Comments on: I have wrinkles

By: fillyjonk

fillyjonk — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 15:24:12 +0000

That’s because you gesture with your forehead so much. But do you have them even when your face is perfectly still? That’s what caught me by surprise.

By: fillyjonk's little sister

fillyjonk's little sister — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:59:14 +0000

Dan’s right. I have them too. :(

By: DiosaNegra1967

DiosaNegra1967 — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:15:56 +0000

i am SO late to this “party”….so here goes:

grey pubes? uh….then i guess i shouldn’t tell y’all that you’ll eventually go “bald” there…..LOL….my mom told me this past weekend! it sure beats waxing!

yeah, i get the whole thing about wrinkles and grey hair….but, i’m gonna chime in with the others about how you get more interesting as you get older…..

it really sux that so much of “a woman’s worth” is tied up in what she does (or doesn’t) look like…..

By: Rosa

Rosa — Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:20:30 +0000

Risha, I don’t sew and haven’t learned to make my own bras, but it does seem like it’s a less-drastic step to take than major surgery. For one thing, it’s less likely to cause death.

By: Sniper

Sniper — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 15:21:50 +0000

I always feel the need to apologize for such things because critics will undoubtedly nit-pit and find faults in my words, you know, be anal like that.

Really? I’d rather you apologized for being really fucking rude.

By: Scotlyn

Scotlyn — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:45:16 +0000

Had to leave this thread after my last comment and not come back til now.

Aproustian -please make that list, and then share it – ok!

CAR – yeah Susan totally rocks! Haven’t figured out yet why Pratchett is such a good source of perfecly formed female characters, but they work for me.

But anyway, in real life, I use my grandmother’s photo, taken at her 100th birthday last year (she’s still going strong) for the wallpaper on my computer. Her every line and wrinkle is beautiful to me, because they define a face full of interest framing a lively pair of twinkly eyes. Believe it or not, despite a face mapping not just the highways but also the tiny byways of her life, she’s still not entirely grey. She has a splodge of brown hair on top (I kid you not) in the midst of the iron grey everywhere else. I’m 48 today – and looking forward (partly on the basis of this genetic treasure) to lots of aging – hopefully much of it most disgracefully!

By: Robz

Robz — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:21:00 +0000

I have had frown lines since I hit puberty. They got really deep when I was getting constant migraines, I remember my mum having a go at me because I was frowning so much and getting wrinkles, “sorry I’m in agony mum!”

I don’t care what I look like much. The only thing pretty people seem to get is sleezy freaks on the bus trying to hit on them. Pass.

By: Karla

Karla — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:59:01 +0000

*apologies for my typos and bad grammar* I should have double checked. I always feel the need to apologize for such things because critics will undoubtedly nit-pit and find faults in my words, you know, be anal like that.

By: Karla

Karla — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:57:32 +0000

I’m in my mid twenties. I color my hair every 4-6 weeks to cover the premature gray I inherited from my dad’s side of my gene pool. I wear sunscreen often. I get pedicures. I get chemical peels. And I am not afraid of Botox, if/when I feel I can use it’s help, I’ll go have it done.

I’m also a fat feminist. I have a great job, proud of my accomplishments, proud of my politics.

So I’m vain, so what? My vanity is not destructive. My vanity is not out of control and I’m not about to let anyone steer me into guilt about my vanity.

“omgz! needles!!! toxins!!” what are you people, like 16? Many of the life-preserving drugs we take are made out of purified “toxins”. Needles are just that – needles. Get a grip!

By: Bree

Bree — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:29:54 +0000

I started going gray when I turned 30. I was totally prepared for it, as my mom started going gray before 30, and so did my maternal grandfather. When I hit 30, I started catching colds more often and I caught the stomach virus twice in one year! Prior to that, I had hardly ever hugged the sink.

I’m not so sure about the wrinkles though. My grandmother, until she got very ill at 68, looked younger than her age . My mom doesn’t look 53, and we sometimes get mistaken for sisters. So it may be a while before I start getting them. I don’t get a lot of sun and I don’t smoke or drink, so I’m not sure if that will slow the aging process.

But one thing I notice since turning 30 is how easy I can pull muscles. I pulled my knee doing the Cha-Cha slide during the “crisscross” step and was sore for days. It won’t stop me from doing the dance, but I’ll just have to crisscross a certain way from now on.