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Middle Aged MumOctober 23, 2017

Middleagedmum.com: Should all internships be paid?

By Jane

Many of our readers will have children who are about to enter the workplace, either straight from school or after completing a degree and if they are thinking of a career in the media or the creative industries they may… Read More

Middle Aged MumSeptember 12, 2017

Middleagedmum.com: Adulting

By Jane

As 20 something daughter gets ready to go back to university for her final year – we have that back to school feeling for the very last time. This time next year, she will be an actual adult doing actual… Read More

Middle Aged MumJuly 21, 2016

Middleagedmum.com: Digital Detox

By Jane

I blame Brexit – for everything tbh, but that’s another story – as the last few weeks my social media intake has reached another level. It’s not just me, as everyone I speak to says the same – Facebook became… Read More

Middle Aged MumNovember 9, 2015

middleagedmum.com: The Cult of Busy

By Jane

‘Hi love, I’m so sorry for the late reply, I’ve been absolutely manic this week. I can’t do next weekend or the weekend after, and then it’s Christmas… maybe we could get a date some time in Jan? Would love… Read More

Health & HappinessMarch 6, 2014

Are older women invisible in the workplace?

By Jane

Over the last few years, my friends and I have noticed a change in the way we are viewed in the workplace. We mostly all work in fashion, design or the media and many of us never imagined we would… Read More

Middle Aged MumJune 20, 2013

Middleagedmum.com: the one where I develop an addiction

By Jane

It all started innocently enough, a casual remark made by a work colleague, which I didn’t really engage with. Something about a new game they had downloaded on their phone – whatever. Not for me I thought, I’m too busy… Read More

Middle Aged MumOctober 2, 2012

Middleagedmum.com: #backintheday

By Jane

In the 70’s there was a cult TV drama called The Survivors. It told the story of a small group of people who survived a plague which had wiped out 99% of the worlds population. They had to live off… Read More

Middle Aged MumJanuary 24, 2012

Middleagedmum.com: the homework police

By Jane

When my oldest teen started secondary school, I signed up to take part in the online parents forum. It’s supposed to be a space where governors, teachers and parents can discuss educational matters and share information, which on the whole… Read More

Middle Aged MumNovember 7, 2011

Middleagedmum.com: the match

By Jane

Growing up in a family of sports fanatics meant every weekend was either devoted to the playing or watching of various different sports Consequently the theme tune to Match of the Day is enough to make me strop to my… Read More

Middle Aged MumOctober 26, 2011

Middleagedmum.com: turning up the heat

By Jane

A while ago I wrote about how I was always hot and wasn’t sure if it was just me, or a symptom of my age. Two years on and things are just getting hotter and hotter and not in a… Read More

Middle Aged MumSeptember 4, 2011

Middleageadmum.com: the one where the teens take to Twitter

By Jane

In our house it tends to be the oldies who adopt new technology first. MAD and I like to think of ourselves as early adopters and knowledgeable about new trends, so back in the day when we told the teens… Read More

Middle Aged MumAugust 21, 2011

Middleagedmum.com: things I like about summer

By Jane

We are coming towards the end of the school summer holidays and after a family break, everyone is off doing their own thing, either with friends or work, and the dog and I are left at home. Which is fine,… Read More

Middle Aged MumJuly 8, 2011

Middleagedmum.com: duckgate

By Jane

My dog has the kind of face that makes people smile. As we wander through the mean streets of Hackney he is met with huge grins, jolly greetings and kind words. One woman even asked me if she could kiss… Read More

Middle Aged MumJune 12, 2011

Middleagedmum.com: the one where I load the dishwasher

By Jane

When it comes to domestic chores I could not in any way be described as a control freak. I was not blessed (or cursed) with a cleaning gene. On the surface everything seems pretty respectable and reasonably clean, but I… Read More

Middle Aged MumMay 7, 2011

Middleagedmum.com: what did you just say?

By The Womens Room

You know what its like, you are having a perfectly normal conversation with someone you may only have met a couple of times. They may be a potential friend or someone you will have to come into contact with quite… Read More

Middle Aged MumJanuary 25, 2011

Middleagedmum.com: My 70’s style crush

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There is a girl in my daughters year at school, who is the year 10 style crush. She has all the latest clothes and accessories and knows how to work a look. She is very pretty and has a glamorous… Read More

Fashion & Beauty, Middle Aged MumAugust 26, 2010

Middleagedmum.com: takes it to the maxi

By The Womens Room

I leave the house feeling 40% Margot Leadbetter, 50% Hattie Jacques and 10% Jo Wiley about to go to a festival. I am wearing a long black maxi dress, Clarks Jesus sandals and a cropped cardigan to cover my… Read More

Middle Aged MumJune 27, 2010

middleagedmum: the prom

By The Womens Room

There has been a frenzy of activity over the last few weeks here at Middleaged Towers, most of it revolving around the ‘Prom outfit’. It seems the texts and online chat have been mostly about the what the girls are… Read More

Middle Aged MumJune 15, 2010

middleagedmum.com: The perfect Red

By The Womens Room

You know you're getting older when your make up routine takes approx 10 minutes, and that's you being indulgent. A quick wash, slap on some tinted moisturiser, whack on the mascara and in my case, a slick of red lipstick,… Read More

Middle Aged MumJune 7, 2010

Middleagedmum.com: a middleaged crush

By The Womens Room

is it just me, or do the opportunities for harmless flirting and fantasy crushes get less and less the older one gets? Gone are the days of fancying the post boy or lovely man that makes your lunchtime sandwich (or… Read More

Middle Aged MumDecember 19, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: how to have a stress free Christmas

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Image by Norman Rockwell This week we were sent a press release from Lisa Wyn, CEO of Coaching for Dads, on how to have a stress free Christmas. Research has found that 9.58 am is the time of the first… Read More

Middle Aged MumNovember 17, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: The gig

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I love music, I always have, I have been a mod, a punk, a soul girl, a rockabilly, a new romantic and a 'Madchester' Adidas wearing raver. I have no shame, I love the music, therefore I adopt the look… Read More

Middle Aged MumNovember 5, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: you’re going to make it after all

By The Womens Room

Teen daughter spent a great deal of half term sitting on the sofa watching back to back episodes of Friends. One day instead of moaning at her to go out and do something, I rather decadently took half and hour… Read More

Middle Aged MumSeptember 22, 2009

middleagedmum.com: Fashion Smashion

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I pull my little black dress over a pair of organic narrow jeans from Muji and add my shiny black brogues from Churches. I am feeling good, its a lovely day and I’m going to London Fashion Week. Bring it… Read More

Middle Aged MumSeptember 14, 2009

Middleagedmum.com; Boys boys boys

By The Womens Room

As toddlers, the difference between boys and girls is at its height. SMOG’s (smug mothers of girls) look in horror as small boys shout and scream, fight with sticks, push each other, pretend to be cars, aeroplanes, tractors… Read More

Middle Aged MumSeptember 8, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: Shopping for School clothes

By The Womens Room

The letter from school clearly states the approved stockists and exact type of school trousers and skirts that will be allowed. It also clearly states that anyone not wearing the correct uniform will be sent home or to the inclusion… Read More

Middle Aged MumAugust 23, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: Beach Baby

By The Womens Room

For around 50 weeks of the year I am happy with my body, not ecstatic, but not depressed. I have come to terms with the fact that I either spend the second half of my life on a permanent diet, or accept… Read More

Middle Aged MumJuly 25, 2009

Middleagemum.com: if it’s ok for Madonna…..

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Madonna's D&G shoot for W magazine, featuring the lovely Jesus I have a new route to work which involves a long, fat busting walk. Close to the end there is a Pret A Manger where I stop for a… Read More

Middle Aged MumJuly 14, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: endings and beginings

By The Womens Room

July is filled with an air of promise for parents and children, the feeling that the months ahead will be filled with fun, freedom and sun. The end of term is filled with exams, finishing course work, sports days and… Read More

Middle Aged MumJune 14, 2009

Middleagedmum.com: Musical moments

By The Womens Room

Middleagedad thinks I am a gay man trapped in a middle aged woman's body and he may be right. Amazon seem to think so too, as all their personal recommendations wouldn't look out of place on any of my gay friends… Read More