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[quote=Anonymous]I think people simply dress and behave different not in middle age, so when women in their 50s look in the mirror, they are less likely to see their mothers looking back at them, and it makes them feel like they look pretty youthful.

I agree acting like you look 25 when you are in your 50s is silly -- you don't! But you also don't look like what your mom looked like at 55 either, right?

I'm 42 and when my mom was my age, she'd cut her hair into that ubiquitous middle aged lady bob of the 80s/90s (blunt bangs, curling slightly under the chin, either single process color or graying) and was wearing elastic waist paints and shorts and oversized shirts. Plus a lot of her clothes had that mark of "old lady", like appliqués on her sweatshirts with holiday themes, or orthopedic shoes. I don't dress like that at all. I'm not dressing young for my age, but I still look younger than my mom did because my jeans have actual buttons and zippers on them and my clothes fit my body appropriately and my hair doesn't look like helmet.

So maybe a lot of women notice that they haven't entered that phase of "old ladydom" like their mothers did, and thus think they look younger than their age, not really picking up on the fact that since everyone dresses and styles themselves a bit younger these days, it's very obvious who among us is in their 20s versus their 50s. My jeans might look cute and flattering but my face is still hollowing out a bit and my hands are the hands of a 40-something woman. I'm okay with it, but I'm also self aware. som people are not.[/quote]

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