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! 😁

Oh yes. I can't go to cafes with totally uncomfortable wooden chairs.

I also forgot to say I listen to music from mainly late 60s to late 80s

Beatles
Kinks
Who
Pink Floyd
Genesis
Crosby stills and nash
Simon and Garfunkel
Joni Mitchell
XTC
Prefab sprout

Etc, etc

Oh god I have loads

Wool blankets
Socks
Proper knickers
Meat and two veg
Picnics
Slippers
Jigsaws

Monty Don
Alan Rickman
Hugh Grant

Love Bake Off and Corrie.
Love crochet and knitting.
Love doing a crossword on holiday.

@TaylorGuitar I'm with you on the proper G&T - it's got to be Gordon's. All these new ones just aren't proper gin.

I live in Skechers and shop at M&S too 😎

Pi*s pads for bladder weakness, dont feel safe without them.
Early nights, 10 is a late one for me, 9 is the norm.
A little nap in the afternoon.
Peace and quiet
Audio Books in bed.

The exquisite pleasure of putting on a cardigan over a jumper when you feel a bit chilly!
Also really getting into fancy soaps at the moment.

I'm early 40s. DP has long mocked my old lady tendencies. He said my top 3 are:-

1. 'Granny sandals' (his words, not mine)
2. My taste in nightdresses (i.e. nowt sexy)
3. NT and RHS membership

Me too! And Violet Creams.

48 and for my last birthday I asked for an "old lady pillow" which I use every day (the V-shaped ones for being propped up in bed), love, sherry and a trip to a garden centre - only to look at the pretty things not to actually buy anything I can kill any plant off within 2 weeks!!! Also very fond of my electric blanket and heated throw as we live in the frozen East Lancs/Pennine border and anything that smells of lavender since we had a huge one in the garden when I was small.
Conversely like @StopTalkingSoMuch I also love rock music, my faves are Those Damn Crows and Thunder, saw Linkin Park at their last ever gig, spend summers at festivals and am so happy now that I can afford Docs so I straddle more than one camp 😊🤘. It does take rather longer to recover nowadays, the time when I could do back to back gigs at night and work the next day are long gone!!!!!

Oh and my fondness for classic fm (otherwise I'm listening to amyl and the sniffers.......)

Oh yes definitely,I can’t be sitting on hard chairs even though I don’t even have a problem with my back

Also, can’t really be bothered with stiletto heels (or any other type of heels) anymore except for a special occasion, I never thought I would get to that stage but it did happen over the pandemic, only want flats now, 49F

I have steel grey hair, bifocal glasses, hearing aids and walk with sticks. I’m 50! 🫣

I'll see your footspa and raise you a winceyette nightdress.

I collect and use vintage jugs, vases and bowls. I have had wide feet and very high arches all my life so have skipped straight past Skechers to Cosyfeet and Crocs. Crocs healed my plantar fasciitis. I love to garden and enjoy a real gardening program, never miss the Chelsea coverage and sit there with pen and paper to make notes although more and more its "got that" "can't grow that here" and also Love Your Weekend especially the alcohol bit. Also a fan of Jame's Martins Saturday show. I collect walking sticks and use some of them when my dodgy knee or dodgy back play up...and yes always got a stash of ibuprofen gel and tablet ibuprofen and paracetamol in the house. Love a bit of crafting too. Oh the glasses.....I have got two prescription pairs for driving, Transitions and a really dark tint pair for when the sun is strong and low on winter days, a pair for watching telly in, a collection of pairs of closework glasses for sewing and reading labels. My telly watching ones are even on a chain so I don't lose them.

I would definitely recommend the Skechers slip ins, you can literally step into them and nudge them off without bending down.
I slipped a disc a few months ago and these Skechers were a lifesaver.

"(the V-shaped ones for being propped up in bed"

What are they for exactly?

Badedas, heated throw blanket, crocheting, staying in on the weekend, naps in the daytime!

The mention of royal doulton has given me the idea that you’re hyacinth bouquet 😂 I didn’t know it was something that people had!!

I’m 40, my favourite old lady things are that I practically live under my heated blanket, it’s the best thing I ever bought. I love nothing more on a rainy weekend than doing a new jigsaw. I have a persistently niggling ankle and dodgy discs in my back. My favourite shoes are trainers (just anything flat!) because the ankle prevents anything more interesting 😂.

Early nights
Slippers
Good manners
nowhere too loud
Midsummer Murders

Don't know if it really classes as an old lady thing but I have religiously watched Antiques Roadshow most Sundays since I was a tiddler. Mum used to iron to it, and now I do the same. Pavlov's dog reaction and habit more than enjoyment but it is a family ritual.

Listening to Buddy Holly etc
A nice trip to a farm shop
Love a great afternoon nap
Recently changed to big knickers - so comfy
OXO cubes

Love love love Classic fm. I have it on every day as I'm a mature student and its the only thing I can listen to while studying that doesn't overly distract me.

Someone else mentioned an RHS membership. Yep, got that ticked off (if you're a student it's only £10 a year! Bargain!), and a gardeners world subscription and I'm a member of the British Museum. I'm not even 41 yet 😂

Not the Astral, but all the others!