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What hobbies did you only take up i later in life?

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OneUmberJoker · 25/09/2025 20:07

Swimming at 35

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DancingQueen2018 · 25/09/2025 22:50

Ice skating at 42!

itsnothingoriginal · 25/09/2025 22:51

DJing in my late 40s - lifelong dream after a misspent youth clubbing and raving 😂

Great to see more females doing it despite the negative press we often get on social media!

imbolic · 25/09/2025 23:14

Writing fanfiction and going to Cons in my late 40s.

zazazaaar · 25/09/2025 23:30

Football at 43 (best thing ever)
Choir at 46
Re took up going to festivals and clubbing at 47. Love it.

LoserWinner · 25/09/2025 23:32

The gym at 63. I’ve been going three or four times a week since.

MildredismyNane · 27/09/2025 10:09

@Arraminta

Cross stitch - again, another Lockdown past time which completely beguiled me. Now it's a big part of my life and I love visiting specialist craft fayres and I follow dozens of stitching accounts on Instagram

I love the thought of a beguiling pastime! What do you do with your completed project?

RobinTheCavewoman · 27/09/2025 10:30

Running in my 30s, yoga in my 40s, now exploring a lot of woo-based hobbies in my 50s

Arraminta · 27/09/2025 18:39

MildredismyNane · 27/09/2025 10:09

@Arraminta

Cross stitch - again, another Lockdown past time which completely beguiled me. Now it's a big part of my life and I love visiting specialist craft fayres and I follow dozens of stitching accounts on Instagram

I love the thought of a beguiling pastime! What do you do with your completed project?

I have them professionally mounted and framed and have a few displayed at home, and have gifted a couple too.

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 28/09/2025 10:13

IbizaToTheNorfolkBroads · 25/09/2025 21:11

Open water swimming @ 49
Strength training @ 52
African drumming @ 53
Pottery @ 53

Also
Running in my 30s
Pilates in my 50s

ComfortFoodCafe · 28/09/2025 10:18

Swimming at 35. But then my local swimming pool has closed for 3 months - so rude lol.
Picked up gardening at 34, have my own little allotment that I love. Its my happy place.
I also game, but ive always been a gamer!
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ZaZathecat · 28/09/2025 10:25

Amdram at 50 - changed my life!

Mathsbabe · 28/09/2025 13:12

Pilates at 68 and weights at 69

Serencwtch · 28/09/2025 14:05

Bought a pony at 39.

LadyofMercians · 28/09/2025 14:27

Scuba diving at 61

shellyleppard · 28/09/2025 14:29

Building Lego botanical sets at 53

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