Growing old gracefully? ????⌛

I am 45 and I am the moisturizing queen....people easily think i am in my early 30s.

If you can slow down the aging process why not!! We do it for our bodies with eating right and exercising why wouldn't it be the same for our face?

Also they say black don't crack!! LOL!!!!! :laugh:

I am 45 and I am the moisturizing queen....people easily think i am in my early 30s.

If you can slow down the aging process why not!! We do it for our bodies with eating right and exercising why wouldn't it be the same for our face?

Also they say black don't crack!! LOL!!!!! :laugh:

dbanks, that is a beautiful Samoyed, my boy is 5 1/2 years old - he's the 3rd one we've had...........

Life is too short for this crap.

Meh. I think life's too short to not look your best.

I'm 42, take good care of my skin (I am a self-admitted skin product junkie), and dye my hair.

You seem a little judgy of people like me. But whatevs, most of the feedback I get is positive and I feel better than I have at any other age. I'll stick to what I'm doing.

Life is too short for this crap.

Meh. I think life's too short to not look your best.

I'm 42, take good care of my skin (I am a self-admitted skin product junkie), and dye my hair.

You seem a little judgy of people like me. But whatevs, most of the feedback I get is positive and I feel better than I have at any other age. I'll stick to what I'm doing.

Having an opinion and being genuinely interested in the opinion of others =/= being "judgy"
I feel that I do look my best and most people guess my age significantly lower than it is, all im saying is personally I am not prepared to spend a fortune on my looks or to go through unneccesary procedures unless my life depends on it.

I still stick to my original sentiment of "life is too short for this crap". It really isnt a priority for me. Each to their own eh...

Fair enough. :flowerforyou:

To me there is a difference between growing old gracefully and throwing in the towel, and I think a lot of people who have stopped trying to be their best physically and mentally say they are growing with grace. To me that is throwing in the towel.

I don't understand how people wouldn't want to look their best and take care of there body. I don't think they are bad people, I just don't get it. You only get one body and one mind.

So, I would like to grow old gracefully with strength. I want to be the lady I saw out on a run there other day at 75 riding her adult tricycle with a big smile. She looked BEAUTIFUL to me.

I won't lie though. If I had an extra ten grand I would get laser bra so I would walk around bra-less at home and and the girls would walk with me again.

Well, you youthful responders, I am 60 and the primary thing many (most) people my age are concerned with is lifestyle. Looks (while still not UNimportant )are more does s/he look good for his/her age. What you see at 60 is that you have probably 20ish years left and you want to be able to enjoy those to the maximum and perhaps survive healthy enough to dance at your grandchildren's weddings (or Phd hooding or whatever it is they want to celebrate). One final thought, lots of plastic surgery does not make a person look younger - it makes them look old with plastic surgery -- think Joan Rivers. :laugh:

That IS a hike! I didn't grow up near the beach. I didn't see the ocean until I was 12. We were probably at least seven hours from any back (aside from lakes). I'm making up for it now.

And I want to live in Cornwall someday. It's just so beautiful! I want to live there and write novels.

Cornwall really is beautiful, we visited Lands End last month (along with Carbis Bay and St. Ives). It's so chilled out down there.

It's my favorite thing about watching Doc Martin, the scenery shots.

I have a friend who grew up in Kent and she suggested that, too.

Of course, first I have to write a best-seller so I can quit my job ... lol

I love Martin Clunes! It would be a lovely place to write a novel though...so much inspiration.

He is great!

We found a show on Netfix a while back -- a parody of a documentary about airports. There were these characters, teenage girls, who heard Martin Clunes was going to be flying into the airport and they were waiting with signs and all excited. So the plane gets there and they're singing his name and jumping up and down and they find out he switched flights to another airport because he heard they were there and he didn't want to be bothered. It was so funny.

To me there is a difference between growing old gracefully and throwing in the towel, and I think a lot of people who have stopped trying to be their best physically and mentally say they are growing with grace. To me that is throwing in the towel.

I don't understand how people wouldn't want to look their best and take care of there body. I don't think they are bad people, I just don't get it. You only get one body and one mind.

So, I would like to grow old gracefully with strength. I want to be the lady I saw out on a run there other day at 75 riding her adult tricycle with a big smile. She looked BEAUTIFUL to me.

I won't lie though. If I had an extra ten grand I would get laser bra so I would walk around bra-less at home and and the girls would walk with me again.

Agreed, but I think the vast majority of people here ARE looking to take care of their bodies, that's why we're here. I took the OP to mean the more cosmetic things (gray hair, etc.) & THAT's what a lot of us aren't concerned with. Will I look better losing weight? I certainly hope so, but I will never win any prizes for looks. The bigger thing I'm addressing with the weight loss is staying healthy - anything else is a bonus & if it doesn't work out that way, that's fine too. I take care of myself (shower, haircuts, keep the beard trimmed, clean clothes, etc.) but I'm not doing the Grecian formula thing or anything else cosmetic like that.......

I didn't read through the thread yet. I'm 35, a mother of 2, and a dancer. It is important to me to eat a nutritious diet, in moderation, exercise and be fit, maintain and build muscle. I stay out of the sun, or wear a hat and I wear spf 30 to prevent sun damage to my fair skin. I take care of my skin, but just very basic, preventing blemishes, nothing fancy. I don't think there is any way to stop the aging process. I trust in my body to age gracefully as long as I take basic, good care of it. I also use a gentle shampoo and conditioner and will put some color in my hair from vegetable dye (maybe when I'm older I won't), but I don't heat style or use anything damaging to my hair. I dress nicely. I wouldn't do anything expensive or invasive. I still get carded, and the drinking age here is 19. They really think I am under 19.

Don't care. I know too many women who are in their 40's or 50's and try so hard to look younger, it makes me feel bad for them.. They wear clothes from stores that target young adults, go out to bars full of college age kids. My mom is pre-occupied with covering her gray hair, being skinny, putting creams on age spots and wrinkles.

I find it incredibly sad.

Well, I always try my best to choose styles that are right for my age, but generally I do need to shop in stores that sell the smaller sized clothing. It's just the way it is if you are small and petite. My size isn't going to change in 10 to 15 years from now.

I'm 41, and still more worried about pimples than wrinkles.

Me too, at 35.

The good news for me is that I have NOT purchased an Affliction t-shirt yet. Although, i almost...ALMOST...purchased a two-seater convertible. Fortunately, I had a quick moment of clarity and didn't go through with it.

Well done, sir; you've passed the test! :drinker: My husband has always been in love with MGs since we were kids, so I will see to it that someday he gets one. It will be red, with a license plate that says "BARCHETTA". But it will be so that WE can go for a ride in it together! :laugh: