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 Countdown co-presenter Carol Vorderman on how she and Susie got chatted up on the set of Countdown, and how it feels to be forty-something:
“A few months ago, I was leaving the Countdown studio with my co-presenter, friend and fellow forty-something Susie Dent. Suddenly, two handsome twenty-something men in jeans and tight T-shirts walked over to us.
They smiled, said hello and pressed pieces of paper into our hands. As the muscle-bound lads walked off, Susie and I opened the paper - and found mobile phone numbers scrawled on them.
We collapsed into an undignified heap, put the notes in the bin and laughed our - not quite middle-aged - socks off. (I hasten to say that despite the approaches from men young enough to be my sons, I'm more than happy with my gorgeous bloke at home.)
So when I read that scientific research has confirmed what I've known for four years, nine months and two days - that turning 40 does not mean becoming middle-aged - I nearly punched the air with joy. Or skipped down the road. Or twirled around the room. Because I've more energy and spring in my step now than I've had for decades.
And it isn't just me. All around, tripping down the pavement in floaty dresses, showing their tans under strappy tops and wearing tottering heels with a blatant disregard for bunions is a whole generation of sexy, confident, born-again forty-somethings.”
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