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To think 30 is middle

192 replies

Middleaged77 · 14/07/2026 14:50

And the denial within society isn’t helpful

OP posts:
Error404FucksNotFound · 14/07/2026 18:00

LeticiaMorales · 14/07/2026 16:52

Yes. She's done more than one thread on this supposed age gap relationship.

Seriously? that is what the op's on about?

At 24 I married my then 33 year old husband. At 25 I had a child. At 26 I had another one. Been married nearly 30 years now.

Its no age gap at all. The op is bonkers.

icingonmycupcake · 14/07/2026 18:08

Your fixation is concerning.

You've been told that 30 is most definitely not middle aged. Yet here you are again.

What is wrong with you? Seriously?

LooksLikeIPickedTheWrongWeekToQuitDrinking · 14/07/2026 18:09

Middleaged77 · 14/07/2026 14:50

And the denial within society isn’t helpful

Helpful to what? To whom? How? WHY?

30 clearly isn’t middle aged in anyone’s opinion other than yours.

BMW58 · 14/07/2026 18:09

I've reported OP to MNHQ as I very much doubt she's posting in good faith.

VoteForCountBinface · 14/07/2026 18:10

@Middleaged77 , middle-aged means the age when people have passed the having babies age but not yet retired. As a rough guide - between 45 and 70 yrs of age.

It does not mean 30 years old or half the way through the average lifetime.

MxCactus · 14/07/2026 18:17

My relatives all live 100+ so I would say 50 is probs middle aged for me.

For the average person it'll be about 40

Middleaged77 · 14/07/2026 18:17

BMW58 · 14/07/2026 18:09

I've reported OP to MNHQ as I very much doubt she's posting in good faith.

I am actually it’s my genuine views which I’m entitled to people in my family do die in their 60’s normally

OP posts:
Anarchy99 · 14/07/2026 18:19

Don’t encourage the OP, she’s just looking for attention. This isn’t the first goady shit she posted.

sausageth · 14/07/2026 18:26

There's no way I'm middle aged at 37.

AWeeCupOfTeaAndAnIndividualFruitTrifle · 14/07/2026 18:27

Cliff Richard is one of the Young Ones and he's 85... so you can't argue with facts. I presume his grandparents would now be classed as middle-aged, if they were still with us.

Gussiethetrex · 14/07/2026 18:29

Nurse!

moltopianissimo · 14/07/2026 18:31

Well it's high for BMI but low for IQ...

VoteForCountBinface · 14/07/2026 18:39

Look up 'middle-aged' , @Middleaged77 . Middle age - Wikipedia

LilyBunch25 · 14/07/2026 18:42

Middleaged77 · 14/07/2026 18:17

I am actually it’s my genuine views which I’m entitled to people in my family do die in their 60’s normally

Yes...let's hope BMW58's report is successful though.

Dillydollydingdong · 14/07/2026 19:10

Leticiamorales and Error404Fucksnotfound

Thanks for the giggle. I'm 74. Age really is just a number, isn't it?

ChocolateSqueezyyogurts · 14/07/2026 19:11

peaceatnight · 14/07/2026 17:16

How many people do you know who live to 110!?!

Average life span for women is 81, I think, slightly lower for men. So 40 is middle aged.

Thats why I said its half of your adult age, so from the age of 18-80 its somewhere in the middle of that

Cantthinkofanewusernameffs · 14/07/2026 19:26

Middleaged77 · 14/07/2026 18:17

I am actually it’s my genuine views which I’m entitled to people in my family do die in their 60’s normally

But do they die from old age?

ChocolateSqueezyyogurts · 14/07/2026 19:29

Cantthinkofanewusernameffs · 14/07/2026 19:26

But do they die from old age?

What OP didnt mention is she comes from a family of woodbine smoking coal miners

Lobsterteapot · 14/07/2026 19:34

She certainly comes from a family of narrow mindedness

wojono · 14/07/2026 19:36

Not you again.

LaurieFairyCake · 14/07/2026 19:39

45 plus is middle aged

30 is ridiculously young to be ‘middle aged’

dh280125 · 14/07/2026 19:40

There is a proper demographic definition of middle age in the UK and it is the period between 40-64.

BunnyLake · 14/07/2026 19:45

Middle age doesn’t mean you double it to see an average life span. It’s an age range where you’re older but not elderly. Google puts it at around 40 to 65.

OP why are you so obsessed and fixated on middle age being 30. It’s really very odd.

dancingdeidre · 14/07/2026 19:46

Middleaged77 · 14/07/2026 18:17

I am actually it’s my genuine views which I’m entitled to people in my family do die in their 60’s normally

Then why not join in the discussion? What is the point of just stating a view and then going away?

BunnyLake · 14/07/2026 19:48

Middleaged77 · 14/07/2026 18:17

I am actually it’s my genuine views which I’m entitled to people in my family do die in their 60’s normally

This might surprise you OP but the term middle aged wasn’t invented with your specific family in mind.

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