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42 is fucking old isn't it?

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StillSmallVoiceOfCalm · 20/08/2016 21:30

Wrinkled. Old. Saggy.

Fucking hell.

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StillSmallVoiceOfCalm · 20/08/2016 21:35

Pencils. That is good. A bit b

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SukeyTakeItOffAgain · 20/08/2016 21:35

No. Don't be ridiculous. You are oldER than a 20 year old but not old.

mrsclooneytoyou · 20/08/2016 21:35

42 here and don't feel old.
I had my o god I'm old moment at 30

NeedACleverNN · 20/08/2016 21:35

Sorry jenny Blush

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StillSmallVoiceOfCalm · 20/08/2016 21:35

Norks. That is even better. Hurrah!

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StillSmallVoiceOfCalm · 20/08/2016 21:36

Pencils??? Penfold.

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ShatnersBassoon · 20/08/2016 21:36

It's quite old. It's not young anyway.

legotits · 20/08/2016 21:36

Fuck that.

I'm finally growing into myself.

Degustibusnonestdisputandem · 20/08/2016 21:36

I'm almost 38 and I'll be fucked if 43 is old. It. Just. Isn't. So there.

KentMum2008 · 20/08/2016 21:36

DP is 42. I'm 30. I think he's at a great age, still young and fit enough to run around after DC's (9&7), but wiser and more grounded than a lot of men my age. The novelty of people commenting on his 'young missus' still hasn't worn off!
My sister is 43 and, again, still looks young, is healthy and happy. 40-something sounds old, but it's really not!

Degustibusnonestdisputandem · 20/08/2016 21:37

I'm almost 38 and I'll be fucked if 43 is old. It. Just. Isn't. So there. Grin

Glittermud · 20/08/2016 21:38

I was 42 earlier this year and my DH have me a digital watch wrapped in a towel along with an eraser shaped like a fish. It took me a while before I finally got it. For a bit there I thought he must have had a stroke while he was shopping.

Degustibusnonestdisputandem · 20/08/2016 21:39

So adamant, evidentially I said it twice! Grin

GreatPointIAgreeWithYouTotally · 20/08/2016 21:39

42 is young. I'm older than that and feel 25 on a bad day.

EmpressOfTheSevenOceans · 20/08/2016 21:39

Glittermud 😀

My presents included a dressing gown & a giant towel.

BitOutOfPractice · 20/08/2016 21:40

Is it heck as like. I'm 49 and smokin' hot and delusional

TheDowagerCuntess · 20/08/2016 21:40

DH and I are 42. I think it's hilarious to refer to us as middle aged! He doesn't.

Arcadia · 20/08/2016 21:42

glittermud don't get it, explain?

Heidi42 · 20/08/2016 21:42

Fuck off you are still a babe in arms

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StillSmallVoiceOfCalm · 20/08/2016 21:43

I swear if I don't get a towel I'm going to be very very upset.

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Heidi42 · 20/08/2016 21:45

You will know when you are old when you start to like the things your parents buy

SusanAndBinkyRideForth · 20/08/2016 21:45

Arcadia - hitchhiker's guide to the galaxy - 42 is the answer to life the universe and everything Grin

kaitlinktm · 20/08/2016 21:46

I'm 61 and look like Methuselah - but because I'm old I don't give a shit! Grin

I went to work in my slippers once Blush

StealthPolarBear · 20/08/2016 21:46

Yes you're old.
I'm 37
Give it 5 years and you'll be normal
10 years and you'll be a whipper snappr

SusanAndBinkyRideForth · 20/08/2016 21:46

And you need your towel, and a babelfish