Be honest. How old are you. How old do you look?

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Anonymous wrote:I always pretend to be surprised. I'm nice. You don't look young

I’m authentic. I won’t say it unless I mean it. Some people truly look younger

It makes me not trust you immediately if you say I look younger-- I don't. Cut the shit.

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50. Look 50.

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42 and look 42.

A healthy, fit, trim but still very much a 42 year old person.

It's ok, you know

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57 and I look 57

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Anonymous wrote:46, looks 46. 5'6, 120 lbs. Daily cardio. No drinking, smoking, meat, or feeding myself the BS that I look a decade younger. I am black and people have said I could go for late 30s but I understand that they are merely being polite. What is wrong with admitting that you look the age you are?

Nothing. Rock on!

Hmm. I am white but horrible at guessing the ages of African American women. I feel like many African American women reach age thirty five...and then just stay there for like twenty five years. I think a lot of black women in their fifties can pass for thirty five. Way fewer white women can.

I am the black woman who posted the above. You're not the only one with that difficulty. Yesterday I saw a TA whom I assumed was 25-27 max with very pale skin, long red hair flowing to her waist worn over plaid blazer and jeans, a few freckles, and no wrinkles. Imagine my shock when she told the class she had been born in 1977. Not in a million years would I have been able to guess her age. We need a flow chart or something...Do fingers show creasing or age spots? If no, check ankles.

I've noticed a lot of very pale redheads seem to age super well, presumably because they figured out they should avoid the sun early on due to always burning. So they never went through a stage of laying out tanning for hours a day like most white people and they wore sunscreen and everything.

When white people take care of their skin they can age really well. They just need to use the correct sun protection to make up for the melanin

Other than Nicole Kidman, every red-haired 50-something I have seen has sun spots, more freckles and those white patch things. I have many Irish red-head relatives. The olive skin women that I know that even were out in the sun still have skin like J-Los in 40s/50s.

My best friend (half Sicilian, but blue eyed and fair during the winter) tanned like a MF in our teens/early 20s and at 52 she doesn't have a damn wrinkle or age spot (even on chest, hands) and her legs are still smooth. She also was a soccer player through college so in the sun a lot. She never burned. A tan has a natural SPF of 4. So I think that had something to do with it. Also, by late 20s she never purposely tanned again and always has a big hat during the summer.

Maybe stopping tanning helped? My friend from HS is very similar (half sicilian, blue eyes) and she's had crows feet that basically stretch from her chin to her forehead and a chest that looks like Magda's chicken skin from Something About Mary since her late 20s/early 30s. She never burns and is still a sun goddess but at nearly 40 she doesn't look anything like J. Lo, she looks extremely weathered and way older, so not sure the olive skin always helps if you abuse it.

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Anonymous wrote:I always pretend to be surprised. I'm nice. You don't look young

I’m authentic. I won’t say it unless I mean it. Some people truly look younger

It makes me not trust you immediately if you say I look younger-- I don't. Cut the shit.

This. The message is that there is something wrong with you at your age and you should be relieved to look younger.

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Anonymous wrote:I always pretend to be surprised. I'm nice. You don't look young

I’m authentic. I won’t say it unless I mean it. Some people truly look younger

It makes me not trust you immediately if you say I look younger-- I don't. Cut the shit.

This. The message is that there is something wrong with you at your age and you should be relieved to look younger.

OMG do you automatically judge people who compliment you? Just say thank you, they are trying to be pleasant. Been to a party, ever? Yikes.

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age 53 look 50. I do regular botox, hair color, other laser treatments. I had eyelids/bags fixed/lifted. I workout, drink water. Jeez I guess without working on all of this I would look 60

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Anonymous wrote:42 and look 42.

A healthy, fit, trim but still very much a 42 year old person.

It's ok, you know

+1. I'm almost 44 and probably look my age. Maybe a year or two younger on a really good day, and a year or two older on a bad day. I'm athletic and take care of myself but I don't think there's anything short of extensive cosmetic procedures or high doses of HGH that will actually take several years off one's appearance.

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My best friend (half Sicilian, but blue eyed and fair during the winter) tanned like a MF in our teens/early 20s and at 52 she doesn't have a damn wrinkle or age spot (even on chest, hands) and her legs are still smooth. She also was a soccer player through college so in the sun a lot. She never burned. A tan has a natural SPF of 4. So I think that had something to do with it. Also, by late 20s she never purposely tanned again and always has a big hat during the summer.

Maybe stopping tanning helped? My friend from HS is very similar (half sicilian, blue eyes) and she's had crows feet that basically stretch from her chin to her forehead and a chest that

looks like Magda's chicken skin from Something About Mary since her late 20s/early 30s. She never burns and is still a sun goddess but at nearly 40 she doesn't look anything like J. Lo, she looks extremely weathered and way older, so not sure the olive skin always helps if you abuse it.

I would rather end up wrinkled and spend my life doing the things I enjoy outdoors in the sun - swimming, snorkeling, paddling, surfing, hiking, than staying indoors to preserve my skin. I wear sunscreen, but am under no illusions that my skin hasn't taken a beating. But my wrinkled face has taken kids to swim in coral reefs, raft down rivers, scramble over boulders. I'll take the trade-off.

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I’m 45 and look late 30s. I have better skin (smoother, less wrinkles, no bags or dark circles) than any other white woman I know who is roughly my age, up to late 30s. Genes, exercise, sunscreen, and drinking too much water.

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Anonymous wrote:I always pretend to be surprised. I'm nice. You don't look young

I’m authentic. I won’t say it unless I mean it. Some people truly look younger

It makes me not trust you immediately if you say I look younger-- I don't. Cut the shit.

This. The message is that there is something wrong with you at your age and you should be relieved to look younger.

OMG do you automatically judge people who compliment you? Just say thank you, they are trying to be pleasant. Been to a party, ever? Yikes.

NP. If it's intended as a compliment, it's not a compliment. Saying that someone has done a good job of hiding a characteristic the other person has deemed shameful is not a compliment.

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I get hit on my younger men who are then disappointed when they find out how old I am. So I guess I do actually look closer to 35. I'm 41. I don't do anything special outside of sunscreen.

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I’m 55. I’m told that I look like a woman in her 40s. I hope that’s true. Many times I’ve been pushing my grand baby in her stroller and people have referred to me as the mother. I freakin’ love that.

I am very fit. I wear very minimal make up. And I don’t act old. I hope it lasts a few more years.

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I'm 50 and people are always wide-eyed when I tell them. Black don't crack.