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		<title>I Turn 40 This Saturday by Kate</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 02:41:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I turn 40 this Saturday, June 19th. I am not looking forward to this. 
I am already dissatisfied with the way I look. Boobs have started their downward spiral, body could stand to lose about 50 lbs., teeth could use a professional whitening treatment or veneers, deep wrinkle in the forhead could use some Botox&#8230;the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I am having a really issue turning 40 in a few months</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jun 2010 00:27:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I will be 40 in six months and I am having a real problem with it. I feel like my life is over. I have always been a dreamer (thinking about things I can do in the future), now as soon as I start to think about doing something in the future, I think why [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turning 40 Without a Child by WhyMe40</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 19:55:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who would think of all people&#8230;me would be turning 40 without children.   Not only was I raised to be a mother; I love children and that was my dream in life.   A little background&#8230;.The summer before I entered the 5th grade my parents became foster parents for infants.  As a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Things I&#8217;m Supposed to Get Right Before Turning 40</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Apr 2010 18:35:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This time of year is big on birthdays in our family. Both my sisters and my father had birthdays recently. And even my husband&#8217;s family treats this month as &#8216;Let&#8217;s be born and Party&#8217; time. In fact, he&#8217;s in Istanbul right now having a joint celebration with his mum. He&#8217;s just turned 40 and she [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Karla&#8217;s Cottage: 40 ways to say happy birthday</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 08:07:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, we celebrated a friend&#8217;s birthday with a brunch at my house.  It was a simple meal, organic vanilla yogurt, fresh fruit salad, and Rhodes cinnamon rolls hot out of the the oven, with a birthday candle stuck in them.

Since she was turning 40, a group of her friends came up with 40 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Curious at 40 by Grace</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Oct 2009 22:47:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be forty next year. Some things are as I imagined they&#8217;d be, others are completely different. I&#8217;m not feeling the excitement I felt at turning thirty, but I am more curious. I don&#8217;t expect anything to magically happen on my fortieth birthday or in my fortieth year, but I do think I&#8217;ll be paying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>40 Things I Want To Do Before I Turn 40 by Paula</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:56:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I turn 40 at the end of the year and am stressed about it. I started a list of &#8220;40 things I want to do before i turn 40&#8243; It has helped me to realize that there is not much I want to do&#8230;
I have done almost everything I wanted to. I only have 30 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Very excited about Turning 40 by Trinya</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be turning 40 in February and I am happy to say that I am looking forward to it. One thing that bothers me is that I want more children. I currently have 1 child. I&#8217;m really scared, so I am thinking about adoption, instead.
Turning 40 is very exciting to me because not only am [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Person I can Be by Sarah</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi! I&#8217;ll be turning 40 in February. The last couple of years have brought a lot of changes in my life &#8211; the end of a long-term relationship, a new job, and a move. I have learned a lot, and hope to apply what I&#8217;ve learned in my 40s and be the best person I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Peace to All Who are Turning the Big 40 by Lee</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 19:44:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I Welcome 40!  March 13, that just happens to fall on a friday.  But i do consider this a lucky day Friday March 13th.  I myself am not married, I have no children, I do not own a home.  I believe every woman wants that fairy tale wedding, and happily ever after. But I find [...]]]></description>
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