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So MissFR is getting in the bath just now because we're going to check out a PreK this afternoon. The bathroom in the daylight is not the most flattering of lighting setups. She looks at me as I'm taking her hair out of her ponytail and says "Mommy, are those your wrinkles?".
I'll never forget when I reading my daughter a bedtime story and she asked why my hands looked so old!
So MissFR is getting in the bath just now because we're going to check out a PreK this afternoon. The bathroom in the daylight is not the most flattering of lighting setups. She looks at me as I'm taking her hair out of her ponytail and says "Mommy, are those your wrinkles?".
Maybe I spend too much time over here and not enough time over in Beauty getting Retinol tips from citrus fruits.
From the mouths of babes! Too cute.
I give you one day at H&B before you return here in a mild to moderate rage.
I'm with you Hopes. Although, I have to say I've never felt old until I visited this forum. There's so many threads about what you should wear at a certain age, when you're too over the hill to be a parent, whether you're allowed to shop in the Junior's dept, whether you immediately turn into an old beast after 35 - all sorts of age related stuff that I honestly never even considered until C-D. I didn't realize people actually took all that stuff so seriously.
Ha! I'm just waiting for DS to start commenting on my appearance......my brother is 10 years younger than me and when I was a teenager, he was always my go-to guy to tell me if I looked broken out. He was happy to let me know exactly which pimples he could see...
Meh, I don't think much about my age to be honest (except when I get out of bed in the morning, and everything is creaking! ). Some people age well, some don't. I think it has more to do with genetics and lifestyle than magic potions, except for sunscreen and moisturizer.
If people choose to judge me by my appearance, then so be it, I'm probably better off without those sort of people in my life.
It's all about health, family, and the "joie de vivre".
I don't go over to that forum either. I agree with Fin - some of the attitudes are that if you are over 30 you have one foot in the grave and should give it up, where moomoos and cut your hair short!
Zim - I don't think much about my age either. I certainly don't feel 43 and most of the time I certainly don't ACT 43
I'm with you Hopes. Although, I have to say I've never felt old until I visited this forum. There's so many threads about what you should wear at a certain age, when you're too over the hill to be a parent, whether you're allowed to shop in the Junior's dept, whether you immediately turn into an old beast after 35 - all sorts of age related stuff that I honestly never even considered until C-D. I didn't realize people actually took all that stuff so seriously.
I hear you! I've never thought about age around my friends, whose ages span decades. Some are in their 30s, 40s, 50s, and 60s. Yesterday, my girlfriend, who is now 38, told me she was feeling old because 38 might as well be 40. Geeze! Does that mean that 47 might as well be 50? If there is one friend who will tell me I'm dressing wrong for my age, it's her. But apparently, I'm doing okay in that department. She told me a month ago that I have a sexy look going on (when she was complaining about her hairstyle). And I don't dress in sexy clothes so I guess she means my hair, my face, my body type and I don't dress frumpy.
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Originally Posted by Zimbochick
Meh, I don't think much about my age to be honest (except when I get out of bed in the morning, and everything is creaking! ). Some people age well, some don't. I think it has more to do with genetics and lifestyle than magic potions, except for sunscreen and moisturizer.
If people choose to judge me by my appearance, then so be it, I'm probably better off without those sort of people in my life.
It's all about health, family, and the "joie de vivre".
ETA: Sorry, that sounded awfully preachy.
I haven't really thought much about age until recently because I will be job hunting soon. Hubby is 10 years older then me, and his body is literally falling apart. I'm getting a little worried.
I don't go over to that forum either. I agree with Fin - some of the attitudes are that if you are over 30 you have one foot in the grave and should give it up, where moomoos and cut your hair short!
And I feel sorry for young people who feel that way. How will they feel about themselves at 32? I guess the way my girlfriens is feeling right now.
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). Some people age well, some don't. I think it has more to do with genetics and lifestyle than magic potions, except for sunscreen and moisturizer.
I guess the way my girlfriens is feeling right now.