Is it right

[4AssedMonkey]

I'm 37, 2 kids, wife, mortgage, responsible job. Doesn't stop me one jot.

I know what you mean about mood hoovering saddo's though. A few where I work think that music festivals (and Glasto in particular) is for teenagers/twentysomethings. My standard reply is along the lines of "You haven't been, never will, so don't know." followed by a smug smile as I walk away thinking about the view from The Park, or the taste of Brothers, or breakfast in the Greenfields, or raving in Arcadia at 2:00am, or.....

[rischbrit]

I'm in my early thirties here. When I mention Glastonbury my work colleagues all shudder and ask why???

The problem is with my line of work we literally 'police' the V Festival so they assume Glastonbury is the same. I can tell you it is NOT but hey ho their loss it means less people to compete with for tickets!!

[Madyokel]

I'm 37, 2 kids, wife, mortgage, responsible job. Doesn't stop me one jot.

I know what you mean about mood hoovering saddo's though. A few where I work think that music festivals (and Glasto in particular) is for teenagers/twentysomethings. My standard reply is along the lines of "You haven't been, never will, so don't know." followed by a smug smile as I walk away thinking about the view from The Park, or the taste of Brothers, or breakfast in the Greenfields, or raving in Arcadia at 2:00am, or.....

[rubenz]

I'm 37, 2 kids, wife, mortgage, responsible job. Doesn't stop me one jot.

I know what you mean about mood hoovering saddo's though. A few where I work think that music festivals (and Glasto in particular) is for teenagers/twentysomethings. My standard reply is along the lines of "You haven't been, never will, so don't know." followed by a smug smile as I walk away thinking about the view from The Park, or the taste of Brothers, or breakfast in the Greenfields, or raving in Arcadia at 2:00am, or.....

[4AssedMonkey]

Each to their own I guess, it's just the assumption that it's an age thing that I don't get and riles me a bit. My wife is 32 and she'd f**king hate Glasto - basically for the camping element, she needs her comforts! She gets why I love it though and didn't question my decision to try it for the first time at 35.

[Ricochet]

Similar story here. I'm 50 the week before the festival. Back with my son and this time my two daughters to help celebrate.

This will be me 5th Glasto after a long long break between festivals.

Glastonbury has been one of the few things that keep me going after a pretty crap time with work over the past three years.

Trying not to think about how I'm going to feel after its over this year.

PS>>>nice pic Madyokel. I was thinking of starting a rougues gallery thread. Have done it before when the MyFestivalGroup thing was running but wasnt sure about the main forum. Thoughts anyone?

[rubenz]

Each to their own I guess, it's just the assumption that it's an age thing that I don't get and riles me a bit. My wife is 32 and she'd f**king hate Glasto - basically for the camping element, she needs her comforts! She gets why I love it though and didn't question my decision to try it for the first time at 35.

[Breeze]

38? Shut up sonny... ;-)

<stands amdst sea of tents at midday on the Wednesday> When I was a lad this was all fields (until the thursday).

[smudger]

Age = 47

Trys to be age = 37

Wishes that I was age = 27

Mental Age = 17

Glastonbury excitement age = 7

Dont listen to the act your age demons....make your own rules!

Edited April 28, 2011 by smudger

[theampersanddevil]

I spent my 32nd birthday last weekend in a field many miles from home with friends who I mostly only met last September. I have more in common with them than I do with the mates I grew up with.

I realised on sunday that I'm fed up having to justify my life to my mates and I'm fed up with feeling guilty about having nothing in common with them. Life happens, we change I suppose. I realised this due to an amazing festival weekend where I had the best birthday since I opened up my commodore64 as a kid and spent 25 minutes loading platoon. It was my festival friends that were the reason for that.

Anyway, OP, it is right that your excited. In the haze of all things muntered I remember being told on saturday night

'stop explaining yourself, we get you.'

[Spindles]

Never trust anyone who openly reads the Daily Heil.

[cortezuk]

I am 48 years old and been going every year since 1997. By day a senior Police Officer but every year about this time the excitement just intensifies - for me these boards are what the internet is for - full stop! Thrre kids (including a 16 year old daughter who is killing me!), mortgage, the lot but Glastonbury goes some way to define who I am! Normally take the full family from wife to our 2 year old but due to daughters' GCSEs its just me and couple of mates this year!! The excitement is even higher as plan to hurl myself into all those things that somehow I never get the chance to do looking after kids - bring on sunrise behind the tipi field - I will be there thursday morning and without a care in the world or even a responsibility - at least for 5 days. Thank you boards you just ramped up my excitement a notch!!

[Kernow_Lad]

43 and about to lose my glastonbury cherry - cannae wait

[Madyokel]

Similar story here. I'm 50 the week before the festival. Back with my son and this time my two daughters to help celebrate.

This will be me 5th Glasto after a long long break between festivals.

Glastonbury has been one of the few things that keep me going after a pretty crap time with work over the past three years.

Trying not to think about how I'm going to feel after its over this year.

PS>>>nice pic Madyokel. I was thinking of starting a rougues gallery thread. Have done it before when the MyFestivalGroup thing was running but wasnt sure about the main forum. Thoughts anyone?

Edited April 28, 2011 by Madyokel

[TwistedReligion]

Mood hoovering is what these people do instead of going to a field and clowning around with 80,000 other humans you have never met. Wherever they go they use their completely-irrelevant-to-the-conversation views to supplement any attempt at understanding what it is you are describing. This is to save their closed minds the effort of taking on board the possibility that they might have actually missed something that they might enjoy.

'It doesn't fit into my pocketbook of accepted past-times and leisure activities, therefore...it doesn't exist.'

And so I am going to bash it into the ground in the only 'fail-proof' (at least in my narrow-mind) way I know how, and that is to compare it to something a child would do. Thus demonstrating that I am a more mature and ultimately, higher-achieving, more well-rounded individual than thou.

This is WRONG.

Edited April 28, 2011 by TwistedReligion

[Stu H]

I've spent so long talking about it that i've managed to persuade my Dad to come along in 2013. He's 53 and seems to have the musical taste of the average 25 year old!

[Yoghurt on a Stick]

It's your life and unless you believe in reincarnation you'll only have one of them on this planet. Make the most of it. You know Glasto is right and swinging off Ann Widdecomes nipples is wrong. So very wrong.

[whisty]

51, 5th year on the spin, and I don't try to be any age. I've been waiting for somebody to pluck up courage and say that "Act your age" thing. Hasn't happened yet

Edited April 28, 2011 by whisty

[gizmoman]

Michael Eavis is 75 and still gets excited about the festival, never listen to anyone that tells you you're too old to do something, the only limit is your physical capability.

[Kyelo]

He's 53 and seems to have the musical taste of the average 25 year old!

[rischbrit]

One if our group is 65 this year. He can out drink, out dance and out last the best of us even the 17 yr olds!!! We were all knackered wanting to go to bed and all he kept on saying was ' you young folks have no stamina!!'

[guypjfreak]

After being in work and boring my workmates about tales of daring do in glastonbury last year and as my excitement reaching fever pitch now I have managed to secure a ticket for this year. Is it right that a 38 year man with a mortgage wife and 2 kids now feels like a 6 year old on christmas eve thinking he has just seen santa fly over his house.

A work mate who was listening to my conversation to a friend on the phone about Florence on the other stage last year, when I had finished promptly put his Daily mail down and said "You want to f***ing grow up mate your nearly 40". My reaction was to tell him to carry on drinking mild, wearing cardigans and take up carpet bowls as he slides happily into middle age.

Me you find wearing a tie die tee shirt, wheelies and trying to find my way to arcadia as I enter middle age kicking and screaming.

And to all the middle class f***tards in my work who think festivals are for 15-20 years go swing off Anne widdicomes nipples whilst watching the latest bbc/itv talentless show

Sorry rant over

Edited April 28, 2011 by guypjfreak

[blue6field]

Did my last Glastonbury 19 years ago! And always swore I'd come back, just celebrated by 40th and can't wait to get back to the farm.

[guypjfreak]

Did my last Glastonbury 19 years ago! And always swore I'd come back, just celebrated by 40th and can't wait to get back to the farm.

[Someones Mum]

After years of extolling the fanatastic amazing other worldness of Glastonbury to all and sundry my Mum and Dad came with us last year and they are 73 and 68....AND were so worked about ticket day last year All sorted and they're coming again! Oh and I'm not exactly young!