"Growing old gracefully"...

[Pacion]

What does the phrase mean to you? :wink:

Does it mean being "au natural" with the aging process or... can it mean doing things to "age gracefully", including hair colour to cover the grey hair, selective/moderate cosmetic surgery to reduce rather than remove the signs of aging, especially if your genetics/hectic aka stressed life style conspire against you?

I am not asking for you to share if you specifically have had anything done or would consider doing anything yourself (with the internet being what it is, it is there for the world to see, afterall!) merely what your definition of "growing old gracefully" means.

 

[randomMysh]

Apparently no one wants to think about this one... :roll:

 

[mamboqueen]

but it has....like....5 million views! *LOL*

Oh heck, nothing wrong with growing old gracefully. I don't think I'd resort to surgery, but I'll use make-up just as long as it works

 

[delamusica]

I think that growing old gracefully has a lot to do with being aware of when to let go of certain things. You know - just because a 56 year old woman CAN wear clothes from the junior's department doesn't mean she SHOULD. Sure, I like to wear dark eyeliner and and short skirt now, but I'd like to think that I'll know when that sort of thing is no longer appropriate for me. That's really what I think of when I think of growing old gracefully - being willing to look your age, and not trying too hard to look younger. Not that I don't think one should stop trying to look good . . . it's when people start to overcompensate . . .

Is this making sense?

 

[mamboqueen]

none whatsoever. keep rambling.

 

[delamusica]

Really? Arrgh. Ok . . . .

In my opinion, the people who DON'T grow old gracefully are those who refuse to be comfortable being whatever age they are. Those who insist on trying to follow trends that are obviously aimed at those much younger, and who don't understand that one can be sexy and attractive without going to extremes to look "young."

Closer?

 

[mamboqueen]

I was just kidding!!!

 

[delamusica]

:doh:

:tongue:

 

[mamboqueen]

:wink:

You're just a tad gullible...like me

 

[delamusica]

I prefer "trusting."

 

[mamboqueen]

Good thinking!

Anyway, Pacion will be quite thrilled to see all these posts when he wakes up in the morning.

As for me...off to slumberland.

Good night

 

[cocodrilo]

Growing old gracefully means to me taking care of yourself- your health and your looks. Both my parents have grown old gracefully and I'm hoping to do the same!

 

[Ms_Sunlight]

Stuff that -- I plan to grow old disgracefully!



Seriously, men and women who pay attention to what suits them (as they realistically look now, not how they remember themselves) always look good. People go wrong when they try to hang on to the fashions of their youth or the fads of a younger generation rather than taking what's out their and making it theirs.

I like my eyeliner, but at 30 I'm tending to wear softer smudgy colours such as plum or chocolate pencil liner rather than the sharp black line I loved to paint on at 20.

 

[cocodrilo]

That makes sense, Ms_Sunlight, about wearing what suits you. I see way too much animal print and spandex on people it doe NOT suit, regardless of age!
As for eyeliner, what gives with the sharp lines? I think can work on anyone, depending on how it is applied.

 

[Pacion]

Anyway, Pacion will be quite thrilled to see all these posts when he wakes up in the morning.

:shock: At what point did I change from she to he :cry: I like being a she... I like my licence to f-l-u-t-t-e-r :lol:

Yes, definitely, clothing eg. "mutton dressed as lamb" or rather "mutton NOT dressing as lamb" is important.

Re makeup, less is definitely more, whatever the age. However, like Cocodrilo, I think the sharp lines/black eyeliner works irrespective of age. In some cultures, black eyeliner is the norm rather than a fashion style and therefore I go along with it working irrespective of age.