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I am not so bothered about talking about sex. I am not that bothered about getting changed in front of people and I am not worried about smear tests.

I used to worry all the time how my hair looked - it was too thin,too flyaway & would never do what I wanted it to. In 2008, I had to have brain surgery and suddenly I wanted to keep my hair! So..I asked them if they could do the surgery without shaving my head - they cut the top of my head like a boiled egg and then popped it back on again! This would have been great - but they stapled it back on with my fringe in the wrong place !! It took an age to get it to grow back how I wanted it - so now..I never worry about my hair, because I know it has been so much worse !!

I'm no longer bothered about not being a size 10, so happily wear jeans, which I didn't do for years. It's very liberating.

I've also learned to get a lot less cross about minor domestic accidents, such a family member breaking something.

I have no sense of direction and spend a disproportionate amount of time getting lost - on foot, by car, finding the right platform at stations and even once the wrong airline terminal. I used to work myself up into a right state.

But now I don't get all hot and bothered anymore. There's always another train (I've found out the hard way), if you keep driving around and around eventually you'll find a sign, and if you get lost on foot there's always a kindly person who'll take pity and steer you in the right direction if you simply ask.

Over the decades I've found I always get where I'm going eventually and I've had adventures and met all sorts of interesting people along the way.

I don't worry about what anyone thinks about how I look, either! My hair is white, my stomach is anything but flat (though my bum does seem to be rather flat these days - in fact it's so flat it seems to be heading towards the back of my knees )!
I feel confident and can walk into a room full of people and always find someone to talk to without feeling shy, which is something I could never have done 20 years ago.

I am no longer bothered by having saggy boobs, "salami skin" on my legs, "very close" veins (as my daughter used to say).

I also am not bothered by anyone who gives me hard time - because I avoid and/or ignore them

I feel more confident now than I did in my twenties where appearance and how I appeared to others was priority but I lacked inner confidence and directness and able to communicate what I really wanted back then

Nowadays although I am more wrinkly with lots of lumps and bumps I really dont worry about how I look anymore as I possess that inner confidence which radiates through I concentrate more on my personal happiness and trying to enrich the lives of others and living in the present .

Its feeling comfortable with who you are and in your own skin thats important

I no longer worry about slimming into a bikini every summer. Rashvests and wetsuits are the way forward!

I think overall I tend to bother more! My appearance is important to me but if I pass a shop window and see my reflection I don't hibernate but just think hey ho perhaps I'll look better next time. I also have more confidence to deal with issues and have found that by asking for something politely I generally get what I want. If I don't then I look elsewhere - and take my revenge via Facebook or Trip Advisor!

Like others I no longer dye my hair but the liberating thing is that I no longer worry whether other people like my choices of make up or clothes

Saying no to things I don't want to do.
Entertaining my way and not bothering what anyone thinks.
Money (but I am lucky)

You weren't the only one to do a double take Ana!
I thought it Liz46!

I don't worry about dying young any more!

I have accepted me and I'm me - I don't worry the same, I say what I need to say, but hopefully kindly. If someone doesn't like me it no longer upsets me.

I also, like a pp... question the 'experts' and those in authority.

I've accepted I've a fat middle, middle being between my shoulders and my bum.

I now have manicures and go to the beauty salon, all without guilt.

Retirement is wonderful...

Probably not as concerned as the other ladies in the changing room! Thanks for clarifying my post Ana.

Oh! You mean you put the wet pants on first...! I was a bit concerned there

Like Marmight I no longer worry what people think. For instance I was in the shower at the gym the other day and dropped my pants on the floor. I happily went into the changing room and aimed the hair dryer to my rear. I got a few funny looks and I suspect one or two thought I have Alzheimers but never mind!

There is nothing. Why would there be? Why would anyone stop caring about anything simply because they have reached a certain age?

Tackling those in authority, whether it be police, doctors or teachers, I ask for explanations and question people closely and make them explain properly. For years I assumed that 'experts' knew more than I did, or could reason out for myself. I'm not afraid of confrontation. I don't care if people don't like me, there are plenty left who do.

However - is this meant to be more beauty-related? If so, my eyebrows. They seem to do very well by themselves nowadays. It's lovely to no longer have to pluck them into a fine and elegant line. Only a couple of hairs seem to grow out of place anyway, and they are pale and fine ones so I rarely bother to touch them. I've seen some pretty shocking examples of eyebrow stencilling and thought, I am SO pleased not to feel I have to do that.

When I was younger I was a rule following conformist, afraid of being judged and found wanting. Now that I'm not bothered about social norms in the same way I've become a risk taking activist and I'm not afraid to be different if I think it's the right thing to do.

I no longer worry about my curly hair and in the summer let it dry naturally!!

Bliss not having to conform to 'corporate image'! I can wear exactly what I feel like wearing (make up or not!) totally depending on how I feel at the time. I'm a silver fox, so flaunt it!
Have simplified my face and body care too - more time to be me

Since retiring last September I no longer stress about which tie to wear for work each day.
Ironing is another none issue nowadays too, it was a big job every week with work shirts and related kit.
Nowadays it's 'easy care' togs all the way and minimal ironing required.

I love my white hair and as I always wear it up, I don't have to fuss about how it's looking all the time!

I no longer care what anyone else thinks of me or how I look. Having spent a lifetime worrying I have suddenly realised that really, in the big scheme of things, it really doesn't matter so long as no one is hurt or upset.