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"You're Not in College Anymore"

I am exactly 3 weeks away from turning the dreadfully frightening 3-0. When you're a kid, 30 is like, soooo old. When you're 21, 30 is so far away and still sooooo old. When you're in your late twenties, 30 all of a sudden doesn't seem so old anymore. It's just a number, right? There's nothing that really truly changes except your entrance to the 3rd decade of your existence. So, why then, do expectations change for people once they blow out those 30 candles? Why are poeople all of a sudden "too old" for things. It's like that constant reminder you get when you're no longer in college. The overused and completely irrelevant "you're not in college anymore." Times they are a-changing. I don't have a mortgage and I don't have a family of my own. I live with roommates in a 3 bedroom apartment. So why CAN'T I or others like me act like I'm in college anymore? Ok, granted, some things must change. You do ga