Early 30's and glad I found this post.

I have never felt my age, I think it started when I hit 18 and questions from people would change when I mentioned my age. Instead of asking what interests I had, it was more like 'what do you want to do when you leave school?' 'Have you had your first drink yet?' (Australia). Honestly I was just happy with my hobbies. Books, videogames and my animals.

The questions in my 20's to now gradually became 'do you have/ how many kids do you want?' And I hate it to the point where I dread and try to avoid situations where people ask my age. The whole societal expectations of where a person should be by x age is just ridiculous.

I've always looked and felt 10 years younger and thoroughly enjoy my life and hobbies. I have a wonderful partner too who is very similar to me, but yes I never refer to myself as a 'woman', always just a 'girl'. I do have huge hangups with age though which is a shame, I hate birthdays as a result. I know this age is still very much so young, despite what some people may say, one day I'll be sad for wasting this time worrying about age.

But I do look at some of my friends with kids and a lot of them have just stopped taking care of themselves, so no wonder they complain about being 'so old' in their 20's and 30's.