Category: Women
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How Do You Really Feel About Being Invisible?
‘Ladies in their forties are still in the game in a big way.’ Tina Arena, Arias 2015 I turned fifty this year. I would describe my forties as the start of my ‘invisible phase’ – at least, it was during those years that it really hurt. Invisible man concept But I don’t mind being labelled…
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What I’ve Learned From My Forties
When I was in my early thirties and stuck in the quicksand of raising young children, one of the things that got me through was clinging to the belief that surely, life HAD TO begin in my forties. ID 2102975 © Dimitry Romanchuck | Dreamstime.com Bit that idea turned out to be an old wives…
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Paris Fashion, Darlinks…
This might turn the old man’s head. It is with great excitement that I am able report that I finally discovered the magic of Uniqlo this weekend. A huge contender to Gap – which at one time was my all-time fave store in the UK for couch-surfing gear – Uniqlo offers great quality clothing at…
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Menopause, Schmenopause
So this whole menopause thing is not as much fun as I thought it would be. View image | gettyimages.com Aside from the tiredness and ANGER, the weight is creeping on, taunting me menacingly, especially because I’ve tried everything in my dietary power to keep it off. It’s not like I’m so vain to really care about…
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Spa-ing With Your Mates
Very serious ‘muffin top’ discussion in the hot tub I’ve never been the spa-ing type, like I imagine the majority of middle-aged women would be, given the chance. The whole ‘beauty-thing’ has always bored me. It kills me to have to sit in a hairdresser’s chair for two hours of torture to get my hair…
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Middle-Aged Women Doing It For Themselves At The Oscars
How wonderful was it to see the more mature lady steal the show at the Oscars today? Haute Couture by Josephina54 at http://www.flickr.com Why, I hear you ask? Well firstly for BEING THERE in the first place, which must be a sign that Oscar is finally moving with the times and creating more roles for…
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Fashion For Middle Aged Women: I FINALLY Found MY Shop!
It took me a long time to find ‘my shop’ after I’d turned thirty, procreated and owned the muffin top to prove it. You know what ‘your shop’ is, as a woman. It’s that shop that always designs the styles that work for your body and where they use the right fabric and a colour…
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Cook’s Cheat Sheet 2: Quick Fish Curry For Middle Aged Fatties
If, like me, you binge on all the wrong foods over the weekend and then justify your gluttony by pretending to go healthy for the rest of the week, as penance, you might like this easy little fish dish I discovered in NC’s Women’s Weekly book, Fast Seafood (that I might have put in her…
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Let’s Talk About Women and Middle Aged Sex, Baby!
I know EXACTLY what you’re thinking right now… True Nature Productions – Sex After Forty – found on http://www.flickr.com LET’S NOT! Don’t worry; I’m not going to give you the sordid, hanging-from-the-chandelier-details of the sex the old man and I have on birthdays and Christmas. But it’s been a week of discussion about sex in…
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Middle Aged Mini Breaks, Romance and Getting The Mojo Back In Your Marriage
The old man and I braved a mini break last weekend. All long relationships need a little bit of TLC occasionally. Hardy’s Bay Wharf – It doesn’t get much more idyllic. Somehow we managed to trick some good friends into the offer of a weekend at The Block in exchange for the protection of our…
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Ageing And My Plucking Eyesight
One of the most irritating and debilitating physical symptoms of the ageing process is the eyesight issue. Inne – Close up of Chris’ Glasses found on http://www.flickr.com As in, lack of it. Before I hit that wonderful pinnacle of 40, almost a decade ago now, (and at a time when I was still living under…
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