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Things that over 50's aren't expected to do, have, think, or want?

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MissAdventure Fri 25-Aug-17 15:43:48

I just inspired myself in another thread, by thinking that some folk view ladies of a certain age as 'past it' and only interested in homely things..
Over 50s ladies shouldn't..
(Over to you, ladies)

MissAdventure Fri 25-Aug-17 15:45:40

Get drunk
Burp
Say the 'eff word

annsixty Fri 25-Aug-17 15:50:07

Wear short skirts
Visit cocktail bars in pairs
Ogle young men

MissAdventure Fri 25-Aug-17 15:54:47

(grin) Ann.
They shouldn't be:
Gagging for sex
Bisexual.
Terrible cooks

cornergran Fri 25-Aug-17 15:55:07

Be unavailable when the family want them
Have fun - of any kind
Do or wear anything they did or wore in their teenage years

Eglantine19 Fri 25-Aug-17 15:57:29

Sing using a hairbrush as a fake microphone
Dance the highland fling at weddings with young men
Strip off and plunge into the sea when finding themselves unexpectedly on a nudist beach
Post their last weeks adventures on Gransnet grin

MissAdventure Fri 25-Aug-17 15:58:50

They shouldn't want to:
Bang their children's heads together.
Tell their grandkids un P.C jokes.
Laugh at farts (specially their own)

MissAdventure Fri 25-Aug-17 16:01:06

They should never: wonder what the man next door is like in bed.
Smoke pot.
Tell fibs.

merlotgran Fri 25-Aug-17 16:01:41

Be outspoken on a forum that's supposed to be aimed at their age group but is becoming more like an old people's home every day.

Object or complain.

ninathenana Fri 25-Aug-17 16:04:46

Break the speed limit
Have road rage
Wear bumbags
Try to use their teen GC language

MissAdventure Fri 25-Aug-17 16:05:20

They shouldn't: say "sorry kids, having an afternoon of unbridled passion so don't come round".

ninathenana Fri 25-Aug-17 16:07:28

MissAdventure (tbe man next door)
grin
merlot grin

Lynnebo Fri 25-Aug-17 16:07:35

Eglantine19 - wow that was some week! Am well jel!! ?

MissAdventure Fri 25-Aug-17 16:09:54

Well, at least we can say things in this thread that everyone will know couldn't possibly be true.. or could they? whistling picture dont know how to post a real one.

Ilovecheese Fri 25-Aug-17 16:14:09

Have ambition

MissAdventure Fri 25-Aug-17 16:14:10

They should never, when their quiet evening is interrupted by texts from offspring with problems, send one back which says 'piss off'

Ana Fri 25-Aug-17 16:32:44

Actually, this is just the sort of thread that GNHQ would love to shove on FB and Twitter - must think of some really risqué activities that we're not supposed to get up to...

annsixty Fri 25-Aug-17 16:37:46

Ooh, belly dancing, now that would be a pretty sight!!
Being a ladette,likewise.
Old aunt dancing at weddings.
Embarrassing C and GC in any way.

MissAdventure Fri 25-Aug-17 16:40:49

They should always:
Have a clean hanky
Wear clean knickers (no thongs)
Wipe their sides down with antibacterial spray.

Ana Fri 25-Aug-17 16:46:01

Get drunk at weddings and sing bawdy songs.

Ana Fri 25-Aug-17 16:46:43

Go skinny-dipping in the local pond...

nanaK54 Fri 25-Aug-17 16:48:16

...........or get drunk at weddings and flirt with every man in sight

Norah Fri 25-Aug-17 16:48:34

Special holidays, fun sex, lovely food that is not cut bite size.

nanaK54 Fri 25-Aug-17 16:49:46

sunbathe topless

MissAdventure Fri 25-Aug-17 16:50:13

They should never:
Secretly think that their friends new granddaughter looks like shrek.