I was in PIL's house, talking to MIL. During our conversation, she kept getting up to peer out of the window. Then I heard a car pull up and she ran to the window. She turned to me, clapped her hands and cried, "That's my baby!" And then she did a little skip!
I was totally confused. I looked out of the window, (obviously) to see 65 year old FIL walking up the path. By this time MIL was running for the front door. FIL was not returning from the war, he was coming home from work. He's semi-retired. It was 2pm and he'd been at work since 9am. FIL certainly does not behave like this. So go on, tell me IABU, that this is romantic and you'd do the same after 40 years of marriage. I think she's crackers.
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To think my MIL really is a bit odd?
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gail734 · 30/04/2013 15:20
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PanpiperAtTheGatesOfYawn ·
30/04/2013 22:26
Hintofbream Re disabled/'oldies' 
- we are all going to be old someday (hopefully). We are not all going to be disabled. Growing old is a fact of life, not an altered state, so it's not really an 'ism', is it?
I personally have absolutely no issues with older people having sex. I hope Gail's FIL and MIL are at it like rabbits. Gives me hope for the future. However I don't particularly want to imagine my ILs at it. Nor do most people, hence the mild hilarity here.
I do however find it odd when people get all ruffled-feathers over what has clearly turned into a rather silly light-hearted thread.
randomtask ·
30/04/2013 22:40
I hope I'm still excited to see DH when we've been married for so long, at the moment it tends to be me pointing out he's arrived and DS aged 2 and I running to the door to greet him!
As for having sex when we're retired, bloody hell yes-it'll be the first time we've had together without children or work so we'll have some catching up to do. 
mrsjay ·
02/05/2013 09:42
My aunt went on hormone replacement patches, and became very enamored with her gentleman friend whom she had been stepping out with for 10 years. She told me she didn't know what came over her, but she was suddenly crazy about him and was "necking" with this gentleman. Next thing you know, they were married.
bring on the HRT it might make me skip 
digerd ·
02/05/2013 17:16
At 48, I went onto the strongest contraceptive pill to stop a period for a stressy occasion.
Within 20 minutes, my body and mind rejuvenated more than 20 years and I was on a high, giggling at things, and had so much energy and never felt tired.
20 years ago now, and can't remember if it affected my libido.
I did go on HRT a few years later, and do remember the romantic and libido feelings did increase, but DH was ill 
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