Is age just a number?

Hey People,
     I turned 30 this year... To me it's just a number.  I wouldn't care about it at all.  I'd celebrate it, if the rest of the world would let me!  They always say it in a somber voice, "oh you're 30..."  I enrolled in college when I was 26.  I became friends with people who were 18.  They never said, "oh you're 26..."  Now, "you're 30..."  They say it like we can't be friends anymore!  Like I've accomplished nothing, and that's why I'm even bothering shaking the hands of an early 20 something.  I must admit I'm a late bloomer.  And with being a late bloomer I am in the mix with some early 20 somethings, and therefore have dated a few early 20 somethings in the passed couple years.  The sex is great!  I had one early 20 something say, "boy, you sure know how to please a girl."  in which i replied "I do?  Oh..."  Never try a relationship with an early 20 something, though.  An early 20 something has fun on their mind, and a relationship is work.  They'll be fine in a couple of years, but it's not meant to be for you two.  Remember, when you were 20 she was 11. You wouldn't take an 11 year old on a romantic date to Red Lobster, would you?  Imagine that scenario!

WAITER: May I take your order?
ME: Yes, I will have the Seafood Chowder to start, and the Lobster tail.
WAITER:  And for your, Miss?
HER:  I want a grilled cheese sandwich.
WAITER:  We don't have grilled cheese at Red Lobster.  Maybe something from the apatizer menu?
Now she starts ordering the entire list of apatizers.  I want this, and I want that.  She finally finishes ordering and the waiter leaves.
ME: Listen, I hope this isn't a problem, but I was wondering if we can split the bill.  I'm between jobs.
HER: Ok...
The dinner comes.  Mine is great.  Half of hers ends up on the floor. We finish, ask for the bill, it comes, and...  She brings out her change purse, and dumps out nickles and dimes on the table while uttering,
HER: Is that enough?
ME:  Do you have any concept of money?  No that's not enough.  You ordered half the menu!  We can't pay for this.  I'm between jobs!  I'm a late bloomer.
Now I'm washing dishes at Red Lobster because it's against the law to make an 11 yrs old wash dishes.

  A few weeks ago I went out on a date with a 38 year old woman.  We met on Plenty of Fish.  I enjoy grabbing beer with randoms off that website.  Mostly just for enlightening conversation.  This girl was the oldest girl I had ever been out on a date with.  She told me she enjoys dating younger men.  Most men her age and older are boring.  I bit my tongue (or rather my pint glass).  I thought, ya having your shit together is boring I guess. Battling rush hour traffic to go to a 9 to 5 job.  Then battling the traffic to get home to your couch is rather boring... maybe not boring, but less entertaining to watch then my life.  To watch me is like watching a suspense thriller.  Every so often you can watch me storm into my room with my bank statements screaming, "I don't know how I'm going to survive to next week!"  Then planting my face into your breasts, and crying, while you say "you survived to this week, and the week before that, and the week before that.  You're going to be 31 soon"
    After all this complaining against it I still want age to be just a number.  I bet their are 11 yrs old kids who have made millions designing web pages, and would be more than happy to buy me a lobster.  Plus, I know there are early 20 somethings that are married and happy.  And how great would it be to sleep with an older girl, so I can say "girl, you sure know how to please a boy"