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annecordelia Thu 04-Jun-20 09:22:23

I still feel about 17 to be honest. I still like motorbikes and heavy metal music. Then I look in the mirror and see my almost 59 year old face!

Moggycuddler Thu 04-Jun-20 09:14:16

I'm 63 and creaky but in my head I'm often still a daft teenager.

sodapop Wed 03-Jun-20 16:22:16

My granddaughter is 30 lemongrove now that is scary smile

Same here Barmeyoldbat no bingo wings or wrinkled chest but my hands have not aged well and as for the veins on my legs - words fail me.

lemsip Wed 03-Jun-20 14:17:03

and sometimes you pass a really cruel mirror! I've only recently got a video phone and have to make sure I'm smiling all the time when on a call to my family as I am shocked at the picture otherwise! lol. fortunatley I am very phisically fit and able

Barmeyoldbat Wed 03-Jun-20 14:16:13

I am 73, feel about 45, body works at about late sixties. No wrinkles on my face but have wrinkly arms and hate them but haven't got bat wings. No wrinkles on my décolletage yet (same bit as you Pinkcakes) and my hands are showing my age.

PinkCakes Wed 03-Jun-20 14:07:08

I'm 61 but much younger in my head! I haven't got many wrinkles, but my decolletage (is that the bit below the neck but above the bust?) is really wrinkly. I might have to start wearing polo neck jumpers! Anyone got any advice on what to do about that area?

BlueSky Wed 03-Jun-20 14:06:03

I feel no different from when I was 17. When I look in the mirror I'm surprised not to see an unlined fresh plump face...

BBbevan Wed 03-Jun-20 13:55:42

I am 75. Not too bad, but my knees have started to look quite old. All other bits working reasonably well.

CraftyGranny Wed 03-Jun-20 12:05:22

I must have a magic mirror. That is definitely not me staring back.

goldengirl Wed 03-Jun-20 11:56:34

the top part of me is in my late 40's early 50's
the bottom part of me is well past my sell by date! I look at my legs and think 'they're my nan's'!!!!

Lexisgranny Wed 03-Jun-20 11:55:23

Some days feel about 50, The rest of the time 90+. Actual age 77. Do wish there was a means of gathering skin together on top of my head and giving a good pull to get rid of everything that has sagged, though I am not really overweight. I would be willing to cover the surplus with hair like a bun. My mother and grandmother looked far better at the same age which is depressing.

Squiffy Wed 03-Jun-20 11:44:11

Various parts of me seem to have a different age from the other bits, depending on the 'creak' test!

lemongrove Wed 03-Jun-20 11:42:07

I don’t feel as young as 35 ( even my adult children are older than that)? but I probably feel about mid fifties if I’m being honest.Until, as you say, you see yourself in the mirror ( and your Grandma is looking back at you.)

Newatthis Wed 03-Jun-20 11:40:55

Same here, but today I had a zoom business call for the first time and put on my make-up, did my hair, covered my greying roots and looked and felt a lot younger and and more confident until it actually came to using the technology, then I felt my age!!.

b1zzle Wed 03-Jun-20 11:38:18

... before you look in the mirror?

(I just don't understand why there's always this old woman of 72 looking back at me. In my head I'm always 35!