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Is this what women over 45 look like?

236 replies

AchillesLastStand · 05/09/2022 17:17

I’m turning 44 later this month. Is this what I’ve got to look forward to a year from now. I’m particularly disturbed by the cane.

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YesitsBess · 05/09/2022 21:49

OccultGnuNew · 05/09/2022 21:41

Do you think we automatically get the cat issued to us at 65, like a bus pass?

Would that be a bus puss?

<gets coat>

Yes. This exactly!

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 05/09/2022 21:58

😂

LittleFluffyCloudz · 05/09/2022 21:59

I can't wait for my bus puss 😂

miserablecat · 05/09/2022 22:00

okytdvhuoo · 05/09/2022 21:22

Hehe with a 6 minute warm up to prepare for a 10 minute walk 😂😂😂

I want to know what the warm up for a walk actually is...? Putting your shoes on?

(Disappointed we don't get to see the shoes tbh)

YesitsBess · 05/09/2022 22:01

The six minute warm up is mainly looking for your cat, beret or cane depending on age bracket.

miserablecat · 05/09/2022 22:07

YesitsBess · 05/09/2022 22:01

The six minute warm up is mainly looking for your cat, beret or cane depending on age bracket.

🤣Oh yes, of course.
And glasses!

YesitsBess · 05/09/2022 22:10

Those are on top of your head. They are always on top of your head.

Mother87 · 05/09/2022 22:13

Not really enough cats early enoughGrinGrin

Mother87 · 05/09/2022 22:14

WonkotheWonderDog · 05/09/2022 17:33

So after 65 you become crazy cat lady in an angora bed-jacket ? - wow!

TemptingGrinGrin

Quirrelsotherface · 05/09/2022 22:19

I would love to take part, honestly I would. But my stoop and walking stick will not allow, now I've turned 45. I actually find it hard getting out of bed these days. I'm looking to start having meals on wheels delivered.

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 05/09/2022 22:41

Why do ALL the women look 103? Confused

Spudlet · 05/09/2022 23:20

WhileMyGuitarGentlyWeeps · 05/09/2022 22:41

Why do ALL the women look 103? Confused

You remember the Kevin and Perry sketch when he turns 13, and at the stroke of midnight goes from a charming child to a horrendous grunting monster? Well it’s like that when you turn 45, only with a perm and a walking stick.

ThisIsAddiction · 05/09/2022 23:25

Well this is awkward.
im 48. I have long dark hair, wear skinny jeans and mostly band shirts and don’t have a cane.
how do I broach to DH (50, still seemingly Adonis and in his prime) that I’m going to have to spend a large sum of our savings on a peroxide job and replace my entire wardrobe? Not to mention I might lose the beret when I take the roof down on the sports car.

Isthisreasonable · 05/09/2022 23:35

Kennykenkencat · 05/09/2022 19:20

Well I am 60 and currently in black work trousers (the type you pick up at screwfix not selfridges) not the suit kind and steel toe cap boots.

i don’t carry a cane but I have been manhandling a crowbar all day trying to remove slabs of concrete from a kitchen floor.
Just having a break before taking down the kitchen wall units from the wall.

At 45 I still had one in nursery and one in reception.
A few women I know had children in primary school until age 56-58
Don’t think any had grey or white hair and none had a cane

My dc finished primary school when I was 56. At 45 I had a buggy in my hand not a cane.

Krabapple · 06/09/2022 04:47

Oh no - I’m allergic to cats. What am I going to do when I reach the crazy cat woman stage!

Spudlet · 06/09/2022 07:07

Krabapple · 06/09/2022 04:47

Oh no - I’m allergic to cats. What am I going to do when I reach the crazy cat woman stage!

It’s ok, we’ve established a scheme to swap the cat for a small, evil-tempered, hopelessly spoiled terrier.

In either case I assume we then get to be immensely rude about people through the medium of baby-talking to our animals (Is dat man a great big idiot den? Is he? Yes he is!)

pigsDOfly · 06/09/2022 11:07

EmmaH2022 · 05/09/2022 20:26

And you get a free cat.

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Oh yeah, I'd forgotten about the free cat.

Obviously, every 'old lady' needs at least one of those, preferably a smelly one, not sure my dog would be impressed.

Although, seeing as I'm in my 70s, like sheila47 I'm probably already dead or I've ceased to exist in the real meaning of the word; cat would probably eat me in that case.

StarCourt · 06/09/2022 18:33

Jesus I'm 55 and that picture makes me look like the little old one from Golden Girls!!

keffie12 · 06/09/2022 18:42

Festoonlights · 05/09/2022 17:29

So funny!! Can I fast forward to 60 please, she has a cool hairstyle!

I am 61 and wouldn't be seen dead looking like any of them. Neither would anyone I know.

Even the people I know who aren't as fashion, style etc conscience as me wouldn't dress like that

PerfectPictureFrame · 06/09/2022 18:47

Do I HAVE to get a cat when I turn 64? I'm more of a dog person

Ryder68 · 06/09/2022 18:52

What will happen to all the unclaimed bus pusses? 😢

YesitsBess · 06/09/2022 19:03

@Ryder68 maybe we can set up a redirect to yours?

House coats with terrier pockets for the rest.

ChaToilLeam · 06/09/2022 19:05

Oh my god, is that how the bairns see us these days? 😂

Orangello · 06/09/2022 19:12

Now, should I do that warm up for my 10 minute walk before or after my daily 10KM run, what do you think is best for elderly ladies like us?

Ryder68 · 06/09/2022 19:22

YesitsBess · 06/09/2022 19:03

@Ryder68 maybe we can set up a redirect to yours?

House coats with terrier pockets for the rest.

That makes sense! looking forward to my puss posse - and think of all the warmth in those house coat pockets filled with fur!