Society mentions to me... I look like I am in my 20's... mid and sometimes early 20's.

Taken last night... and getting hit on by young boys. Please...

No thanks.

I am 34. ~Smile.


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People usualy don't believe me when I tell them I'm almost 40! They think I'm early or mid thirty

34 and hot (and classy, sophisticated, warm, carrying, etc, etc)!


I was just teasing you sweetie

Oh and...I'm 38 and look 38

Freespirit said:

I'm 29 and look roughly around that age (except in the mornings ). If I ever get hit on, it's by much younger ladies. They know that I'm older and think they are the perfect match for me age-wise.

Maybe that's what the young guys think about you too (they might be playing the "polite" card when guessing low)? Young people tend to overestimate their own maturity and life experience...

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retina said:

On a plane earlier this year, the woman who had just sat down next to me looked at me, looked down at her magazine, and looked back up at me, appalled. I glanced at her quizzically and she exclaimed, "My! Aren't you too young to be traveling by yourself?!"

Me: "I'm 22."

Her: "Oh, dear Lord, I thought you were fifteen!"

Me:

...I was doubly confused...first, I don't think I look that young...second, I would think that a fifteen-year-old would be smart enough to travel by plane on his or her own...

I think I look about my age, but most people tell me I look a few years younger. I'd like to think that not EVERYONE is just being polite, but you never know. And I've come to accept that there's nothing wrong with looking 30 if you are, indeed, 30.
Though, as I have mentioned numerous times here, I've started buying wrinkle cream (even though I don't have any yet, I've got to keep them away as long as possible) and my biggest motivating factor for quitting smoking is the hideous damage it will do to my face. Its so bad, in a way, to think I've spent years smoking with no care as to how it's affected my lungs, etc., yet when I see my older relatives who have been life-long xmokers and how that's affected the skin on their faces, it's one heck of a motivater. Still, whatever works.
I still have to quit though. Soon.

depends on what i wear or when i shave

AndGodCreatedMe said:

No, no... Petra, this was not sparked by your comment. ~Hugs. It is just something I face everyday. I mean everyday!

I begin my day... and no matter where I am... I get commits. Dare I say compliments. I am pretty modest I believe, it takes me by surprise nearly everytime. I definitely don't think I am beautiful, I am the biggest dork ever! However I do believe it does take work, along with self-respect to uphold an image and a certain way of life.

It does not come entirely free... it takes time everyday.


Petra... you are absolutely beautiful... in more ways than one.
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CarrieMpls said:

Have you never been with a date that doesn't smoke? I bet "I can't kiss you, you taste like an ashtray" would be a bit of a motivator too...

Can I hit on you???

jerseykrs said:

No.

Early 20s

retina said:

Heavenly said:

CarrieMpls said:

I buy moisturizing products with high commitment and sunblock... for sure. I have permanent smile marks and scrowl marks from doing this.... too much.

Your skin is beautiful Carrie.

jerseykrs said:

I am not your type.

Oh god.....



My negativity would destroy us.

Let's have dinner and discuss it again

Freespirit said:

I think I understand what you're saying but I need time to think this thru and will try to answer you in an orgnote

Freespirit said:

awww... thanks!! I do moisturize well and wear sunblock religiously also. (Though, with the sunblock I don't have much of a choice. Fair-skinned as I am, I burn within 15-20 minutes of straight-on sun exposure. I wonder how red-heads in the days before sunblock got on... )

Personally, I am totally over the entire 'what do others think of me'-thing. Sure, I can get flattered, people asking me "So, what are you majoring in?" but I immediately call them out, calling them flirts, or, if they are women, blind.

I have had people thinking I was 24 to 39 this year. It all depends on how I feel, if I shaved and how well I slept the night before. And even that does not always work that way.

Other people's opinions are just way too fickle for me. At the good age of 34 I am most of the times quite happy in my skin. So who cares what others say about how old I come across? It's about what is in the heart, serious. People who care too much about looks and age do not tend to be very good friends of mine.

CarrieMpls said:

For sure... and before then... palm tree leaves.

retina said:

Actually, if anyone said that to me, it would have been the last date. I used to be very much of the opinion that no boy was worth changing such a habit for. Love me, love my smoking. Gosh, I loved smoking.
However, since I'm already working my way up to quit these days, I can accept that someone else might not like my smoking either.

HamsterHuey said:

You are too good for me Herman.

Seriously... though, I know what you mean.

TheRealFiness said:

I like your short hair. Just saying.

HowComeYouDontCallme said:

You are so full of life and energy Marion... it's in the soul, where it truly counts the most.

Your eyes too.

luv4u said:

Why are you laughing?

Freespirit said:

Then can I?

thescandalouslife said:

Society and thier views... the nerve of her. She should of minded her own business.

I agree... what does being 15 have to do with traveling alone on a plane.

Stay beautiful.