I'm 45, 2 kids and men still notice me/do me favors etc.

It's most obvious in male-domainted places, like at games, or Home Depot.

Definitely it's the 30+ crowd. But I'm slim, smile a lot and am really friendly.

45 and still get noticed. I work hard to stay in shape, and keep up with my appearance. Sometimes I like the attention and sometimes I don't.

Men my own age and older are still noticing me (I am sixty) but the general male population stopped seeing me at around 45.

I just turned 48 (year of the sheep or ram, however you want to look at it) and I still get looks and hit on but now the men are my age or a little younger. They think I'm younger than they are (Asian genes). I ride my bike to work whenever I can and I run. Used to do yoga and would like to return to this. I have a child but am single and I do think I care about my appearance a bit more, not that I am actively looking but you never know. I think the physically active lifestyle is the biggest factor in looking attractive- athletes always look so amazing regardless of their age.

Once I had a kid it pretty much dried up from men in my age group. I've always been chubby to fat, but in a way that a decent number of men like. I'm also very short with short hair. I do get catcalls outside of barbershops and Home Depots.

Anonymous wrote:49 and still have gorgeous legs and they still oogle my gams!

Ogle. Not Oogle.

I really noticed this right when I turned 40. It was a rude awakening. But then ... it came back. i think I had to grow into my new self and realize that I could still be attractive to people but it would be different. Ten years on and I certainly don't get noticed as much as I once did but I don't feel exactly invisible either. Still make connections with the middle aged dads, and that's fine, that's my demographic.

Anonymous wrote:I'm 48. Men still look/hit on me. I've had 2 kids, since that seems to be pertinent to the thread.

Not "young bucks" though, whatever that means. They all seem to be 30+. (I hope)

+1. Age 49, 2 kids. I'm slim and in good shape, attractive but no beauty.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They stopped noticing when you stopped trying.

I can barely step out for a happy hour without some young buck offering to buy me a drink.

-Attractive, successful DC female executive in her mid 40s

Agree with this. Am 45 and I still get noticed. The older I get the more effort I put into making sure that I look good. I dont care about the men (and usually ignore them anyway) but the confidence boost is just amazing.

When you say effort do you mean botox?

Have only gotten through one page of responses of people in their 30s...you are still young! If men have stopped looking it's probably because you are no longer out and about as you were in your single days, and are accompanied by your DH and kids. And you don't feel sexy so don't even look up and notice men around you.

Anonymous wrote:I'm 31 and haven't gotten noticed in years. Probably since college and even then it was mostly by drunk guys. I am basically invisible. I'm tall and a normal/average weight (BMI normal, not "average overweight American" normal), wear makeup, normal clothes - not revealing but not baggy sweats either. I'm just not attractive.

Ridiculous. Do not believe. You may not be movie star beautiful but I can tell by what you wrote that you have beauty outside and inside. Go to a good hair stylist, makeup artist, and fashionable clothes. Beauty doesn't come naturally to most of us and we take advantage of modern day miracles as noted above.

49 and still have gorgeous legs and they still oogle my gams!

Men notice you more than you think.

What does it mean for a man to "notice you"? Is it just to have them stare at you or must they approach you/ ask you out?

I'm 31 and haven't gotten noticed in years. Probably since college and even then it was mostly by drunk guys. I am basically invisible. I'm tall and a normal/average weight (BMI normal, not "average overweight American" normal), wear makeup, normal clothes - not revealing but not baggy sweats either. I'm just not attractive.