Outside of wrinkles, what was your rude awakening to getting old?

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Anonymous wrote:My face has changed. The proportions are just a little distorted: face is wider, eyes more set in their sockets, nose has probably grown more than the rest of my features. I look less cute. Imho, women tend to look more mannish as they age and I'm in that less cute stage so I need to step it up.

This. My face is not pretty anymore. I was pretty when I was younger, even in my 40s. I feel like I look more masculine.

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Friends dying.

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My facial skin is sagging more.

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Anonymous wrote:Mine involves literal rudeness.

A little self-entitled Gen Z girl pushed past my elderly father in a line to catch up with some friends. Didn't say excuse me or anything. Just literally pushed him aside. My father started to tell her off and she got combative. So I stepped in and told her to move along. She persists to argue so I repeated just move along. Finally, I told her to hush her mouth. She seemed shocked. She looked at me and asked, "How old are you?" (I'm 53). And then very seriously declared, "It's amazing that I'm only 25 and so much more mature than you."

Gen Z really is an obnoxious lot lacking in basic manners. But I've noticed a lot of ageism from them. It's wild.

I have no idea why you decided to pick a fight with someone 30 years younger than you and more than 50 years younger than your father. Shake your head and move on.

I didn't pick the fight. She did. Do try to keep up.

See ^^. Nasty personality. Not pp.

How Trumpian of you.

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Varicose veins, started in 30s

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No longer being able to bounce right out of bed. I used to tease my younger husband about how long it took him and the vocalizations he made. I’ve had my comeuppance.

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Realizing that I have no patience for people anymore because I think the vast majority of people are effing idiots.

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People in my family start having grey hair in their 20s. I never associated it with getting old.

Last summer when it was 100 degrees in DC for a while, I felt like I looked 10 years older. Never experienced it before and it was depressive. Then when it got cooler, my face looked normal again.

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- insomnia
- droopy half closed eyes
- fatter face
- knee pain
- aging spots on my skin

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Anonymous wrote:Giant pores all over my face out of nowhere. 1st sign of aging. Nothing to fix it.

My young adult DD had me double cleansing first with an oil cleanser and using Paula’s Choice BHA. She tells me my pores look much smaller. It’s hard for me to see a difference because my aging eyes can’t see the fine details anymore.

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Anonymous wrote:Crepey decolletage from sun damage from being a short sighted young person

Food stuck in teeth too

Thinning eyebrows, I need to watch some videos on what to do about that

Going to bed so early. 10pm is way too late

Health issues. I have so many doctors. Not really lifestyle related, just bad luck

I put rogaine on my eyebrows. It helps

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Mid-40s F. The weight gain without doing anything different. Sometimes my feet randomly hurt. Stiff shoulder sometimes.

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Anonymous wrote:- insomnia
- droopy half closed eyes
- fatter face
- knee pain
- aging spots on my skin

Did I type that?? I have all of those. My right eyelid will no longer open fully and it truly alarms me but the eye doc didn't seem overly concerned.

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Hair that does not have enough grey enough to give in, but has too much grey to go more than four weeks between touch-ups without looking unpolished.