To think 30 is middle

[Middleaged77]

And the denial within society isn’t helpful

42 is the answer. To everything.

Are you the poster that started a thread saying her DD was with a middle aged man yesterday 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Lo and behold I tap on the title and it says he’s 30 and she’s 22 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 I nearly fell off the toilet as a 32 YO

You know your family aren’t the only family in the world though, right?

I feel washed up at 37 tbh.

Careful, you'll need aids and carers soon 😊

"In Paris. It was terrific. He was definitely older than middle aged."

That does sound so much like the plot of the 1972 film 'Last Tango in Paris' with Marlon Brando (then aged 48) and a young actress by the name of Maria Schneider.

Although I do sincerely hope that your relationship ended a lot better than the film relationship did!!

Ok I’ll bite. No I don’t think 30 is Middle Aged BUT your cells do start dying faster than they reproduce at this age so things do start going downhill from this age, albeit not drastically.

LOL LOL LOL!!! LOL! 30 is middle aged?! 😂 I've heard it all now!

I think you need to start getting your family involved with medical professionals if the average age of death in your family is around 60. Average age in mine is 84. So 42 is middle aged in my case. IMO though, 45-46 is middle aged.

Also, there's nothing wrong with a 23 year old dating a 30 year old.

Why are you so obsessed with trying to convince people that 30 is middle aged? It's clearly not! 😂

Society is not in denial about 30 being middle aged, because it's not!

Even so, is society in denial actually? No-one ever says this, that 30 is middle aged, so no-one has been denying it!

I'm in my early 50s, and certainly do NOT feel washed up.

Maybe you should see your GP if you feel this way at such a young age as 37.

are you the one who was weirdly posting about your grown adult daughter having a relationship with another adult in his twenties the other day ? Seriously . Get a life

My Uncle died at 23.

IMO Middle-aged starts when you notice your first static line (if you are au naturale), first random hair sticking out of a usually barren area, first persistent grey area in the hair roots... and when you start questioning all your life choices... and the meaning of life...

@Ucantfixstupid I got my first grey hair at 22. I’m 40 and have no lines….

This thread just proves that middle aged is a pointless concept 😂

Not a very nice way to talk to someone you don’t even know

That's what you are doing though. Being rude about people you don't know.

If you carry on with this, OP, I imagine you will lose your daughter, if you haven’t already. And maybe stop posting about her all over the internet.

OMG my children are nearly middle aged and haven't left home yet! The only thing 30 is the middle of is a tape measure

The only thing 30 is the middle of is a tape measure.

LOL! Good point!

Personally, I don't think this and the other practically identical thread have any basis of truth. This is just someone very bored/whatever the issue or need is to make these banal threads...who knows? But I for one think we should feed the need no more 👍

@LilyBunch25 Agreed!

Maybe, maybe not. Who really cares? There’s too much of this putting of people into boxes.

That said, I’ve always view middle aged as being early 40s to 70.

No, middle aged is 50’s

My great grandfather died when he was 44, so by your amazing logic he was middle aged when he was 22.

Well you must come from a very unhealthy family - mid to late 80s is more usual in my family.

To answer your question, no 30 is not middle aged and no matter how many times you say it, it doesn't make it true.

Just to give you a shock, I was 30 when I married my partner, and he was 21😛

I've replied with links to evidence for why your statement that 30 is middle aged is wrong which you appear to have ignored as you continue to double down.

In my family, the majority of my granparents and greatgrandparents have died in their 90s. But I would never conflate that with national or societal norms. So let's look at the stats for the UK for life expectancy from the highest to the lowest: 81 (men) or 85 (women) in London and 78 (men) or 82 (women) in the North East.

Mortality profile: statistical commentary May 2026 - GOV.UK

But as stated in my previous ignored posts, middle-aged doesn't mean the exact age your at when your equidistant from your birth and your death. My best mate died in her 30s, that doesn't mean she was middle-aged when we were teenagers.

It's just the period of life between childhood & young adulthood and older-age. This massively varies depending on culture and individual experience. One of my friends identifies as middle-aged but she lives like a granny, she'd never wear the same clothes I do or go to some of the events and holidays I enjoy. That's nothing to do with her age or the age of our children but our own personal life choices.

For the record: you are wrong. You're not open to learning from people explaining why your thinking is flawed. I believe that you're probably a rage baiting attention seeker at this point.

Also: your daughter is 22, she's not a baby. Perhaps she's looking for a more mature (BUT NOT MIDDLE-AGED!) partner because she can't rely on her parent to be mature to recognise when she's got something wrong.

p.s. you're wrong