We are all ageless on this forum!

My inlaws received the card from the now late Queen. They were delighted. I had to send their marriage certificate for proof.
They then celebrated their 70th and 75th anniversaries!

We had a card from the late Queen on our 60th.
We once went to some colleague of my H for dinner when he and his new ,second, wife married and moved to a new house.
She served consommé as the first course (after the smallest glass of sherry you have ever seen).
Oh my goodness I thought the bowl would never be empty, it seemed every spoonful taken was replaced by two more.
I wanted to pick the bowl up and drink it just to get it over with.
This was followed by a casserole comprising some sort of meat, that is all I could call it, it could have been any of the main meats, chicken, beef, pork or lamb.
A butler like the late lamented Freddie Frinton would have supplied some much needed light relief.
I love a touch of candlelight however so count me in, I will bring the wine.

I’ve still got all my own teeth so I’d manage the Beef Wellington easily enough!

Cabbie21

Every time I look in the mirror I think I look more and more like my mother. If I live as long as her I’ve got about 13 years to go.

If I lived as long as my mum, I would have been dead for the last 8 years!
My grandmother died at 59, so I feel grateful that I didn’t follow her.

Grammaretto

I'm so sorry Onslow, I missed your request.
It was quite delicious but we did end up talking about funerals.

Next time!
I'll get Daisy to wash my vest.

I do think there’s anything wrong with staying fit and healthy and looking as good as possible for as long as possible.
I like to keep up to date with clothes and music , don’t leave the house without makeupI run 8 miles 3 times a week, with my OH ( not dressed in Boden

though) do Pilates and use a rowing m/c on the other days and just managed to get myself off my BP pills that I,ve been on for decades.
Now ,apart from HRT I have no medication
I,m pleased about that .Isnt it a shame that others on here think it’s a bad thing to do?
I have no intention of giving up on myself just because I,m in my 70s.
You do you ,looking like Hyacinth would give me the fear .

Has anyone suggested that it is a bad thing, paddyann54? I certainly didn't take that from this thread.

We’re all different and thank the Lord for that. I didn’t spot anyone criticising others, either. Sometimes things are all in the mind. I wear make up because if you don’t you are liable to get skin cancers on your face. Going through a very upsetting time with husband having a melanoma which has reappeared after several years. Sometimes I hate the sun.

I get that completely.
When I read through some of the posts here, I tend to imagine sharp, attractive women with a bit of mischief in their eyes. The kind who’d win any debate and still make you laugh over tea.
Age never really enters my mind. It’s the personality that stands out.
You can tell there are some very switched-on, interesting people here… I think that’s what keeps this place lively.

You do you ,looking like Hyacinth would give me the fear

Yes, she frightens me, too

Yours, Onslow.

Grammaretto

I shall be hosting a candle lit supper tonight!
I have the food and wine, must look out candles....
I had my last child when I was 37, ten years after her next brother. I do think it kept me young because I was mixing with younger mums while the friends my age were already comparing their aches and pains.

I had mine at 35. I was most put out when one of the kids at the school gate asked me if I was her Grandmother!

Going back to the blue rinse, twinset and pearls, as a young child I thought there was some sort of transformation occured at around the age of 50, it was so common, and that one morning I would wake up and discover that my long blonde hair had been cut, curled and coloured while I slept and my clothes would have been replaced. I was very relieved to be told this would not happen.

I’ve just turned 70. I’ve no intention of ever going grey. My favourite band is Metallica. 🤘🎸😎

Kandinsky

I image everyone on here looking like Hyacinth Bucket.

I don’t.

I had a sub to the gym and a personal trainer in my 70s, and used to walk miles in the countryside. Now 85 all the exercise is taking its toll and osteoarthritis and heart failure mean sitting at home most of the time although getting out to see friends at least once a week is a must.

I spent many, many years being told I looked so young, people thought my son was my brother or his friends thought he had an older girlfriend, couldn't get served in a pub and having alcohol refused in restaurants. So incredibly embarrassing and I really hated it.
Unfortunately that is definitely no longer the case - with bells on!

Recent consultant took 10 years off me !! We are friends for life!!
I am 75 currently in Sicily and walked 7 miles every day since we landed but I am chilling now! Age is but a number

I don’t have a mental image of people who post on Gransnet, or on the dictionary/language website I spend most of my life on these days. In the latter case, it’s sometimes not even clear whether a fellow contributor is male or female, let alone how old they are (although there are quite a few who are obviously well over the hill, like me). But in the case of Gransnet, I do think it would be good to at least know the whereabouts of contributors — if only because sometimes someone is obviously in dire need of help or reassurance, or even just human contact, and knowing their location would allow those in the same area to reach out to them.

Usedtobeblonde

We had a thread some years ago now when many of us posted our wedding photos.
As most of them were in black and white it certainly showed our ages.
My own wedding was 67 years ago.

I’ll do a search for that, thanks.

I'm sure that we all remember back to when we were children when our parents and grandparents, once they were in their 50's and 60's, were grey and seemed pretty old.
As a 73 year old I like to imagine I don't look old, but in reality I'm sure that I look pretty elderly in the eyes of anyone young. Age is relative and is in the eye of the beholder!

I also go to the gym now, nothing drastic just 45 minutes two or three times a week, no running or lifting of heavy weights though! So far, after less than three months, I'm told my age has gone down by three years. If I keep this up I'll be younger than my oldest daughter in a couple of years!

Cc I also do gym classes (every day except Saturdays - that's my lie-in morning 😂). Interested to know how they calculate the age thing?

And I don't look like Hyacinth Bouquet...

I know I don’t look like Hyacinth Bouquet either! ◀️

FriedGreenTomatoes2

I know I don’t look like Hyacinth Bouquet either! ◀️

More like her sister Rose

Allira

ViceVersa

kircubbin2000

My neighbours have just had their 60 th anniversary and got a card from the king. I had no idea this happened.

It doesn't happen automatically - you need to apply through the government website.

Yes, you do.

We got ours from the King and Queen. I was very disappointed to have missed getting one from Queen Elizabeth. It is the one regret if my life that I never did get to see her..

Now……I always see you more like Rose FriedGreenTomatoes2