What is middle-aged behaviour / mannersisms?

[Jeannne92]

DH (42) has started getting angry at things said on TV (e.g. news reports) and shouts at the TV. To me (43) this creates the impression of the stereotypical angry old man shouting at birds.

Then I think that I must surely do things or have started doing or saying things that are stereotypically middle-aged too. What sort of behaviour do you think of as middle-aged?

And stopping in for "good bread"! Proper erotic.

I got a skull emoji , I had no blooody clue what it meant ( What ? Does it mean You Are Dead To Me ? )

Now I know , and before I give the sender the evil eye

I do like winding up my DS by saying "Obvs" and my DD by saying "Don't my eyebrows look en fleek " . I get a look of pure pity !

Ahh wring post quoted
I TOLD you I was Middle Aged !

I am genuinely thrilled when someone buys me a new plant.
25 year old me would be horrified.

And feeling like the biggest rebel alive when you don't know if its plastic or paper this week.

Men going for walks with the hands behind their back

DH wore his best fleece

I'd love someone who was so unworried about other people's opinion that they wore a fleece to get married in.

I walked out the sea after a brilliant swim today with a woolly hat, glasses, auld women's swimming costume, swimming boots and gloves....and had to walk past people out a walk or sitting enjoying the view ( not me obviously )....and i didn't really care. I knew i looked a sight with my fat thighs and droopy boobs but i didn't care.
I guess thats middle age in action.
Just being glad i could still do it.

And that poster's description of her wedding day is probably one of the sweetest things I've read on here in ages.

Exasperated exhaling. I used to hear my mum do it and it really wound me up because I always felt like it was directed at me and I would wonder what I had done to annoy her. I am now 57 and do the same thing. And I don't really know why. It's completely involuntary. I am irritated by every-feckin-body, but I don't think the two things are necessarily connected😆

Don’t forget the synchronised swaying.

My DS (24) is the giver of many eyerolls in my direction.
If he's going somewhere I ask if he's wearing his "Evening Hoody"

Buying plants.

Talking about buying plants.

Getting all the way to work and realising I haven't switched from r4 to my (mainly 90s and associated) playlist.

Having to unravel myself every morning.

Having teenage girls like your outfits- but in a 'bless her for trying' kind of way.

Not giving a shit what teenage girls think of your outfits!

Having most of your classes work out how many years older than their mums you are.

All the glasses. Distance, reading, blue light, sunglasses, car sunglasses.

Mu husband and I moan about potholes daily, I'm also constantly tired.

Singing wrong words to songs...and not caring.

Yes, making that noise when you get out of a chair.

Distance reading (arm length..then bk and forth) back of food packets for instructions... then taking it to natural light (by a window) which makes me difference.

When someone dies at say age 78 for example...you say not old at all...not by todays standards.

Wearing an apron to bake.

So many others

Thinking all the TV presenters look far too young, with the exception of Richard Madeley. I don’t count Lorraine Kelly as she’s not quite human.

This really made me smile! 😍

Lots of the above but I've observed whatever people are like, they get more so as they get older.

Amusingly grumpy friend has become just grumpy. Ditsy sister totally barmy. I'm more obsessive and have more spreadsheets than I used to.

How come nobody has mentioned the excitement when the new Lakeland catalogue drops through the door?

I’ll also add a good browse through a well stocked Robert Dyas.

Seeing heart-throbs from my day now playing grandparents’ roles on the TV.

Ha ha. The amount of times I start with:"is that.... didn't he used to be....?"

When talking to your children about music stars of your teenage years, the conversation always ends with "S/He's dead now, of course".

These are all fantastic ! Laughing and - happily - recognising myself and DH.

I keep my toaster in the cupboard. Next house will have a boiling water tap so the kettle can go.

When someone dies at say age 78 for example...you say not old at all...not by todays standards

When someone famous dies thinking 'shit, they're the same age/younger than me.'