I Am So Middle aged.

[DioneTheDiabolist]

I'm menopausal.
I can't dance properly anymore. I now "mum dance".
I'm thinking of doing a dance class to rectify this.🤦‍♀️
I eat kefir yoghurt every day.
I've told off teenagers (that I dont know), twice, so far this week.😬
I still love my skinny jeans.😳
It's Friday night and I am drinking gin and posting on Mnet.

There is no denying it, I am a total and utter middle aged woman. And it's alright.😎

Is about comfort? Comfy pants, sensible bed times, enjoying fresh vegetables and elasticated waistbands, low maintenance hairstyles, a appreciation of high quality documentaries and engaging podcasts, an abundance of recycling opportunities, along with non-correctional yoga and walking catch ups...

I too, tell kids off everyday:"put your mask on. Put your mask on. Put your mask on. Mask over your nose. Mask up. Put your mask on. "

I lose my shit if my own kids haven't cleaned their teeth or I find pocketfuls of shit when their trousers have been put in the wash.

I noticed a couple of years ago that I don't know who celebrities are anymore. Think I'm stuck about 10 years ago. I thought I'd be a cool mum (unlike mine) who was into stuff the kids liked. Turns out I prefer reading about other stuff. How do people find the time to care? I listen to radio 6 and 4. I watch ch4 news.

I'm 47 this year and still in denial about it as in my head I'm 20s at most.

But:
I'm peri menopausal
I hate Radio 1/most modern pop music
I don't know who most reality TV stars are
I'm baffled by most things the DCs tell me about video games
I get real enjoyment from my alphabetically organised spice racks
I'm actually excited I can put laundry out on the line and one of my life goals is to own enough pegs to actually fill the thing
I'm usually thinking about bed by 9:30

I have kept a plant alive, with no help from dh, for 2 years.

Just turned 40 and am so completely definitely middle aged and it's such a relief. I now don't have to pretend I know how to be cool or have fashion sense. I also told off teenagers this week. I've been doing that for a few years though so well ahead of my time! I also now can't dance, or could I ever? No idea.

Love a gin on a Friday in my pyjamas, possibly involving crochet too. I'm going to make a brilliant old woman

I wear 'Crocs on the Clock' at work - extra wide clogs, that are easy to slip on and off so I can change into another pair of clogs for another workplace.

I feel pity for conkers that have sprouted in gutters and take them home with me - I have 5 definite seedlings and another 5 which I know have sprouted, but have yet to break the compost.

Big HUGE knickers

Comfort over style any day

Shoes have to have space for the orthotics, skinny jeans are great and although I do have a big coat for winter, layers are key - I have to have a cardi or zip up hoodie under a lighter coat, in order to accomodate weather changes and hot flushes.

We have an official designation, and we are young

I am a yoof news to me

@cricketmum84 did your sister brazen it out and pretend it was her travel mug?

@Frownette she shoved it in her handbag. Suddenly the strange looks from everyone she walked past including security at front desk all made sense 😂

She never dared take it back either!

Looking for some bootcut jeans to wear with my Sweedish Hasbeens which will go with all my ethnic tops, channeling my inner 70's vibe, and I have just bought a fabulous Fossil bright yellow bag, I dont give a monkey chuff what anybody thinks I look like, I will look fabulous in my mind.

Got to get the washing out its a good drying day, I love hanging washing on the line (always have).

I dont even bother having a quick sneak at Hello/Ok etc in the supermarket no idea who anyone is anymore, and stopped buying all mags altogether, rather read a book.

Went out to the shops with my favourite t shirt on, totally forgot that at my age I really should not be wearing a Godzilla t shirt.

Loving this thread, made me smile this morning

I'm 48, but think I've always been middle aged. At least I fit it now.

56 here. I can no longer skip. Not rope skipping but the kind of skipping one used to do with your best pal on the way to Brownies back in the day. Go on, try it, you hit 50 and you can’t skip anymore.

I check the weather every evening purely so I can decide whether to put a wash on in the morning. I love gardening and walking at National Trust places. My children constantly have to explain the meaning of the words they use as the language makes no sense to me. I like doing jigsaws. I am constantly taking layers off whilst everyone else is in their thick jumpers and coats. But at least I haven’t started making that humph noise when I sit down or stand up like DH does.

@Nocaloriesinchocolate

I was really depressed yesterday. I was paying for the car park, juggling hard back book, handbag, shopping bag and phone and dropped the ticket. A much younger woman came past and asked if I was ok to pick it up myself. It was really kind of her and I thanked her but wondered afterwards if it was because I looked old! It was particularly saddening (this is sort of light heartedA) because I’d just had my hair done after months and all the grey was covered up again so I felt ten years younger!

You looked great she could just see that you had your hands full cos she's a lovely thoughtful person who would have been gutted her kind question has twisted into something else and tortured you since.

I rescue worms caught out in the sun and I can see they're not going to make it to the moist grass in time.
I sometimes can't straighten up immediately when I stand (I tell myself it was the hours of physical work I was doing but that didn't used to happen even so, so I'm deluding myself)

@maddiemookins16mum

56 here. I can no longer skip. Not rope skipping but the kind of skipping one used to do with your best pal on the way to Brownies back in the day. Go on, try it, you hit 50 and you can’t skip anymore.

51 here and determined to prove you wrong. Was just about to try but have decided to hold off as really want to go to garden centre and spend the garden centre vouchers I was given for Christmas and would be sad if tripped whilst trying to skip and couldn’t go and spend them.

45. I can skip. In my big knickers, whilst carrying a gin and tonic. Especially well when it’s gardening day, or settling down with a new homes and gardens magazine. I’ll always be 34 in my head though, that was definitely my best year🙂

I love being middle aged😂. My clothes are from Boden, I love a god wander round a garden centre, drink gin and wine, hate nightclubs and watch he news every night. My favourite place on earth is Waterstones. I have a heated blanket which makes me happier than anything else on earh😂😂😂. I am 42 and I have been like this for years.

I was rubbish at other ages, I am much more confident now. I still care too much about what other people think, but I care a lot less than I used to,

I have all the outward trappings of being middle aged:

Grey hair
Grey pubes
Need orthotics
Bit of arthritis
Big knickers
Cross legs when sneezing or coughing
Boobs starting to head South

Have always liked:
Politics
Classical/choral music/Church
Flat shoes
R4 and the Archers
Classic understated clothes
Gardening
Antiques
Cooking

Even in my 20s never moved on from Glam Rock and 70s music
Was a sloane rather than trendy

I feel I have grown into my self iyswim and at nearly 61 in my heart still feel 25. Can still pull a 10/12 hour day 5 days a week, still only need about 5 to 6 hours sleep.

Having DC mid 30s helped. Having good skin has helped. Colouring my hair and whitening my teeth is important to me.

Last week I bought decent black shoes so I have some to wear to any future funerals.

I’m 43 and happy for it. The house is finished and the kids are mid/late teens. After 12 months secondment to ICU I’m back to my day job and out of surgical scrubs. I can let my hair grow again and my completion is slowly recovering. I’ve got all my notes and diaries and I’ve started on my book : Red Zone.

I never could dance and I hate gin but I still look good in just what my mother gave me and just as horny as a 19 year old.

I listen to radio 4 because radio 2 can get a bit loud. I groan a bit when I stand up and refer to my "bad hip" a lot.

Just to add, I too wince at the sight of heeled shoes, having spent my 20s and 30s in nothing else. Now comfort is all in all things. I'm 45 for context.

Go on, try it, you hit 50 and you can’t skip anymore

I can skip along, but can't 'jump rope' skip.

I can't jump or hop without major planning.

I've just realised I'm middle aged, but I'm only 28..

There's no hope for me 😂

Well done for reaching middle age.
I am definitely middle aged and I like it.