Are you aging well ?

[luvmylittleboy2003]

I get told I look anywhere between my mid twenties to early thirties, I'm 40.

 

[KimR]

In general, I think so, although like southern redhead I do work hard at it. I've gotten carded several times but I seriously think they do this on purpose - I'm 49 and there is no way in hell I look anywhere near 20. I play the game and pretend to flattered though.

Anyway, I dress young, wear my hair long and have no wrinkles so I'm ok on that front. However - isn't there always a however? - my legs look like those of a 70-year-old woman. It seems as if all my aging has been occurring in one concentrated place. How does that happen?

 

[powellrj]

I went very prematurely white, so I would have to say no. I also was told at 45 I had the knees of someone in their 80's. Arthritis has taken its toll.

On the positive front. A few months ago I dropped something off at DDs school and a lady stopped me and asked where she knew me from. We chatted a few minutes and she snapped her fingers and said my maiden name. We had graduated from HS together and I hadn't seen her since 1977! I guess I do have my good days!

 

[Disneycrazymom]

Whoever above said knees is so right on! I was a runner when young and boy do I pay for it now. Ouch!

I think when I hit 50 it just all went - well somewhere else! I started to see gray hairs, and wrinkles, my weight is impossible to maintain, people say I look tired - well I am tired!!! I'm 50 with a job and teenagers and a house to keep up with and bills to pay and a little one to drive everywhere..... you get the picture!

 

[krcit]

Well just yesterday I was chatting with the cashier at Kohls and mentioned I have a 16 year old, her jaw dropped and she asked if I was a teen mom I think she must have been hitting the bar at lunch or soemthing though because I am 42 and look it I think. maybe I can shave a couple years off when I'm all 'duded' up for a night out but that's it!

 

[snapppyd]

I thought I was doing alright until I hit 50/menopause. Up until then I think I looked a little younger than my age. Now the wrinkles/tired look, gray roots, sore back and knees tell a different story. I know it's vain, but it bothers me that no one ever says I look younger than my age anymore.

 

[Christine]

I thought I was doing alright until I hit 50/menopause. Up until then I think I looked a little younger than my age. Now the wrinkles/tired look, gray roots, sore back and knees tell a different story. I know it's vain, but it bothers me that no one ever says I look younger than my age anymore.

I am 47 and not menopausal yet but definitely well on my way. I feel like in the last year, age is taking it's toll. I don't have more wrinkles; however, the skin is just not as "bouncy" as it was. I think I look "tired" in the mirror, even when I'm not. I am having all sorts of sensitive skin issues that were always there but are now way worse.

For years (from age 16 through 30) I don't think I really changed a bit. Then I had some minor things in my 30, a few minor things in my 40s, and then BAM. Almost overnight.

I remember being in my early 40s and a few people telling me that, while I didn't look 20, I looked like a person in my early 30s. I think I look my age now.

 

[snapppyd]

Yup, I'm tired of being told I look tired *sigh* I really would love to have my eyelids done.

 

[goofyernmost]

I don't think anyone see themselves as others see them. I can look in a mirror all day and think...Hey, not too bad for an old fat guy. Then reality hits in the form of a photograph or no longer having to ask for the senior discount. I don't mind getting older but I hate the aging process. Seems like a cruel joke to me. Why can't I just be the same until I die. Why must I waste away, get less able to do things and sag where I used to stretch. You can exercise all day, everyday and it still catches up with you.

I go out on a cold morning and look at my hands, only they aren't my hands they are my Fathers hands. Just seems mean to me. I see those older then I and think...that will be me soon. Sorry, I didn't intend to send this into a more depressing direction, but there are no more realities of life then aging and the alternative to aging is death...so embrace it and do the best you can.

 

[snapppyd]

I recently decided to start exercising. I don't know, but I am in so much pain. We have a party to go to tomorrow night and I am dreading it, I'm laying on a heating pad, my back, hip and knees are killing me.

I wish I could just look forward to it, being able to dance, etc. Oh well......I'm slowing becoming that old aunt who never gets up at parties.............

 

[piglet50]

no. i didn't pay attention when the dr. told me to exercise and eat healthier foods and i am paying for it now. i'm 55 and it shows. all of you who are still young, get up off of it. exercise and eat more veggies and fruit. i'm young in my mind but the body says no way.

 

[mrsdon]

Just last month I was with my oldest DS (28) me (50)
We were discussing familymedical history and I was answering for DS
Finally the lady asked me why my family medical history was revelant to DS... I said because I am his MOM.
The lady turned bright red..She said oh how akward, I thought you were his wife!!!!
I dont think I look 50, but my body is falling apart on the inside.

 

[DefLepard]

I recently decided to start exercising. I don't know, but I am in so much pain. We have a party to go to tomorrow night and I am dreading it, I'm laying on a heating pad, my back, hip and knees are killing me.

I wish I could just look forward to it, being able to dance, etc. Oh well......I'm slowing becoming that old aunt who never gets up at parties.............

Really fun old aunts are the one's who drink with ya and make fun of the bad dancers

 

[Disney Doll]

Pretty well, but I'm fatter than I want to be. Of course, that means I have no wrinkles.

 

[indimom]

According to that freakin' wii fit, no.




I hate that game.....

 

[snapppyd]

Really fun old aunts are the one's who drink with ya and make fun of the bad dancers

Then I'm cool!

 

[goofyernmost]

Pretty well, but I'm fatter than I want to be. Of course, that means I have no wrinkles.

Exactly!

Why pay good money to have some 20 something Doctor inject fat into your face to get ride of wrinkles, when you can just have that extra cinnamon roll for just pennies. Of course, that 20 something Doctor will probably not be able to afford that spare BMW...but, who cares.

 

[FINFAN]

Not aging well-mentally, physically or financially
Really not good at handling the fact that I am not I'm not aging well
prefer the backside of the camera
and I am going to be 49 in a month..so to me, I should not be in a 80 year old state of mind and body. Depressing for sure.

 

[Aisling]

Not aging well-mentally, physically or financially
Really not good at handling the fact that I am not I'm not aging well
prefer the backside of the camera
and I am going to be 49 in a month..so to me, I should not be in a 80 year old state of mind and body. Depressing for sure.

Aw I really think you're being too hard on yourself. Yes, it good to face reality if you're not aging as well as you'd like, but I think if you got a handle on the mental part, you'll see your physical self in a different light. When I worry, I FEEL SO OLD and I carry myself like an older person with no energy, so I LOOK older. But I know it's hard not to be stressed and not to worry these days.

Having extra body weight doesn't mean you're not aging well (not meaning specifically you, but in general). Stretch every day so you'll stay limber and you'll be able to move better as we age.

I want to give you a hug!

 

[GeorgeG]

I think I am, at least most of the time. I just turned 65 and have a lot of people think I'm still in my 50s. I think I look my age (of course, I know my real age) and sometime I do feel older. I don't worry about getting older, though.