Do you look old?

[Marigold2]

I was looking around the interent and saw some pictures of classmates. Oh God, do I look that old? Some looked really good, they stayed in shape and took care of themselves. Others gained a lot of weight. Some have double chins, no hair, and looks of defeat about them and sadness. That made me sad, as I of course remember them at 17 and 18 being full of life and adventure.
Some that were pretty in high school are not so and a few really grew into their looks with the right hair and makeup and maybe some surgery, don't know. It was a shock to see them all, now so middle aged and some so old, I simply can't look like that can I?
Have you ever ran into an old school mate and thought that to yourself, seen their wrinkles, their extra weight and chins and thought how young you looked compared to them. And then later as you looked in the mirror you were not as young as you thought?
Oh God when did I start to look like aunt Irma She was so nice but so old and bumpy.

[Medusa]

I know what you mean. Sometimes I look in the mirror and think "Who put that picture of my mother there?"

[kokopup]

When you are 70 it is hard to look anyway but old. If you look in the dictionary under old you can see my picture.

[blue]

Yep I do. At least I look older then my older brother.

[carole]

I hear what you are saying, yes i see some old class mates, that look way older, then some who have aged better than myself,i also know some that are younger and look older than me, we all age differently, and i guess it depends on whether you have money to afford all the things in life that can make you look younger, plastic surgery is completely out of the question for me, and i think if i had money i might be tempted, but i hate pain , so not so sure.

when i was a young i always looked too young, if only that were the case now, when i was 20 looked about 16 so everyone told me, bring it back please, i think i look my age now ,sadly. lol

[CountryWolf07]

Ask me in 20 years. I haven't had my 10 year reunion.. yet. Not til' 2013.

[krazyaboutkatz]

Yes, I think I look old and sometimes I even feel very old and I'm not quite 50 yet. I was looking at some older pictures of myself when I was in my 20's-30's and I sure look much younger back then and I was in much better shape than I am now.

I never run into any of my high school classmates because I went to high school in S.C. and I now live in CA. I've seen some of them on Facebook and most of the men sure look old. I've never bothered to go to any reunions either.

[RICHARD]

LOL, a woman told me that I looked 60.

There were cameras in the liquor store....so I could not throttle her.

[Barbara]

When my mom was 80+ she said the only problem she had was that inside she still felt like 18. With me it's similar, only thing is I feel like 12 most of the time
If there were no mirrors and cameras I would still believe I look 12 too

[ChrisH]

Inside every older person is a younger person - wondering what the hell happened.
Cora Harvey Armstrong

Yes I do look old ... but that is because I am old. And when I consider the alternative very glad to be so too.

[moosmom]

Well, I think I look old, since I stopped coloring my hair and it's now silver. But everyone I talk to says I carry it well and don't look my age.

[pomtzu]

Inside every older person is a younger person - wondering what the hell happened.
Cora Harvey Armstrong

Yes I do look old ... but that is because I am old. And when I consider the alternative very glad to be so too.

You hit the nail on the head!!!

All of my adult life, people thought I was much younger than I actually was. But boy oh boy - that has come to a screeching halt. The last 4 years, I look like I have aged about 10, and people no longer think I'm younger than I am. Ill health takes it's toll in more than one way, and it finally caught up with me!

[Catherinedana]

I think I probably look about my age. My husband is 16 years older than me and is almost 62 years old, but he LOOKS about 52 and people are stunned when they find out how old he is.

The women in my family didn't get very wrinkly so I might have a good chance of carrying on that tradition. I'm plump now so if I lose weight I might wrinkle. Good excuse, hunh?

[pomtzu]

The women in my family didn't get very wrinkly so I might have a good chance of carrying on that tradition. I'm plump now so if I lose weight I might wrinkle. Good excuse, hunh?

Not a good excuse - just a good point!
No body fat = wrinkles!
The women on my mother's side of the family were definitely wrinkly, even tho they carried extra weight.
So that, coupled with no body fat on me, makes me doubly wrinkly! Hey, but at my age, I'm not looking for a man, so who the heck cares???? It's what's inside that counts - (so I'm told)!
What you see, is what you get!

[Cataholic]

I never really grasped the whole "old" thing. I don't think I give it much thought. I don't color my hair, I have gray hair, I don't wear much makeup, I don't get all dolled up to go out, and wear what works for me.

I don't say, "oh, age is just a number", or try to be younger/older/different than what I am. I haven't really ever thought, "oh, my, she looks old" about any friends I might be fortuante enough to run into. It just isn't a factor or important to me.

I am glad of my age, my experiences, my functioning body, and that I can keep up with my near 6 year old. I just presume others are thinking along those lines, too.