Your 'old lady' habits/tastes ;)

[Echobelly]

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! 😁

oh me too about the celebs

Really big pants, and a front fastening elasticated, no underwires, bra.

I am nearly 78 and don't feel like an old lady even though I suppose I am.

I like walking my big dog on the common
reading
current events
gardening and feeding the birds
meeting friends for coffee
and most important - laughing

1. a glass of dry chilled sherry
2. reading all the room guides in a National Trust property and looking forward to a cream tea in the cafe afterwards (thinking “ooh, I hope the cafe’s in the stables”)
3. reading women’s memoirs from the early 20th century to tune into my dear late granny
4. not liking going out in the evening, unless on holiday
5. loving going to bed early with a cuppa and said memoir
6. feeling nostalgic for the long hot summer of 1976

Jigsaw puzzles

A nice cup of tea and a biscuit (biscuits have to be things like Nice, Rich Tea, shortbread, Garibaldi, custard cream, gingernut, Jammie Dodger etc - I've no time for fancy chunky 'cookies', thank you)

A pie with a suet crust

Cribbage (admittedly an old man thing than old lady thing, but same ballpark)

Complaining that I can't see what's going on in a film because everything seems to be happening in the dark

Gin & bitter lemon

Advocaat

Boiled sweets that taste of aniseed

Those travel sweets that come in a little tin and are dusted with icing sugar

Calling all small kids 'sweetheart'

Refusing to contemplate cooking on an induction hob

Fry's Turkish Delight

Parma Violets

Insisting that today's film stars/footballers/pop stars etc aren't very charismatic compared to the ones of my youth

Horlicks. Mid 50s and otherwise like to consider myself quite cool. But I do
like a bedtime horlicks

I’ve stopped dying my hair as my arms hurt too much putting the dye on, I’m embracing the grey. I've just discovered Port and Lemon and always have mint imperial in my handbag.
My hip hurts in cold weather so I take Epsom salt baths. I love the smell of lavender.
I had my first baby at 40 then my second at 41 so I’m used to being called geriatric!

Ha, this could be me, dancing on beaches in Ibiza in my youth. Now I am excited to research and visit Anglo Saxon churches and Roman forts.
Love chamomile tea and an early night in my PJs as well - bliss ❤️

Big knickers
A pocket diary
Making trifle
Boiled wool slippers

All those things make me very happy 😃

I pay by cash when possible, wear a warm fleecy nighty, Love a glass (or two) of Baileys.

Watching TV on my iPad in bed from 7pm, with my furry zipper dressing gown on and thermals. With my two cats.
Prefer the radio on all day, not going out after dark and being comfy rather than fashionable.

I’m 45 but have been old for at least a decade. I love embroidery. Love, love, love it.
Also frilly lampshades and comfy rocking chairs.
And elasticated waistbands 😇

calling everyone dear

At 57, I have come to appreciate bed socks, and starting to think one of those bed cardigans might also be a good idea

I'm only 55, but I do like -
My "throw you across the room" rise and recline (or it will be when I get my toolbox out and work out how to speed it up!)
Non-slip slipper socks.
An afternoon nap of no less than two hours.
Knitting and crochet.
A nice milky drink.
Traditional comfort meals; stew and dumplings, shepherds pies.
Using my slow cooker.
Using a teapot.
The Great Garden Birdwatch.
Planning my tv watching.
Watching As Time Goes By and Canal Boat Diaries.
Cheese and crackers as a little snack.
Cryptic crosswords.
Bootie slippers (Although the ones I have at the moment are fluffy Rudolph ones from Matalan!)
A nice blouse and trousers.
Skechers slip ins.
Eye rolling when I hear what the young uns get up to these days (only because our generation have done it all before! 😁)
Grumbling when I have to go out.
Finding easy grip kitchen utensils, my new Oxo big grip kitchen scissors are the absolute bizz!
Oh and using hand cream! (According to another thread, using it is an old person "thing" 🙄)
There's actually more than I thought! Maybe some of them aren't oldie things, but they are to me!

Gah! I'm officially elderly. 😥

On the other hand, my 65th birthday did entitle me to a free shingles jab. Hurrah!

Tea in a big mug.
Dark chocolate digestives/ Hobnobs.
Slippers.
Doc Martens.
R4
Gardeners Question Time.
Early night.
Peace and quiet.
Using a knife and fork.
Clarke's shoes.
Sketchers.
Lounge wear.
Manners.
Spacial awareness.
Making braised ox-tail.
Making steak and kidney pie.
Sorting washing in to piles.
ETA I'm 51

Or calling every man under 60 'young man'. 👌

I'm 71, retired at 63. From the day after i retired i have not used an iron, worn a skirt, tights, black trousers or any makeup or been to the hairdressers.
I now enjoy:-
Living alone just with my dog.
Getting up, having breakfast, then going back to bed.
Having an afternoon nap when i want to.
Only getting dressed to walk my dog.
Getting my pjs on by 5pm.
Getting into bed by 7pm & watching tv/listening to radio
Eating what i want, when i want.
Being cantankerous!

Comfortable pants!

I'm also inordinately pleased by my neatly made bed with a dab of lavender oil on my pillow.

I love my old fashioned linen cupboard. It's large, deep and made from vintage pine. All my bed linen, towels and pillowcases are very neatly folded and I like to slip lavender sachets in between the folds.

My name’s Bubbly, I’m 34 and I love mint humbugs.

Great thread! I have found my people.

Although, I used to be with @ItGhoul and "refusing to contemplate cooking on an induction hob" BUT, after renting for a year with one, and then repeatedly catsitting for my sister who also had one, I'm converted. Mainly because I really want to reach my 70th birthday without burning my (or her) house down. Accidentally.

I enjoy crocheting (I’ve even made doilies!)
Always buy a puzzle book for a long journey.
Just finished the 1000 piece jigsaw I was given for Christmas.

My table is set for guests with soup spoons from my canteen of cutlery😂