I didn’t believe it!

Hmm now that's got me thinking and I know that at some point today I will end up standing in front of the bathroom mirror and taking a couple of steps back

Last time I looked in the mirror I felt I’d aged ten years since the arrival of this virus ?

It makes no difference where I stand my flipping mother is always between me and the mirror!!

Since I've lost a bit of weight, I have acquired jowls and my wrinkles are more noticeable. Sod's law!

It makes no difference where I stand my flipping mother is always between me and the mirror!

Same here kitty. And I didn't even like her!

vampirequeen

Hmm now that's got me thinking and I know that at some point today I will end up standing in front of the bathroom mirror and taking a couple of steps back

Me too....with my eyes closed.

You’re lucky. When I look in the mirror my father looks back!

Juliet27 that’s exactly how I feel ?

I really like the promising way this is going. I'm having a flight of fancy as to the various points to ponder will emerge. Please do keep sharing, P and a big thank you for this opener.

You see more, don't you?

Or is that too obvious?

Yes you do see more Fanny and that's why I don't do it.

When I look in the mirror now, I see my older sister. She died last year (no, actually, it was in 2019) and in fact I find that comforting, as I loved her very much. ❤️

being short sighted, I find that I look better the further away from the mirror I am. Law of diminishing returns perhaps?

But have I understood this correctly, or am I taking it too literally and missing the point of the thread - Peasblossom, when you said "I didn't believe it", did you mean that until now, you genuinely didn't realize that you would see more of your body in the mirror if you stood further back??

As a physicist, I'm looking forward to seeing how this conversation develops..

It would depend on if I was wearing my spectacles, if I wasn't I wouldn't see a thing wherever I stood! ??????

AGAA4

Yes you do see more Fanny and that's why I don't do it.

???? Sorry, AGAA4, I didn't realise you were addressing someone by that name!

pollydolly???
I did a double take there too

I am past spending too much time in front of a mirror.Fifty years ago maybe ? when getting ready to go on a date?

Polly Dolly, yes , that ran through my wicked mind too ! haha !

You don’t see more. You see the same. Yes honestly.

Like I said I didn’t believe it till I did it ??

Peasblossom

You don’t see more. You see the same. Yes honestly.

Like I said I didn’t believe it till I did it ??

I guess that's why we have full length mirrors to see our feet!

Responding to the OP, I must declare that I got a heady 17% in the last physics exam I ever took at school.

I am thinking that by standing close to a mirror one might, eg, see one’s head and shoulders. By standing back, one might see head, shoulders and arms, say to waist level. So you’d be seeing more of your body in the reflection, but the amount of actual mirror that is filled with your image could be less.

Am I on the right or wrong track? ?