young, or at least on the young side. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172815) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:19 PM Author: Fuchsia ungodly clown mexican "You're 30's, if you think about it, should actually be the best time of you life, if you've laid the proper groundwork." Completely credited, but proper groundwork includes getting married before then. |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:37 PM Author: citrine famous landscape painting location Can you make a good argument for this? No, you can't. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172885) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:19 PM Author: Spectacular volcanic crater I don't get the 20s trolling. Unless you caught some lucky breaks or got money from somewhere, you have to grind for a lot of years to get some autonomy. In your 30s you could have money and time to throw around. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172745) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:28 PM Author: Transparent New Version wtf is TMF's position ITT aside from the CLEVER RUSSIAN SSHHHHHH LETS PRETEND WE AGREE WITH HIM SO HE WILL LEAVE sarcasm? he appears to agree with the OP's main points (can't magically get an awesome life at 40) but disagrees that the 20s are important in establishing this. i guess he's just being a silly faggot cool. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172822) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:48 PM Author: Pearl halford He's a butthurt Russian with goals that are unobtainable. He's pissed at the world. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172936) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 1:54 PM Author: floppy aggressive kitty Actually, there are people who suck in their 20s, then in their 30s or even 40s that do something else and become great at it and then suddenly get awesome lives. I saw plenty of non-trads in LS who were over 30 when they started, got biglaw, etc. Some people even enter med school around that age.
Basically, this is a fucking retarded way of thinking, but that's uvt for you - the master of retarded ways of thinking. |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:31 PM Author: coral electric house everyone in this thread is going to out boomer the boomers!
LOL
Here's what your future reading material is going to look like!
LOL |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:51 PM Author: Wonderful Lime Resort MOAR deep thoughts on life from 22 y/os (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172958) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 1:06 PM Author: Transparent New Version says the 24 y.o? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17173048) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 12:53 PM Author: self-centered sickened area i waste too much time :( (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17172968) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 1:00 PM Author: Medicated orchestra pit i enjoyed TMF's critique of my FRIEND uvt. that said you guys realize he's just cribbing this from confucius right? confucius say, "thirty and established", so he wrote a bunch of "reasons why master kong is tcr" |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 1:06 PM Author: Territorial Tanning Salon Trump Supporter My 43 year old dad married a beautiful, 25 year old woman in 1977. I was pooped out 3 years later. I think he'd disagree about life being over at 30. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17173043) |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 1:22 PM Author: Territorial Tanning Salon Trump Supporter *is a Boomer*
*claims life begins at 60* |
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Date: January 30th, 2011 2:07 PM Author: floppy aggressive kitty Tyft. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1549319&forum_id=2#17173612) |