What 'old lady' things you will refuse to do

[Auburngal]

Following this thread https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5253796-your-old-lady-habitstastes?page=28&reply=141706023 it was things like doing puzzle books, wearing big knickers etc.

What 'old lady' things would you refuse to do now and in the future?

Mine include wearing beige and brown. It does not look good on me. My skin tones and personality love bold bright colours.

Wearing skirts. TBF I cannot remember the last time I wore a skirt - perhaps to a wedding nor my 74 year old DM.

Have the same foods each day of the week. I know/knew of old people where they ate the same foods each day of the week. Pork chops on Monday, pie on Tuesday etc. Had upset customers asking me if we had any pork chops in as "always have them on Mondays". Plus if their birthdays/anniversary fell on a certain day of the week, their meal plans don't change!

When there is the word snow mentioned in the weather forecast, clear the shelves of tinned soup. Don't get this at all as there are better warming things than sodding soup.

It's not granny pants any more though, it's Skims (or the M & S dupes I wear) they are amazing!

I will never nag my kids to get married or have kids of their own.

Tights and sandals
Cauliflower perm

I'm hoping I don't say to my children "I can't see you next Wednesday as I have a doctor's appointment at 10am, let's make it Thursday". I see that a lot in elderly relatives and it worries me.

I'm mid(ish) 50s and I see a lot of friends starting to worry about driving to new areas and/or on a motorway. They're increasingly letting their DH's drive long distances, therefore getting out of the habit and so it continues. This worries me as well, I love driving and don't want to start behaving like that ... these were previously confident drivers.

Tell random people how old I am, expecting compliments.

Become a hypochondriac and tell anyone who will listen about the latest ailment.

Use talcum powder.

Wear glasses on a chain but have them sitting at end of nose, like a librarian.

Me too...my mum has always done this too 😫

DH talks a lot about his health now ... he's only mid 50s and it needs to stop.

Cut my hair short, call a dressing gown a house coat. Wear my phone on a lanyard.

This, 100%

I hope you change your mind on that when in your 80's

(guess it is hard to attach incontinence pads to thongs?).

Oh God I do this sometimes (early 40s) 😫😂 not really at great length but still

Your body changes!

She'll have to give it up on her 100th birthday though 😂😂

I don’t think skirts are ‘old lady’ and I don’t think the phrase ‘old lady’ is particularly pleasant, either.

Good for you!

Your thong will be perfect for chafing on your piles and holding your Tena Lady pad in place. 😉

I’m going to embrace old age and do whatever I want that makes me feel comfortable. I’d like to think I won’t have to wear Velcro shoes but I doubt I’ll be wearing heels at 100 if I make it that far.

I may even invest in a few cats and one of those comfy chairs where you press a button and it helps you up by lifting the seat. And I can’t wait for the big knicker moment!

I won't knit or sit with my legs open, but I didn't do it when I was young either, so I don't think I am being ageist.😃

No chafing here, despite having had piles previously. Do you think that the thong actually touches your arsehole?

Yes but how? I genuinely don't understand!

doing what Billy Connolly called ‘the noises of old age’ meaning the grunts and groans preceeding any action I recall my father getting up from his armchair which wasn’t even low - a real performance, noticing he only ever did it with an audience, heaving himself up, then took the dog out for an hour, in his eighties, fit as a fiddle.
Constant tea drinking
same diet no variation at all mostly M&S
despite the large! village having 2 excellent butchers, 2 real bakers, two real greengrocers one with a wet fish counter on a Friday
mum looks good for her age, good skin, full of preservatives

I had someone say to me, apropos of something in his head? well you are probably stuck in your ways now, when I was filling up about to drive to France - I was 42! perceptions can be skewed
as a 17 yo youth working Saturday am in the local greengrocers, in front of my husband a well known musician, we were late twenties baby in pram, both funkily dressed, he addressed me, saying (not even asking) I suppose now you listen to older people’s music, brass bands and things!

different perceptions

One old lady thing - I mean really old lady, pointed out to me by the plumber
was, their duvet covers are white with big mauve or purple stylised flowers on and they have curtains in four strips, this is how he knows elderly people live there -
and that they never buy anything new unless it dies.
Still have cabinets for moribund sets of porcelain coffe cups and tarnished silver teapot.

I then! began to notice, its true - this isn’t ageist its cultural.

I'm 60 but I've done a lot of old lady things all my life, especially big pants I've always loved them , warm comfy can't beat them .

So, all you youngsters raging at the the machine and rejecting old ladyism, do you wish to be known as non - granary perhaps ?

The traditional old lady that I saw going up in 70s and. 80s is a thing of the past, although I feel a bit nostalgic about it so maybe I should rebel and have a blue rinse and a wash and set once a week, Wear a clear plastic head scarf if it rains, and a hairnet in bed, never ever wear trousers, but wear lots of layers to keep warm-even in the summer. I may save in dental cost by having my teeth removed and getting dentures that I can put in a glass by my bed, next to the teasmaid.
I will insist on never having a bath with more than 6 inches of water and will be checking up on any DGC to make sure no there is no extravagant use of hot water.
I will need a tartan shopping trolley and sit in the arndale centre with my friends to keep warm and be called Mrs surname never by my first name.
Can I also retire at 60 pretty please???

I'm just teasing you! To be honest though, you probably won't be comfortable in a thong when you're an old lady but if you are then you'll clearly be fabulous!

Of course it's ageist. Older people are, guess what, as diverse as younger people on what they do/don't do. This thread is horrible.

I love an animal print and have been wearing these kinds of print since my 20s (I'm in my 40s). 😊