Things a middle aged man should own
Discussion
I'm extremely happy to read all these suggestions - at the ripe age of 38 I own a black tie, which I keep with my black suit for funerals, so not exactly something I really take any joy from, oh and I can cook, because I love to cook, which by the rules of this thread means I'm no more middle aged than I was at 20 
The rest you can keep, frankly it sounds very boring and more than a touch like they should be used with an air of superiority, not really my 'thing',
The rest you can keep, frankly it sounds very boring and more than a touch like they should be used with an air of superiority, not really my 'thing',
Rosscow said:
Christ, I'm well on the way!!
Golf clubs - check (used weekly!)
Dinner suit - check (used last week!)
Black tie for funerals - check
Drain rods - check
Ear and nose hair remover - check
Decent shoes - check
Ability to cook well - check
'Man drawer' - check
Tweed jacket - check
Fast estate car - check
Shotgun - check
Shaving soap and badger brush - check
Many power tools - check
Ride on mower - check
Rolex - unfortunately not
Jaguar - unfortunately not
Mistress - unfortunately not
Whiskey collection - no
Humidor - no
According to this list I must be one of the most middle aged here - and I'm not even 34 yet!! Golf clubs - check (used weekly!)
Dinner suit - check (used last week!)
Black tie for funerals - check
Drain rods - check
Ear and nose hair remover - check
Decent shoes - check
Ability to cook well - check
'Man drawer' - check
Tweed jacket - check
Fast estate car - check
Shotgun - check
Shaving soap and badger brush - check
Many power tools - check
Ride on mower - check
Rolex - unfortunately not
Jaguar - unfortunately not
Mistress - unfortunately not
Whiskey collection - no
Humidor - no
Rosscow said:
Christ, I'm well on the way!!
Golf clubs - check (used weekly!)
Dinner suit - check (used last week!)
Black tie for funerals - check
Drain rods - check
Ear and nose hair remover - check
Decent shoes - check
Ability to cook well - check
'Man drawer' - check
Tweed jacket - check
Jaguar - unfortunately not
Mistress - unfortunately not
I have a DJ, black tie and a Jag. The decent shoes are the only thing else I'd want from that list.Golf clubs - check (used weekly!)
Dinner suit - check (used last week!)
Black tie for funerals - check
Drain rods - check
Ear and nose hair remover - check
Decent shoes - check
Ability to cook well - check
'Man drawer' - check
Tweed jacket - check
Jaguar - unfortunately not
Mistress - unfortunately not
Soov535 said:
1. A good mechanical watch (Rolex Sub) to pass to son
2. Several pairs of handmade shoes
3. A DE razor, shaving soap and badger brush
4. A good quality fountain pen (Parker 51)
5. A shotgun
6. A plain dark suit for each day of the week
7. At least 21 plain white shirts, double cuffed and with no button down
8. A large and unfeasibly rapid estate car
9. A top end hi fi with a turntable
10. Humidor
11. Extensive collection of malt whisky
f2. Several pairs of handmade shoes
3. A DE razor, shaving soap and badger brush
4. A good quality fountain pen (Parker 51)
5. A shotgun
6. A plain dark suit for each day of the week
7. At least 21 plain white shirts, double cuffed and with no button down
8. A large and unfeasibly rapid estate car
9. A top end hi fi with a turntable
10. Humidor
11. Extensive collection of malt whisky
k that. Loads of tools and a garage full of engine parts, is what you want. I have no golf paraphernalia, and no desire to obtain any. I do own more fishing gear than is strictly justifiable, but that's not a new affliction of middle age.
No dinner suit.
I believe that I do have a black tie somewhere, though the last funeral I attended included a request that mourners wear something in the colour of the deceased's favourite football team, so that was a red tie event.
No drain rods.
No fancy shoes (I mostly work from home, our office is informal).
No tweed, firearms, Edwardian shaving equipment, Jaaags.
We were forced to use fountain pens at primary school, and as a result I want nothing to do with them. I did buy my wife an expensive one the other year, though, and it was a nice object. But no.
No ride on mower - the garden is not really large enough to justify one and far too long and narrow and fiddly, it wouldn't go through the gates.
No fancy watch, a couple of hundred quid's worth of Citizen adequately tells the time.
I quit the cigars.
I usually have a bottle or two of good whisky in, but not what anyone would call a collection.
There is a nose trimmer, a fast-ish estate car, sports car, several drawers full of useless crap which might come in handy, a cooking habit, a mamil class bicycle, a DSLR the operation of which I have only a rudimentary understanding, an extensive collection of fly tying materials, three garden sheds, home brewing equipment, a compost heap, a greenhouse, fruit and vegetable plots.
More River Cottage middle aged than GQ middle aged - and that kind of suits me.
No dinner suit.
I believe that I do have a black tie somewhere, though the last funeral I attended included a request that mourners wear something in the colour of the deceased's favourite football team, so that was a red tie event.
No drain rods.
No fancy shoes (I mostly work from home, our office is informal).
No tweed, firearms, Edwardian shaving equipment, Jaaags.
We were forced to use fountain pens at primary school, and as a result I want nothing to do with them. I did buy my wife an expensive one the other year, though, and it was a nice object. But no.
No ride on mower - the garden is not really large enough to justify one and far too long and narrow and fiddly, it wouldn't go through the gates.
No fancy watch, a couple of hundred quid's worth of Citizen adequately tells the time.
I quit the cigars.
I usually have a bottle or two of good whisky in, but not what anyone would call a collection.
There is a nose trimmer, a fast-ish estate car, sports car, several drawers full of useless crap which might come in handy, a cooking habit, a mamil class bicycle, a DSLR the operation of which I have only a rudimentary understanding, an extensive collection of fly tying materials, three garden sheds, home brewing equipment, a compost heap, a greenhouse, fruit and vegetable plots.
More River Cottage middle aged than GQ middle aged - and that kind of suits me.
Rosscow said:
According to this list I must be one of the most middle aged here - and I'm not even 34 yet!!
fk me, I'm barely out of my 20's and I'm at:Golf clubs - check (used at least three times a week in the summer)
Dinner suit - check
Black tie for funerals - check
Drain rods - check
Ear and nose hair remover - check
Decent shoes - check (but I prefer trainers day to day)
Ability to cook well - check (In my opinion)
'Man drawer' - check (have 2, one in London and one in Sweden)
Tweed jacket - check
Fast estate car - no
Shotgun - check (three)
Shaving soap and badger brush - (f
k that, Gilette all the way, but I have a "routine" for shaving)Many power tools - check
Ride on mower - check
Rolex - check (and an Explorer, not a blingy Sub)
Jaguar - no thanks
Mistress - not required at present
Whiskey collection - Gin and vodka collection instead
Humidor - nope, why bother
Dr Murdoch said:
A sensible jacket for winter
Not one based on fashion or looks, one chosen mainly because it will be warm, dry and comfortable.
Yes, I have this. And the more I wear it, the more I get annoyed when I see people dressed inappropriately and not wearing something similar! This thread has annoyed me, I'm old!Not one based on fashion or looks, one chosen mainly because it will be warm, dry and comfortable.
Soov535 said:
1. A good mechanical watch (Rolex Sub) to pass to son
2. Several pairs of handmade shoes
3. A DE razor, shaving soap and badger brush
4. A good quality fountain pen (Parker 51)
5. A shotgun
6. A plain dark suit for each day of the week
7. At least 21 plain white shirts, double cuffed and with no button down
8. A large and unfeasibly rapid estate car
9. A top end hi fi with a turntable
10. Humidor
11. Extensive collection of malt whisky
I'm only 33 so have a few years yet before middle age but I don't think I want any of these things other than a whisky collection (which I already have) and perhaps a fasy estate (which I'm vaguely searching for now).2. Several pairs of handmade shoes
3. A DE razor, shaving soap and badger brush
4. A good quality fountain pen (Parker 51)
5. A shotgun
6. A plain dark suit for each day of the week
7. At least 21 plain white shirts, double cuffed and with no button down
8. A large and unfeasibly rapid estate car
9. A top end hi fi with a turntable
10. Humidor
11. Extensive collection of malt whisky
I do have a few other things mentioned though which are far more important like a chainsaw, shed, workshop full of tools etc.
By middle age I'd like a fast estate, a dog and general contentment and I'll be sorted.
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