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I feel you brother, I had a birthday ~2 weeks ago. It was depressing. 23, I feel so old. Never gonna catch up to where Franklin or Alexander at this pace.

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You're a 2nd year associate at 26, be happy. You're leaps and bounds ahead of a shit ton of people.

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lbreitstyou were able to go drink-for-drink with a bunch of state school college students, so in my book you're about 22 years old. actually you did better than us since you made it home the safest so you're like 20.

ha, happy birthday buddy.

yeah i also ended up coming home, fighting with my girlfriend breaking up with her then coming home projectile vomiting all over and being hungover as shit and getting back together with her in an 8 hr period lol

 

I don't know you, but happy birthday pal.

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happy birthday I am only 17 so I can't really help on the feeling old thing

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it's your birthday? does that mean you'll be less cheap?

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+1 more person older than you are shorttheworld. I also agree with Military_PE_Guy -- he looks like he could be my father.

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Happy Birthday bro! And quit whining about being 26, I'm older than you so imagine how I feel lol.

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Happy birthday you old mother fucker!

"You stop being an asshole when it sucks to be you." -IlliniProgrammer "Your grammar made me wish I'd been aborted." -happypantsmcgee
 

yo..wait a minute???? you are moping for 26??? thats when guys start to look very handsome and mature!!! me likey likey wery much!! Celebrate! have an awesome day! :D

 
shorttheworldim 26 and feel archaic :[

post praise and joy so i feel better about myself thx

Praise and joy!

Also, you probably don't remember, but I really appreciated you giving me all that info on your shop back when I just started looking for work (even though I got rejected). :p

On the bright side, after interviewing at like 30 more places, I've realized that I wouldnt have fit in anyways, lol.

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