# @therealdadsofnewyork on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DcQrNFWuKzg
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/69443302-therealdadsofnewyork-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2026-08-20T11:42:19.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Richard & Carlos Seigler-Carter (@therealdadsofnewyork) — https://gondola.cc/therealdadsofnewyork

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The Category Is… 40 AND STILL FINE! 🥂🎂

Wasn’t I just 30?! I swear I blinked and somehow… here we are.

FORTY!!!!! 

And when I look back over these years, blessed doesn’t even begin to cover it. I’ve lived, loved, grown, failed, won, started over, laughed until I cried and cried when nobody knew I was hurting.

Because behind this smile, there was also a battle I once almost lost. There were days when I genuinely didn’t know if I would live to see this one.

So today feels different.

I’m not counting wrinkles. I’m counting grace. 
I’m counting second chances. 
I’m counting the people who loved me through every version of myself.

My family. My friends. And somehow, almost 3 MILLION of you across the internet who decided that this loud, opinionated, slightly dramatic man on your screens was worth inviting into your lives. 😂❤️

You’ve become my virtual family, and I will never take that for granted.

So here’s to 40.  Still here. Still growing. Still dreaming. Still fine as hell. 😏

And more grateful than I’ve ever been.

Chapter 40. Let’s make it a good one. 🥂

#birthday #birthdayboy #40thbirthday

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40thbirthday, birthdayboy, birthday

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