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

849 replies

Hullygully · 21/10/2011 12:06

What is the point of them?

Really?

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lifechanger · 21/10/2011 17:26

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PinotScreechio · 21/10/2011 17:28

Bugsy I'm all about the love kittens, man even with your fitflop boot hating seeping out of you like vomit. Seriously, fitflop boots are sooo comfy and really, what price comfort eh? EH?

Bugsy2 · 21/10/2011 17:33

Pinot, its just a small round-toed step from fitflop boots to giant baby pink kidney warming knickers & run-resist american tan tights! I'm convinced you're making a coat with the kittens too!

SuePurblybiltFromBitsofCorpses · 21/10/2011 17:42

lifechanger Grin. Or middle aged in spirit anyway.
I love the poetry threads but they're always in Chat and pfft. We should ask for them to be moved to one of the book topics.

PinotScreechio · 21/10/2011 17:44

round toed step :o

vividgingerchilli · 21/10/2011 18:07

What age are you talking about? I am in my 40s so some would say I am middle aged (not that I feel it) but I have my uses; ask the 400 children that I have helped to educate over the past 10 years.

mutha2two · 21/10/2011 18:18

Know you younger lot have your tongues poking around in the fleshy parts of your mouths in a sneery schoolgirlish fashion but when you tread into old bint territory - as you all will - make sure you have spent time defining your purpose for the second half of your lives. God help the under 35s who are living in a lookist driven culture where the Louboutin is revered. You may all be crippled by then and need someone kind to push you around in your wheelchairs! The great thing about getting old is you learn to not care what others think of you! And that, children, is very liberating!

BellaDonnaSansMerci · 21/10/2011 18:27

light hearted thread

mutha2two · 21/10/2011 18:33

Well hell hath no irritation like a grumpy 40 something curmudgeon

TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 18:34

A lot of us are grumpy 40 something curmudgeons. I certainly am. [hgrin]

amicissima · 21/10/2011 18:40

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gordyslovesheep · 21/10/2011 18:44

are love kittens like love eggs - if so are they not a bit clawy?

marriedinwhite · 21/10/2011 18:46

Please could chiropody, Van Dal shoes, M&S's "the knicker" and the RHS be added to the list?

adamschic · 21/10/2011 18:47

We They exist for young men to lust after Grin.

Mandy2003 · 21/10/2011 18:49

And how old do you think I am, OP?? Careful how you answer...

SuePurblybiltFromBitsofCorpses · 21/10/2011 18:50

We did have the RHS married

Mandy - how on earth would she know? Am I missing something obvious?

marriedinwhite · 21/10/2011 18:50

That last post sounds awful now - I pass for 44 - honest!

teahouse · 21/10/2011 18:51

I am middle-aged and totally useless. My kids can catch a bus to get around and Dominos deliver, plus my students can learn through guided reading and I'm sure their degree could be assessed through multi-choice. Good for nothing me!

TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 18:51

They exist for young men to lust after.

Best response yet. Grin

FellatioNelson · 21/10/2011 18:51

I want to know if any of you have yet purchased any of those shoes that are beige, with a tiny punched hole pattern? or what about those pleated flowery skirts and dresses advertised using black and white sketches FFS, in the back of the Telegraph and Woman's Realm, that cost about £95 each and are made of polyester? Hmm? Anyone? I know you've looked...

TheVermiciousKnid · 21/10/2011 18:52

Some of us don't read the Telegraph and Woman's Weekly. Hmm Grin

SuePurblybiltFromBitsofCorpses · 21/10/2011 18:54

No. Some of us read Good Housekeeping and Country Living. Adverts for Dormer duvets and moleskin slacks there Grin

Mandy2003 · 21/10/2011 18:55

It was a trap, Sue set by someone she may genuinely believe is pointless!! If anyone reads my posts one day they might think one thing, next day another.

Basically, my definition of middle aged - best of both worlds!

Fellatio I thought those things were for old people...

kipperandtiger · 21/10/2011 18:55

Is Hullygully saying she is going to be pointless soon??

gordyslovesheep · 21/10/2011 18:55

and usually a free Edinburgh Woolen Mill catalogue or if you are really luck - Landsend Grin

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