--- title: "The Daily Struggles of Being a Woman in Her 30s ..." description: "You Might Have to Throw Away the Skinny Jeans; Realizing You Might Not Be Hip to the New Words Coming out; Working, All the Effing Time; Shifting Your Focus from Party to Family; Paying a Mortgage ... Enough Said; More ..." url: "https://lifestyle.allwomenstalk.com/the-daily-struggles-of-being-a-woman-in-her-30s/" category: "lifestyle" last_updated: "2026-06-25" --- # The Daily Struggles of Being a Woman in Her 30s ... Once you hit your 30s ... well, this decade is probably nothing like you expected it to be. I remember my mom dreading her 30th birthday. Beginning the day after she turned 29, she bemoaned her upcoming 30th so much. Funnily enough, it didn't hit her hard at all, but 31 did. I entered my 30s expecting to hate them, but so far, I kind of love them. That's not to say there aren't some things I absolutely hate. Oh, there are. If you're in this special decade, I think you'll recognize many of the everyday struggles of being a woman in her 30s. If you made it through your 30s, these experiences might call up some nostalgia. If you haven't reached your 30s yet, well ... here's a look into your future! ## 1. You Might Have to Throw Away the Skinny Jeans ![You Might Have to Throw Away the Skinny Jeans](https://img.allw.mn/content/lc/lx/swygm80g574e5c37b2ad7904255887_500x280.gif) Not because you don't still look absolutely amazing in them, but because you're generally so sore and creaky that you can't contort yourself enough to pull them on and get them zipped. ## 2. Realizing You Might Not Be Hip to the New Words Coming out ![Realizing You Might Not Be Hip to the New Words Coming out](https://img.allw.mn/content/b8/sn/pk3rrifz574e5c3850b34236838725_500x250.gif) I'm not like that, though, bae. I'm an on-fleek 30something. I'm on the Snapchat and everything! ## 3. Working, All the Effing Time ![Working, All the Effing Time](https://img.allw.mn/content/jy/k8/njcv09ge574e5c38ced83073430950_500x250.gif) It never stops. Even when it does stop, it doesn't. You clock out, you get home, and you're still thinking about work. Stupid job. ## 4. Shifting Your Focus from Party to Family ![Shifting Your Focus from Party to Family](https://img.allw.mn/content/v2/wp/xn090buv574e5c397bcca970905152_500x275.gif) Or from party to Netflix on the couch with your cat, which is also perfectly acceptable. ## 5. Paying a Mortgage ... Enough Said ![Paying a Mortgage ... Enough Said](https://img.allw.mn/content/fy/aa/qrbpeevv574e5c38c81cb758456139_500x263.gif) I have a mortgage now. I don't want to talk about it. ## 6. Whittling down Your Friendships to Just Core People ![Whittling down Your Friendships to Just Core People](https://img.allw.mn/content/b8/f9/o0z469qf574e5c39a9934203908898_500x283.gif) It happens. Certain friends slowly fall away. You don't have a fight, you just drift apart because you're in different places or going in different directions. The core group that remains, that's your logical family. Those are your people. ## 7. Not Texting Fast Enough for Your Twentysomething Friends ![Not Texting Fast Enough for Your Twentysomething Friends](https://img.allw.mn/content/on/nn/e4bfjz5g574e5c3a56d0c919036771_500x282.gif) Oh, man, they get so pissed. They take that ish seriously, whereas I will happily sit on a text message for ... like, months. Crap. I think I might be a bad friend. ## 8. Somehow You a Bunch More Bills and You Don't Know How ![Somehow You a Bunch More Bills and You Don't Know How](https://img.allw.mn/content/is/ae/og49bsm6574e5c3d539e3373257009_499x250.gif) WHERE DID ALL THESE CREDIT CARDS COME FROM? WHO KEEPS GIVING THESE TO ME? ## 9. Every New Experience That You Want to Try … Happens when You Are at Work ![Every New Experience That You Want to Try … Happens when You Are at Work](https://img.allw.mn/content/vd/ia/syumammr574e5c3e7b626027429667_500x281.gif) Or asleep. Some of them happen while you're asleep, too. ## 10. You Actually Need Eye Cream Now ![You Actually Need Eye Cream Now](https://img.allw.mn/content/do/fr/r6t26peu574e5c3f48902504205817_500x245.gif) It's no longer a precaution. It is not an essential part of your daily skincare routine. ## 11. Speaking of Which, You Need All the Hottest Skincare Now ![Speaking of Which, You Need All the Hottest Skincare Now](https://img.allw.mn/content/wv/ov/ygbx4fx6574e5c408f809938755759_467x350.gif) Right now. The mucus of an exotic snail found in the wilds of northern Nebraska will reverse the signs of aging? You're going to get some snails. ## 12. You've Got to Be Pleasant No Matter What ![You've Got to Be Pleasant No Matter What](https://img.allw.mn/content/zy/i1/o3oxg10l574e5c41cd2f1147641654_500x260.gif) Everyone expects you to be nice and polite and cordial all the time. Besides, if you're not smiling, everyone thinks you're dying. ## 13. You Worry a Hell of a Lot More than You Did before ![You Worry a Hell of a Lot More than You Did before](https://img.allw.mn/content/sx/dv/heuzhiic574e5c426918f346391227_500x271.gif) About everything. All the time. It never stops. You probably have an ulcer. ## 14. You Can't Technically Rely on Your Parents so Much ![Facial expression, Smile, Photography, Fun, Black hair,](https://img.allw.mn/content/e9/yz/njrqrvn85cfe000585ff5558236439_500x254.gif) I know. You're not supposed to want to. Sometimes you secretly wish you could, though. ## 15. Unexpected Bills … on Top of the Twenty You Already Have ![Unexpected Bills … on Top of the Twenty You Already Have](https://img.allw.mn/content/s2/jf/gc7omgo5574e5c44251a6067923427_500x264.gif) There are always unexpected bills. Always. You will watch your meager savings dwindle to nothing and a part of your soul will die. ## 16. You Can't Hold Your Liquor Quite like You Could in the past ![You Can't Hold Your Liquor Quite like You Could in the past](https://img.allw.mn/content/xu/im/tis2bzk4574e5c45d01b8803066481_500x270.gif) Yeeeah, no. Not only do you get blitzed faster, but you feel it for days after. Sometimes weeks. ## 17. Being in Your 30s is Awesome. Really, It is ![Being in Your 30s is Awesome. Really, It is](https://img.allw.mn/content/su/yw/u1gtoupu574e5c44e98ee453231450_500x251.gif) No, but really! This is your decade! What do you think? Anything seem familiar? 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