Twenty Nine Things

I have SEVERAL friends who are turning 29 this year.  I found this list of taboo things once you are 29.

This is for US. :) 

Hey, you’re now too old to/for ...

1. Wear headbands, head-to-toe pink, and cheerleader skirts
2. Celebrate your birthday on more than one day
3. Reminisce about college
4. Reminisce about the college you never attended (Oh, Stanford ... )
5. Send cryptic messages to people via Facebook and Twitter
6. Think of your high school boyfriend as the one who got away
7. Refer to any boyfriend from that long ago by the era he’s associated with—no one cares that you dated Josh the summer after your freshman year at community college
8. Wear holiday-themed outfits, like pastels and bows on Easter and red and green plaid on Christmas (unless you are Catherine and wear red and green plaid year-round)
9. Quote self-help books and/or “Sex and the City” episodes—unless it’s in a mocking fashion
10. Decorate your apartment from Pottery Barn Teen and/or Urban Outfitters
11. Put up posters with tape or thumbtacks instead of frames
12. Attend concerts featuring anyone who wasn’t born by the year you started college (i.e., Justin Bieber) unless you are escorting a much younger family member
13. Olsen Twin movie marathons (I know, I know, “Passport to Paris” is a classic, but get over it)
14. Calling men “boys” on a regular basis
15. Say or write “LOL”
16. Tote your dog around everywhere, unless you are blind and he/she is a seeing-eye dog.
17. Want to be treated like a princess, to live life like it’s a fairytale, and to be looking for your Prince Charming
18. Own teddy bears and other stuffed animals, unless you have one (singular!) that is left over from your childhood that holds a lot of sentimental value
19. Call your father “daddy”
20. Subscribe to teen magazines, unless you work as a writer specializing in teen issues
21. Spend more than one hour on the phone with a friend, unless she truly is in a crisis or you haven’t talked to her in over a year and need to catch up
22. Have your parents pay your bills, unless it’s your student loans and they insist OR you’re going through a short, temporary rough financial patch
23. Consider a haircut a huge massive change of epic proportions, unless it’s a post-breakup haircut and you write one measly essay about the subject
24. Consider your hair color to be a significant part of your identity, unless you’re a redhead
25. Talk about how OMG wasted you got last night, like having a hangover makes you cool
26. Lay out in the sun without sunscreen
27. Sit on anyone’s lap, unless you’re trying to fit five people in a taxi that sits four
28. Wear glasses for “fashion” when you don’t have a prescription or vision issues
29. Feel any shame or embarrassment about being almost 30

But you’re never too old to/for ...

1. Consider your dog your best friend
2. Call your mom for advice
3. A one-night-stand
4. Ask for someone’s help—financial, emotional, whatever—when you really need it
5. Discover your passion in life
6. Eat breakfast for dinner
7. Sleep in past 11 a.m.
8. A nap

I don't know if I should feel comforted that I have never "needed to nor have I ever done" a lot of things on this list.  :) But Lindsey - #10 makes me laugh! Haha. For those friends PAST 29 *gasp* are you still doing these things? Come on fess up! Hehehe.