To think that middle aged women are really a bit pointless?

[Hullygully]

What is the point of them?

Really?

What the chuff is a Nissan Note?

Anyone listening to The Archers right now? Who the heck is Aunt Chrissy? She's carp well crap even

My additionss to the list would be:

Hand bag sized first aid kits 'just in case'
Fold up shopping bags to caryr in your handbag
Hand bag sized hand gel
Garden centre tea rooms

Can I add leather trousers please. Not battered sexy as hell biker trousers slung halfway down the hips of a slinky 20 year old goddess, I mean the all too neat and tidy, ever so slightly high waisted bootcut variety only middle aged women seem to wear.

ps I'm middle aged, so I'll get me coat :o

I'm sure this is supposed to be funny, but you've just finished me off.

You missed out:
Collecting plastic tubs, yoghurt pots and empty jars.
Forgetting what we'd come in for.
Moist toilet tissue.
Chin bristles.
Eating the leftovers.

I like middle aged women. They're like the sane ones in the room full of mad pink elephants that is society. So often if I have been in a group of people, it is the middle aged women who are the most interesting. So there.

Oh, yes, strawberry. The very best thing about it is taking no crap & not caring what "everybody" thinks :)

I am enjoying it.
Apart from the chin bristles and the leaky bladder.

You are all so missing the important point of middle aged women.

As every fule knows when women reach middle age we become invisible, which means we don't take up any room,which leaves all you young uns free to fornicate and reproduce without overcrowding the planet any more.

Im not being funny but who els would wear "mid heels" not flats but also not 6 inches. I have moved effortlessly into those at the same time as into my 40's,cant walk in high heels anymore but not quite ready for the ballerina punp

Good point! Plainly, it doesn't matter that I stand vacantly in the niddle of shops, wondering what I'd come in for and leaking a little in the knicker area, because nobody can see me!

Hmm, I might take up shoplifting.

i live in wedges - i cant do high heels they make my eldrly hips hurt

the main point of us 40+'s is we don't give a fuck if anyone see's the point in us - we are too busy enjoying life without the angst filled self doubt of the teen - 30 brigade - it's great

nissan note

very easy to get in and out of, easy on the old knees

Surely one of the most vital functions of middle aged women is keeping middle aged men in check.

Without us they are convinced that orange converse are perfect for a balding fifty year old.

Thank you Sancerre

Yes to wedges,i pretend its cos im still so funky i like to get pissed and have a boogie but its really the comfort-oh the comfort.
I have become more chunky of thigh too so need the heel height to leg lengthen-another point of the middle aged is to stick up for younger people on buses when the elderly kick their pushchairs and blaspheme at them

I see it as my job as a middle aged woman

to laugh at young men with their trousers round their arses
to call young, harrassed women behind the counter at River Island, 'sweetheart'
to tell people my age and then stare at them hard until they say 'NO! you dont look it'
to practice my street talk in order to embarress my children
to not give a big fat flying fuck what people think about me

with all that to do I bearly get time to sit down and watch Downton.

added bonus garlicZombie if you get caught shoplifting you can blame it on the 'change' [hring]

oh these modern computers confuse me [hgrin] THAT is my inner crone ffs!

I cannot believe that no one has added

Strictly Come Dancing
Daniel O'Donnel
Westlife
Being concerned about it being The Done Thing
Swapping winter and summer wardrobe (although that might be a UK thing)

Yes and to dye my hair purple to try and look younger,oh yes and to get a tattoo

Where is the List Manager? Is she having a lie down? I thought it was Margery's turn for a tea break.

I am hiding but watching in dismay as people on this thread keep flouting the all important list rules.

it's anarchy.

[hgrin] gordy [hgrin]

Yes, have been considering deep pink hair meself. Not sure whether it would resolve the invisibility question, though ... or if I want it resolved

It is simpy shocking, Hully, isn't it. And saddening. :( These people simply don't appreciate proper lists.