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To think is odd to refer to a 32 year old as a young woman

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Hmm66 · 06/02/2026 19:25

Personally I do

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Gahr · 06/02/2026 23:07

Catladywithacat · 06/02/2026 23:05

Anyone under 40 is young

Anyone under 50 IMO.

Bellyblueboy · 06/02/2026 23:12

Firefly1987 · 06/02/2026 22:30

@Bellyblueboy What if she looks younger? I'd probably call a teen a young lad rather than a young man-I'd expect older than a teenager I think.

Also some of those ages fit into two categories.

I accept it is totally subjective. If a 35 year old woman looked like a teenager (rare but can happen) then yes she might be referred to as a young woman. If i was mugged by a woman in her thirties I think it would confuse the police if I described her as a young woman!

If I was told at work that a young woman was joining my team, I would expect a school leaver not a thirty odd year old woman. A thirty year old is just a woman - not young, not old, not Middle Aged.

i have never heard anyone refer to a theory year old man as a young lad, a young man etc. Just a bloke or a man.

Ballycastle · 06/02/2026 23:20

I'm 33 and one of my kids keeps calling me a dinosaur so by a 10 year olds aspect it's old but in general I don't think it is

JustGiveMeReason · 06/02/2026 23:31

i have never heard anyone refer to a theory year old man as a young lad, a young man etc. Just a bloke or a man.

I have, and also I would.

15February1960 · 06/02/2026 23:32

My daughter is 32 so is her wife.. they are young women.. what's odd about it?

Cushionseams · 06/02/2026 23:34

I think 32 is young now. But I thought it was ancient when I was 18

JHound · 07/02/2026 00:15

32 is a young woman.

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