people are afraid of turning 30 right up until the very second they actually turn 30 and realize they still look exactly the same as they have for the last 4 years. it’s not even a major aging acceleration zone, you start to hit your early adult instars around 20 and then another one about 25-27. the third one usually doesn’t hit until about 35, depending on lifestyle factors.
I think age 41-55 or thereabouts is the danger zone. people (especially men) can get very socially awkward and clumsy in that range as they transition from young adult to elder, a lot of people have a badly defined middle age that they never quite figure out how to dress for. I’m thinking of white suburban dads dressed essentially like Ness from earthbound at the Lowe’s checkout. it’s like dude please just put on some jeans or a 1950s marketing agency suit or idk, a tuxedo or something, you are embarrassing all of us with this khaki shorts and polo shirt and belt, with the shaved head and the backwards wraparounds. those guys smell like Old Spice and “car where a dog has been recently”. and they’re always talking to you like they fully expect you to be impressed by them deigning to speak to you. I’ve been mulling over how to avoid that pitfall when I’m that age