Forget middle class - when are you middle AGED?

[harrisey]

My dh has just referred to us as 'middle aged' (well in fact I was reading the 'relationships' bit and he said he was amazed at how much a bunch of middle aged women talked about sex!
I say I am 'only' 35 and not middle aged at all. He says having a mortgage, 3 children and a professsional career makes you middle aged, so at 35 and 36 we are a middle aged couple.
Help! Sort this one out! I am not middle aged!

my dh said he knew he must be middle aged when he saw 2 young teenagers wearing next-to-nothing - and his first thought was ''do their dads know they're out dressed like that!'' rather than ''phoooarr''

Going by Moondog's definition - and the attacks of head-shaking and disapproval I get when I see how my students dress and behave - I'm middle-aged too. I'm 29.

Well that explains it then - h is definitely middle aged and I am not!

Arggh! I guess 45 is considered the crossing-over point. That gives me 2 years. Although I'd rather not think about it. I feel worse about the grey hairs that I've noticed since last year. 3 on one temple, one on the other, 2 on top of head. I pulled them out at first but realise this is not going to work long-term.

Well, yesterday I bought Good Housekeeping AND Woman & Home and enjoyed them so that's it for me, I am officially Middle Aged.

elasticated jeans

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Interesting thoughts! Have resigned myself to definitely being middleaged, then, given the useful definitions suggested here

The 'young looking policemen' used to be the comment that indicate advancing years - but when I caught myself thinking that the A&E Consultant examining ds1 looked very youthful, well, I gulped. Also the classic comment that 'older people' would make - 'hasn't she grown......' arghhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!

Did some maths the other day which revealed that in mid October, I will have been married for half my life. Time flies.