[pleccy2000]

I was wondering how old people are in this forum? Some of you won't want to answer - that's fine, others won't mind. Well may as well start off with me; I'm 25. Please vote if you want to..... it's a curiosity thing.

[Laurie]

Hi Adam

I'm 45 and my husband is 46...We are in that "mid life" stage at the moment and thinking about moving to New Zealand.

Laurie

P.S. Age is only a state of mind!!!!

[Timbo]

Nice wide ranging age brackets Adam, I like that. :clap

[pleccy2000]

P.S. Age is only a state of mind!!!!

Yes you are quite right there!

I'm running the poll becasue I want to see if I am under the average age of people who emigrate...

[Beach Kiwi]

44, but still feel like a twenty-something! ;) :mrgreen:

[pleccy2000]

Nice wide ranging age brackets Adam, I like that. :clap

Yes I though I'd get more votes if the brackets are wider. PS Timbo I see you are in Epsom, I was in Thames Ditton only 2 days ago! :roll:

[Timbo]

Yes, but you are in NZ again now so I guess I know which you prefer.
:yes :yes

[Glenda]

Looking at the results of the poll, I thought "OMG, look how many of us are going through a mid-life crisis!!!" Looked again and saw ... yes, 75% but only four votes. :laugh

[dphillview]

Hi Adam

Firstly great news you and Anna are back 'home'... :nice1 :nice1 Wish you all the best for the future :cheers

I'm 37 (but feel 18,,except a lot heavier and less fit..with more grey hairs and 'laughter lines!!! :eek :eek :uhoh ) Pete is 43..but acts his shoe size...let's say we're not in double figures here! :laugh :laugh ) and we've tantrum twins aged 3..

wish us well on the plane next week :wah :wah :wah :wah

[Timbo]

Deb and Pete. I wish you well on the plane next week. I really dont envy you though. :hopeso The twins will be just fine for sure.

[Mike & Nicola]

I'm 29 and Nic is 26. The one expo we went to in london this year had a large percentage of young people there.

Mike.

[Rimbo]

Me 34 the wife is much, much older.
She wont read this for a while so i might as well say.
The old hag is 42! :laugh

John

I welcome your retort dear!

[Timbo]

Rimbo :roll: and you accused ME of living on the edge with my comment about Jo`s spelling.
I reckon you could be sleeping in the shed mate. :mrgreen:

[RoadRunner]

My husband is 38 and I turned 40 a week ago.

P.S. Age is only a state of mind!!!!
I like your way of thinking Laurie! :cheers

[Danpoll]

My names brian and so is my wifes,

sorry that monty python quote just came from no where.

I am 25 (sooo old) as is my wife. who will be 26 in Feb.



Dan

[jocalla]

My husband Jon is 38 and I am 30 :cheers

[foolsgold99]

I'm 34 tomorrow (sob!!)

Sal is 36


Alan

[jo b]

Well I may as well throw my hat in the ring

I am 36 although I do get a shock when I look in the mirror as I still think I am 20. Ian is 39 the big 40 this year lets hope we will be celebrating in NZ :cheers

Jo

[mechidna]

OK, I'm 35 and my daughter is 11 (12 in April), going on 21.

off topic....I have applied to a couple of jobs through seek. Is it customary for them to send applications to fill out? One sent an automated reply, one personal reply and the last one was a personal reply with an application to fill out. Is this a good sign or am I just being too hopeful?

mechidna

[Slatch]

I be 34 years old and the old girl is much, mucher older.
Not married but been together 11 years when she was the age I am now!
Leave you to work that one out yourselves :P

[Diny]

I'm 41 and PB is much much much older than me, he's 44.

Diny

[Dave & Sandra]

I don't think I dare admit it.

I will be 51 on Friday and Dave is :eek 60

[Diny]

Happy birthday for Friday Sandra !!!

Diny

[Moorf]

Me = 36
Woz = 37

Feel 20.

Look 40.

Act 10.

[pleccy2000]

Me = 36
Woz = 37

Feel 20.

Look 40.

Act 10.

Classic :clap

[Mildred]

Steve's 47 but looks 37 and I'm 43 on the 23rd Jan and look 53. Thought about using the cream that makes you look ten years younger, but frightened that one day it will stop working and I will age 20 years overnight.

[Annierobrigado]

Me 34 the wife is much, much older.
She wont read this for a while so i might as well say.
The old hag is 42! :laugh

John

I welcome your retort dear!

john

i don't think your wife will just retort... i think she'll push you off the peak of mt taranaki!! :laugh :laugh

i'll be 43 on friday... and if i were in england i wouldnt invite you to my birthday party! :no *sniff sniff* hmph! you won't have cake and ice cream so there! :wah

40 something ladies are not old hags... just incredibly sexual ones! ;) ;)

:cheers mate! see you on top of mt taranaki!

annie :mrgreen:

[Annierobrigado]

I'm 34 tomorrow (sob!!)

Sal is 36


Alan


HAPPY BIRTHDAY ALAN, Jan 13! Mine is Jan 14! we're both capricorn!

My husband Ric is 47 (Sep 18)

:raebanana
annie

[Annierobrigado]

Happy birthday for Friday Sandra !!!

Diny

diny! sandra, jan 14 too? happy coincidence, and

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SANDRA!

hope more will come

annie

[Dave & Sandra]

Hey Annie

Happy Birthday to you too. Fancy us having the same birthday. :cheers

Thanks Diny

[Wannaway]

Have to say the votes cast so far are pretty much what I expected ie most in 30s.
I am 36, Lee is 39 but both feel 25! Kids are 5 and 19 mths.

[shagen]

Hi everyone, interesting poll!

I will be turning 40 in about a month and the wife will play catch up 3 months later.

We will be migrating with our 2 children. Our son just turned six, 2 months ago but is at an age where the world is not on his side. Our daughter will be four in April but we think there is a 94 year old trapped in there somewhere!

Despite all that age gap, we are a wonderful family!

Cheers,
Shagen

[veronica]

I'm 50 and Petes 56 but like Timbo I am still waiting to see if I mature.

[Annierobrigado]

yup sandra, and thanks too.

i think i know what you mean, shagen, when you say your daughter is 94. asian women come out that way... old first, then get younger. :laugh

advanced happy birthday shagen!

annie

[leslie]

dont know how to vote so -

me officially 38 (unofficially 300)
hub 34 (250)

in new zealand years we'd both be (12)

[Jules]

Hi

I am 39 (40th in May :wah ) but you are all invited to my birthday party :clap :clap :cheers

SteveR, my partner is my lovely toy boy at 35 :nice1

Jules

[wilson182]

Me 35 March 16

Him 38 March 15


Oldest Daughter 13 June 10

Youngest Daughter 5 June 11

[leslie]

should have added that i first wanted to move perm to nz when i was 27 so am reverting on arrival. if the schools are as good as they say i might revert to 17 and redo chemistry and math.....

[Bubbles]

Me 42

My better half 41

and the children range from 20 down to 11

Yes, we started young. They say practice makes perfect

John

[jo b]

Hi everyone, interesting poll!

I will be turning 40 in about a month and the wife will play catch up 3 months later.

We will be migrating with our 2 children. Our son just turned six, 2 months ago but is at an age where the world is not on his side. Our daughter will be four in April but we think there is a 94 year old trapped in there somewhere!

Despite all that age gap, we are a wonderful family!

Cheers,
Shagen

Shagen

I can echo that with my daughter. I am convinced she has been on this earth before. Sometimes I wonder who is the child and who is the parent.

I get told off for allsorts :angel :oops:

Jo

[Timbo]

I have`nt actually said have I? Stupid boy.
Me born 1961
Wife Sarah born 1962

No1 son Jj born 1982
No2 son Wil born 1984

Looks like we may have started before you bubbles. I was feeling quite young and spritely before making this post. :(

[shagen]

Jo,

Is it just with girls? I thought the wife's nagging was bad till our daughter started to speak! (Hope Vera's not reading this! :mrgreen: )

And to our son, we have "ruined" his life by limiting his TV time! His exact words!

Kids these days :( :wah :( what have we done?

[Soon2baKiwi]

There's a few toyboys on here isn't there? Me 44 (going on 16) in February and hubby 41 (going on 61) in July :?

[jesselyn]

Steve's 47 but looks 37 and I'm 43 on the 23rd Jan and look 53.
will be 33 (going to 13) on the 23rd Jan. :angel

belated happy birthday road runner! http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/icecream.gif

happy birthday alan, annie and sandra!http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/cake.gif
advance happy birthday frances, shagen and norah!http://tcwozere.co.uk/smileys/biggringift.gif

:cheers
jes

ps. adam and anna, welcome back to NZ! :clap
pps. debs and pete, wish you well on the plane next week! :nice1

[Miffy]

I'm 31 and my husbands 32.

[jan]

Jan - 36 birthday is 17 may

Neil - 37 birthday 17 july

Took a few attempts to remember what I am!!

I had to go back to the year I was born & work it out!! :oops:

Happens to me all the time these days.

Jan xx

[RoadRunner]

belated happy birthday road runner!
Thanks, Jesselyn!

And advanced happy bday to you! Hope you have a great day.
:cheers

RoadRunner

[markkellaway]

Hi All,

I'm 37, Anne is 45 and Andrew is 10, so all in all about average it seems. We do have three older "kids" who aren't coming with us.

Mark.

[Annierobrigado]

jesselyn -

advanced HB!

roadrunner -

belated HB! hope you had a great day.

shagen -

be glad for the days when your daughter nags you... there will come a time when you'll be relegated to the background and she will nag her boyfriend for a change teeheehee just kidding! dont sag your shoulders just yet...
:laugh

this is a fun topic adam. why don't you get the birthdays too, so we can greet everyone online?

:cheers
annie

[pleccy2000]

I feel young all of a sudden :P

[Annierobrigado]

:laugh :laugh :laugh

now that you know adam, i understand what you're feeling --- and you can be the baby of the group!

:laugh :laugh :cheers

annie

[sarahw]

We're both 32

[Ivar_79]

Dont know how you guys vote in this thing.....

But I am 26 come this January 21......

Guess I belong to the 11% who voted......I am a minority in this polls.....

you guys are really old..... :mrgreen: .....Just Kidding..... :nice1

[Moorf]

Us? Old? Oooohh you're not too old for spanking Ivar...

... ok, so age doesn't count there....

:angel

[jhsay]

Me - 33
husband - 42
son - 5
daughter - 8 months

I read somewhere that women mature 3 yrs ahead of men. I beginning to believe it's true. So if the husband is 38 and the wife is 35, they are pretty much the same, maturity-wise.


-Jinkee

[Diny]

Really old Ivar ???????

Watch it !!!!!!!!

[veronica]

would dispute that last one, petes always been the sensible mature one, which is great because he's the anchor man and him being like that gives me loads of leeway to be immature.

[Ivar_79]

What I mean ......Diny and Moorf....is that we all mature gracefully like wine....! :angel :mrgreen:

[Diny]

I must remember to give Pleccy a clip round the ear when I see him.

Until this thread started I felt quite 'young and sprightly'.

At 41 I feel like one of the 'oldies'.

I guess it's the nature of the immigration beast that makes the 30's an average age.

Diny

[pleccy2000]

:mrgreen:

[Jo and Andy]

With both me and Andy just scraping into the 30's category, with a child under 10, We must fit the profile for NZ immigrants, hopefully we will then get selected.

[leslie]

i dont feel young and sprightly. what are you guys eating/ smoking / drinking?

pleccy, when you miss your grandmother just give me a call and i'll see what i can do.

[Tate6]

Oh this is so much fun! :clap
Glad to see hubby and I are in the majority!

I am 37--38 in March and like Jo, feel in my early 20's until I look in the mirror and think,"who the H*$# is that old fart?"
Mike-35--Yes, another Boy Toy--thought I would be able to control him if he was younger---has not happened and he still acts 18!
Derrick-14
Tanner-12
Olivia-4 going on 14
Lexie- 2 in March

Don't ask me what we were thinking with the last two--actually we weren't!! Thought we were immune by that time! And we were almost home free by age ages 42 & 40!!!

With all of us in the middle of mid-life crisis or on the verge of it, will it be safe in NZ??? :eek

[Annierobrigado]

diny and all the "oldies"

never mind if the "kids" like adam and ivar call us old... when there's a barbecue picnic for all nz migrants, it'll be easier for us to boss them around... like, ivar could you get the ice chest from the back of the van? and adam, please set up the picnic tables and the chairs and the tents...

teasing!!! have a good day, guys!

:cheers
annie

[jesselyn]

roadrunner and annie,
yvw and thank you too... :angel

ivar,
advance happy birthday! :yes
:cheers
jes

ps. 41 is not old... :roll: life begins at 40! :nice1

[cpgrant]

42. But I don't feel a day older than 41 :P Seriously though, I agree with others who say things just get better as one gets older.

[leslie]

obviously you lot haven't completely renovated 2 homes, had a baby who walked at 9 mos/ pregnancy with loads of stupid health problems including hypo thyroidism (which nhs refused to treat, puzzlingly, on the grounds i was pregnant, until sydney hospital demanded it), gained 65 pounds in 3 months, gone without sleep for 20 months, broken your foot chasing young babe, have a grumpy teen girl, navigated the uk secondary school system (twice), managed a trascont move (with 2nd pending), folded a sucessful business, opened another then folded it due to preg concerns, experienced 4 bogus euro hols, 3 minor however short relatively successful hols. with pending lawsuits, disfunctional family, immigration, hub selling his business, financial issues etc all in last 3 years i could trade notes with methusela.

you could say i dont feel a day over 402.

[Terry&Sophie]

Hi Pleccy,

We're not too far off your age - I'm 26 and Terry is 28 and we will be celebrating our joint birthday starting on the 8th August (my birthday) and continuing until the 10th August (Terry's birthday)! :nice1 :cheers

[jo b]

obviously you lot haven't completely renovated 2 homes, had a baby who walked at 9 mos/ pregnancy with loads of stupid health problems including hypo thyroidism (which nhs refused to treat, puzzlingly, on the grounds i was pregnant, until sydney hospital demanded it), gained 65 pounds in 3 months, gone without sleep for 20 months, broken your foot chasing young babe, have a grumpy teen girl, navigated the uk secondary school system (twice), managed a trascont move (with 2nd pending), folded a sucessful business, opened another then folded it due to preg concerns, experienced 4 bogus euro hols, 3 minor however short relatively successful hols. with pending lawsuits, disfunctional family, immigration, hub selling his business, financial issues etc all in last 3 years i could trade notes with methusela.

you could say i dont feel a day over 402.

Wow, Leslie how do you get time for s**

Jo

[Diny]

Lesley

And what d'ya do in your spare time?

Jeeze girl - you need a medal - good on ya. :nice1

Diny

[leslie]

sex? as for medals - unless stamped cartier...

yesterday i was stunned to hear my 18 month old clearly say 'lelly' (my name) while gazing at a billboard of a totally grey haired 70+ woman (according to the campaign i look good for my age). what do you do with that?

just wanna get to nz, and we're not even 'successful' yet. think i'll go have a nap.

[jan]

Leslie, totally understand the thyroid thing. Nasty business isn`t it? I had the exact same problem when I had my daughter and it went un detected for 8 months!!!!! (gained a whopping 3 stone myself) despite repeated trips to the quaks. Glad to say I am loads better but now can`t shift some of the excess. Anybody any ides????????????

Jan xx

Keep going girl. :clap :clap

I wonder if everyone is trying to put a mental picture of me in their heads now??? (its not meant to sound egotistic)

[leslie]

i used to row and the only thing that ever came close to it is pilates - all the result without the agony. but you have to find a good instructor or else you get more exercise ironing and swearing. not easy in uk. got so addicted to it i was cutting work... and i dont mean the swearing

(thyroid thing is awful. i was on thyroid meds for ages before i dropped it after a stupid 'scare' similar to mmr. when i got preg again i knew enough to get back on but hey, the nhs doc didn't. interesting experience)

[shagen]

I think this is an appropriate post here...

Do you realise that the only time in our lives when we like to get old is when we're kids? If you're less than 10 years old, you're so excited about aging that you think in fractions.

"How old are you?" "I'm four and a half!" You're never thirty-six and a half You're four and a half, going on five!

That's the key.

You get into your teens, now they can't hold you back. You jump to the next number, or even a few ahead.

"How old are you?" "I'm gonna be 16!" You could be 13, but hey, you're gonna be 16! And then the greatest day of your life . . . you become 21. Even the words sound like a ceremony . . . YOU BECOME 21. YESSSS!!!

But then you turn 30. Oooohh, what happened there? Makes you sound like bad milk! . He TURNED; we had to throw him out There's no fun now, you're Just a sour-dumpling. What's wrong? What's changed?

You BECOME 21, you TURN 30, then you're PUSHING 40.

Whoa! Put on the brakes, it's all slipping away. Before you know it, you REACH 50 and your dreams are gone.

But wait!!! You MAKE it to 60. You didn't think you would!

So you BECOME 21, TURN 30, PUSH 40, REACH 50 and MAKE it to 60.

You've built up so much speed that you HIT 70! After that it's a day-by-day thing; you HIT Wednesday!

You get into your 80s and every day is a complete cycle; you HIT lunch; you TURN 4:30; you REACH bedtime.

And it doesn't end there. Into the 90s, you start going backwards; "I Was JUST 92."

Then a strange thing happens. If you make it over 100, you become a little kid again. "I'm 100 and a half!"

May you all make it to a healthy 100 and a half!! You are only as old as you think you are!

[Moorf]

I was going to add that you're only as young as the man you feel.. but that would make me older than I really am :laugh