This post has not been vetted or endorsed by BuzzFeed's editorial staff. BuzzFeed Community is a place where anyone can create a post or quiz. Try making your own!Buzz·Posted on Oct 29, 2013The Stages Of Turning 30Growing up is great. Except when it's not.by whatshanninenCommunity ContributorLinkFacebookPinterestTwitterMail 1. Since you were a little kid, your upcoming birthday has been like: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 2. You get presents: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 3. And cake: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 4. ...You overdose on sugar: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 5. Things get kinda awkward at 13: 6. But then you turn 16 and it's like: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 7. And then 21: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 8. Turning 25, you start to feel a little old: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 9. Then one day you wake up. And it's upon you. You're turning 30... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 10. The first person to call and remind you? Of course... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 11. She lays it on thick with the mom compliments. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 12. Your facial reaction: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 13. Your inner reaction: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 14. You thank her for calling. Then hang up and think, "Thanks for the reminder, b*tch." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 15. To add insult to injury, you have to go to work on your big day. Good thing you've got a plan: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 16. When you walk into the office everyone's like, "HAPPY 30TH!!!!!!" Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 17. You want to say: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 18. Or better yet: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 19. But you manage to play it cool: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 20. Until they throw you an office party: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 21. In your head you're thinking: 22. Sadly, you end up being right. 23. So you run to the coworkers you ACTUALLY like... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 24. They have some good advice. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 25. And tell you they're throwing you a REAL party. Tonight! Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 26. "But don't worry," they say, "it'll be be classy." Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 27. You know this is absolutely not true. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 28. You FINALLY leave the office for the night. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 29. When you get home you attempt to psych yourself up to party like it's 1999: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 30. You have "a few drinks" to yourself at home... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 31. You put a little Britney on. This is what you feel like: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 32. (This is what you look like.) Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 33. By the time you get to the bar: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 34. Your friends are all chanting: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 35. High on life, you channel your 21-year-old self. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 36. You take the shot and put your best face on: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 37. Your guy friends are like: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 38. Before you know it: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 39. And then the dreaded moment, someone yells "SPEEEECH!!!" So you go for it... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 40. Which somehow turns into you blaming your friends for throwing you a party, and getting you to an awkward / inappropriate state of drunkedness: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 41. Afterward, you realize you've gone too far. You pull aside your friends and admit: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 42. You try to make excuses. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 43. In your mind it was an Oscar-winning speech. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 44. But apparently you fell short... Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 45. Because your friends are like: Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 46. So you accept you were wrong. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 47. You go home and repeat the story to your boyfriend. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 48. Luckily he's older than you, and this has already happened to him. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF 49. The next day, you decide to give up drinking (until age 40) and do what really makes you happy. Tap to play GIF Tap to play GIF