Things you experience after 40

I feel my life changed drastically after I turned 40. Which isn’t many years ago. *glares are someone who yells 43 waleyyyy.. ok ok I know i am 43! *rolls eyes at that person and throws shibshib

So I was saying.. as you age somehow you start getting more comfortable in your own skin. You become more accepting of your flaws and actually sometimes look back at things you thought were flaws and are like OMG I used to think i looked fat in this pic!! Haynii ghazalll!!

You start even loving yourself and accept yourself for who you are. You realize that not everyone needs to like you and that you actually don’t like that many people🤣

Falling down when you are above 40 doesn’t usually end well as right now your body is like injury prone. You don’t even have to fall down you might wake up with a stiff neck for injuring yourself in your sleep 

*dina wears neck brace 

I once did a dance for my niece without mouth stretching and ending up with a muscle tear that lasts weeks.. 😥

But mostly what you feel after 40 is that you now how fast passes by and you value your time and energy ( as energy is also very low most days). So you cherish genuine friendships, deep talks, moments of silence. You can’t tolerate fakeness or fake people or small talk. 

You understand why your teta sat alone at the balcony with her cup of tea and kershaleh garfaneh men il 3alam

You have ROMO relief of missing out.

Your kids will now correct your English and laugh at you for saying LuchBox : (lunchbooks)instead of LunchBox ( LunchBax)

Your hair will herrr more than your cats hair.

*dina sweeps jabal of sha3r

One random night you will be looking at your phone and the text suddenly borgos (starts dancing) and you have move the phone away to see clearer..

*crowd gasps

*dina sobs

I still refuse to buy reading glasses #denial

Your metabolism isn’t like it was and you seem to gain weight by inhaling oxygen 

Someone yells “ waleeyyy kazabeh meen akal Nutella wa pasta wa gelato fe Italy??”

Ok fine I do eat but I gain so fast and please tal3ooha this yelling person 🤣

I now make those groans and sighs when I get up or bend down. Akhhhhhh.. ya Allah.. ehhmmmphhhh

The word disc no longer means a cd for your computer but the disc you have in your lower back.

You now have had the pleasure of having a colonoscopy or endoscopy multiple times. If you haven’t yet.. yala orkoth 3al dr what are you waiting for *tut tut tut

I walk into a room and I don’t know why I am in there.. ok ok I had that even before 40 

When I see any teens I say things to embarrass them like 

 و انت صغير مرة غيرتلك بامبرز و سخيت علي 

 When you were young I once changed ur diapers and you pooped on me”

Ok overall most thing I love about being in 40s is that I don’t care what people think like I used to. I love my 40s more than I did any other age because I finally have leant to love myself.  

ولكم والله بنحب

*dina pinches own cheeks

Feel free to share your own realizations after 40