At 29?

@AmbiePam (120905)
United States
May 18, 2023 1:38pm CST
This picture was taken of me on my 29th birthday. My grandfather had died two days prior, and it was a pretty sad time, but my mom wanted a picture of me on my 29th birthday. I remember my Nana telling me she was so relieved my Papaw (what I called my grandfather) had not died on my birthday. My Papaw had been in the hospital, and he had been in great spirits despite being close to the end. He went before his dementia got bad, so that was good. He didn't live long enough to see how bad my own mom's (his daughter) dementia got (their types of dementia were oddly not the same type), and that's a good thing. He was my mom's biggest fan. Enough of the sad stuff! Everyone makes a joke about 29 being the beginning of getting old, especially when you're single (at least here they do). What were you doing at the age of 29? For those of you not yet 29, where do you see yourself then?
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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18 May 23
Lovely photo. At 29 l would have been dashing back and forth ,working as a reporter in the print media.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
That sounds exciting! Was it?
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Kandase
@Kandae11 (57231)
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18 May 23
@AmbiePam It was.
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Trebor Ika
@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
19 May 23
Gladly you did that
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Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
18 May 23
What a pretty photo of you, AmbiePam! Very nice:) I remember being 29, I thought I was heading over the hill!
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
Yes, indeed. My birthday cake read "Happy 92nd Birthday!"
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Kharla Jolly
@kobesbuddy (78833)
• East Tawas, Michigan
19 May 23
@AmbiePam That's so funny! lol When my father was discharged out of the Army, the date was1942. Somebody made a mistake on his paperwork and typed in 1492!
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Trebor Ika
@Treborika (18194)
• Mombasa, Kenya
19 May 23
@kobesbuddy This is so interesting my friend
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (16568)
• Philippines
18 May 23
You're gorgeous, I say it in the present tense because I believe you still are. At 29, I had already my kids and was busy working and taking care of them. But I have no regrets these were the best times of my life.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
Thank you. Being a mom must be very special.
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Jenaisle
@Jenaisle (16568)
• Philippines
18 May 23
@AmbiePam Yes it is.
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
18 May 23
You are lovely in the photo and I'm sure you still are. I was married to my first wife and we'd had our daughter five years earlier. I was working a full-time job and a part-time job, taking my daughter to work with me... Mostly, she and I played cards or board games in between customers.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
Thank you for the compliment. Wow, that's a lot of responsibility! Your daughter must be very greatful.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
@DaddyEvil I've never been married, but I've been told there are worse things than being single! Lol I know your daughter was definitely worth the marriage she came from although I'm sorry for you that you didn't get a happy "forever".
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174528)
• United States
18 May 23
@AmbiePam You're very welcome. Two divorces later and I still have my daughter. I'm not getting married again... I've learned my lesson on marriage. I prefer being single.
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Keith Henthorne
@Scrapper88 (5980)
• United States
18 May 23
I have a niece who looks a lot like you. I wonder if that is a good or bad thing.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
Uh-oh, I hope it’s a good thing. I promise, I’m nice!
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Babes Says
@BabeSays (8795)
• Mauritius
18 May 23
You look gorgeous my dear, although there is sadness in your eyes yet you manage to please your mom. My 29th birthday was the last birthday I got to celebrate with my mom.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
Thank you for being so kind. Do you miss her despite her being so mean to you?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
@BabeSays You're such a sweet soul. It's her loss.
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Babes Says
@BabeSays (8795)
• Mauritius
18 May 23
@AmbiePam Not gonna lie...at 1st I was angry that she won't talk to me, then I was sad and cried a lot but now I am okay with it. I do miss her a lot but I am okay now. I accepted the fact that she hates me but I can't hate her. I never did.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (52918)
• Mojave, California
18 May 23
Eh, 29 is not the joke of getting old. The world makes you old one way or another. try being 46 in a world that hates you. Work out what differences you have now, as get really old, it gets harder and there is no getting it back. That being said you look very lovely and just do not lose who you are on a corrupt what I call bankrupt society that lets its own kids get killed by mass shootings everyday.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
Thank you. The other day I sat in my chair and thought, crap. If I feel like this at 42 (my current age) what am I going to feel like at 52? It's sobering, especially when you consider the things you've mentioned.
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Go Crossbones
@crossbones27 (52918)
• Mojave, California
18 May 23
@AmbiePam Indeed, I am pretty positive contrary to popular belief. Its just anytime I am positive the so called positive people slap me down. My brother and sister are a perfect example, dude I am not letting poor be a problem for me. I am going to live how I always lived or would like to live. They have such a problem with that. You should be working nonstop, no, its freaking rigged for one and two you are gonna die of stress. I do take some of their more rationale thoughts into consideration though.
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
18 May 23
My son is 29. He turns 30 next month. I don’t remember 29 very vividly.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
Aw, he's still a baby in my eyes!
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Marie
@Tampa_girl7 (54715)
• United States
19 May 23
@AmbiePam He’ll always be my baby.
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
18 May 23
That's a sad, but pretty picture of you, Amber. From a recent photo, I would say you're even prettier now. At 29, I was married with two children, ten and five. I sure started early, didn't I! I know you miss your grandparents.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
Thank you, Vicki. And yes, I definitely miss them. I was so blessed to get such good ones. My Papaw was a pastor too, and when I was a child, and I visited, I'd get my Bible, march up to the front row, and wait to hear what my Papaw had to say! I think you started right on time!
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
19 May 23
@1creekgirl 57 years is absolutely awesome.
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Vicki, #1 Creek Girl
@1creekgirl (44560)
• United States
19 May 23
@AmbiePam You are so blessed to have Christian parents and grandparents. We really were too young to get married, but our kids were blessings. It took God and us a long time to get it right, but we're so thankful for each other (57 years!)
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Lenore Plassman
@sallypup (69183)
• Centralia, Washington
18 May 23
Nice photo. Trying to remember what I was doing when I was 29. I'd had my daughter by then. Might have been in Northern Idaho working at homesteading and basically working hard at keeping fed, warm and housed.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
Yeah, most people were probably trying to take care of family.
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Fleur
@Fleura (35063)
• United Kingdom
18 May 23
At 29 I was having the time of my life, basically! You look great. Was that in the 80s by any chance?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
No. lol This was 2010. But it does a little 80s now that that I think about it!
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
@Fleura Oh, you didn't. I remember buying that shirt specifically because it didn't look anything close to what was "in style" at the time. And that jacket was a very old one I just never quit wearing. I always liked "different".
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Fleur
@Fleura (35063)
• United Kingdom
18 May 23
@AmbiePam Gosh I didn't mean to 'age' you so much! But something about the hairstyle and the clothes brought to mind the 80s for me.
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George B Vieto
@Deepizzaguy (122209)
• Lake Charles, Louisiana
18 May 23
Sorry to learn about your grandfather passing away before you turned 29 years of age.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
18 May 23
I was married and had three children at 29. I thought I was over the hill at 30. That seems so silly now. You were a pretty young woman.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
Thank you, Ruby. I thought I was getting over the hill because everyone was asking when I was going to get married (I'm still not married).
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
19 May 23
@RubyHawk I'm sure it will be worth the wait.
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Ruby Hawk
@RubyHawk (99367)
• Atlanta, Georgia
19 May 23
@AmbiePam Some people wait till later in life for marriage.
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Courtney Dutton
@MommyOfEli2013 (89678)
• Rupert, Idaho
18 May 23
Sorry to hear that he passed away so close to your birthday, that would be rough. That would be rough to go through dementia too, so if they don't have to suffer that is a good thing, even though it is hard on us to lose them. Very nice photo of you on your 29th birthday! I don't remember what I was doing at the age of 29, I was a mother...but don't remember much else lol
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
18 May 23
If you’re a mom I can understand why you don’t exactly remember!
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Courtney Dutton
@MommyOfEli2013 (89678)
• Rupert, Idaho
18 May 23
@AmbiePam Oh yeah? Lol! Time just blurs all together
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snowy
@snowy22315 (209014)
• United States
18 May 23
That is a gorgeous photo. At 29 I was pregnant with my son and working as an MH counselor.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
19 May 23
Thank you. Was it hard to be a mental health counselor while you were pregnant?
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
19 May 23
@snowy22315 I bet you were great at your job.
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snowy
@snowy22315 (209014)
• United States
19 May 23
@AmbiePam No harder than it was before I was pregnant. It was surprisingly laid back there, as those places go
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much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
19 May 23
So pretty ! Let's see . . . I was a graphic artist at a print company, had been there for 7 years already. Boyfriend and I were together 11 years. I was training regularly for figure skating, and on my work lunchtime I was taking dance classes at a local community college. I had a friend who said after 29, he just had anniversaries of his 29th birthday (he wouldn't have it to say he was in his 80s ).
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
19 May 23
Figure skating! That sounds so cool! So do the dance classes, but especially the figure skating. I think I like the way your friend thinks!
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much2say
@much2say (57760)
• Los Angeles, California
20 May 23
@AmbiePam It really was a neat time in my life . . . good times . Maybe that's what keeps him so young .
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
19 May 23
It is certainly a lovely picture of you Amber. Lovely. I had already been married and divorced twice and was raising my son at 29.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
19 May 23
You were a rockstar.
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OceanTiara
@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
19 May 23
@AmbiePam I was alone at 25 yrs old when my son was born. From then on, I had people around, but no one special. I was on my own with my son and no help from family babysitting.
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238325)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 May 23
I hope to have my book published, a barefoot freckled bride in tow, and a short but storied professional baseball career in front of me.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
19 May 23
Would you settle for a comic book about a barefoot woman who plays baseball?
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The Horse
@TheHorse (238325)
• Walnut Creek, California
19 May 23
@AmbiePam I am easy to please.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222534)
• United States
19 May 23
Great photo. It looks to be in the 80s. At 29 I had been married for 7 years and living on Lake Erie.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
19 May 23
No, the picture was in 2010. You’re the second to guess that though. I was born with naturally curly hair although I know perms were popular in the 80s. My jacket WAS about 15 years old, and I remember distinctly buying the shirt because it was not the style of anything current I had seen. But I was born in 1981. Lake Erie always seemed so pretty. I would love to see it in person.
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
19 May 23
@LindaOHio That's what I tell myself.
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LindaOH
@LindaOHio (222534)
• United States
19 May 23
@AmbiePam You're just a youngster!
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April
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
25 May 23
I remember 29. It was a good year. I met the other half soon after my 29th birthday. Also I turned twenty nine four years ago. Lol
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Amber
@AmbiePam (120905)
• United States
25 May 23
@thislittlepennyearns Well, okay, if you promise.
April
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
25 May 23
@AmbiePam you aren't that much older than me really lol. i can tell that it was in the 2000s at least because of the styles lol Come to Florida, we'll find you someone! LOL
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April
@thislittlepennyearns (68246)
• Defuniak Springs, Florida
25 May 23
@AmbiePam Lol. I mean I know at least a handful of guys that would lucky to have you. There's also a couple that you could beat up, if you wanted to get some pent up agression out.
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