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In reply to the discussion: On growing older: [View all]DebJ
(7,699 posts)My husband, when he comes across friends and acquaintances he met decades ago, always ends up saying
Gee why do they all look so OLD? He has lost almost all of his hair, and what he has left including his beard
is quickly graying, but he doesn't think he shows age at all. Of course, inside, he doesn't feel it.
My parents, shortly after retiring, went into a shopping center in the middle of the week one day, and my
mother asked my father "My goodness, what are all these old people doing here?" Then she laughed and
said "Oh my goodness, WE are old people!"
If you stop putting on makeup in your 40s, then when you hit the late 50s and 60s, you don't miss it.
I hate the way I look now, at 57 almost 58. But I realized when my children and grandchildren and I were
looking at recently-taken pictures, that they just see me as a Grandma, and I look like a Grandma, and that
is just normal and an 'of course'. I LOVE being Grandma, so that makes me feel better. That, and I haven't
REALLY looked in the mirror in many years. Looking doesn't make things better.