Hi I turned 40 1st July, I am thankful I went thru the big aging dilemma when I was about 36- it took me bout 18 months to get over. It ended with the inevitable, hey nothing can stop it so why worry? Why freak out about it? NOTHING gonna stop it : ) !! Crazy how long it took for me to really feel it but I did. And I’m glad that I did b4 now as I think going thru it when I turned 40 would’ve been worse. I’m still annoyed, to say the least, that the cruel irony of aging is that the only ones who know that it doesn’t mean anything- its only the outside that ages- ur still exactly the same person- are the ones who ARE getting older. The ones still in their 20′s & 30′s don’t know it yet… I am glad I have a life partner to share it all with I think turning 40 would’ve been a bit harder had he not been here.