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Lilygran Wed 12-Sept-12 11:14:52

There was an item on Today (Radio 4) this morning about women deliberately deciding never to look at themselves in the mirror in order to overcome their insecurities over their appearance. I thought this was a bit weird. Not sure how it would work.

janeainsworth Wed 12-Sept-12 20:04:53

Crikey! Stuffed tomatoes with salmon fillets and no doubt plenty of wine sounds pretty social to megrin

Greatnan Wed 12-Sept-12 20:47:37

Not too much wine - neither of us are big drinkers - but as Anno does not eat meat I had to enlarge my normal repertoire a bit!

bett Thu 13-Sept-12 17:11:19

I worked for a nursing agency, quite a long time ago as I am 85 now. I went to one place looking after an elderly lady, we used to go for walks together, her in a wheel chair. There was one place where she used to say,''over the road please''. One day I asked her why she always liked the other side at this particular place, She pointed at the shop windows over the road, '' I once looked in there, and wondered who this old lady was, in the wheel chair, I was horrified to find it was me''.
Actually she was very good looking, as I told her. However, now I don't like looking at my reflection in shop windows .Beth

Ella46 Thu 13-Sept-12 17:17:10

Me neither bett! I stopped looking a while ago as it was too depressing!

JO4 Thu 13-Sept-12 17:20:25

And me. I see an old lady and it takes me a little while to realise it is me. Then I have to tell myself "Stand up straight and pull your hump in"! shock

JO4 Thu 13-Sept-12 17:21:12

My daughter often says to me "Shoulders back. Hump in"! hmm

goldengirl Thu 13-Sept-12 17:40:19

I check to make sure my skirt isn't tucked in my knickers! It has been known. Oh, yes, it has been known.

harrigran Thu 13-Sept-12 19:24:13

Shop windows always show a fat lass that looks awfully like me but surely I can't be that fat and that old. Only a short time ago my family used to call me Mrs Dash because I was always hurrying somewhere.