Are you in your 40's and look younger ?

[maltesers]

are you a trendy mum who looks younger. i am 46 but people think i am bout 39. i am a fitness instructor so have managed to keep slim. have three kids, two teenagers and a ds of four. have a real problem telling people my age especially as my dp is only 37 in March. are you in the same situation ? ?

Don't know how old people think I look (have never asked them) but I am 40 and don't think I look it. It helps that my children are only aged 8, 7, 4, and nearly 2.

Oh and my dh is younger than me but not by your 9 years!

I'm not in my forties yet (38) but do have a dp 10 years younger than me. But since I don't care what anyone thinks about it I don't worry about telling anyone my age. Although people don't seem to ask.

I'm 46 and dh is 38. I have 2 small children (5 and 3) so people tend to assume that I'm much younger than I am - I do of course look youthful or would never have hooked my younger man

and I really enjoy telling people (whilst holding ds2's little hand) no I don't think I'll go back to work when he goes to school - I get my pension in 4 years.

I'm 42 & dh is 55. Next to him, I'll always look young . I'm certainly not trendy, nor that slim or fit (grudgingly admit that I'm working on it, tho) & can hardly be fussed to put make-up on. Less is more & all that. Our babies are 4.5 yrs. & 18 months so I look pretty haggard most of the time, too.

i was really flattered when my 16 yr old ds' male friends said they thought i was 'hot'.i laughed but my son was embarrassed bout it. gave me an ego boost. god i need it as dp rarely wants sex.

Apparently so.

WWW thinks so anyway don't you?

Actually most of the Mature Mumsnetters I've met look pretty darned gorgeous.

If anyone told me that, I'd slap them, cheeky bu**ers!

MI, you do indeed look younger than your tender years. No, you do. It must be all that clean living in your twenties or maybe a lot of fun is good for one? You haven't been a smoker have you? I think it makes a huge difference when I look at friends who have/do smoke compared to those who never have/don't.

cor, what teacher told you that beetroot. in fact his friends said i was a m.i.l.f. too. OMG !

who were you talking to wickedwater ? and no i dont smoke. have had my dose of real stress though with men, sick kids and awful mother. so its a miracle i look younger.

I don't look that scary without makeup. Otherwise I wouldn't set foot out the door barefaced. (Bareassed is another thing entirely!)

wordsworth and sansouci you make me LOL,LOL

the thing is i do look scary without make up. sometimes my 14 yr od dd looks at me in the a.m and pulls a horrid face. my 16 yr old ds is too nice now to comment. havnt lol so much for ages as today on this mad mums net. (smile)

Whe I don't wear make up I apparently look 'tired'!

ha ha sobernow! maltesers, my post was to MI (Motherinferior) in response to hers asking me if I thought she looked younger than she is. Which I do!

And here's to you, Mrs Robinson.

I am and I used to but, urgh, some mirrors in the house definitley need repositioning. Never look at yourself in the mirror next to your darling dewy skinned daughter. Boyfriend is 7 years younger though so can't look too bad

Tinker you know you only look about 29! And so does beety. I'm not standing next to either of you ever again!