So You're 40: A Handbook for the Newly Middle Aged

INTRODUCTION......Page 5
TURNING 40 – SOME OF THE BASIC MYTHS YOU WILL BE TOLD......Page 9
THINGS YOU CAN NEVER NOW DO......Page 13
DRESS CODE FOR THE OVER 40S – SOME DO\'S AND DON\'TS......Page 14
CULTURE CONVERTER......Page 18
WELL-KNOWN PEOPLE CURRENTLY IN THEIR 40S......Page 20
TIPS ON HOW TO LOOK YOUNGER THAN YOU ACTUALLY ARE......Page 21
GIVEAWAYS THAT WILL TELL PEOPLE YOU ARE OVER 40......Page 24
A GUIDE TO HOW OTHERS WILL NOW PERCEIVE YOU......Page 27
NAMES YOU CAN NOW EXPECT TO BE CALLED ON A REGULAR BASIS......Page 28
NAMES YOU CAN NOW EXPECT NEVER TO BE CALLED AGAIN......Page 29
THE MAIN THINGS IN YOUR YOU WILL NOW LOOK FORWARD TO......Page 30
THE MAIN THINGS IN YOUR IT\'S LESS EASY TO LOOK FORWARD TO......Page 31
CONVERSING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE (PART 1)......Page 33
STATISTICALLY SPEAKING......Page 36
PEOPLE WHO ACHIEVED GREAT THINGS AFTER THEY WERE 40......Page 40
NOW YOU’RE 40 THE FOLLOWING WILL BE YOUR NATURAL ENEMIES......Page 43
A LIST OF CONTROVERSIAL OPINIONS YOU WILL NOW BE LIKELY TO HOLD......Page 45
CONVERSING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE (PART 2)......Page 48
THINGS YOU CAN NOW GET AWAY WITH THAT YOU COULDN\'T PREVIOUSLY......Page 51
THINGS YOU SHOULD HAVE ACHIEVED BY NOW......Page 53
THINGS YOU ARE NOW LIKELY TO HAVE IN YOUR HOME......Page 54
THINGS THAT YOU WILL TAKE A SUDDEN INTEREST IN......Page 56
CONVERSING WITH YOUNG PEOPLE (PART 3)......Page 59
THINGS YOU’LL FEEL SMUG ABOUT......Page 62
HOORAY! THINGS YOU’LL NEVER HAVE TO DO AGAIN......Page 63
BOO! THINGS YOU WON’T BE DOING AGAIN......Page 65
SHATTERING MOMENTS TO COME SOON......Page 66
THINGS TO EXPECT FOR YOUR NEXT BIRTHDAY......Page 68
EXPRESSIONS THAT WILL DATE YOU......Page 70
GADGETS THAT YOU MAY STILL OWN......Page 71
BEING 40 IS…......Page 72
THINGS YOU SHOULD NOT NOW HAVE IN YOUR HOME......Page 76
AARGHH! THINGS YOU NEVER THOUGHT WOULD HAPPEN......Page 78
YOUR NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE......Page 80
YOUR NEW WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS......Page 83
THINGS YOU WILL DESPERATELY TRY TO AVOID......Page 85
THOSE WERE THE DAYS! NOSTALGIA FOR THE OVER 40S......Page 87
THINGS YOU SHOULD NO LONGER HAVE IN YOUR CAR......Page 88
THINGS YOU WON’T BE DOING HOLIDAY ANY MORE......Page 90
EVEN THOUGH YOU’RE 40 – REASONS TO BE CHEERFUL......Page 92