to think a 29 year old is a woman, not a girl?

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just seen Kate (HRH to be) and another 29 year old woman referred to as girls in the press.
surely by that age you are a woman

I'm 34 and HATE being refered to as a woman makes me feel old! I'm hanging on desperatley to being called a girl!

Yes she's a woman but.....I'm 31 this year and still refer to myself as a girl sometimes .. eg "oooh thank you, I'm a lucky girl!" when I got a lovely pressie recently.

I am in my thirties and many of my friends are in their forties but we always call ourselves girls.

I'm nearly 44 and someone described me as a girl a while ago and I beamed for a week.

Nothing wrong with being a woman, it has better connotations than girl (child/adolescent).
I think it is more idiomatic than actually disrespectful, but I dislike hearing 'girls' for a group of women, all the same.

I'm 30, and despite wht my father thinks, I'm a woman. If my 25 year old brother is a man, then I am a woman!

I agree with you on principle - however, given the "life experience" of this one, girl seems apt.

I'm nearly 37 and get dead grumpy when I realise that I am technically a woman. Makes me think of a middle aged person in M&S clothes.

I have issues with getting older .

Had exactly the same thought when I heard that report. She's not a girl. She's a woman.

I have issues with not being taken seriously.

I don't mind very old people calling me a girl, as the age gap there means they cannot judge my age within 15 years, as I can't judge theirs.

AlpinePony the other woman was the one who was killed (captain Lisa Head) so I am sure she had a lot of "life experience"

She sure doesnt look like a "girl". Ageing fast that one.

I am a girl and my husband is a lad and we are 27. Hopefully it will be many years before people look at us and think we look like a man and a woman as it means we are looked old and haggard.

Also I definitely wouldnt describe Kate or William as girls or lads.They look really old for their ages

Men are referred to as boys when they go out drinking together or watch football, or play cricket or what ever.

My MIL goes on holiday with "the girls" sometimes. None of them are under 60.

It depends on the context. Girls and boys are seen as having fun.

Are girls less important than woman?

My 13 year old daughter is a girl. I am a woman. So is Kate Middleton and Lisa Head. Referring to them in the press as 'girls' diminshes them. Of course people refer to themselves in that way. I think that is a different usage and tbh you can call yourself what the hell you like. My mother may refer to sister and I as the 'girls' because she's done so for 32 years and it's a term of endearment. If my employer does so I will be narked!

I feel very out of place here. It's incredibly depressing to think that some of you think woman = frumpy, boring, ground down, past it etc.
Women are amazing. (Men are too. So are girls and boys but they are juveniles.)

Exactly going out with the boys or lads/girls. When you stop thinking you fit in that bracket then you are past it. End of

Older people tend to refer to you as a 'girl'. I am nearly 40 and my mum does sometimes.

StewieGriffinsMomSat 23-Apr-11 09:27:45

No man her age would be called a boy.

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really

I'm 39 and often get referred to a boy.

Would that be because you go out drinking with your mates and watch a lot of football, BoneyBackJefferson?

Yeah it isnt just looking lots of older for your age. Its also attitude etc. I agree with Lynette boys and girls have fun regardless of age. It doesnt look like William and Kate ever get any of that. I would classify Harry as a boy cause he would blatantly be the fun one of the two of them. Same goes for Chelsy Davy. They actually look like people who know how to have a good time.