Some of what has been said here I agree with, some I don't. I will say that when I turned 30 I kinda freaked out and had a bit of a MLC. I don't think it was biological or mental. Instead I think it was a mismatch between the two.
I always had an idea in my head about where I would be in my life by 30 and I realized I was not even close. I thought I'd be farther along in my career and had hoped to have written a book by then. Also, I guess some may attribute it to biological clock, but I wasn't worried about being able to become a mother. I was worried about not having the chance to do the crazy things you're supposed to in your 20s before I became a mother. I think part of the problem was that I met my H at age 23 so I feel like I missed my chance to travel, take risks and be spontaneous and irresponsible.
Before my H's first A, I was very nearly a WAW. I felt very unappreciated and ignored by my H. And I felt like he didn't having any interest in understanding what I was going through. Eventually I came out of it and realized that I'm probably not going to get to do everything I want in life, which is a horrible thing to have to accept. Anyway, as I came around, my H's dad died (and then his granddad died) and he went into a tailspin and had two As.
I'm really not sure what point I'm trying to make. I guess it just goes to show that there is only just so much stress people can take before they'll start acting crazy. The 30s is ripe for this because there is so much to get done in that decade of life--get a house, have kids, advance your career, start to realize your parents are getting old--and you have to say goodbye to your youth and start acting like an adult.
