What years are the "aging years" ( for women)

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[Post New]04/08/2014 09:33
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I have always found people who say " everyone says I look 20ish or what age ish" are not being told this by 20 year olds. Because no 20 year old will mistake a 30 or 40 year old for being 20.
[Post New]04/08/2014 09:59
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My sister (now 38) went to an Al-Anon meeting 2 years ago and they handed her a bunch of pamphlets. When she got home, she looked at them and they were all material for Ala-Teen. Also, she was at a restaurant with a bunch of male co-workers she'd either never met before or only loosely knew some. She went to the bathroom and when she came back, they asked her how old she was. They'd been taking bets and most of them guessed she was in her mid 20s. The guy who came closest said early 30s and admitted that was only because he knew her GS level and figured she had to be in her 30s to reach that level.
[Post New]04/08/2014 10:27
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Anonymous wrote:I am 38 but everyone says I look 20ish. I was thinking of joining the police department and doing undercover work in college.


LOL! You and every other middle aged mom on here. A bunch of unicorns running around!


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There is no 38 yo celebrity/model who looks 20. None. Yet, you do.


I look 16 years younger. Tons of sleep, low stress, good genes and no kids yet.


Well sure if I had no kids and no high powered job, I'd look great too, but I'd also have nothing going on in my life that would be worthwhile.
[Post New]04/08/2014 10:48
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I am 38 but everyone says I look 20ish. I was thinking of joining the police department and doing undercover work in college.


LOL! You and every other middle aged mom on here. A bunch of unicorns running around!


+1
There is no 38 yo celebrity/model who looks 20. None. Yet, you do.


I look 16 years younger. Tons of sleep, low stress, good genes and no kids yet.


Well sure if I had no kids and no high powered job, I'd look great too, but I'd also have nothing going on in my life that would be worthwhile.

Don't hate me b/c I am beautiful.
[Post New]04/08/2014 10:52
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Anonymous wrote:I know that there aren't women who look decades younger than their age, but there are women who truly do look younger. I went to see a new doctor who told me not to worry about testing for something because it's not really necessary until later. She was shocked when I told her how old I was. She looked at my forms again to double check. (Why, I don't know?) Then advised me to get the test. Some women really do look younger. (No, I don't look like a twenty year old, but I'm routinely mistaken for someone ten years younger. TBH, it has it's bad points.)


Me too.

I have been in my position for 19 years and when I had a work meeting with several clients and their attorney- how long I had been at it came up. One of the men said ' yea- you started when you were 15'. I laughed and said I was in my mid-40s and everyone there was truly shocked. The one woman in their group was my age and she pulled me aside in the way out to express how good/young I look.

This was a multiple PhD, science/law crowd.

I do get that shocked thing a lot, but people think my 72-year old dad is no more than 60 and I take after him.


I'm the pp you're quoting, and yes, this is why it's not that great. I'll never forget this meeting I had with someone who said "look, I've been doing this for twenty years...." When I said, I have too, he called me a liar! Other things happen too, like younger people not respecting you, or getting hit on by men much younger than you are (I know some people think this is a plus, but I'm embarrassed by it), or try meeting a guy your age who only wanted to date you because he thought you were younger! Thankfully, I'm married now, so that's not a problem. I don't want to look like a 20 year old, nor am I complaining about looking younger than my age. Yes, it's nice, but it's nothing I'd ever brag about. It just is what it is. And I'd never voluntarily tell anyone my age. It's only come out when there was an issue, like the examples I gave.


Yep. The only reason I threw it out there is because I am in a male-dominated science field and in addition to young-looking I am attractive (particualrly when you compare the average woman that goes into this field). The vibe was totally like 'we have to go through this young bimbo hired for her looks' to get what we want. Once I threw down my counter-response and casually slipped in my years of experience the atmosphere immediately changed. Their tone changed. Their attention changed, etc. It is much easier now that I am visibly older--but that field in my 20s-early 30s was rough to be taked seriously and I refused to wear Birkenstocks or a fanny pack. I was aksi told by another woman 'pretty girls don't usually go into science'. Thank god for STEM programs these days!

I also get other moms at school that don't know me well saying something abou their age or something "you wouldn't know because you weren't born yet'...and then whe I'm like 'huh?' and they ask my age or year I graduated we find out we are actually the same age or just a year or so apart.
[Post New]04/14/2014 21:38
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Anonymous
What is a retinoid? Do you get that at the dermatologist? Do chemical peels really work? Skin rehab needs to kick off asap.
[Post New]04/14/2014 21:39
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Anonymous wrote:I have always found people who say " everyone says I look 20ish or what age ish" are not being told this by 20 year olds. Because no 20 year old will mistake a 30 or 40 year old for being 20.


This
[Post New]04/15/2014 00:57
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I would say 44, but I just looked at a pic of Jennifer Lopez online and she looked so good I cannot even say her name and the term middle age in the same sentence.

Okay how about 47 then. Now that is old, right? But then look at Halle Berry!

Okay...let's see..now 60 HAS to be old, right?? I mean, c'mon...Who in their right mind can argue w/me on that right? Ah...but look at Christie Brinkley.....

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1590359/thumbs/o-CHRISTIE-BRINKLEY-PEOPLE-COVER-facebook.jpg

[Post New]04/15/2014 01:07
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Anonymous wrote:I would say 44, but I just looked at a pic of Jennifer Lopez online and she looked so good I cannot even say her name and the term middle age in the same sentence.

Okay how about 47 then. Now that is old, right? But then look at Halle Berry!

Okay...let's see..now 60 HAS to be old, right?? I mean, c'mon...Who in their right mind can argue w/me on that right? Ah...but look at Christie Brinkley.....

http://i.huffpost.com/gen/1590359/thumbs/o-CHRISTIE-BRINKLEY-PEOPLE-COVER-facebook.jpg



Yes, because us DCUM types are a bunch of J-LOs, Berrys and Brinkleys...

I'd say by 35 even the youngest looking women look "OVER 30".
[Post New]04/16/2014 10:33
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Anonymous wrote:I'm 31 and I look great so I couldn't tell you.


haha, this just made me laugh. good for you! i remember being 31 and awesome. enjoy it while it lasts!
[Post New]04/16/2014 10:36
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Anonymous wrote:I'm 39. When I look back on photos of myself just 4 years ago, I look 10 years younger. I'd say 35-40 are really aging.


+1. Sigh.
[Post New]04/16/2014 11:14
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Anonymous wrote:I'm 39. When I look back on photos of myself just 4 years ago, I look 10 years younger. I'd say 35-40 are really aging.


+1. Sigh.


DH and I got married at 28, 27 and we look like babies in the wedding photos.

At 35- with my firstborn--even with zero sleep--we look so young.

At 40- I look good in photos. I still do at 44.

If I hold a photo up from 44 and compare it with one at 34. There is a big difference. Even though I still weigh the same/same size and I don't really have wrinkles (thanks olive skin)---there is definitely 'age--older'. I am starting to notice my neck starting to look older---and the back of my hands.

I get told be a lot of people that I haven't aged at all. I definitely have--I just think I've aged pretty good in comparison to my co-workers. I WAH and when I recently went into the Office there were some I could barely recognize.
[Post New]04/18/2014 20:57
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Anonymous wrote:I know that there aren't women who look decades younger than their age, but there are women who truly do look younger. I went to see a new doctor who told me not to worry about testing for something because it's not really necessary until later. She was shocked when I told her how old I was. She looked at my forms again to double check. (Why, I don't know?) Then advised me to get the test. Some women really do look younger. (No, I don't look like a twenty year old, but I'm routinely mistaken for someone ten years younger. TBH, it has it's bad points.)


Thank you - I'm the 50+ poster from above. Nobody has to be polite by saying someone looks younger - they can say you look great, or good, or say nothing at all! I have met people in my life who looked amazingly younger than their ages, not sure why this is a huge surprise. I've also met many very young people who look older (not necessarily bad, just have an older look). Sorry if this bothers people, it's just the way it is.


I have a connective tissue disease that has completely robbed me of my health but I was just on a support board and we were all commenting on the fact that we look younger. I turn 45 this month and was carded last summer, and the woman in front of me was not. I would give anything not to be in chronic pain and basically bedridden and look like an old crone..........
[Post New]04/18/2014 21:04
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A female if she keeps herself up to par (exercise.diet...don't abuse alcohol etc) can age very little ..its all in how you live.I've seen older women in 50s-60s that was attractive & looked younger.but hey that's just my opinion
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