They swoon over which boy-bander is the cutest, they know all the words to the latest single and they spend a fortune on memorabilia. But these One Direction fans aren’t your typical smitten teens.
Brisbanites Nadine Neave, 44, and Sonia McDonald, 42, and 39-year-old Kimberley Janssen from the Gold Coast are “Mum Directioners” – an ever-expanding club of grown women gone mad for the English/Irish pin-ups, 20-odd years their junior.
“Dancing around the backyard to this band with my 11-year-old, Bella, makes me feel like I’m reliving my youth,” says single mum Kimberley, a beauty consultant.
“When your daughter listens to them 24/7 and has posters all over her walls and ceiling, there comes a time where it’s a case of if you can’t beat em, join ’em!,” agrees business executive Nadine, mum to Brooke, 17.
“But telling your staff you stood in a queue for three hours to buy tickets doesn’t go down well…”
Read more about the One Direction mums in this week’s issue of Woman’s Day, on sale Monday, September 30, 2013.
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