Aibu to be THAT old person (lighthearted).

[recklessruby]

So I have just had my 51st birthday and celebrated it with adult dc and a selection of friends from all age groups.
I had coffee and cake with my peers then a night out with jaegerbombs and adult dc etc as old school friends declined that.
I have dip dyed pink hair and usually wear jeans/leggings/boots etc in black or one item a vibrant colour (pink that night).
Bff laughing about our differences and says I will be THAT old lady one day. I 've decided that's cool. I will just be me but older.
So would you agree that a lot of middle aged and older women feel that it's got to be everything beige and your hair too?
Aibu to fully intend to drink shots and dance and wear purple on my 80th birthday ?

Being beige has nothing to do with age, but attitude. I worked with a beige once-she was 23 and fuck was she booooring and judgemental! My granny was way more fun at 90!

Do young women really wear twin sets and tweed skirts?

Cool at any age!

Q

I am older than you and do are most of my friends. Everyone wears jeans/jeggings/leggings and boots. Some even wear the DMs they were wearing 25 plus years ago. Not me as I prefer rocket dog so I don’t think That what you describe as your choice of clothing is in anyway unusual for someone 50 plus.
The dip dye thing is not something I particularly like and often don’t even bother to do my grey roots as I personally think there is nothing wrong with grey hair but if it floats your boat crack on and I have seen a lot more “ out there” hair styles on middle aged women than a bit of pink dye.

My mum is 72. She dresses really nice, not beige, but not trying hard to be cool.

She comes out with us for boozy days and nights.

Goes camping at music festivals, always jetting off somewhere or other. She looks bloody great and loves life to the full.

Her friends are the same, so I don't know of these 'old ladies' you speak of.

stevie69 Love the look.
I am the same OP, I will wear beige with a big bright dash of colour, won't be clubbing even the thought of it makes me feel 90.
My mum's friend is 70, she always wears big bright chunky necklaces to match a colour in her top, or has a dash in her hair she always looks fab.

I can't think of one 50+ woman of my acquaintance that dresses in beige. Most of them seem to dress in a wacky or artsy way. The lagenlook is still very popular here.

My mum is about to turn 60, has a bright pink pixie hair cut. She may have to have her eye removed and is talking about have differnet coloured eyes! Go for it!

@stevie69

Wow!!!!! Looks amazing.....

From this thread I have deduced that those wearing beige are the ones standing out from the crowd.

I don’t think you can just dismiss people who “wear beige” as in any way boring though. Clothing / hair styles are superficial. It’s how you live your life that matters. Some of the most fascinating people I know wear pretty boring clothes / hairstyles because they just don’t give that side of life much thought.

Yes ... One or two of my most brilliant friends and colleagues are quite fantastically bad at getting dressed. But they have stellar careers, perfect households and are loved and admired everywhere.

(I always look fabulous. Failing at most of the other stuff though ...)

My mum is 60 and dresses quite “boringly” but is still breaking barriers at work and spends her holidays shooting down black runs or sailing across oceans or travelling all over the world. She just doesn’t give much thought to her clothes or think they “define” her in any meaningful way. Her act of rebellion is to be racing ahead in a career her dad told her women couldn’t do, at an age most people are winding down to retirement.

That said, I secretly want a hidden layer of pink or rainbow hair, and might treat myself to it once I have some spare cash. But I am not under any illusions that that will make me any more interesting (or less boring ) than I am right now.

I'm beige now and I'm 34!! But everyone's different and I'm actually quite jealous of you!