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You're in your carefree 20s, living life to the fullest and staying out until 4 am. A few hours later, you're completely fresh, starting your shift at the coffee house. Hangovers do not exist, you have a ton of friends and can eat a whole pizza without any consequences at all. Suddenly, you're 30. The only parties you're going to now are your child's birthdays. Half an hour of sleep missed means you'll be cranky, the best present for you is a now a cooking pan, and dad jokes are the most hilarious jokes ever. Do any of these life changes sound familiar?
To summarize life in your twenties vs. thirties, Bored Panda has created a series of funny comics, illustrating the differences between the two. These funny memes about life will either prepare you for the years to come or help you to relive the days of the past and appreciate the age you're currently at. After all, the best cartoons are the ones that are highly relatable, right?
Now, scroll down below, have a good laugh about life in your 30s or take a walk down the memory lane to your 20s; these funny memes covers all the most important aspects of turning into a responsible adult.
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#1
Final score:
313points
Miklós Nagy 7 years ago
The key point that after your 30's your calls are either work related or made by VERY anoying people.
Nora H. 7 years ago
Somehow ALL people are suddenly very annoying after I hit 30.
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#2
Final score:
306points
rick hctep (Rick45) 7 years ago
Life's clock is the only clock that cannot be regulated, just hope that you got one fully wound up when you were born.
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varwenea 7 years ago
Now I can't sleep on my side either cuz my shoulder would hurt. Aging. Sigh...
Mama Panda 7 years ago
yeah cuz when you are in your 30s, you are practically farting cobwebs.... **rolls eyes**
Kylie Johanson 5 years ago
Does our youth suddenly end at 30? Because I don't feel like I'm already 30 at all.
rick hctep (Rick45) 7 years ago
Wait till you are in your seventies you wake up with more than a cranky neck, it's everything that hurts.
#3
Final score:
305points
Don Flynn 7 years ago
Scary and awesome at the same time until you find out your significant other lies and has been stealing money from the marriage for years. Then it just becomes sad and then a relief 👍👌✌️
Joe Sauer 7 years ago
Um....damn Don.Sounds like you're speaking from experience
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Tia Rafferty 7 years ago
I have had to screen shot this as my other half is in his 30’s along with his band mates in their 40’s and one band member is called Steve who is the newbie and this was f*****g perfect. Thank You
Risa Lovee 7 years ago
My situation is like the latter one, even though I'm totally still in my early twenties... :'(
#4
Final score:
280points
Sierra Hall 7 years ago
This is me!! I know I'm a chunky girl and I rock those fatkini's like I have a model body.
Erik Granqvist 7 years ago
Currently, I am training to be in beach shape for the summer of 3000.
lindsayaotter 7 years ago
Exactly, the way you should be. "I feel good and who in the f**k cares!"
#5
Final score:
275points
Justakid 7 years ago
Already giving your dream up in 30s?? It's too early for that.... Your real life hasn't even started yet...
Nora H. 7 years ago
True. But reality has kicked in, and you've already had loads of disappointments. Also your energy level has dropped. Now you know that most of your dreams were either impossible or not worth the effort anyway. And you dreams and ambitions have become more umm.. realistic. Like cooking dinner, or maybe a home improvement project if you're badass.
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CbusResident 7 years ago
At 34.5 years old I must passionately disagree. I'm dreaming bigger now than ever before and side hustling on it. I'm writing a novel, and my goal isn't for it to get published, it is for it to become the most impactful, best selling novel ever. Not joking.
Sweet Wanderer 4 years ago
Did you finish the novel and get it published?
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Magnus Dahl 7 years ago
This is what happens when you shrink your dreams and you are unwilling to truly strive for the goals you set.
#6
Final score:
244points
Flisey 7 years ago
My daughter said the other day it's funny how mums find things like a new microwave exciting :D
LOttawa 7 years ago
It's true. I had been asking my boyfriend for kitchen stuff for Christmas for years and he refused. The year I got a microwave I got so excited (I really wanted a new one lol).
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Gigi Aure 7 years ago
Same.. I asked for a cordless vacuum for Christmas lmao
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Lady Perkele 7 years ago
Happens the same with socks... Now I get so happy when someone gives me new socks!
Thinairgal 7 years ago
Cookware can be fun. I think I get the prize, though - my husband once got me a shovel. Just a shovel. Considered using it to dig a husband-sized grave...
#7
Final score:
241points
Careful egg 7 years ago
But would you be invited next time? One might risk losing your "Steve" 😟
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Gareth Graham 7 years ago
Try to be sociable but if no-one talks to you for twenty minutes. Get out
#8
Final score:
225points
Lars Lasersson 7 years ago
The first symptom: that wafer-thin sleeping pad starts to feel hard as concrete.
Meowton Mewsk 7 years ago
I hike regularly and started camping in my 30’s. Too busy going to resort hotels and clubs in my 20’s. In your 30’s you are not partying as much and have time to enjoy nature!
C V 7 years ago
Or you're sick of camping adventures where it was fun to run straight up a mountain to set up a tent in the dark and you're rather prone to nice hotel sheets, phone in bed, hbo playing. Just like right now.
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Final score:
218points
Evgeniya Khon 7 years ago
Yeh, and It's gonna take a whole day to recover (back to sleep (Z_z)
Meowton Mewsk 7 years ago
This is really one of the two true ones. It’s not a matter of personality on this one. A hangover at age 30 lasts for days.
Daniel Schick 6 years ago
Amateur hour... By your's 30's you know your limits and have a better tolerances
Christina Sersif 7 years ago
This is funny, but in my 20s a hangover meant calling in sick to work and sleeping all day. Hangovers in my 30s don't happen because I rarely drink
#10
Final score:
203points
A Dyke From The Dreamworld 7 years ago
Am I the only one under 30 who would much rather be on the 30s side than the 20s?
Meowton Mewsk 7 years ago
Eh. Anyone who is 30+ now didn’t have this meme (Netflix and chill) for most of their 20’s. In your 30’s you don’t have to hide the desire for sex so no point in saying Netflix and Chill when you really want sex. Also in your 30’s you probably live with your partner, watch the movie on smart TV, and have sex after.
Tor Rolf Strøm 7 years ago
Watching movies like that!? They should really have a flat-screen by their 30s..
Malek MZB-II 7 years ago
Nothing has changed since my teens to my 30's. Both pictures still portray how life still is. It should always be both of those, if you're with the right person.
#11
Final score:
195points
Marina 7 years ago
Yup. F**k pretty, when it's cold, I'm going to protect myself <3
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Daniel Schick 6 years ago
"Winter Fashion" Anyone that lives in an area that gets legitimately cold doesn't mess around with mother nature. Frost bite is a MFer...
Melvenia Evans 7 years ago
Ain't no way!l always got my hat and gloves .Cute died an good looking been in the hospital for months with pneumonia
#12
Final score:
185points
Porto DaMartinica 7 years ago
finally a relatable one, since i seem to do it all backwards here. this is very true and very nice
#13
Final score:
182points
Alessandra Ricotta 7 years ago
I've never had fast metabolism, and because of my mom I've always believe to be fat, even when I wans't. Now I'm fat for real and I don't have the will and strenght to do something about it, I feel pain in so many ways and this is only one of them... I lack friends...
Thinairgal 7 years ago
Okay - back - Purpose of being outside is just to give your senses something different to focus on, nothing magic, just a small broadening of the daily horizon. The second little trick is to find something to take care of - something that relies on you, but won't overwhelm you with demands. It doesn't have to be a dog or cat, or even a pet. A plant may work just fine for some people. Responding to a need of something else forces a little break from the blackness. The last little trick is to try to find one good thing each day and say thank you - to the air, or your god, or to nobody - just say it. I'm sure there are days so rotten it seems impossible.... I've found myself reduced to "this is pretty good tea, thank you" but I do it anyway. Those are the simplest "tricks" I know - if you try any of them, let me know how it goes for you. Even if you don't, you're welcome to stay in touch. I'll check back at this thread . Best wishes
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Lola 7 years ago
Metabolism has come to a screeching halt. In my twenties I would diet for 2 days and lose a few pounds. Now I diet for months and don’t even lose any.
Daniel Schick 6 years ago
I hear yah... Subtracting the fact that I cannot run anymore... I've put on 15lbs from 28 to now 33.
Load More Replies... Thinairgal 7 years ago
Lol, this is so true! My metabolism did another major slowdown in my mid fifties - weight lifting put it right.
Bored Fox 7 years ago
I remember my teenage years when I survived by eating mostly just potato chips and drinking Coca-Cola. I did not exercise. And I was so thin that many people thought that I had an eating disorder. Nowadays I have more than 30 kg overweight even though I eat quite healthy and I walk really much.
#14
Final score:
177points
Dovydas Godelis 7 years ago
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Christina Sersif 7 years ago
Okay realistically here who in the right mind would agree to going on an international trip just 3 hours before the plane leaves? You won't even have time to pack and you would literally have to leave for the airport immediately.
tarebear 7 years ago
Wait!!!! Who just randomly gets an extra ticket to Berlin???? Maybe because I'm in the US that sounds like a very big thing to plan for...although I AM in my 30's soooooo maybe I'm just old??
Nora H. 7 years ago
Travel buddy cancelled last minute? Berlin is a pretty cheap flight destination from many European countries, but probably not from the US? I myself would be totally ready to go in three hours if someone asked (I'm 41).. :)
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Daniel Schick 6 years ago
I have more time on my hands in my 30's than I did in my 20's... Granted I was in the Army and sat on my a*s more times than I can count. However, I just couldn't take off at a moments notice. In my 30's I can just burn my vacation days with less planning.
Andreea Dumitru 7 years ago
I'm still in my 20s, but the second picture is something to be printed out and handed over to people. 😅
#15
Final score:
171points
Chicago Kitty 7 years ago
Wait until you reach late 40's- the dating pool is scorched earth = /
Christina Sersif 7 years ago
I ended up having to go international for love. American men seemed to all just want one thing or either want to get married next week.
#16
Final score:
150points
Cody Eriksen 7 years ago
Give it one more year. It started with VIP parking...then it has grown into VIP tickets. Why VIP tickets? I can sit down! :)
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boredhuman 7 years ago
35s: watching a live stream in bed with drinks and snacks. pass out after 30 minutes.
Justakid 7 years ago
I'm in the 40s and still jumping into a mosh pit at punk rock gigs. I just can't do it for more than one song...
Petra Schaap 7 years ago
haha. I'm 45 and my boyfriend is 63 and we're ALWAYS at the front and we never ever sit at concerts! (and he's faster than me too)
CbusResident 7 years ago
Again, at 34.5 I ragingly disagree. I still mosh and crowd surf. Sitting way back in concerts sucks!
Cat person 7 years ago
I'm 16, have never been to a concert and never want to go to one. Too loud and crowded
#17
Final score:
142points
Bruno Mruzin 7 years ago
F*****g Joy....going nowhere in life... 10 years passed and Joy is still in her dead-end-job, working for her douchebag boss, that just bought his first Porsche. Sometimes she thinks that she should change her life, go out there, see the world, meet exciting people and turn around what has not been touched for ages, but then the register beeps and she wakes up from her daydream in the middle of her third night shift this week. Joys boyfriend is a stoner. His name is Josh and he works at a store that sells vaporizers and everytime Joy wants to lead a meaningful conversaton with him, he starts to stroke his mildly annoying man-bun and starts to explain to her, that children in Africa are dying of starvation right now and that "their" problems seem so insignificant in comparison. Joy is not very happy. But then she sees this douchebag that comes to her store for 10 years. It all started one day, when he bought a condom and started to brag about his sex-life.
Bruno Mruzin 7 years ago
He started to come in everyday, always buying just one condom, always talking about how great he is in bed. Joy was annoyed. So annoyed that she plotted something evil for the first time in her life. She took a small pin from the blackboard in the staff room and placed it next to her register. It was 9 o'clock when the dude stood in front of her, giving her the condom to scan. In a blink of an eye, she grabbed the pin and punched a few holes in the condom, without him noticing it. She felt great. So powerful, so evil, she nearly had an orgasm. The days went by and she kept repeating the pin-stabbing until the guy stopped coming. Those were the most thrilling days of her life, stabbing a little pin into a man's condom. And suddenly it stopped. She fell back into beeing miserable. One day though, she saw a man coming through the autmatic door. He looked familiar, but he seemed awfully tired and she felt a certain black cloud hanging over him. It was her guy - the condom guy.
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Catlady6000 7 years ago
This should be at the top just for the story that goes with it n the comments!
#18
Final score:
140points
Evgeniya Khon 7 years ago
This is too accurate hahahha, I used to love rollercoasters, the faster and crazier the better. Now I can feel nauseous even when riding an elevator
Sally Appleton 7 years ago
I relate so hard. I used to make a point of going to the best amusement parks on any vacation. The other day I went to a local fun fair and had to find first aid after the first ride.
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Kylie Johanson 5 years ago
I've never been on any amusement rides since I was 16 and it was one of ferriswheels where you get flipped upside down in a cage.
Daniel Schick 6 years ago
Merry-go-rounds and thrill rides are too different beast... A thrill ride at least as lulls in between the scary bits. Merry-go-rounds are just spinning.
Porto DaMartinica 7 years ago
nonsense. the day i filled 35 a month ago i was skitching a bus on my first longboard
Porto DaMartinica 7 years ago
nonsense. the day i filled 35 a month ago i was skitched a bus on my first longboard
#19
Final score:
123points
Naima Ivansdóttir 7 years ago
same. but i am positive the amount of cats has been increasing
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Cat on a bike 7 years ago
Sorry, in my 40s but I still love being alone, although the number of cats is rising
Lira Mai 7 years ago
i love being alone. i think it is not the age, it is more about your personality.
Laugh Fan 7 years ago
Totally agree with that. Some people just need more alone time and lots of space.
Load More Replies... Lou Blackwood 7 years ago
I'm in my teens and i feel like the person in the right picture. Yay. I think there's something very wrong with me.
Thinairgal 7 years ago
Teens can be the hardest years. I felt that way a lot even though, looking back, there were people who cared about me. It does get better - hopefully soon for you, Lou
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Final score:
118points
Meowton Mewsk 7 years ago
Lol they’re mad at you for not making the same bad choices they did.
Load More Replies... Meowton Mewsk 7 years ago
Hell no. That’s not being in your 30’s, that’s being a parent. Which a lot of teens and 20’s do.
Thinairgal 7 years ago
20s - celebrating your inner demons. 30s - they've emerged and want revenge.
Kylie Johanson 5 years ago
I did not start living like I did in my early 20s until just recently and I'm already 30. I took forever to grow up.
Nostalgic Hyena 7 years ago
I'm not even in my 30s yet and I've had the second thing happen to me before. Long story short I was at a party and some young kids knocked me over and started beating me up.
#21
Final score:
117points
Deena Salzman 7 years ago
Ugh. Can we just get rid of the idea that men doing chores is something special or sexy and just acknowledge that in a healthy relationship all partners do their fair share?
C V 7 years ago
Let me know when that actually happens. If my man could ever load the dishwasher correctly that would be hot.
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Chantel Atwell 7 years ago
Nope, still like the first one better. Maybe I'm not enough into my 30s yet (I'm 31)
Naomi Armitage 7 years ago
Like that comedian who redid that song "I'll Make Love To You" as "I'll Clean Up For You." #HotAF
Salome Onyango 4 years ago
Oh I didn’t know 30 something’s acted like senior citizens. Isn’t 20-30 something’s considered young? Every club I go to most in their 20s and 30s.
Christina Sersif 7 years ago
What is being said in picture 20s is still accurate for me...well most women in their 30s.
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Biljana Malesevic 7 years ago
I would replace 30s with 40s. Then it will be more correct. 30 is still to young for this.
Den Star 7 years ago
Agreed. It doesn't get easier, that's for sure. The aging process is fairly brutal, physically. Sixty is ok... It doesn't look as good as 30, but it's a better soul.
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Lee roberts 7 years ago
How am I 23 and most of these apply.. what am I going to be like when I'm actually that age.
Daria B 7 years ago
For some people it works in reverse, so there's still hope. ^_-
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Naima Ivansdóttir 7 years ago
i'm 39 and i'm so thankful this is not even remotely close to the truth.
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Tony Moon 7 years ago
I'm in my 40's and I feel like the person who wrote/drew this in his/her 30's is having a REALLY tough time of it..... I haven't seen half the c**p this poor artist is going through.... Either I am young at heart, or this poor sap gave up on life....
Stephanie Brown 7 years ago
These were funny until I realized how accurate they are. Especially 10, 17, and 20.
Biljana Malesevic 7 years ago
I would replace 30s with 40s. Then it will be more correct. 30 is still to young for this.
Den Star 7 years ago
Agreed. It doesn't get easier, that's for sure. The aging process is fairly brutal, physically. Sixty is ok... It doesn't look as good as 30, but it's a better soul.
Load More Replies... Lee roberts 7 years ago
How am I 23 and most of these apply.. what am I going to be like when I'm actually that age.
Daria B 7 years ago
For some people it works in reverse, so there's still hope. ^_-
Load More Replies... Naima Ivansdóttir 7 years ago
i'm 39 and i'm so thankful this is not even remotely close to the truth.
Load More Replies... Tony Moon 7 years ago
I'm in my 40's and I feel like the person who wrote/drew this in his/her 30's is having a REALLY tough time of it..... I haven't seen half the c**p this poor artist is going through.... Either I am young at heart, or this poor sap gave up on life....
Stephanie Brown 7 years ago
These were funny until I realized how accurate they are. Especially 10, 17, and 20.
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