To ask about 56 year old men?

[Jumell]

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 🤣

how old are you, OP?

Ok troll. I'm out.

In case you are by any chance sincere men in their mid fifties were born in the late sixites to early seventies. The music of their youth is Indie guitar bands, Britpop, House music, reggae, old school hip hop. Not the fucking Tremeloes.

Also you don't stop liking new music whem you leave your twenties.

Lean handsome and virile 🙌

Excellent! In that case, the 56 year old men I know like beer, chocolate, cheese. Dress in shirts and chinos. Like pyjamas and a good pair of slippers and own two labradors.

But for goodness sake, don't get a 55 or 57 year old man anything connected to the above - they are soooo different!! 😂 😂

What's he like? Is he a nice one?

Would love a multi pack of blancmange (Princes brand, nothing but the best)

For me it would really have to be Pearce Duff. Still available, apparently, although I don't think any supermarkets sell it anymore.

A nice portion of braised liver & onions followed by raspberry blancmange. Yum.

But I'm 61, so a different generation.

I MUCH prefer Tremeloes to all of that !

What a load of bollox 🤣

Oooh yes !!

I presumed this was a joke, it made me laugh anyway.

Do all 30 year old men like the same thing? Is there an age when they suddenly do?

@Jumell you may do but does he? My late 70s dad would think your list was old fashioned and dull - he was all about the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan and protest singers liks Joan Baez

My mum, a similar age was really really into Jazz - Miles Davies, Ornette Coleman etc..

My DH is a nearly 56yo man. All his friends are 55-60. Every single one of them is different. If you have a crush, you must have an idea of ‘who’ he is and what he might like? IME though, men that age tend to have everything they like and the means to buy things as needed/wanted. Makes xmas/birthday shopping bloody annoying and frustrating actually…

😁

I am mid 50s. My male peers like playing the ukulele, cross country running, dogs, foreign language films, travel, craft beer.

Red wine
Family time with his DCs
Nice meals out
Holidays and weekends away
Cinema
Gym
Classic cars
DIY

OP, have you answered about how old you are?? This feels relevant, somehow....

My husband is soon 53...he has more stamina than I have

This list is accurate for all the Gen X 6 Music dads I know too, best one so far.

All 56 year old men are not the same, just like all 20 year old men are not the same. They don't all like the same music, clothing styles etc...
It's a rather silly thing ask.

My DH is in that age group. He likes going to gym but still likes beer so he is strong and he has stamina, but has a beer belly. Loves Rugby. Loves politics. Likes to ‘read up’ on things whether it’s the most economical kettle to buy, or something obscure like orchid growers in Kurdistan.

He is quite old fashioned and says things like ‘you don’t get good music any more’ which gives me the ick slightly.

As men get older they lose their testosterone so he gets very sentimental and soppy which also gives me the ick as my menopausal testosterone levels are coming to fore and I want to tell him to get a grip.

They love to loftily monologue and mansplain occasionally. (Also ick central).

He is very independent and does not rely on me for the domestics. He is perfectly capable of shopping, cooking, washing, ironing etc. we don’t even discuss it. I hate that that is even noteworthy but it is quite unusual in that age group of men I think.

He is also emotionally intelligent, mellow, caring, numerous, generous, capable, trustworthy. I’m not sure all men that age are!

The men he works with (of similar age) all seem quite conservative, compliant, gentle humour, caring, various stereotypical hobbies (golf, cycling, fine dining, travel etc)

Good luck!

When I go out to concerts to bands that attract that age group, the majority look like Homer Simpson, zero stamina, like drinking, think they still look 18, and wonder why their wives no longer want to have sex with them.

My 54 year old likes music from late 60s to now. Listens to 6 music and goes to loads of gigs and festivals. Loves old cars and road trips. Likes most alcoholic drinks. Has lots of minor health issues including arthritis but this doesn’t seem to bother him in the bedroom. Is a hard working devoted family man. Not someone who would catch the eye of a younger woman I don’t think. I’ve had him for over 30 years so I don’t think he’s bothered about trading me in.

OP your list of bands is what my late father would have listened to, and why would someone like a car from the year of their birth unless really in to classic cars. More likely to love music and cars from their youth surely?

I’m sure this is a joke, and it’s a good one, but this is how care homes still think old people want Vera Lynn instead of The Supremes. 85 year olds only retired in 2004! Your 56 year old was in his 20s in the 90s. He likes Portishead.

As a 58 year old woman I can tell you I know a lot of men my age who were ravers back in the day and still into house music and raving now (all be it day raves mostly)

My 59 year old ex DH loves The Jam, The Who and a lot of 80’s nostalgia

My 55 year old work colleague is an ex punk who loves the Pistols, Damned etc

So even musically it’s a wide spread before you even start on hobbies etc

Assuming

1. this is real and
2. he was born in 1968. https://www.vintagewineandport.co.uk/products/Sandeman-1968-Vintage-Port-2 I'd like it (even though '68 wasn't a great year for port 🤣)

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