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To think is odd to refer to a 32 year old as a young woman

107 replies

Hmm66 · 06/02/2026 19:25

Personally I do

OP posts:
Sugarfish · 06/02/2026 20:47

I’m late 30s and feel young. I’d be pretty offended if someone called me an old woman actually!

herbalteabag · 06/02/2026 20:45

I view 32 as a young woman. When I was 32 I thought I was quite old!

ScullyD · 06/02/2026 20:44

I’m early 30s and still get called young woman by quite a lot of people. It’s a strange age though - I still don’t feel any different than in my late 20s but 40 doesn’t feel far away either.

mondaytosunday · 06/02/2026 20:44

If you’re 50 or over that is young!

Isit2026yet · 06/02/2026 20:42

@Hmm66 32 is young I'm 42 and still think I'm young. Although I did get asked for ID in sainsburys and were in disbelief at my dob on driving licence

Parsleyforme · 06/02/2026 20:37

No, I would be flattered! I am 35 and don’t get referred to as a young woman anymore

Whataninterestinglookingpotato · 06/02/2026 20:36

I used to get called young lady by the trainer at a track session I attend before he knew my name and age. I quite liked it 😂. I’m 40 but look fairly young at first glance and he’s pushing 60.

RedRobyn24 · 06/02/2026 20:35

Hey! I’m 34 and consider myself a young woman!

BerriesAlmonds · 06/02/2026 20:32

Februarysiceandsleet · 06/02/2026 19:39

According to certain academic categories
0 - 30 Young
30 - 60 Middle age
60+ Old age

I was quite offended aged 62 not to be allowed into a friend’s research project because I was officially ‘old aged.”

30 isn’t middle age because most people don’t die at 60. Middle age is 40.

brightpinkchoc · 06/02/2026 20:29

32 is a young woman! What would you use @Hmm66?

YourWinter · 06/02/2026 20:29

All my children are older than that, 32 is young. Do you think at 32 a woman is middle aged? Old?

Sunshineandrainbows23 · 06/02/2026 20:28

I was often referred to as a young woman when I was 32. At the time it seemed strange as I felt old. Now I'd give anything to be called a young woman 😂 and I think 32 young. It's all relative. A five year old would likely think a 32 year old ancient!

LaughingCat · 06/02/2026 20:28

But you are a young woman at 32. I’m a middle-aged woman at 42…early thirties is definitely, therefore, a young woman. If you think the ‘young’ moniker doesn’t fit, it might be that you take it all a bit too seriously 😂

Usernamen · 06/02/2026 20:27

Most people would consider 32 young.

What I find odd is how “middle aged” now seems to stretch to 70+ when it’s more like 40-55, 60 at a push. Someone on another thread referred to themselves as a middle aged women and they were 67!

Travelfairy · 06/02/2026 20:26

32 is young! Who thinks its not 🤷‍♀️

tilypu · 06/02/2026 20:25

Depends who is saying it!

I have been described as a young woman when I was in my 40s. And to the people saying it, I was a (relatively) young woman.

GinaXExperience · 06/02/2026 20:23

A young woman to me is someone in the first few years of womanhood, so I would not call a 32 a young woman personally.

StampOnTheGround · 06/02/2026 20:23

As a 32 year old, I see myself as a young woman and it is how others would describe me?

Ohnonononotagain · 06/02/2026 20:22

OP you aren't the same person who a month or so ago started a thread that in which they were absolutely adamant that any one 30 or over was old are you?

Please lord save me from ageism.
It's so ridiculous when one of life's certainties is we all get old. It's inevitable. Apart from for those of us who are destined not to.

SilverPink · 06/02/2026 20:19

I’m 50s, 30s is young to me. My dads in his 90s, I’m young to him!

sorryIdidntmeanto · 06/02/2026 20:06

Not odd.

TheBlueKoala · 06/02/2026 20:06

It would probably have felt odd when I was 32 but now at 46 I think of a 32 year old as a young woman. Give us some context @Hmm66

mazedasamarchhare · 06/02/2026 20:04

Hmphffff ! I still consider myself as a young woman even if I am pushing the wrong side of 50🤣. I do sometime have to do a double take looking in the mirror, wondering who the grey haired crinkly is looking back at me!

ItsOnlyHobnobs · 06/02/2026 20:00

Geruranium · 06/02/2026 19:57

Plenty of people delude themselves that they are middle aged at 60. I doubt they'll get to 120.

I don’t think of middle aged as being about half of life expectancy.

I think of middle aged more as being in mid life of your adulthood. So 0-18 is childhood, and doesn’t count. 18-98+ is adulthood, so I consider middle age to be somewhere along 50 to 65.

Lougle · 06/02/2026 19:57

Hmm66 · 06/02/2026 19:25

Personally I do

If you're referring to Lucy Letby, I think it's a combination of age and life stage. A single woman of 32, living with their parents is far more likely to be seen as a 'young woman' then a married 32 year old mother of 3 living in their own home.