Do you still feel young

i think the youth of today do not judge people so much on how they look.
this is an improvement, i think.
generally, there seems to be more respect for differences, and not drawing conclusions or making assumptions about individuals.

I’m with you on this Tiley. I am your age. I have my hair done regularly and always make an effort when going out. I intend to carry on as long as I can. You never know what’s round the corner health wise.

yes I do...I'm almost 80...like to have my hair looking nice and buy clothes I like for someone my age....but not old granny stuff...I still feel young inside..untill I try to get out of a chair...

Do you still feel young

No. I feel younger than I am but I don't feel young!

The things chatted about above are not about how we feel - they seem to be about how we look

X post pably15 (apologies) I see you talk about how you feel.

Still very young at heart

I am on the wrong side of 70 - I don’t feel young. I don’t wear fancy or fashionable (btw ,what’s in fashion now ) clothes. However, I had a super compliment from my 9 year old gs recently. Nan, you and Aunty N (my daughter) look like sisters. My daughter won’t be too pleased 😂- no, she’ll be fine. She’s a very attractive 54 year old and loves her little nephew.

Love fashion, always have. Cannot see me ever opting for old folks style (whatever that is in 21st century UK)

Definitely young at heart (mid sixties) go away with DD and DiL’s to Spa’s, recently had a weekend in London with one DiL which included going to a pop concert.

My girls definitely help to keep me young, along with regular hairdresser appointments, manicures, pedicures and facials. I also go the gym at least three times a week (have been doing this since I turned 40)

After all age is just a number…

' not old granny stuff' .
discuss the implications of that statement.

Yes- I'm still 12 whenever I speak to my friend who was also 12 when we met, which is most days.

Im late sixties I wouldn’t say I feel young. I feel younger than I am though. Always have loved to wear what I consider classic clothes certainly not old fashioned. Have my hair cut and blow dried every 4 weeks, brows threaded. Wear make up but not a lot of it as don’t like to see older ladies with thick makeup on always wear jewellery .

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' not old granny stuff' .
discuss the implications of that statement.

Old granny stuff to me is
Big clunky shoes
Badly fitting elasticated trousers and skirts.
Sorry if I have offended anyone

Clothes apart (I’m with GG13 here - my girls give advice!) sadly I don’t feel young anymore. I used to until a heartbreaking diagnosis within our family and to be honest it’s hit home, hard. How whether we like it or look it we ARE aging. It’s so sad. I used to be so carefree only 18 months ago. My lifestyle choices were perfect. I thoroughly enjoyed that life I had. My perception of aging has changed now, irrevocably.

I am 78 and these days dont give a toss about fashion. In the 60's when I married I was very up to date with the traditional white wedding dress etc but my going away outfit was very up to date as it was a lovely golden cord jacket with hot pants and long boots. With my Mary Quant hair style very up to date! I had copper hair and it all looked very good.But even then I only took what appealed to me , not a sheep following fashion for its own sake. These days my hair is white,and I do get it well cut, which is all that matters to me. I couldnt be bothered sitting there getting a perm or faffing about, let alone find the price for fancy hair do's. So my hair is clean , easy to deal with and that is fine. When you say men and women let themselves go, I would expect that many people could not afford to be fashionable, and keeping up with the bills ,and eating properly is far more important than buying clothes that you can ill afford and would probably go out of fashion. For myself I say I have champagne taste and beer money, so have always liked silk, cashmere and pure cotton, and have a very sensitive skin so can not wear scratchy wool and hate manmade stuff. So I have clothes bought in sales more than 10 years ago, and other finds from charity shops, which so long as I can wash and are in good order I am happy to wear. I tend to go for classical stuff like my wonderful blue silk shirtwaister, which has been worn over black velvet trousers to sing in or go out in, and put with light blue cotton trousers looks great to go out in the day with. So , for myself , so long as I am clean and happy in my outfit, II think once you are dressed you can ignore clothes and concentrate on the people or what you are doing. Of course I am also very green too, reusing things so not contributing to the great pile of waste that gets thrown out. If following fashion is your thing good for you, but dont assume that older people always have the choice to do so.

I too have bought some really good stuff from charity shops and Vinted is good. So you don't have to spend an arm and a leg on clothes.

There’s young inside and there’s young outside.
Part of me is still waiting to grow up and I am frequently astonished when my DDs (all in their 40’s) achieve what I consider “grown up things”
I also feel older than I did even a couple of years ago- my “outside” letting me down physically. The recent death of contemporaries has also been an unwelcome reminder of the grim reaper.
My hair is white and has been for the last 10 years, that doesn’t bother me, but I am conscious of trying to avoid the “granny in the corner” look.
Who am I kidding?

Not spaghetti...no apologies necessary..

I'm 74, have a recently repaired (was broken) left arm, have trigger finger affecting my right hand, dodgy right knee from years of tap and badminton, which makes life a bit of a stretch. Husband in care so I have to do everything myself and getting help from outside is iffy... builders who promise to come back and never do, quite depressing but I have some wonderful friends (a lot since I was 16) so I still feel young at heart with their love and support even though I limp a bit!!!

As I'm 94 soon I consider 72 to be young! I like nice clothes; I enjoy using the Internet; I like meals out; I like my own company; I watch Netflix and Prime; I read and I write. I also cook my own meals on my two Mini Airfryers. Some days I feel better than on others so I take it easy. I also remember that "" is a privilege.

My brain still thinks I'm in my 20s, my body tells my brain I'm in my 90s, I'm actually just about to turn 60.
I still dress smart (with advice from my daughters) and try and keep up with with fashion and my grandchildren !

Wish Gransnet Forum posts had an editing facility so that I could add "old age" missed out in the above post!!

People dress as they get older the same way they dressed when they were younger.

People who were young, smart and fashionable in their youth remain so in old age.

Those who never seemed to worry how they looked or possibly just did not know how to put clothes together at 30 will still be dressing like that at 90.

It has nothing to do with age, just whta your attitude to clothes has been all your life.

If you’re asking about feeling ‘young’, I don’t feel as I did ten or twenty years ago (I’m approaching 70 now). I have less energy and I enjoy different things in life….and would probably struggle to hold down a full time job. That said, I’m told I look younger than I am although I don’t aspire to wear clothes for much younger people especially and I am grateful to have no pressing health issues and take no medication. I think if we live fulfilling lives and take time to care for ourselves, life can be good but I don’t think we will always feel ‘young’ when we’re clearly not.

My children say I don’t look or seem my age, so I take that as a compliment, though it doesn’t take the creaking knees and neck into account.
I’m not fashionable, never have been particularly, but I dress the same as others I mix with. Admittedly some of my comfortable clothes are years old, but I buy new things occasionally- just rarely get rid of the old.
I don't think of myself as young, but maybe younger than my actual years. What does it matter?