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To ask about 56 year old men?

339 replies

Jumell · 05/12/2024 07:58

Just that really.

What kind of things do they like in general? Have they got good stamina ? I suppose it depends how they live their lives. Would love some feedback on things like -

kind of things they’d like to receive for birthdays /Xmas

music they like?

in case someone’s asking - I’ve got a little crush 🤣

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ApolloandDaphne · 07/12/2024 17:42

My DH is 61 and runs marathons so I imagine plenty of 56yo have similar stamina. He likes running stuff, books, red wine, whisky and chocolate!

PrizeT0mb0laTriymph · 07/12/2024 18:17

I asked someone

Depending on your budget
Remote controlled car
Mark 1 Escort Mexico
New BSA Goldstar

Stamina - Classic cars & bikes still fuction, might not be as fast as newer models, but they get you there in the end !

Music, prefer live

Do not under estimate

SnowballandSnowflake · 08/12/2024 09:43

The damned were punk not heavy metal.

chaosmaker · 09/12/2024 10:35

Jumell · 07/12/2024 16:40

ok Fair enough but things like Private Eye annuals are definitely geared for adults as is at least one Smash Hits annual I’ve read - the Smash Hits one is a classic 🙌

Private Eye annuals are geared towards people that are into politics.

Jumell · 09/12/2024 10:43

chaosmaker · 09/12/2024 10:35

Private Eye annuals are geared towards people that are into politics.

Agreed ! But it also satirises aspects of Popular Culture … they’ll no doubt have a field day about the Master Chef controversy !

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TorroFerney · 09/12/2024 11:30

Eskimal · 06/12/2024 18:54

Had is occurred to you that 56 year old men vary as much as 56 year old women? Why on earth would we know the answers to those questions if we’ve never met the guy.
i fear for your intelligence level that you can’t work out that asking the internet this question isn’t going to be fruitful.

Completely agree but the number of people who have answered her. It’s very odd all round.

ItGhoul · 10/12/2024 14:26

OP, in one of your other posts you say you were born in the early 1970s. Assuming that means you were born some time between 1970 and 1974, you are only been two and six years younger than this man. You are the same generation. You would have probably have been at school at the same time as him. Why are you acting as if he's much older than you? In adult terms you're basically the same age. Why would he have less stamina than you or be into different things?!

Jumell · 10/12/2024 14:37

ItGhoul · 10/12/2024 14:26

OP, in one of your other posts you say you were born in the early 1970s. Assuming that means you were born some time between 1970 and 1974, you are only been two and six years younger than this man. You are the same generation. You would have probably have been at school at the same time as him. Why are you acting as if he's much older than you? In adult terms you're basically the same age. Why would he have less stamina than you or be into different things?!

Not saying he’s much older … just wondered what he might appreciate. I’d honestly ask the same question about women like myself born in 1972 just to canvas opinion. I mean as a 52 year old I’d love -

the 2025 Private Annual
a 2025 calendar /diary

some really nice cheeses like M&S or something

any wine

chocs

any bath /soaps shower stuff

whaf i wouldnt like are trousers from the Damart catalogues 🤣😭

but I admit us 52 year olds are not the same !

I mean I’d hate book on indie /grunge music as it’s so not my genre!!!!!!!

yes I’m 1972 born so couldn’t be more GEN X if I tried !

We lived through 3 TV channels you know !!
🤣
sorry much as I love us Gen Xers I think we need to learn to laugh at ourselves perhaps in between insisting streetlights were our curfew and drinking out of garden hosepipes ..!!!

as for the stamina issue - I meant it lightheartedly! I mean he’s definitely got stamina in my fantasies !! 🤣😍

there’s stamina ….. and stamina 😍

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username299 · 10/12/2024 14:52

What's the obsession with annuals?

Jumell · 10/12/2024 14:57

username299 · 10/12/2024 14:52

What's the obsession with annuals?

Buy the Private Eye one and I guarantee you’ll be laughing all afternoon - an excellent publication 🙌

come on - we all love an annual … don’t we. ??!

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username299 · 10/12/2024 15:08

Jumell · 10/12/2024 14:57

Buy the Private Eye one and I guarantee you’ll be laughing all afternoon - an excellent publication 🙌

come on - we all love an annual … don’t we. ??!

No.

Jumell · 10/12/2024 15:18

username299 · 10/12/2024 15:08

No.

Fair enough

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chaosmaker · 11/12/2024 16:34

I prefer my Private Eye subscription - lasts much longer than the annual.

Jumell · 11/12/2024 16:34

chaosmaker · 11/12/2024 16:34

I prefer my Private Eye subscription - lasts much longer than the annual.

Good call / my fav magazine !!

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