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Advice to a woman turning 40

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AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 13 Nov 2009 07:41

I'm about to print it off, collate it and write the dot points onto a large birthday card.

Muffyxx

Muffyxx Report 12 Nov 2009 20:44

Reading this with interest.

I'm a few months away from the big 4 0.........NOT looking forward to it either lol xx

Researching:
All comments made by me are all mine unless otherwise stated. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, or real life events unless otherwise stated is purely coincidental.

AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 12 Nov 2009 20:42

Food for thought and grist for the mill. Thank you.

GRMarilyn

GRMarilyn Report 12 Nov 2009 13:19

When you don't get the whistles.........you know you've hit the wrong age !!

Sad I know.........cant remember the last one I had !

So tell her to buy a whistle just for old time sake ....LOL

Researching:
Tregaskis- Blatchford- Bunker- ONeil.... Cornwall & Devon ( Ingram) Dorset .Bean Kent & Norfolk

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!)

Jill 2011 (aka Warrior Princess of Cilla!) Report 12 Nov 2009 12:59

After a certain age you become "invisible" to younger people, which can be fun on a crowded high street!

You do stop caring what people think about you and if you do nutty things occasionally (or frequently) people just roll their eyes and assume it's the hormones. You can use the "I'm menopausal / post menopausal" line from early 40s onwards - I've kept that line going for 10 years now (I'm 52). I say "I'm post menopausal please excuse my bad memory / bad hearing / yawning / daftness" or whatever - and people DO! Amazing.

Jill

Researching:
London: Faber, Haysey, Spicer ...

Sue

Sue Report 12 Nov 2009 12:36

Errrrr make the most of it before she hits 50!!!

I am trying to do the same before I hit 60...lol

x

AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 12 Nov 2009 11:32

I just knew you would be the ones to ask.

Thank you. I had not even been off on some of those tangents. Well done!!

Dianne

Dianne Report 12 Nov 2009 11:21

She's not 40, she's a recycled teenager.

Also, she must not let the broad mind and the narrow waist swop places as so many do when they get to a .......ahem .......certain age.

40 is good. You are still young, but you have the flair and confidence that you didn't have when you were younger. You start not to care what people think of you any more so it is fun to get up to all those things you always wanted to but didn't dare.

Dianne xx

Wildgoose

Wildgoose Report 12 Nov 2009 10:50

Get a new hairdo and some new clothes, and....Celebrate being on the right side of 50!

Researching:
Northampton/Blisworth Northants/Hinderclay Suffolk

♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥

♥†۩ Carol Paine ۩†♥ Report 12 Nov 2009 10:26

Buy some good supporting bra's & Sloggi pants

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom

ஐ+*¨^¨*+e+*¨^¨*+ஐ Mildred Honkinbottom Report 12 Nov 2009 10:01



You're not 40.............maybe 20 x 2.....

..................but not 40.. :o))))

AuntySherlock

AuntySherlock Report 12 Nov 2009 09:43

I have a friend who is about to turn 40. I wish to present her with a list of handy hints that will propel her over this milestone in her life. I've forgotten what it was like to be that young!!! So long ago!!

There are no correct answers, let your imagination run wild!!!

So let's start. I surveyed a group of people (who just happen to be very good at this) and asked them the question, "What advice would you give to a woman who is about to turn forty?"