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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It's rather pointless replying to this thread, right? If you say you look 10+ years younger, you're delusional (despite your day of o day experiences). If you say you look your age, it's to be expected.

I think the bar has been raised over the past few decades. People nowadays wear sunscreen daily, don't smoke, rarely drink, exercise many times a week, eat veg, have skincare routines, use Botox and filler. There's a lot more knowledge on how to preserve one's looks easily available now. [b]Weren't the Golden Girls in their late 40s and early 50s on that show? Most women in that age range look nothing like that[/b].[/quote]

A lot of how we see other women's age is the clothing/hairstyle.   I am into vintage stuff a bit, and I have a photo of myself wearing the whole 1960s thing - the cocoon coat, the pillbox hat, the hairstyle and makeup.  The photo was taken on a vintage train ride, so it's not obvious that it's not a vintage photo.  People who don't know me or who don't recognize it's me in that getup estimate my age as anything from 40-60s, based on that picture.   I am in my mid-40s.   Many of those who said 60s told me that when they looked at the picture, they thought of their grandma because this is what they remember her wearing and immediately go grandma =60 something.  They don't pay much attention to the wrinkles, the jaw line, etc.  OTOH, when I am wearing my regular clothes, people usually guess early to mid-40s, which is pretty much on the mark.

Bottom line, the Golden Girls looked good for their ages, it's just that women don't dress and style their hair like that anymore at that age. [/quote]

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