I'm 53. Everyone on MN claims to look at least 5 years younger than they are but I have no idea what age I look. I have crows feet and other lines; not because I've smoked or sunbathed but that's just how my face has aged. I get my grey hair highlighted, dress in a way that I hope makes me look good then just go about my everyday life quite happily
BUT
The media tell me that being in your 50s is a huge turning point for a woman - not a man! - and that I should be trying to look younger. Threads on MN tell me (and other woman who had children in our 40s) that we'll be an embarrassment or a burden to our children.
MNHQ classes us as Gransnetters - my DD is 12! Anyone else fed up about being made to feel shit about getting older?
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To want to be able to grow older without being made to feel shit
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QueenofWishfulThinking · 22/11/2016 08:35
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