Heading for the grave?

or having a rave?

 

Are you about to pass the halfway mark? Past it already? According to the Age Police you are.

In a country obsessed with "isms", perhaps the most important and least criticised is the one that smirks at folk over a certain age who venture onto the dance floor at weddings or throws its head back in mirth at the idea of "wrinkly sex" (to most teenagers, this appertains to their parents - and people over 30 in general).

And the tabloid and magazine media is currently pulsating with stories about actresses and toyboys - and ageing dads. Take Demi Moore, 41, marrying Ashton Kutcher, 26 (so what?) whilst Des O'Connor who, a dad-to-be at 72, obviously still has some lead left in his pencil.

But who says 72 is old these days? Who decides what constitutes a wrinkly and why are there still such double standards about older-younger relationships? The older man-younger woman thing has to be a case of dirty old man and gold digger, whilst younger men and older women - hmmm?

However, this growing trend shows that healthy young men aren't the tit-and-bum obsessed numpties they're cracked up to be. They are, in fact, far more discerning: which therefore demonstrates a distinct misconception of current tastes on the part of most men's magazine editors who still insist on plastering their pages with 17-year-old Miss Fluffy 2004.

Most of us over that magical cut-off point less shrewd employers use in job vacancy ads (e.g. 18-35) can still quite competently 'fire on all four cylinders', 'have a laugh' (not necessarily via an all night booze-fest) and dress to kill when we put our minds to it.

So ignore the critics (they're jealous anyway) - there is life after 40!

Kim Gandy

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