Middle aged?? What does that make us?

Most inappropriate to use this tragic article as a sounding board for your insecurities about middle age!!

Maw I'm all for a dig at the Telegraph with their stupid use of 'middle aged' but the resulting jollity in the thread sits ill at ease with the awfulness of the young woman's death.

Not sniffy, just feeling a bit 'not quite right'.

Oh Riverwalk no disrespect was intended to the poor young woman, just a (to me at any rate) justifiable dig at the Daily Telegraph for its use of language ecause it should know better. Don't go all sniffy.

Times have changed.
But in the days of when three score years and ten was generally accepted to be when the majority of us would have checked out by, then 35 would have been middle aged.
I think as people are living longer then I agree 50 would be middle age.

I expect the government are reviewing their terminology in light of the recent shift in retirement age

I think the tragedy of a young woman's murder isn't appropriate for a light-hearted look at ageism - complete with manic grins and musical notes.

Gosh DD is 37 with two young children aged 7 & 4 months. If anybody described her as "middle aged" they'd better get out of her way fast

I'm 62, older but not ancient, my DM is 88, getting on a bit. Who writes this rubbish?I didn't think you were described as "middle aged" until you hit 50

I remember Terry Wogan describing himself as middle aged' at nearly 70! He did add that it would mean living to 140.

Ancient but happy!

Love it

OAPs ..... Or the one I saw on TV as this week SKIs (spending kids inheritance)

Haven't read the paper yet ..... Tragic story ..... Just horrific ....

I am 72 don't think I am passed the sell by date. It's all in the mind.
If you think young you stay young.

tonibolt Oh dear! now you have put the cat among the pigeons .
I frequently wonder where the media find the likes of these persons and of what relevance is the value of the house?.

Yep, it makes us all old I guess. But what a horrific story, the poor au pair, what a terrible fate. Somewhere in the world this morning, a family are going to be devastated by the news that their darling has been murdered, how awful.

Probably written by someone who was barely in theit twenties!

How ridiculous! DD2 is 34 and would not take kindly to being labelled "middle aged". She is still young with all her life still ahead of her. As the youngest in private I still call her "the baby"

If 34 = middle age

64= near the end
74 = past the sell by date
84 = hanging by a thread

?one foot in the grave?!

Antique and valuable .

B....y old.