GETTING OLDER IS fine really, especially when you’re in your twenties.

You’re still really young and you know youve got years before you have to be a grown-up.

Then you hit your 30s and realise it’s time.  Or even worse, that somehow you’ve become one without realising.

You know you’re 30 when…

You’ve been known to turn down a free drink

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You often choose what to make for dinner based on there being leftovers to have for lunch the next day

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You’re worried about your hangover while you’re experiencing your night out

You tell your friends proudly that the clothing item you’ve bought is ‘really good quality’

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You have on at least one occasion chosen an outfit entirely based on function

The pockets are so useful! Flickr/May Lee213

You have had genuine and lengthy discussions about things like teapots and wineglasses

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You’ve taken up running, or are considering taking up running

You’re constantly shocked by how long ago some of your favourite pop songs were released

ELEVEN YEARS AGO?!?

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Most of your holidays are taken up by going to weddings

Most of them don’t have dinosaurs. Quinn Miller Photo

You’ve complained that the music in the pub/party/restaurant is too loud

You’re delighted when a friend tells you they’re pregnant because you no longer have to worry about how their ma will react

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You own at least one pair of ‘sensible’ shoes

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You occasionally walk into a pub or bar and think ‘I’m too old for this place’

You have ‘good’ plates/cutlery/glasses

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