Please or to access all these features

AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

Is 30 too old to be deemed conventionally attractive

140 replies

OneSnugLemonTiger · 09/10/2025 15:17

Or not

OP posts:
ChaToilLeam · 11/10/2025 11:02

I had my first grey at 17. Dyed it for years then embraced the grey at 49. Never had so many compliments.

MissDoubleU · 11/10/2025 10:40

OneSnugLemonTiger · 10/10/2025 22:02

This was how I feel about myself not others. And yes I had my first grey hair at 26

So? My sister turned fully grey at 14. She’s flipping gorgeous.

In fact, people pay thousands at salons for fully grey hair.

OneSnugLemonTiger · 10/10/2025 22:02

This was how I feel about myself not others. And yes I had my first grey hair at 26

OP posts:
MadisonMarieParksValetta · 09/10/2025 19:33

I'm 40 and fuckin stunnin

BitOutOfPractice · 09/10/2025 19:29

I’ve come back to this thread to say that I’ve never been “conventionally attractive”.

but I see this is a shit and run thread (x2) so what’s the point?

ohyesido · 09/10/2025 19:27

Define conventionally attractive?

WestwardHo1 · 09/10/2025 18:35

Attractive in what way OP?

IAmThePrettiestManOnMyIsland · 09/10/2025 18:32

Perhaps that's why the cut off was 30 in Logan's Run... So hideously ugly you must be eliminated.

SpudsAndCarrots · 09/10/2025 17:58

Looks begin to slightly decline in general around 30, but plenty still look attractive well into 40s. It just takes a bit more effort usually.

shhblackbag · 09/10/2025 17:50

RobertaFirmino · 09/10/2025 15:23

The recently departed Jane Goodall, for example. She was still beautiful at 91.

She really was. Beautiful woman.

Member869894 · 09/10/2025 17:41

What a depressing and frankly moronic post

spoonbillstretford · 09/10/2025 17:39

One thing I would say about being 50. I think I look great but then my eyesight is failing so who knows? 😅

MissDoubleU · 09/10/2025 17:38

ThatRealLemonCat · 09/10/2025 17:31

I am trying to figure out what kind of "aging signs" appear in your mid-20s when so many women are at their peak in their mid 30s

Yup. Literally every single woman I have ever met looks so much more beautiful and, yes, “conventionally attractive” in their 30’s.

Pretty sure “signs of aging” is literally just “growing up/becoming an adult” at this stage. Some people have right creepy mindsets.

spoonbillstretford · 09/10/2025 17:37

Eh?

ibuprofenhead · 09/10/2025 17:37

Don’t be so fucking stupid OP.

MissDoubleU · 09/10/2025 17:36

OneSnugLemonTiger · 09/10/2025 15:37

I started to notice ageing from 26.

And? This is a privilege too many don’t have. Start seeing it that way. In fact, you could even start seeing the beauty in aging.

Kate Winslet recently said in an interview the most attractive things she can see in a woman’s face are the wrinkles at the eye and smile lines. She said that the older women get the more attractive they are. And you know, I agree.

Not everyone wants to or needs to look like a “sexy baby” and it’s quite weird that that’s some kind of goal.

ThatRealLemonCat · 09/10/2025 17:31

I am trying to figure out what kind of "aging signs" appear in your mid-20s when so many women are at their peak in their mid 30s

JHound · 09/10/2025 17:30

Tigerbalmshark · 09/10/2025 17:24

Yep, Claudia Schiffer is ugly as sin now she’s 55. Shakira, Rihanna and Beyoncé too, I’m sure literally nobody finds any of them attractive now they are over 30 Hmm

I saw a photo of Kelly Rowland the other day and thought “40s? Eugh!”

JHound · 09/10/2025 17:29

🙄

PotatoPrometheus · 09/10/2025 17:27

I was ugly when I was under 30, and I’m still ugly now I’m over 30…the only difference is I just don’t care about it anymore 😂

PrincessHoneysuckle · 09/10/2025 17:24

I was at my absolute peak looks wise at 32 yabu.

Tigerbalmshark · 09/10/2025 17:24

Yep, Claudia Schiffer is ugly as sin now she’s 55. Shakira, Rihanna and Beyoncé too, I’m sure literally nobody finds any of them attractive now they are over 30 Hmm

Namechangerage · 09/10/2025 17:17

What the fuck.

Namechangerage · 09/10/2025 17:16

didntlikeanyofthesuggestions · 09/10/2025 15:18

Yes, looking at anyone over 30 makes me physically sick.

🤣🤣🤣

zazazaaar · 09/10/2025 17:16

OneSnugLemonTiger · 09/10/2025 15:37

I started to notice ageing from 26.

Why are mixing up age and attractiveness. Some if the most sexy fuckers I know are well past 50.

Swipe left for the next trending thread