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To ask about 56 year old men?

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Jumell · 05/12/2024 07:58

Just that really.

What kind of things do they like in general? Have they got good stamina ? I suppose it depends how they live their lives. Would love some feedback on things like -

kind of things they’d like to receive for birthdays /Xmas

music they like?

in case someone’s asking - I’ve got a little crush 🤣

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Lifeomars · 05/12/2024 09:51

never realised they were all part of a homogenous group, was under the impression that they are all individuals shaped by their life experiences , A bit like people in general.

Mummyratbag · 05/12/2024 09:49

Jumell · 05/12/2024 09:42

Yes 1968 so possibly conceived in the back of a Morris Minor .. 🤣

Anyway on a serious note I love Tremeloes but also Ska (as someone said - I’m too nice to talk to..) but also New Romantics /New Wave but yuck not grunge or Britpop

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I think for me Brit pop reminds me of an era of hope more than anything. The 90s were a good decade.. end of cold war (after all the being nuked angst), fall of the Berlin Wall, New Labour, advances in technology, there seemed to be more money around (though appreciate not for everyone). I was in my best job ever, I was young and hopeful.

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Jumell · 05/12/2024 09:47

Mirabai · 05/12/2024 09:46

I know a lot of men this age - every single one is completely different funnily enough.

Some love sport, some have zero interest.

Music taste is way off. I’m 54 - I do not like Manfred Mann. Portishead is ok - haven’t heard it since the 90s.

You see I love Manfred Mann but Portishead - Who Dey ? 🤣🤣

Still vive la difference !

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Mirabai · 05/12/2024 09:46

I know a lot of men this age - every single one is completely different funnily enough.

Some love sport, some have zero interest.

Music taste is way off. I’m 54 - I do not like Manfred Mann. Portishead is ok - haven’t heard it since the 90s.

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Jumell · 05/12/2024 09:44

TwoLeggedGrooveMachine · 05/12/2024 09:41

You’re unusual and must realise that but crack on with whatever you love 😊

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Oh come on the Manfreds were/are QUALITY! 😊🙌

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CautiousLurker1 · 05/12/2024 09:43

TwistedWonder · 05/12/2024 09:23

Err that’s more something my 82 year old dad would appreciate.

My 50/60 something male friends would prefer listening to MAW, Frankie Knuckles, David Morales, Sandy Rivera, Roger Sanchez, Dave Lee JN, Todd Terry, Lil Louis, Dimitri From Paris- that sort of thing

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My DH and a couple of his mates all took our teens to see Green Day and Muse live recently, also 21 Pilots, Queen and the Killers (at a grand prix in Austen with his mates). DH desperate to see the Lottery Winners.

My DH is also a classical music fan, though, so also likes a Sibelius or Mahler concert. His dream birthday present would be ECB membership, though, as he and his mates love taking their teen kids to major cricket matches (my DS loves the food tents and the fact that he can drink lager all day without being carded, which DH also loves).

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Jumell · 05/12/2024 09:43

Lemonadeand · 05/12/2024 09:41

Some are running marathons and some have already died.

Sadly all too true

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Jumell · 05/12/2024 09:42

Mummyratbag · 05/12/2024 09:38

And there seems to be a disconnect with then a 56 year old grew up! As a 54 year old the earliest music I remember is ABBA, Bonnie Tyler, Blondie not the bloody Tremelos! He would have been born (almost certainly as it's December) in 1968 and would have been a teen in the 80s so listened to The Jam/The Cure/The Smiths/New Romantics and then Brit Pop in his 20s...

Yes 1968 so possibly conceived in the back of a Morris Minor .. 🤣

Anyway on a serious note I love Tremeloes but also Ska (as someone said - I’m too nice to talk to..) but also New Romantics /New Wave but yuck not grunge or Britpop

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Lemonadeand · 05/12/2024 09:41

Some are running marathons and some have already died.

TwoLeggedGrooveMachine · 05/12/2024 09:41

Jumell · 05/12/2024 09:36

”Come on without… Come on within…” 🎵🎶🎵

personally I MUCH prefer Manfred Mann to Britpop!!

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You’re unusual and must realise that but crack on with whatever you love 😊

HappiestSleeping · 05/12/2024 09:40

AlbertCamusflage · 05/12/2024 08:01

I suspect they are all different.

I'm not.

StainlessSeal · 05/12/2024 09:39

EnterFunnyNameHere · 05/12/2024 08:45

Urr, doubt it

😁

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HAHAHAHAHA

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Jumell · 05/12/2024 09:39

TwistedWonder · 05/12/2024 09:38

Everyone of a certain age on this thread - do you remember those dreadful Top Of The Pops compilation albums they used to sell in Woolies. It was the top 20 hits each month sung by session singers and there was always a scantily clad young woman on the cover.

Haha no I don’t recall that !

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Mummyratbag · 05/12/2024 09:38

And there seems to be a disconnect with then a 56 year old grew up! As a 54 year old the earliest music I remember is ABBA, Bonnie Tyler, Blondie not the bloody Tremelos! He would have been born (almost certainly as it's December) in 1968 and would have been a teen in the 80s so listened to The Jam/The Cure/The Smiths/New Romantics and then Brit Pop in his 20s...

lazarusb · 05/12/2024 09:38

FlyingFlapjack · 05/12/2024 08:30

The Damned are not heavy metal.

I was going to say this 🤣

Deathraystare · 05/12/2024 09:38

@Patterncarmen
I like the sound of your husband! Obvs you do too! Fellow punk music lover.

TwistedWonder · 05/12/2024 09:38

Everyone of a certain age on this thread - do you remember those dreadful Top Of The Pops compilation albums they used to sell in Woolies. It was the top 20 hits each month sung by session singers and there was always a scantily clad young woman on the cover.

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Jumell · 05/12/2024 09:36

TwoLeggedGrooveMachine · 05/12/2024 09:29

You must be aware though that these bands are unlikely to be popular with men in their 50s surely? People who lived through punk, new wave, goth, 80s synth pop, hip hop, reggae, Madchester, rave, techno, trip hop, Brit pop, metal, emo etc, etc are unlikely to be grooving to Manfred Mann.

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”Come on without… Come on within…” 🎵🎶🎵

personally I MUCH prefer Manfred Mann to Britpop!!

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Jumell · 05/12/2024 09:35

borntoblossom · 05/12/2024 09:25

In my experience, potentially all the boring things about old men, with all the annoying things you might experience with a 15 year old

But I'm sure they're not all like that 😂

🤣

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TwoLeggedGrooveMachine · 05/12/2024 09:32

TwistedWonder · 05/12/2024 09:29

He’s always been the one member of the family with the least interest in music tbh. My mum, my sister and I are music obsessed whereas he’s easily pleased with easy listening lift music.

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Sounds like my dad. Subjected us to middle of the road early 60s. My dad’s music taste ended from things got interesting in the 60s.

My dad used to listen to Readers Digest easy listening compilations 🙄

Moonlightstars · 05/12/2024 09:31

username299 · 05/12/2024 08:03

What kind of things do they like in general?
Watching sports, bird watching, DIY, fast cars and gardening.

Have they got good stamina ?
They can walk up a flight of stairs without pausing.

birthdays /Xmas
4 cans of premium lager and some pork scratchings.

music they like
Oasis, The Jam, Chemical Brothers, The Orb and Blondie.

If walking up stairs without having to stop means you have good stamina, I must be an Olympian 😁

PollyPaulina · 05/12/2024 09:31

First sentence on NHS webpage on ED is this:
Erectile dysfunction (impotence) is very common, particularly in men over 40.

But of course most men will say 'not I!! rata tat tat!!'

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/erection-problems-erectile-dysfunction/

CentrifugalBumblePuppy · 05/12/2024 09:29

Depends on the guy!

My (around about) 56 year old DH likes role playing (D&D type), dice sets, the odd dragon, electronics, cacti, cats, an occasional bottle of port, science & astronomy.

He thinks watching football is a waste of time, as it’s, “22 grown men kicking an inflated pig’s bladder around a muddy field.”

As a lifelong Man Utd supporter myself, that’s tantamount to heresy.

TwistedWonder · 05/12/2024 09:29

Jumell · 05/12/2024 09:27

Then your 82 year old Dad has fab taste imo 🙌

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He’s always been the one member of the family with the least interest in music tbh. My mum, my sister and I are music obsessed whereas he’s easily pleased with easy listening lift music.

TwoLeggedGrooveMachine · 05/12/2024 09:29

Jumell · 05/12/2024 09:22

I love all the bands I’ve listed MUCH more than the likes of Blur and Oasis

NOT ASHAMED !!!

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You must be aware though that these bands are unlikely to be popular with men in their 50s surely? People who lived through punk, new wave, goth, 80s synth pop, hip hop, reggae, Madchester, rave, techno, trip hop, Brit pop, metal, emo etc, etc are unlikely to be grooving to Manfred Mann.