Move over DINKYS

The men of the Double Income No Kids Yet brigade are now known as MAMILs. Or so the story goes in the Sundays Independent. Well maybe not quite the story they portrayed but it could be. There seems to be an opinion out there that a number of somewhat portly men in their middle years (35-45) are intent on strutting their stuff clad only in lycra. Not only that but they have hood winked their partners into letting them spend the shopping money on overpriced bikes and the latest cycling gear. But let us not forget that the partners are only too willing to see these MAMILs off on their bikes. After all 3-4 hours pushing themselves along Irish roads and they return happy to have survived that last hill and after a shower collapse into the armchair too exhausted to annoy anyone for the rest of the day. So now the partners of these MAMILs can go about their merry way and rearrange the house, purchase that long argued about item and guess what – he’s too exhausted to argue. All I can say is thank God I’m past that. I’m older, rounder, past the stage of exhaustion, require help to get out of the lycra, have difficulty noticing the changes  and the better half is only too glad of the peace and quiet when I’m on my bike. Isn’t life grand? By the way MAMIL was coined by Michael Oliver and if the shoe fits - Middle Aged Men In Lycra