h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

I am mother to the world famous Gruesome Twosome.

And the first of them turns 17 tomorrow

Wait till they are 40 and 45 as mine are, and just count yourself lucky you, and they, are still around.

I have reached the 'I Shall Wear Purple' stage and don't give a damn


Websailor

for the Gruesome, and for you, Sho.

My eldest's 19 already. Where did all time go?

all round (I already wear purple...)

My youngest is 25 but I'm only 17 so what's the problem?

& to the both of you

The older I get, the less it seems to really matter what it says on my birth certificate.

But Happy Birthday to Gruesome Number One!

I'd forgotten you and I both had a very ... large ... Christmas 1996. Nod will be 17 on Saturday. She's dancing around going 'I'm nearly 17!' while I'm astonished to find I have a practically grown-up daughter. We worked out today she'll be able to vote in the next general election.

So - I feel your pain ...

Mol

Seriously though, when your eldest becomes an adult it has the unwanted effect of shunting you into an older generation, whether you're ready for it or not. I do remember the odd feeling. But it was so far back now it's worn off.

Yeah, it's like that

Not that It bothers me. Much. In fact it sort of takes some burden off one's shoulders, I'd say. Gradually. I still worry for them, of course, but there is this growing consciousness of not being able to doing anything about anything anyway. That relaxes me


Right, enough of that, there's a reason for a party for Bob's sake!

I always forget that too, Mol
#1 has much better birthdays now, I feel, than when she was small. Plus there are always fireworks in honour of the occasion.

Ahhh they stent allowed to get older! Christ I'm on an Egyptian river cruise about R turning 1 and myself turning 25.

Mouse

ah the good ol' days!

I think it will be worse for me when my #2 hits 18. My mum is having similar feelings with me just having turned 50, she said that wasn't so bad but when my baby Bro gets there in a few years I think she'll also have one of those moments when you get brought up short.

My youngest is 25 like 's. And now I'm a grandmother to be and I am finding that the older I get the harder it is to decipher my birth certificate. Whatever.

Happy birthday, Gruesome!

TC and Pierce had a child together? I'd never have guessed!

It's news to me too, but what do I know about what happened 26 years ago

My eldest turned 40 last July

My youngest gave birth at 38


I became a Nana at 59... and Life is wonderful!!



Can we still buy philisan for the over 40's?</>

yes my darling. It comes in a bottle disguised as Chardonnay.

*googles philisan*

I think she meant 'fortisan'

It was a fad - my parent's generation. My mum had a tin of it. It was disgusting stuff.