Talking About
UR AGE?
tonics, and at my niece’s 18th birthday
party recently I had a great time dancing
the night away with all the teens,
especially as I was the last one standing.
One of the highlights of turning 40 was
being pushed around in a shopping trolley
on a boozy trip to Berlin with friends.
And it doesn’t matter than I’m a mum
of two, if anything that just boosts my
wild-child ways. Laser tag, climbing walls,
foot golf and inflatable planets – I’ve tried
them all and loved every minute.
Now I’m counting down the days until
my next all-girls trip so that I can revisit
my youth once more.
So, carry on as you are, Madge, and
keep growing old disgracefully! Love
from your number one fan.The star turns 61
in a few weeks‘A MATURING WOMAN SHOULD KNOW BETTER’
hona Sibary, 48,
a journalist and
uthor of a blog
n raising teens
teenstrife.com).
he lives in West
ussex with her
our children,
lo, 20, Annie,
, onty, 16 andDolly, nine.
I want to die of embarrassment for
Madonna’s poor children, I really do.^
Twerking and doing handstands in^
public? She’s 60 for goodness sake!^
Doesn’t she realise just how ridiculous^
she looks? I’m 12 years younger but^
would never attempt something so^
unseemly outside^
the privacy of the four
walls of my house – at
the very least because
of major concerns
about what all that
gravity might do to my
already unpredictable
pelvic floor.
Like it or not, there comes an age
when a maturing woman should just^
know better. And this isn’t just^
reserved for physical antics – although^
I can’t stand the sight of women my^
age letting loose on the dance floor.^My kids hate me dancing in front of
other people, and quite right, too. I’m^
sure I look utterly cringe-worthy. Plus,^
I’m having enough problems coping^
with fluctuating hot flushes without^
getting all sweaty just for fun.^
And don’t get me started on dress
sense. I have friends, on the wrong^
side of 45, who still insist on wearing^
their hair in pigtails, like kooky^
schoolgirls. I mean, honestly, what’s^
that all about? Get a sleek bob and^
grow old gracefully like the rest of us.
Ditto women who wear dungarees
(I loved Mamma Mia!^
, but Meryl Streep
only got away with it because she’s,
well,Meryl^
Streep).
I promise it’s not a
jealousy thing, even
though I am getting
flabby underarms and
wrinkly knees. It’s just
that there’s something
decidedly sad and a
little pathetic about
constantly harking back to our
youthful selves. I’m not saying we
should all be bulk-buying Tena Pants^
and drinking sherry, but would it^
really be so awful to ease into^
middle age with just a bit more^
grace and decorum?^‘IT’S A LITTLE
SAD AND
PATHETIC’
Mum-of-fiveKATIEPRICE, 41,has
neverbeenonetoactherage.
InMay,herbehaviourraised
eyebrowswhenshehadherbreasts
lickedbya dragqueenata club.Famousforheryouthful
looks,LIZHURLEY, 54,
seemstobedefyingagein
everyway.Shedressesin
tinybikinisandfigure-
huggingclothes,andshares
thesnapsonInstagram.LooseWomenpresenter
CAROLMcGIFFIN, 59,seems
togetgreatjoyfrom
growingolddisgracefully.
‘I don’tfeelmyage.It’s
justa number,isn’tit?’
shesays.FOREVER YOUNG