When these three rock up at a club, other revellers assume they are all sisters on a night out. Few realise that youngsters Tink, 19, and Carma, 21, are out partying with their mum Cordelia Simpson who, at 42, is actually twice their age.
And Cordelia – who also has son Sonny, 18, and daughter Lulu, 15 – says the chance to kick back with them all makes up for the scorn she suffered as a young mum-of-four. Having had all of her children by the time she was 26, she says: “I lost count of the eyerolls I got from older mums in the playground. “People constantly asked me, ‘Don’t you have a TV?’ There was so much stigma in my 20s.
“But now I’m in my 40s, all I get is praise and positive comments. We were in Dubai last year, chatting to a group of people, when Carma called me Mum. The others looked shocked and one said, ‘Oh my God, she’s your mum?!’ They’d presumed we were sisters. The look of disbelief on their faces was hilarious.”
When Carma and Cordelia were in Dubai last year, other holidaymakers there were shocked to discover that they were mother and daughter and not sisters (Collect)Yoga teacher Cordelia recalls how people told her she had “ruined her life” when she had Carma with her childhood sweetheart at just 21. But she says: “Unfortunately, things went sour, so I ended up having her on my own.”
Then she met Bob Simpson, who she is still happily married to today. Bob, 49 – who works as a joiner – is the father of her youngest three kids. Yet even in a strong relationship, Cordelia, from South East London, says she was still criticised for having four children in her 20s. But she is grateful the smaller age gap means she now has more in common with her children.
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As a young mum, Cordelia faced a lot of judgement from parents in the playground (Collect)“I’m so close to my kids and I think it’s partly down to having them young,” she says. “If we had a bigger age gap, I don’t think we’d share the same interests. I certainly don’t think I look as young as my kids, though – so it’s definitely a compliment when people say I do.
“Carma often gives the odd eyeroll, but I think she doesn’t mind too much. However, when I was getting ready for a night out recently and asked her if putting my hair up made me look younger, she replied, ‘You can look older, you know…’ so she might be getting fed up with the comparison!
"But I love clubbing with my eldest three, practising yoga with my girls, and clothes shopping with all four kids.” Glam Cordelia, who also works as a model and TV presenter, says the relationship she has with her children reflects how she was with her own mum when she was growing up.
Age-defying mum often gets mistaken to be a sibling rather than their mum (Collect)Sadly, Cordelia lost her mum to secondary lung cancer when she was 25, following an ovarian cancer diagnosis. She has since discovered she has the PALB2 gene, giving her a higher risk of developing cancer. Cordelia has had a preventative double mastectomy as a result. But she says: “I have the best memories of going out dancing with Mum. I miss her so much.”
Cordelia’s children love hanging out with her too, including son Sonny. The entrepreneur says: “I recently turned 18 and since then, I’ve been partying hard with Mum. I feel very protective of her when we’re out. The two of us always dance together – that’s one of my favourite parts of a night out with her.”
Carma, an actress who kept her birth name of Hylton, says: “Going out with my mum is honestly the best. From sharing clothes to talking about anything and everything, I wouldn’t wish for it any other way.”
Yoga teacher Tink adds: “Although we party like besties, it’s nice to feel a certain level of protection when I’m out with her.” And Cordelia’s youngest, Lulu, reckons she “can’t wait” to go out clubbing with her mum. “I’d be proud to be seen out with her,” she says.
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