DD and boyfriend are wasting their lives

You keep finishing all your posts with a laughing face...but only you is laughing. Everyone else thinks you're horrible.

You aren't talking to a bunch of teenagers here, we're not going to chuckle along with you. One good thing about mumsnet is that it is full of educated, mature women who give will call out bad behaviour. You are showing yourself up as pretty silly, uneducated, gossipy and nasty.
You certainly don't sound like someone who has travelled the world, you Sound like someone who has spent her life getting pissed and having a 'mad time'.

I’d be so upset if my Mum had written this about me

Ignore the cow comments OP, I understand you want the best for your daughter but people enjoy deliberately missing the point on here and being harsh.

I also think it’s a bit odd. Booking a walking holiday when they walk every weekend 🫩 I’ve no idea why a young childless couple wouldn’t want to explore the world together, providing they have the finances to do so. They’ve not even lived potentially a third of their life yet and they’re already acting like they’re retired.

Tbh even if they were into clubbing, I think they've missed the boat a bit by 27. Most people I knew were retiring from the club scene by that age.

If they really do regret it in a few years, they can always have a midlife crisis that involves binge drinking a drug taking - that's the other cohort of people out and about ime. I'd say 30s is the main age group of people not clubbing (other than children or the elderly). Probably as a lot of people are either building careers or families at this stage.

All that eye opening clubbing and travel has made you really judgemental and closed minded though. You don't seem to be able to comprehend that your daughter has different likes and interests to you - ones that sound brilliant for her mental and physical health - and just write her off as well boring😝.

I did… mine hated that I wasn’t the blonde petite daughter she wanted and boy did I know it

My DS and his GF are the same, they don't live together as both just finished university. They prefer visiting a castle or baking cookies and reading. She does craft things and he walks and photographs things (not for social media but for himself). If he drinks it tends to be real ale or red wine!

I was pissed in a club or a field and travelled all over.
I think people are more insular these days

This is a horrible thread. I just want to give her DD a huge hug and tell her that she is perfect the way she is.

I think young people have a much more balanced life these days - my 29yo (who was president of her uni cocktail society and very involved with the freshers' squad) runs Scouts because she got so much from it as a teenager and loves camping and hiking with her bf. She does macrame too! To be fair, she can still party (all my kids can) but it's not her day to day life.

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I think your DD life sounds lovely and you’ll not do yourself any favours by being so disparaging about it.
She has a partner who enjoys the same things, their pursuits are healthy and we live in a beautiful part of the world.

Why are these friends more important than your own daughter?
Just reflect for a moment. You cannot accept who she is, you keep calling her "old". I don't know why you're so negative about her. Please just appreciate your good fortune.
(ps I found Barbara from The Good Life immensely irritating, Margot Leadbetter rocked. I suspect she's Margot!)

Honestly op this is horrible. Your dd is behaving in a way that many people in their late 20s behave. She’s getting ready to settle and that’s a good thing!

At some point she’ll work out she’s a massive disappointment to you and she’ll stop bothering.

Your friends sound absolutely awful too. How dare you all take the piss out of someone who is conducting themselves in a completely reasonable way. One of the most ridiculous things I’ve ever read here tbh.

I thought you were going to say because they're unemployed/drinking/partying etc. not that they have created the most idyllic life for themselves! I think most parents would be over the moon if their kids were happy and settled in a relationship like this. It sounds healthy, calm, balanced.
Partying is overrated anyway! Hangovers, days wasted, people talking rubbish all night. I think they're doing it right.

Let them joke all they want.
it sounds to me like your DD is a lovely person and all you and your mates can do is make jokes at her expense.
I think you’re quite mean spirited

Ah it's all become clear with this reply.

It sounds like your daughter has a wonderful life doing what makes her happy and not just copying your social circle.

If I had my 20s again, I'd do far less going out and be more comfortable acknowledging that I much preferred reading a book.

Don't worry about it, keep up with your nasty comments and laughing faces about your own daughter and you won't have your barbara for much longer, simple.

If this is genuine then they sound awesome. They can carry their genuine passions into all stages of life, what a lovely pair they sound.

Sounds like it and she can't talk about their exciting life.

You're a crap mum, allowing your friends to "joke" about your DD like that. Take your judgement and disappointment elsewhere.

You sound horrible.

So flipping what. Your DD is her own person and that is something to look up to. She’s unashamedly herself. She’s not following the crowd. A very admirable quality and you should be proud of her, not moaning here that you want her to be the same as other youngsters

Oh, are you trying to compete with your friends?