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To think I'm not "too old to wear Dr martens"...

214 replies

Newfoundzestforlife · 06/01/2025 23:10

Just that really.
Told my neighbour (she's mid 30s, I'm 42) that I was looking out for a nice pair of platform dr martens as I've heard the bouncing sole is good for those with back pain (I have sciatica) and she chuckled and said they may be good for my back but not for my street cred as I'd look like mutton dressed as lamb...!
I'm more than a little put out but not put off the idea of docs!
Opinions everyone? Is 42 too old for boots that have been popular with all kinds of different folks since the 1960s?!

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WonderingWanda · 07/01/2025 00:20

She sounds incredibly rude and incorrect!

Grannyinnwaiting · 07/01/2025 00:18

i'm 60 and wear them!

notacooldad · 07/01/2025 00:17

Ds got me Docs for Christmas to add to my collection.
I am 59.
Wear what ever you want.

SatansBobbleheadedDashboardOrnament · 07/01/2025 00:16

Buy a pair and smoosh around her garden until she comes out to admire your filthy boots.

ILoveAnnaQuay · 07/01/2025 00:15

She's being ridiculous.

I'm 58 and love my Doc Martens

poemsandwine · 07/01/2025 00:12
  1. They're my favourite. She can go touch grass.
MaMisled · 07/01/2025 00:10

I'm 58 and just got my first pair!

BitterIwasntfurloughed · 07/01/2025 00:10

You should get 7 pairs of Docs so you can stick a new pair up her rear end each day of the week.

Wear what you want my neighbours in her 60s and wears them and I think shes quite cool!

Iloveyoubut · 07/01/2025 00:06

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 07/01/2025 00:05

Tell her to fuck off. Nest question?

I would genuinley tell her to fuck off. And I’d feel really good about it!

Iloveyoubut · 07/01/2025 00:05

Newfoundzestforlife · 06/01/2025 23:13

I was so taken aback I didn't really know what to say! I just said "Oh I don't think so"....

did she actually say mutton dressed as lamb? I think I’m in my zero tolerance era right now but if she actually said that I’d never speak to her again, I think that term is disgusting. And as for ‘street cred’ who says that?

RemusLupinsBiggestGroupie · 07/01/2025 00:05

Tell her to fuck off. Nest question?

Growlybear83 · 07/01/2025 00:04

How ridiculous! I'm 67 and I've got three pairs of bright floral DMs.

MonkeyRum · 07/01/2025 00:04

What an insipid turd!

im a bit older than you and have 10 pairs.

Randomontheinternet25 · 07/01/2025 00:03

My mum is 72 and wears my old school ones, they came from a farm supply company! I've put a photo of my modern ones earlier in the thread, I won't be wearing them in 30 years.

Changingplace · 07/01/2025 00:03

Your neighbour is an idiot!

I’m 46, I’ve been wearing DMs since I was 16, I’ll continue to wear them probably forever tbh because I see no reason not to.

AlisonWonderbra · 07/01/2025 00:02

I'm forty soon. I live in my (several pairs of) docs and I have no plans to stop any time soon. I love them and to me they're timeless

XenoBitch · 07/01/2025 00:01

DMs are timeless. Wear those fuckers and stomp on her head for her ageist views 😛

PennyApril54 · 07/01/2025 00:01

She is talking utter rubbish, what an absolute cheek and in a way hilarious. Get them!

R41nb0wR0se · 07/01/2025 00:00

qazxc · 06/01/2025 23:22

I'm mid forties and wear Docs (or Solovair). My ex boss was in her fifties and wore them. My current colleague is in his sixties and wears them.
You're only too old when you can't bend over to lace them up anymore IMHO.

I'm younger than you, but have arthritis in my spine. I live in docs or Solovair. Elasticated laces are a marvellous innovation! (Although I'm slightly gutted I can't fit my feet in the kids' sizes - side zips and VAT free!)

Happyearlyretirement · 07/01/2025 00:00

I’ve just bought a helled pair off Vinted similar to the ones o had nearly 30 years ago and I rock them in my late fifties. You do you.

nonbinaryfinery · 06/01/2025 23:59

sloecat · 06/01/2025 23:19

Another person trying to rain on OP’s parade I see.

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Umm no

Docs used to be really excellent quality. I finally managed to get my hands on a pair of oxblood boots that I'd coveted for ages. They cost me £125 in a sale, but they weren't the same quality when they arrived.

Solovair boots are the sturdy boots we all know and love. Their range is great. Good boots are good boots.

echt · 06/01/2025 23:50

Ignore that "I". Thought obviously I would.

echt · 06/01/2025 23:49

I'm 70 and still wear them. One pair I've had since I turned 41 - so obviously of the UK-made vintage. Smile
I ignore your censorious friend, OP.

Disturbia81 · 06/01/2025 23:49

MadameSzyszkoBohusz · 06/01/2025 23:12

Honestly, how dare she??! I am incensed on your behalf. Firstly, no one is too old for anything they want to wear, and secondly, DMs are a classic.

This.. how fucking closeminded. What a miserable person.
Wear whatever the hell you want! At whatever age you want. Life is too short for anything else.
The idea of 42 being past wearing doc martens is just... madness. They would suit anyone

neilyoungismyhero · 06/01/2025 23:46

I'm 72 and they're mostly all I wear. Play your own tune.