Am I just too old to be on Mumsnet?

[apismalifica]

Hi all!
Just curious..... My kids are 15 and 19 but I had them in my 40s. I feel too old for mumsnet but not old enough for U3A. Are there any other older Mums around? I know I'll always be a Mum but I do feel a bit of a fraud on here as I'm old enough to retire and get my works pension lol What do other people do when they hit 60?

You are absolutely not too old for Mumsnet, why do you feel too old?

My youngest is 21 & I'm 63, & I know there are older posters here than me

You don't have to be a mum at all to post here - or a woman come to that

I do feel a bit over the hill here sometimes but I think it helps keep me in touch with zeitgeisty stuff

My PFB is mid 30's & I am rapidly approaching 60 & have never felt too old for MN .

56 here and my youngest is 16.
I just avoid the baby threads

The secret is to hide all the topics that have nothing to do with you IYKWIM. I have over half of MN hidden. All the baby stuff right up to Secondary Education.

So then you get stuff in Active that's more relevant, and often fun which you can be any age to appreciate.

I'm 53...youngest 16y...eldest 31y..(4 children)...and a Nanny! :) x

56. Really enjoy advising younger folk not to make all the mistakes I did. Pointless of course, but strangely satisfying.

There is a gransnet... but you may not feel you're quite ready for that yet!

No you are not to old. I"m 57 and my DDs are 27,24 and 22.

Aww. I'm 47 with a 15 and 18YO and sometimes notice a difference in 'style' between posters commenting on stuff like texting and wedding invitiations - they're probably twenty years younger than me.

Come to think of it, most of my friends who have similarly aged DC are in their fifties but it never occurs to me that they're slightly older than me.

I'm grateful for the older mumsnetters. what do those younguns' know anyway?

I have a lot hidden. I seem to have forgotten to hide baby names because I can't resist pitching in when someone suggests, in wide eyed hormonal madness, to call the baby Birmingham or something equally appealing.

Thank you all! I will now hide some of the board, such a good idea! It's not that I personally feel too old, just the emphasis on younger children made me wonder if there really was a place for me here... and it seems there is after all
hello

You will notice the difference straight away apis, Active is so much more interesting without all the irrelevant- to- you stuff.

And look for the fun stuff.

56 here, my DS is 21 and left home, I shall be here for years

21 and LEFT HOME Light??? OMG I was led to believe they lived with you forever these days. There is hope!

Another OAP here too. OAP??? when did that happen ???

Gransnet is too old, staid, and boring for me. And there's not much going on there either.

59, just stay shtum if I notice a bit of a cultural (age) divide! One offspring still at home and not yet a gran!

Nope, you're not too old at all. I'm 46, all four kids (youngest 19) have all left home. It's bloody bliss!

Can you actually hide entire topics?

You can

I hide AIBU, Style & Beauty, & all new baby/very young child things (but I did it on PC, I'm on phone currently & can't remember where you do it - Customise? My Mumsnet? )

Go to desktop site, Customise & scroll down to Ignore Topics in Active Conversations