Your 'old lady' habits/tastes ;)

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Do you like footspa? Have a crush on Alan Titchmarsh?

I'm 47 and I like to get Kriss Kross puzzle books when I go on holiday, I think their main market is the over 70s. I also like Fenjal bubble bath which I'm sure is rather an old lady thing.

Old ladies also welcome to add their old lady habits too! 😁

Nap daily
Waterfall cardigan a must
brew teapot at least 5 min
thieving cuttings from stately homes
exasperation if someone rings during Good telly - even when it’s streaming

Damn I must have missed those!!!

@GellerYeller
I see your tasty biscuits and raise you with a nice home made Madeira cake.

Sunday baking is the way to go.

Do you like the new singer of LP?

Home made school cake 👌

I have a pink candlewick housecoat and I just adore Sir Tom Jones.
M and S chocolate covered custard creams are smashing.

Early 40s

I like:

A heated blanket

Slippers and onesie/dressing gown. They now come with me on a UK holiday or weekend trip to friends

Ovaltine/Horlicks (reminds me of my grandpa)

I put soap and lavender pouches in drawers (reminds me of my grandma)

I like a word search

We're NT members

Am 60, love to lounge on my free days in my nightie and dressing gown and sometimes pop on wellies and walk back my fields, haven’t seen any local neighbours yet.
Talk to my cats and dog oh and when walking in rural road always say hello to the sheep/donkeys/cows whatever animal happens to be close to the road.

love my grey hair, runners, sketchers and hot water bottle.

Smile and say hello to everyone I meet,

Don’t give a fiddlers about wearing make up matching clothes.

I consider myself "old ladish" at 35 !
Comfy shoes and clothes over fashionable ones. My slippers and hilarious but amazingly comfy and I never wear heels. An early night, a nice cup of tea.

Tell me more….

And I'm not even old…😆😊

Yes, I saw hello to people I walk by. Fellow dog walkers seem to be the most reciprocal

Yes, Yardley English Rose perfume is lovely, a fresh rose smell.

Feel like I've found my tribe here, such a lovely thread. I seem to remember there was a similar thread around the time of lockdown and I found that quite comforting at the time. I'll see if I can find it.

Friday night = Gardener’s World

Sunday night = Countryfile (especially the weather) & Antiques Roadshow

Elaine Paige on R2 Sunday afternoon

Boss weekend-Very happy indeed 😊

Excellent thread. Nice slice of Battenberg all round.

Does anyone have young fellas with premature Grandad tendencies - like whistling or collecting odds and sods in glass jars in the garage?

I also say ooooofffff when I get up from a nice sit down!

Complaining about noise levels (music) when out for lunch/pub.. i was irritated we seemed to be placed close to the speaker.. it was like a night club.. could barely hear myself think never mind have conversation at the ripe old age of 36. Everything is just too loud 🤣
Also a big fan of cardigans, big knickers, tea and my own sofa and watch tv where I can sit with a blanket and control the noise levels of course

I’ve always been a cardigan girl.

I love a Snowball.

Liver and onions.

making little piles on the stairs to ‘save my legs’

I have also always loved a Nana nap and that will never end.

recently I have started to hold my phone further and hold my eyes wide open as I type.

I am 73, I hate tea. I pay my coal man with a cheque, or sometimes even cash, I love to have paper money in my little old purse.

I like really thick Nivea from a blue tub and to be alone …

Early nights
blanket over my knees when I sit on the sofa
Take my pillow everywhere when I stay away from home
comfy slippers
I wear a a slip under dresses and skirts.

When there’s nothing on the telly, I watch back to back episodes of Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip on iPlayer.

@EBearhug I envy you paying for something by cheque.

http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/mumsnet_classics/3944582-To-realise-I-like-old-lady-things

Here's the link for the thread I mentioned earlier. Looks like it made it into classics 🙂

@ViolettaDePensy and @EBearhug let us know how you get on 😂

Wrights soap
Badedas
Tea, biscuits arranged on a plate, and either Poirot or Time Team on a Sunday afternoon
Taking crossword books on flights or long train journeys
Knitting and crochet
Membership of the Friends of Friendless Churches

Oh, and I always have the full Mum kit in whatever bag I'm carrying (e.g. whatever someone happens to need and the willingness to dispense it) which according to DH is a proper old lady thing 😁