thirtysomething

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"thirtysomething" -- new mother Hope is at a business dinner and everyone, including her childless best friend is ignoring her.

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  • He was Jamell Speaker, thirtysomething, shoe salesman; Bennie remembered him from voir dire Officer Reston, I must ask you an uncomfortable question, one that will come at you from left field, as it did me. —  Scottoline, Lisa - Mistaken Identity
  • One watershed event was the 1999 "morning after" episode of ABC's "thirtysomething" that showed two gay characters (David Marshall Grant and Peter Frechette) in bed, though ABC lost a significant amount of ad revenue for airing it.
  • I would have been able to say something about myself rather than being a bewildered thirtysomething, which I was. —  THE IRATE NATION
  • Now that he's a mature thirtysomething, he offers a considerably less romantic version of his own story. —  California Chronicle
  • Now that her days as a perky thirtysomething are behind her, —  Filmcritic.com Movie Reviews
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